table width in pixel overlaps div

[vidhi.s]

Hi,

I have to display content on a page.I want the content to be displayed in 800px space.So I have used a div tag.The following code explains it ...

<div style="width:800px;">

<table><tbody><tr><td border="0" valign="top" width="596">
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</td></tr></tbody></table>
</div>

Because of the width attribute of the td tag ,content is displayed in 596px space.But i want it to be displayed in 800px space so that it covers the entire screen.
Could you please help me solve this problem..:S

Thanks in advance
Vidhi

[ingeva]

Hi,

I have to display content on a page.I want the content to be displayed in 800px space.So I have used a div tag.The following code explains it ...

<div style="width:800px;">

<table><tbody><tr><td border="0" valign="top" width="596">
...
</td></tr></tbody></table>
</div>

Because of the width attribute of the td tag ,content is displayed in 596px space.But i want it to be displayed in 800px space so that it covers the entire screen.
Could you please help me solve this problem..:S

Should be done by just omitting the width attribute. AAMOF you could drop the other attributes also, unless they've been set to another default.

[MidiMagic]

If you want the table to be the width of the screen, use: width: 100%; Remember that different computers have different screen widths in pixels.

[LessZoa]

If that is all you have in your table, I would remove the table in its entirety, and just have the content in the div. Makes for better CSS & faster read for browsers.