Centering tables

[Neil Mac]

My test site: http://www.email48.freeserve.co.uk has two tables on the first
page, try as I might I can't get them to center in Netscape 7- relative to
the size of the screen (rather than absolutely).
Now I know the arguments about not using tables but as I'm just starting out
in css, I want to convert my existing pages rather than re-write the whole
thing.
I've read and re-read loads of sites and can't find a suitable property.
Any help much appreciated

Thanks

Neil


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[David Dorward]

Re: Centering tables

Neil Mac wrote:
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> My test site: http://www.email48.freeserve.co.uk has two tables on the
> first page, try as I might I can't get them to center in Netscape 7-[/color]

http://david.us-lot.org/www/centre/#block

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[Neil Mac]

Re: Centering tables


"David Dorward" <dorward@yahoo. com> wrote in message
news:bfeg9u$e4k $2$830fa7a5@new s.demon.co.uk.. .[color=blue]
> Neil Mac wrote:
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> > My test site: http://www.email48.freeserve.co.uk has two tables on the
> > first page, try as I might I can't get them to center in Netscape 7-[/color]
>
> http://david.us-lot.org/www/centre/#block
>
> --
> David Dorward http://david.us-lot.org/[/color]


Fantastic - you've saved me from going hairless.
Definitely a site to bookmark
Thanks

Neil



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[David Dorward]

Re: Centering tables

Stan Brown wrote:[color=blue][color=green]
>>http://david.us-lot.org/www/centre/#block[/color][/color]
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> There is at least one issue not addressed there: All your interior
> cells will also be centered.[/color]

Quote:
The element then needs to have its own text-align reset to left.

(and see the example).

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[Peter Collinson]

Re: Centering tables

David Dorward <dorward@yahoo. com> suggests:
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> > My test site: http://www.email48.freeserve.co.uk
> > has two tables on the first page, try as I might I
> > can't get them to center in Netscape 7-[/color][/color]
[color=blue]
> http://david.us-lot.org/www/centre/#block[/color]

Neat... except that it doesn't seem to work. I cut and pasted right off
your page, and bagged the "text-align: center" approach in my external
style sheet.

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5 {
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}

In every instance, the heads and sub-heads appear flush-left in IE6.0
and Netscape 7.0.

What did I misunderstand?

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[Knud Gert Ellentoft]

Re: Centering tables

"Peter Collinson" <bluescat@opton line.net> skrev :
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>In every instance, the heads and sub-heads appear flush-left in IE6.0
>and Netscape 7.0.
>
>What did I misunderstand?[/color]

You must have a width on the element.

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5 {
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
width: 80%
}
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Knud

[David Dorward]

Re: Centering tables

Peter Collinson wrote:
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> h1, h2, h3, h4, h5 {
> margin-left: auto;
> margin-right: auto;
> }
>
> In every instance, the heads and sub-heads appear flush-left in IE6.0
> and Netscape 7.0.[/color]

Most likely the element is centred, but is taking up the whole width of the
window, and the text inside the element is aligned to the left (which is
the default).

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