Hyperlink in a cell table

mehdi62b · August 4th, 2004, 11:15 PM

Imar,I think I found your answer...
in dreamweaver I have two files including this code you told(they are exactly the same)
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<style>
.dr {
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
    cursor: hand;
    border: 1px dotted #999999;
}
</style>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" >
<tr>
  <td ><a class="dr" href="#">123</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a class="dr" href="#">12345678901234567890</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
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one of them has whitespace problem and another doesn't have...
in first one it uses
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN">(just like your example)
but in second one it uses
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">(just like my example)
because of it,in my browser it works fine but in your browser it has some problem
so the problem was due to using XHTML 1.0 you should use HTML 4.01 instead.

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Mehdi.:)

Imar · August 5th, 2004, 01:13 AM

In that case, I would recommend my initial solution even more. XHTML is the "proper" way to do it. XHTML is the new (re)formulation of HTML in XML and is the markup language of today and the future. It's often necessary to use the XHTML declaration to tell browsers you're feeding them proper and well formed XHTML, and they should act accordingly.

Using old doc type declarations just to make a link work is not acceptable for me, as it would also mean other issues with the page (for example, a whole different box-model interpretation in Internet Explorer). It feels like a nasty work around, while there are better, cleaner and less problematic alternatives....

Imar

mehdi62b · August 5th, 2004, 02:47 AM

Don't call it nasty work please!
Hope in next versions of XHTML such problems could be solved...
Cheers!

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Mehdi.:)

Imar · August 5th, 2004, 12:11 PM

I am not sure if there *is* something to fix in the next version.

Resizing the box of an <a> tag just to fill up its container <td> tag so the entire surface become clickable isn't something you'd want to do. If you want the container to be clickable, simply use JavaScript to make it so. Apply it to the <td> rather than to the content inside the <td>. IMO, this is not a flaw in the XHTML specs, but rather in the implementation you have chosen.

Of course there are often many ways to solve the same problem. So, if your solution works, by all means use it.

Imar
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