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I am not going to start using Latex, but sadly this: <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>... still works just as well for layout than
by mmphosis 7y ago
I am not going to start using Latex, but sadly this:
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>...
still works just as well for layout than anything I've seen using CSS/HTML. Even worse, all I want to do is tab over from some text:
<code>(SUB X Y) </code>subtract<br>
- crispyambulance 7y agoThat reminds me of this gem from back in the day: http://okcancel.com/comic/98.html http://okcancel.com/comic/98.html ... When people realized that you could, painfully, use CSS for layout and dump layout tables altogether.
- tootie 7y agoSerious question: Why can't I use tables and define cells sizes in terms of vh and vw?
- httpsterio 7y agoTables are totally fine if what you're visualising is data that belongs in a table. Tables for layouts are not semantically correct and breaks a lot of expected behaviour for people with assisting technology. Html shouldn't consider layouting, that's for css to do.
- sureaboutthis 7y agoYou haven't looked hard enough and aren't aware of all the issues with using tables for layout. In addition, the attributes you show are now obsolete and non-conforming: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/dev/obsolete.html#non-conforming-features https://html.spec.whatwg.org/dev/obsolete.html#non-conformin...