get maximum browser width

Boby · 07-15-2004, 07:56 PM

Hello!

I want to work on some homepage and I need a trick. The main table should have the maximum width of the brosers window. So if someone has 800x600 it should automatically take this width, if someone else has 1600x1200 it should get his width...an so on. Also it should work with all or with most of the browsers [mozilla, opera, netscape, konqueror, MsIE, .....] .
Can this be done with HTML or PHP code? Or do I have to use Java or something else? Please help me with this out.

Thank you!

Boby

itsme86 · 07-15-2004, 08:30 PM

This can be done with HTML:

Quote:

ATTRIBUTES
Before we explore progressive examples, let's cover a few features useful as attributes within the:
<TABLE> tag:

WIDTH=x (pixels or "%") may control the span of a table across the browser window. A pixel value is absolute...if the user narrows the browser window, the table will slide off to the right. A percentage value will cause the table to consume that portion of the width, regardless of window size, and will wrap text in cells to suit. If needed, think about these and specify carefully.

So for instance: <table width="100%">

(Reference: http://www.primeshop.com/html/jump5.htm)

Boby · 07-16-2004, 03:06 PM

thanX man!

Boby

whohasit · 07-16-2004, 04:01 PM

I use a percentage width also .. sometimes 95%, but do development knowing that things usually look best (for most people) sometimes centered and at 800x600.

Doing this, I usually just create a main table that uses 100%, and embed any other tables inside of that table, scaling them accordingly (in percentages), and usually centered unless they are side by side.

-w