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How to use Numbered Lists inside HTML tables

22-Feb-10 20:59

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Marc Hankin22-Feb-10 15:38

Re: How to use Numbered Lists inside HTML tables

22-Feb-10 15:38

Difficulty using Ordered Lists in HTML tables

I can't figure out how to use Ordered Lists inside HTML tables.
The following is an Ordered List Outside of any HTML table:
1. Decimal type
2. Tea
3. Coca Cola
The Ordered List above is perfect, i.e., exactly what I want, when the list is outside of a table.

I can't figure out a way to keep the Ordered List numbering working (as shown above) when the Ordered List appears inside a table, as shown in the pdf file at this url:
"http://www.theadhdsolution.net/publicmisc/Difficulty%20using%20Ordered%20Lists%20in%20HTML%20tables.docx.pdf[^]"

I need the numbering to continue from the Left cell in the first row (in the table in the pdf) to the Left cell in the second row (in the pdf), to the left cell in the 3d row (in the pdf).

<html>
<head>
<title>My HTML application</title>
<HTA:APPLICATION
  APPLICATIONNAME="My HTML application"
  ID="MyHTMLapplication"
  VERSION="1.0"/>



</style>
</head>

<script language="VBScript">

Sub Window_OnLoad
  'This method will be called when the application loads
  'Add your code here
End Sub

</script>

<font size ="4"><b><u>My Outline-Numbering Wish List</b></u>
<br>

<ol>
<li>Decimal type</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Coca Cola</li>
</ol>
<br>
<br>

<table cellspacing=1 cellpadding=3 bgcolor="black">
 <tr>
  <td bgcolor="white">
	<ol><li>Decimal type</li>
  </td>
  <td bgcolor="white">
  	 Right Column
  </td>
 </tr></ol>
 
 
  <td bgcolor="white">
	<ol><li>Tea<br><-- I wish that that the "1" could be replaced with a "2"</li>
  </td>
  <td bgcolor="white">
  	 Right Column
  </td>
 </tr></ol>
 
 
  <td bgcolor="white">
	<ol><li>Coca Cola<br><-- I wish that that the "1" could be replaced with a "3"</li>
  </td>
  <td bgcolor="white">
  	 Right Column
  </td>
 </tr></ol>
 
</table>
<br>
 

<table cellspacing=1 cellpadding=3 bgcolor="black">
 <tr>
  <td bgcolor="white">
  	<ol>
  	<li>First One</li>
  </td>
  <td bgcolor="white">
  	<li><-- I wish that that were a "2"</li>
  </td>
 </tr>
 

 <tr>
  <td bgcolor="white">
  	<li><-- I wish that that were a "3"</li>
  </td>
  <td bgcolor="white">
  	<li>Whoops. One too many</li>
  </td>
 </tr>
 
</table></ol>


</body>
</html>

Not Active22-Feb-10 20:56

I need the Numbered Lists to work across cells inside HTML tables

22-Feb-10 20:56

You can't split the list between cells and rows, put it in one cell

I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt

Marc Hankin23-Feb-10 9:44

Re: I need the Numbered Lists to work across cells inside HTML tables

23-Feb-10 9:44

Thanks for the reply. What book did you read that said that? Do you recall what page the info was on?

My problem is that I need the list numbering to work across cells, as opposed to being limited to working only inside one cell.

If it becomes clear to me that the < ol > < li >item< /li > approach won't work, then I'll have to hunt around for some other solution. Do you have any suggestions?

Anyway, thanks for your time and effort.

Barry

Not Active23-Feb-10 9:54

Re: I need the Numbered Lists to work across cells inside HTML tables

23-Feb-10 9:54

It wasn't in a book, it's in the specification from W3C. You can use OL/LI but you can't use it with a table as you would like.

As suggested you can use CSS to apply the formating like a table.

I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt

Marc Hankin23-Feb-10 14:11

Re: I need the Numbered Lists to work across cells inside HTML tables

23-Feb-10 14:11

Thank you for replying again.   I need a little more info in order to be able to take advantage of your insight.

You said: "As suggested you can use CSS to apply the formating like a table."    In which "specification from W3C" can I find some information about how to use CSS "to apply the formating like a table"? Can you be a little more specific? The W3c specifications are enormous. I'm trying to read it now, coincidentally, but because I am so ignorant at this point, that your telling me that the solution to my problem "is in the W3C specifications" feels like someone telling me that the solution is in the Encyclopedia Brittanica. (You had no way of knowing that I am so ignorant, and I apologize for wasting your time.) I have no idea where to look. Could you possibly tell me on what page of the W3c specifications I'll find the answer? (and maybe even say a word or two about how the stuff on that page will help?)

I really appreciate this help.   Thank you again.

Barry

Not Active23-Feb-10 15:05

Re: How to use Numbered Lists inside HTML tables

23-Feb-10 15:05

I did not say to look in the specs for how to use CSS. I said the reason you could not use ol/li as you tried was covered in the specification which describe how browsers are supposed to render elements. If you want a specific reference, sorry I'm not spending the time to look for it. Researching yourself will help you learn.

If you want to learn CSS there are many examples and tutorials available and easy to find

I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt

daveyerwin23-Feb-10 8:21

daveyerwin

23-Feb-10 8:21

I don't think you will be able to do that with
tables but css can give you the disired results.
Here is an example ...

