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#1 04/25/2009 11:15 pm
- susannaduffy
- Indubitably tentacular
- From: Australia
- Registered: 09/25/2006
- Posts: 3465
Can't use tables - can I put text side by side in columns?
Is it possible to put text in two columns?
For example, if I had one column of Middle English and, alongside it, a column of Modern English?
Is there a way to do this?
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#2 04/26/2009 12:02 am
- tirial
- Positively aquatic
- Registered: 12/31/1969
- Posts: 297
Re: Can't use tables - can I put text side by side in columns?
http://www.squidutils.com has a way to do tables you might be able to adapt. Try http://squidutils.com/tables.php.
If it doesn't matter whether the individual lines match up try using two P tags, e.g.
<p style="float:left; width:200px;">Column 1</p><p style="float:right; width:200px;">Column 2</p>
this does leave a bit of a gap in the middle, but otherwise some browsers stick one column under the other.
Last edited by tirial (04/26/2009 12:03 am)
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#3 04/26/2009 2:32 am
- thefluffanutta
- Citizen Squid Alumni
- From: York, England SquidUtils.com
- Registered: 09/04/2006
- Posts: 5511
Re: Can't use tables - can I put text side by side in columns?
susannaduffy wrote:
Is it possible to put text in two columns?
For example, if I had one column of Middle English and, alongside it, a column of Modern English?
Is there a way to do this?
Yes. I detailed how to do this on my CSS Tricks lens.
Or, you can use the table generator on SquidUtils.
Last edited by thefluffanutta (04/27/2009 10:54 am)
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#4 04/26/2009 5:26 am
- susannaduffy
- Indubitably tentacular
- From: Australia
- Registered: 09/25/2006
- Posts: 3465
Re: Can't use tables - can I put text side by side in columns?
Oh of course ! I am going to bookmark SquidUtils right now.
I was trying what you suggest tirial, but I want the individual lines to match - Old English and Modern English poetry and the lines are numbered. So they have to match up precisely. That's why I asked in here instead of persevering with it. So, thanks for the suggestion, it was good of you to post it.
What I should have done in the first place is to have made my way straight to your profile, Mr Fluffanutta, and go through your lenses. I will do that in future and not leave questions in the Help forums when I can find the answer myself from you with some applied searching. Thank you - once again!
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#5 04/27/2009 4:04 pm
- kab
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Re: Can't use tables - can I put text side by side in columns?
Columns are one of my most used tricks. And i use that code straight off thefluffanutta's lens every time.
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#6 04/28/2009 5:23 am
- SusanVillasLewis
- Mesonychoteuthis
- From: Dallas
- Registered: 08/21/2007
- Posts: 917
Re: Can't use tables - can I put text side by side in columns?
susannaduffy wrote:
I was trying what you suggest tirial, but I want the individual lines to match - Old English and Modern English poetry and the lines are numbered. So they have to match up precisely. That's why I asked in here instead of persevering with it. So, thanks for the suggestion, it was good of you to post it.
You can still use that code, just do each set of text as it's own paragraph set. (Does that make sense?) I did that on my application for Seth's program, then had the question on the left, answer on the right. So I had <p ....></p><p ....></p> for each Q/A set, right on down through the text module so it didn't matter that they were different lengths, they still lined up together. (http://www.squidoo.com/hiresusan - scroll down just past the jaguar picture)
Edited to add - it's the code straight from fluff's lens as kab said. Want to give him credit because that has to be my most referenced lens ever.
Last edited by SusanVillasLewis (04/28/2009 5:24 am)
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