Background Images in Table Cells

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Background Images in Table Cells

Is it ok to do this?

newnewbie1

1:20 pm on Mar 26, 2003 (gmt 0)

I've got a table cell with the following code:

And I'm running an HTML code validator and getting errors on that line... Is it not cool to have a background image for a table cell? Is that just for very OLD versions of browsers?

Any opinion would be greatly appreciated!

Birdman

1:30 pm on Mar 26, 2003 (gmt 0)

Not sure which version of HTML you are validating but, you should check into using CSS [w3.org] for all your styling. You could accomplish the same same thing like this:

Or better yet, put those styles in the head of your document:

<head>
<style type="text/css">
td.test{
text-align: right;
background-image: url(images/topStripe3Flipped.gif);
}

.test img{
width: 1px;
height: 10px;
}
</style>
</head>

Or even better, link to an external CSS [w3.org] file:

Do a site search for: CSS [w3.org] Crash Course

newnewbie1

1:43 pm on Mar 26, 2003 (gmt 0)

Hey Birdman!

Great idea! I am using CSS, but not to it's fullest exent. I will make these changes.

THANKS!