Hi guys. This is my first post, so be nice to me . Looks like a pretty active forum..

I know that when I specify a width of 100% for a table, it stretches horizontally to the extends of the browser . And as you resize the browser, the table resizes as well.

Why am I not getting this effect when specifyign a height of 100% ?? The table does not stretch vertically ! It's driving me nuts. Any explanation? + do you know a way to make the table (in case it's small) to stretch vertically to the end of the browser???

Ayman

Ayman,

We're not all that mean!

I remember a couple of years ago I wanted to do something similar to that, but in the end gave up and used something different. I have no idea why it doesn't work with 100%, but it does work if you say eg.

<table width="100%" height="500px">

If you're using the table for layout, have a look in the CSS subforum about table-less layouts.

I see, but setting it to 500px will cause it to be 500 px high ...

When I resize the browser (vertically) the footer will just disappear (it's at a fixed location). Get what I mean?

500px is an example value I don't have a clue what your page looks like or where the table is, so you must play with the px's. I sucked 500 out of my thumb Could have used 2 000 000 px too...

What is it exactly you are trying to do ? Stretching a table's height seems rather unusual.

I want my footer to appear at the bottom of the page actually. Thats all

Hi,

I tried what you are trying and it worked fine in IE7 and also firefox. the code i tried was

<table height=100% width=100% border=1>
<td>
</td>
</table>

If you are still having problems you should look at div's and using css.

Yeah I'd say to hard code the table height in pixels. If you're looking for something to always appear at the bottom of a user's screen (i.e. your page height will always be small enough that you won't have to scroll), then you might be looking at a javascript to read in the user's screen dimensions.

But I wouldn't overcomplicate things - the vast majority of web users (if I can speak for the vast majority?) always assume they'll have to scroll to get to the bottom.