Closed Bug 3238 Opened 26 years ago Closed 25 years ago

Table is not centered

Categories

(Core :: Layout: Tables, defect, P2)

Product:
Core
Component:
Layout: Tables
Platform:
x86
Windows NT
Type:
defect

Tracking

()

Status:
VERIFIED FIXED

People

(Reporter: troy, Assigned: peterl-retired)

References

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URL
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Details

After pulling the tree tonight, I noticed this page lays out wrong. I'm assuming
it's table related
Likewise, this page is wrong, too: http://www.city.net

There's some nasty looking messages on the debug output as well:
Area(td)(0)@0145A230: bad parent: maxSize WAS 5514480,1073741824
Area(td)(0)@0144E170: bad parent: maxSize WAS 5514480,1073741824
Area(td)(0)@014608F0: bad parent: maxSize WAS 675190,1073741824
Area(td)(1)@01467BB0: bad parent: maxSize WAS 4839230,1073741824
Area(td)(0)@014694E0: bad parent: maxSize WAS 5514480,1073741824
Area(td)(0)@0145BB90: bad parent: maxSize WAS 5514539,1073741824
Assignee: karnaze → kipp
Summary: Table is way too wide → Table is not centered
The above url and www.city.net don't appear to be too wide any more. However,
putting a <table> inside a <center> needs some Nav4.5 compatibility work. The
simple example below illustrates the problem. I'm changing the summary and
reassigning this to Kipp.

<center>
 <table border=1><tr><td>foo</tr></table>
</center>

Kipp says "Oddly enough, its a compatability bug, not a css handling bug. We now
conform to css's box model which states that "text-align" applies to "inline
boxes". Since a table is not an inline box, it isn't affected by the text-align.
We need a compatability hack to enable text-align (or some -moz-center property)
to apply in this situation..."

Kipp, sorry if I reassigned a similar bug to you before.
Severity: normal → critical
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
*** Bug 1878 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 4011 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Assignee: kipp → peterl
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
I've landed a work around for this problem so that tables are not treated
exactly the same as display: block elements. The result is that we may be
slightly non-conformant with CSS2...But its not clear!

I'm reassigning the bug to peter linss until the style spec issue is resolved -
should tables be alignable by text-align or not, or should we event a
"-moz-center" attribute for navigator compatability or what.

Once the final decision is made, peter can assign it back to me.
*** Bug 3722 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 2651 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 4212 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
I've just checked in compatability code that supports nav4 behavior *and* CSS
behavior (at the moment nav4 behavior is on by default).
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Using 3/26 build on Win 95, Win NT, Win 98, Linux and Mac8.5, table is centered
on all platforms. Verifying bug fixed.
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