Chapter 2 CSS Table Layout
When released, Internet Explorer 8 will support many new values for the CSS display property, including the table-related values: table, table-row, and table-cell—and it’s the last major browser to come on board with this support. This event will mark the end of complex CSS layout techniques, and will be the final nail in the coffin of using HTML tables for layout. Finally, producing table-like grid layouts using CSS will be quick and easy.
Applying table-related display property values to web page elements causes the elements to mimic the display characteristics of their HTML table equivalents. In this chapter, I’ll demonstrate how this will have a huge impact on the way we use CSS for web page layouts. However, ...
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