Can you place an anchor tag around a bgImage inside a table cell?

NOTE: I do not want to place the image inside the cell. I need to write a database value inside the cell. The BGImage is a design feature surrounding the text. The text is to be a link however I have placed a title="some text" inside the <td> saying click here - therefore would like any area of the cell to be clickable - Is this possible?

To Illustrate (excuse the ASP in the HTML area)
<tD width="106" height="20"
<% if (cint(session("groupID")) = -1) then %>
     title="Log-in to access <%= getInfo(1) %>" class="boldTdDimmed" background="<%= URLBase %>Images/buttonGroup110x20Inactive.gif"
<% elseif (cint(session("groupID")) = 0) then %>
     title="Click to enter <%= getInfo(1) %>" class="boldTd" background="<%= URLBase %>Images/buttonGroup110x20.gif"
<% else
     if (cint(session("groupID")) = cint(getInfo(0))) then %>
         title="Click to enter <%= getInfo(1) %>" class="boldTd" background="<%= URLBase %>Images/buttonGroup110x20.gif"
<% else %>
         title="You may not enter the <%= getInfo(1) %> area" class="boldTdDimmed" background="<%= URLBase %>Images/buttonGroup110x20Inactive.gif"
<% end if
    end if %>
align="center"><img src="<%= URLBase %>Images/ts.gif" width="106" height="1" alt="" border=""><br><%= getInfo(1) %></tD>

TYIA

Wind is your friend
Matt

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[quote]Originally posted by mat41
 Can you place an anchor tag around a bgImage inside a table cell?

No. You can use a background image with a link though and you can make the link fill the whole TD. Look at yhe CSS property 'display: block'.



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Cheers for your reply

When I say anchor tag my objective is to create a link.

This is what the description of 'Display' is:
"The display property sets how/if an element is displayed."

And the 'block' property:
"The element will be displayed as a block-level element, with a line break before and after the element.

Ref: http://www.w3schools.com/css/pr_class_display.asp

Doesnt look like a solution to me. Have you used this before??

Anyone else??

TYIA

Wind is your friend
Matt

Yes, of course I have. It's the only way you can make it so a background image *seems to be* linked. Did you try it? Trying is crucial, you know.

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Yes I did and it didnt however it seems to be now, thanking you kindley.

For anybody looking for this solution place the code in the hover style:
a:hover {color: #99CC00;display: block; text-decoration: none;}

Wind is your friend
Matt