<pre>
<html>
<head>
<title>My HTML application</title>
<HTA:APPLICATION
APPLICATIONNAME="My HTML application"
ID="MyHTMLapplication"
VERSION="1.0"/>
<style>
div{
width:280px;
}
ol{
padding: 0;
margin-top: 0;
margin-bottom: 0;
border-top: 1px solid black;
border-left: 1px solid black;
border-right: 1px solid black;
}
ol li{
border-bottom: 1px solid black;
color:red;
}
ol li span{
border-right: 1px solid black;
width:120px
}
</style>
<script language="VBScript">
Sub Window_OnLoad
End Sub
</script></head>
<body>
<font size ="4"><b><u>My Outline-Numbering Wish List</u></b>
<br>

<div>
<ol>
<li> <span> Decimal type </span>Right Column </li>
<li> <span> Tea type <br> it says 2</span>Right Column </li>
<li> <span>Coca Cola type <br> it says 3</span>Right Column </li>
</ol>
</div>

</body>
</html>
</pre>

Re: How to use Numbered Lists inside HTML tables

Marc Hankin23-Feb-10 18:14

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23-Feb-10 18:14

Thank you. Much appreciated. Very clever.

Barry

DaveyM6922-Feb-10 1:52

DaveyM69

22-Feb-10 1:52

This may not be the correct forum but I can't find a better place to ask this!

I'm writing a custom IMAP client to perform some automatic processing of emails. The problem I'm having is that when I create a mailbox in code, it's created fine - I can move messages to it etc in my code but when I view the account on another email client the mailbox is hidden.

How do I stop this, or is there a flag or something I need to apply to the mailbox?

[Edit] A little further investigation reveals if I use a string literal when making the folder name there is no problem. If I use a string constant however - the folder is created hidden... wierd! [/Edit]

Dave

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modified on Monday, February 22, 2010 8:13 AM

Re: Unhide IMAP mailbox

DaveyM6913-Mar-10 5:29

DaveyM69

13-Mar-10 5:29

In case anyone comes across this in future, it turns out that depending on the client viewing (or it's settings) you have to issue a subscribe command after creation so the user is auto-subscribed to the new folder - pretty obvious now but took some tracking down! D'Oh! | :doh:

Dave

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Not Active20-Feb-10 17:24

20-Feb-10 17:24

So you are offering your clients a service which you have no ideal how to implement. Good luck to your clients.

No, there is no template. Again, good luck to your clients

I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt

DTM Design Team20-Feb-10 20:43

20-Feb-10 20:43

Hey, Mark.

Thanks for your reply. Yes, we are growing very quickly. We have lots of work to offer designers of all levels, and there is a demand for Google Maps from our clients that we intend to fill; so, we are in the research stage.

If there are no templates or software, what do you recommend? We have been on Google groups/forums, etc, and we have yet to find someone who knows absolutely how to create these maps systematically.

Can you contribute to a solution?

Thanks, again.

Richard MacCutchan20-Feb-10 21:37

Richard MacCutchan

20-Feb-10 21:37

DTM Design Team wrote:
what do you recommend?

Well you could tell your clients the truth, that you have no idea how to do the work you promised them.

txtspeak is the realm of 9 year old children, not developers. Christian Graus

DTM Design Team20-Feb-10 22:05

20-Feb-10 22:05

Well, so far, we have told our clients that we are looking for solutions to their map needs. We have a couple of our php designers that are working on one map for one client, and the client is aware of the status, delays, etc, and that we are seeking persons more experienced in this area. We are unsure why you assumed that we have not told our clients the truth.

Nonetheless, we are hopeful that this forum will yield a more positive response. If any members would truly like to be of service, please respond. We believe this forum offers an opportunity for our company to learn and network, and it seems we probably need to contract an experienced "map guru" for this work. In any event, we are hopeful that any further responses offer either a solution or a possibility for an ongoing working opportunity. The only software that we have found so far that even "helps" create these maps is phpMyAdmin. So, again, it seems very likely that we are looking for someone to contract to do this ongoing work. THANKS!

Richard MacCutchan21-Feb-10 9:40

Richard MacCutchan

21-Feb-10 9:40

DTM Design Team wrote:
So, again, it seems very likely that we are looking for someone to contract to do this ongoing work.

Then you should use the Jobs board and pay for your advertising.

txtspeak is the realm of 9 year old children, not developers. Christian Graus

DTM Design Team22-Feb-10 15:10

22-Feb-10 15:10

Richard:

Thank you for your email and for your time. It is appreciated. We have removed this question from the board.

Sorry for the inconvenience, and thank you very much for your time and support that you offer on CodeProject.com; it is, also, appreciated.

All the best,
Keith

deployment of website

manjari kar19-Feb-10 22:11

manjari kar

19-Feb-10 22:11

Hi all,
plz help me about deploment of website.i hv develop one project.now i want to publish thatone.so give me the process to deploy and publish the site in web server. plz help me.

How i will design a a form in windows service to print a document.

Not Active20-Feb-10 3:28

20-Feb-10 3:28

Google broken?

I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.22-Feb-10 2:34

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

22-Feb-10 2:34

Hmm...

There is a Publish option on the project. I wonder what that does?

... Not only is Google broke, but so is Visual Studio I think.

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Not Active22-Feb-10 3:22

22-Feb-10 3:22

Please restrict you answers to the mearly obvious please, not the incredibly bloody obvious. Big Grin | :-D

I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt