Pumping up table cells

using layers or clearpixels?

[Stue]

Hi,
i recently was trying to figure out a way to increase table cell height (and width) after they have been loaded.

The actual problem is that I want the cell height to size in relation to the height of my dynamically generated content area. This cell is a flexible element of my fluid table and has a repetitive background image (it runs next to my content cell).

I have tried to put a clearpixel image into the cell and WRITE to its height via javascript (after i got the size of the generated content cell) but it seems that NS4 and Opera(5) cant WRITE the height of an image.
I have also tried to replace the image via a DIV layer and write to its height. But it seems that in Netscape4 the layer doesnt properly stretch the cell as i wanted.

I also lack of the proper knowledge of how to address image and layer heights in IE,NS4,NS6 and Opera (short: in all important browsers) in JavaScript.

Need help. Thx.

[tedster]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld, Stue.

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[Stue]

Thx.

Anyways, this is not what i need to know. I need to know an alternative (workaround) for IE4, NS4 and Opera5.