CSS is not the problem. I use CSS with tables too. The REAL problem is that the div method of making columns falls apart if something won't fit in the allowed space. Usually this happens when the browser window changes size.
It is not a terrible event if you use a table, especially if you must have the parts render in the same relationship to each other. Table is not deprecated. It will force a horizontal scrollbar if stuff doesn't fit, instead of falling apart.
The REAL problem with using tables for layout is that it isn't politically correct. It won't render correctly on devices intended to audibly read a website for the blind. At the beginning of each cell, it inserts verbal text similar to "Table row 3, column 1" into the audible rendering.
The REAL problem with the div method is that there is no equivalent to the tr tag to force stuff to stay in rows. There is also no equivalent to rowspan.
So I suggest that you try to get divs to render what you want. If they don't work, use a table anyway. It will still validate.
What is NOT proper usage is using tables to define page margins. Before CSS margins existed, page authors used table to put margins around the page.
Last edited by MidiMagic; Nov 19th, 2007 at 9:47 pm.
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