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Tables:

Chapter 3 Captions table

Chapter 4 Column Heading

CHapter 5--Table cells

Chapter 6 --Tables Rows

Chapter 7 Advanced

Table placement
So far we have talked about the creation of tables and how to make them pleasant to look at. However, we need to look at how they are placed on a page and how they affect other items on the page. Here is an example using our demonstration table and a width of 50% and our Lorem ipsum text: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec sit amet iaculis metus. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Fusce elementum efficitur faucibus. Curabitur eleifend quis ligula ac ullamcorper. Curabitur eget suscipit turpis. What if we want the table on the right side of the page?
 * When the table is placed it usually shows up on the left side of the page under the last item added.
 * If other items are added after the table they will appear below it.
 * NOTICE the table's default position is on the left side of the page and any text appears below.
 * NOTICE even though there is room on the right side of the table the text does not wrap around the table.

text wrapping - left side of table float:right

Here's a new attribute: float:right. This will move the table to the right side of the page. Now pay attention to what happens to the text:

NOTICE the table is on the right side of the page. NOTICE the text wrapped around the left side of the table.

Here is the coding:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec sit amet iaculis metus. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Fusce elementum efficitur faucibus. Curabitur eleifend quis ligula ac ullamcorper. Curabitur eget suscipit turpis.

Text wrapping right What if we want the text to wrap around on the right side of the table?

We then use float:left. Even though the table is defaulted to the left, this float:left will cause the text to wrap around on the right side of the table.

Fruits 	Vegetable 	Nuts 	Grains Apples 	Peas 	Peanuts 	Wheat Pears 	Carrots 	Walnuts 	Oats Cherries 	Corn 	Cashews 	Barley Oranges 	Beans 	Almonds 	Buckwheat

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec sit amet iaculis metus. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Fusce elementum efficitur faucibus. Curabitur eleifend quis ligula ac ullamcorper. Curabitur eget suscipit turpis.

NOTICE now you can see there is no space between the text and the right side of the table. If you thought you could fix that by installing margin-right:10px in the beginning table tag, you were right.

Here is our table with a 10 pixel margin on the right side: Fruits 	Vegetable 	Nuts 	Grains Apples 	Peas 	Peanuts 	Wheat Pears 	Carrots 	Walnuts 	Oats Cherries 	Corn 	Cashews 	Barley Oranges 	Beans 	Almonds 	Buckwheat

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec sit amet iaculis metus. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Fusce elementum efficitur faucibus. Curabitur eleifend quis ligula ac ullamcorper. Curabitur eget suscipit turpis.

Here is the coding:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec sit amet iaculis metus. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Fusce elementum efficitur faucibus. Curabitur eleifend quis ligula ac ullamcorper. Curabitur eget suscipit turpis.

no wrap What if you don't want the text to wrap around your table regardless where you place it?

Enclose the text in either a paragraph or div tag. Then install this attribute in the opening paragraph or div tag:

 What if you want the table to be in the middle of the page or the spacing on either side of the table the same?

Use the margin:auto attribute:

Here's what that looks like: Fruits 	Vegetable 	Nuts 	Grains Apples 	Peas 	Peanuts 	Wheat Pears 	Carrots 	Walnuts 	Oats Cherries 	Corn 	Cashews 	Barley Oranges 	Beans 	Almonds 	Buckwheat

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec sit amet iaculis metus. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Fusce elementum efficitur faucibus. Curabitur eleifend quis ligula ac ullamcorper. Curabitur eget suscipit turpis.

The coding in the opening table tag is:

{| style="border:1px solid red; width:50%; margin:auto; "

NOTICE the text does not wrap around the table on this attribute and there is no space between the text and the bottom of the table.

 Exercises Check your answers
 * Place our demonstration table on the right side of the page.
 * Place our lorem ipsum paragraph under the table.
 * Place a 10 pixel space between the table and the text.

Chapter 8 Advanced

Table sorting


Here is what the table will look like with the sorting class in the beginning heading tags:


 * NOTICE small arrows pointing up and down have appeared alongside the headings. These arrows appear on the first row regardless of the kind of row it is.
 * When you click the arrows the first time you will see the columns arrange themselves in alphabetical order and only one arrow remains.
 * If you click the remaining arrow, the columns arrange themselves in reverse alphabetical order.

 Exercises Check your answers
 * Take our Healthy Foods table and add another row.
 * Now make the table sortable.

Chapter 9 Advanced

 Exercises Check your answers
 * Take our demonstration table and make it 900 pixels wide and tall.
 * Then make the table scrollable both horizontally and vertically with a finish width and height of 400 pixels.

Chapter 10 Advanced

Tables with col only

 Exercises Adair Andrew Atchison Audrain Barry Barton Bates Benton Bollinger Boone Buchanan Butler Caldwell Callaway Camden Cape Girardeau Carroll Carter Cass Cedar
 * Take this list of counties and make a five column list using just one ROW tag |- in a table.
 * Make all the columns of equal width
 * Alternate the colors of the columns with lightblue and lightgray.
 * Use padding of 5px.
 * Place a black line between the columns.

Check your answers

Chapter 11 Advanced Tables with col only

Chapter 12 Advanced

Spanning rows in tables
Here is an example:

Chapter 13 Templates