html tables help

[angeleyesareblue]

Could someone please help?

I am learning html & am trying to learn tables. I Have come on quite a way with them & I am doing well but there is one particular area I am not sure of! I write a code for example: 1 table with 3 boxes 1 row. When I write in the first box for links etc.. the middle box & end box moves down the page too! Is there something I can do to stop this?

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Many thanks
Patricia

[Mike-N-Tosh]

I'm not quite sure what you mean by "... moves down the page too!" Are you referring to the height of the table cells?

If so, that would be normal, because the height of all cells in one row have to be the same. If the one cell resizes it's height automatically to accommodate the amount of data, then all of the table cells in the same row will also resize the height to match.

-Mike

[angeleyesareblue]

[email protected]Thanks very much.

I am trying to create a template as follows, 1 small table vtop of page 1 table below the above 1 more below that's 3 below each other but I do not know how to get the next table at the top of page next to table 1
so i need 3 tables down left 3 tables in the middle & 3 tables to the left. I am hoping this stop the height of each table moving down all at once


table 1 table 4 table 7

table 2 table 5 table 8

table 3 table 6 table 9

I hope this makes a little sence!
many thanks for your time
Patricia

[Mike-N-Tosh]

I'm still not quite sure where you are having your trouble. Trying to piece both of your posts together, I think that instead of doing it like this:

Originally Posted by angeleyesareblue

table 1 table 4 table 7

table 2 table 5 table 8

table 3 table 6 table 9

Try making one table with 9 cells. Three rows with three cells in each row. Then you can put your individual tables within each of the table cells.

<table>
   <tr><td>table 1</td><td>table 4</td><td>table 7</td></tr>
   <tr><td>table 2</td><td>table 5</td><td>table 8</td></tr>
   <tr><td>table 3</td><td>table 6</td><td>table 9</td></tr>
</table>

This will allow you to line up your individual tables vertical as you want as well as starting the table 4 and table 7 back at the top of the page. You might also want to give padding to your <td> cells to give space between the individual tables or add additional columns and rows to give spacing between your tables.

Hope that helps!
-Mike