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jeepless
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Page background with floating tables - 11/2/2004 12:28:42
I've run into a problem that I haven't seen before and hopefully someone has a solution.
I have a page with 3 floating tables arranged so they display horizontally across the page (float="left"). I then attach a background image to the page, but it won't show underneath these 3 tables - only BELOW the tables. This happens in both IE and Firefox, so I suspect it's not a browser problem.
Here's a simplified version of the HTML code I'm using:
<body background="images/bground/main815a_bg.jpg">
<table border="0" width="150" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="menu" align="left">
<tr>
<td width="150"> </td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" width="500" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="content" align="left">
<tr>
<td width="500"> </td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" width="150" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="links" align="left">
<tr>
<td width="150"> </td></tr>
</table>
</body>
Is there a trick to getting a page background image to show through floating tables?
Thanks in advance!
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dpf
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RE: Page background with floating tables - 11/2/2004 12:48:18
because table also allows background prop - I always assumed a page bg wouldnt show thru
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jeepless
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RE: Page background with floating tables - 11/2/2004 13:20:04
I did try adding style="background: transparent" as an inline statement for each table, and in the style sheet for all tables, but with no success. I also tried nesting all 3 floating tables in one big non-floating table but that also didn't work. The background shows everywhere on the page EXCEPT under these floating tables.
I dunno, maybe dpf is right.... page backgrounds never show through floating tables....
Any other thoughts?
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jeepless
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RE: Page background with floating tables - 11/2/2004 14:57:05
Sure enough, that did the trick! I had a white background color specified for the body in the style sheet and it was overriding the page background behind the floating tables.
It's funny, you can look at this stuff all day long and never see the problem!!!
Many thanks for the insight, Donkey.
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RE: Page background with floating tables - 11/3/2004 7:17:58
Guys
The background is an IE bug...
In FF etc, unless you specify the background colour(color) it will adopt the style of the parent element (usually <body>), in IE, it retains the standard background properties (transparent)
Just FYI...
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RE: Page background with floating tables - 11/18/2004 7:20:03
Dan, can you back this up with some information? Usually it is a good idea so that others can see the information regarding the bug.
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RE: Page background with floating tables - 11/18/2004 7:36:13
PIE covers it, and says the Holly Hack is best cure...
http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer/peekaboo.html
I believe the Screenshot is the same as what jeepless has been getting
<edit>
And here...
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/horizdropdowns/
quote:
During the development of this article, I uncovered a strange bug that I believe is only apparent in IE6. A background must be declared on the li a, else when a sub-menu stretches further (vertically) than the main menu itself, the links start to disappear before you have time to click them. Strange! Try it to see for yourself.
Well...sorta..
Plus, if when I was playing with the menu in the link above, I removed the background: ; from the CSS, and it adopted the background color of the body...
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< Message edited by Giomanach -- 11/18/2004 7:44:42 >
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RE: Page background with floating tables - 11/18/2004 7:45:12
Thanks Dan, by placing links to explain the bugs, it helps people who come in to read for a solution to know that there is something they can read to help them solve the problem.
Pie is an excellent site, I have been going through things in there a lot the past few days. Tons of stuff printed last night off there to read. And John is going to add more in there, so keep that page site bookmarked for more great information. He and Holly do great work.
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