Ektron CMS100 User Manual

Working with Table Cells
NOTE
Along with functions for managing tables (described in
“Introduction to Tables” on page 155 and “Manipulating Your
Table’s Format” on page 168), Ektron CMS100 also lets you
perform actions on individual cells within a table.
You can perform the following actions on individual table cells.
Specify a width.
Insert or delete cells.
Specify a border color.
Specify a background color or image.
Have a cell span two or more columns or rows.
Specify horizontal and vertical alignment of the data within
the cell.
Split a cell into two cells.
Merge two cells into one.
Turn word wrap on or off.
Set cell padding and spacing.
HTML does not allow you to adjust the width of a cell’s border.
You can also select several cells or a row of cells and change
them as described above. However, you cannot select and
change a column of cells.
SpecifyingtheWidthofaCell
As described in “Specifying Table Width” on page 170, there
are several ways to set the width of a table. Within a table, you
can also specify the width of an individual cell.
When you set a cell width, there is no guarantee that the cell
will occupy that width when displayed in a browser. This is
because the cell is part of a column, and changes to other cells
in the column can affect the cell whose width you set. Setting
cell width only guarantees that the cell will not be less than the
width you specify.
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