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Text wrapping to window in web view

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Jordan - 05 Jan 2005 00:15 GMT
I am trying to get my web page to have a horizontal scroll
bar instead of starting a new line when it is too long for
the window (text wraps to window). This is very anoying
because the web page is a list with columns imported from
a program that uses fixed width fonts to make the columns
line up. So it does like this:

    Product number     Description            Price      
UOM   Description line 2
    Product number     Description            Price      
UOM   Description line 2
     Product number     Description            Price      
UOM   Description line 2

instead of having the columns in one long line and a
horizontal scroll bar. Does this make sense?

Thanks in advance

P.S. I've tried selecting horizontal scroll bar in the
Options box and it gave me a horizontal scroll bar, but
still wrapped the text.
lostinspace - 05 Jan 2005 03:42 GMT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jordan" <>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.web.authoring
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 7:15 PM
Subject: Text wrapping to window in web view

>I am trying to get my web page to have a horizontal scroll
> bar instead of starting a new line when it is too long for
[quoted text clipped - 18 lines]
> Options box and it gave me a horizontal scroll bar, but
> still wrapped the text.

The <td> element is what you desire.
MS provides an example here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/referen
ce/objects/td.asp


I did not look at the page code and have no idea what method they've used to
achieve this.
The URL was found via a google on "<td>"
lostinspace - 05 Jan 2005 04:02 GMT
I should have read your inquiry with more detail.
A horizontal scroll?
I believe the word scroll implies up and down?

There are multiple reasons why you should not attempt such a thing?
Not everybody's computer monitor is the same size as yours and eventually
you'll run out of space.
Not everybody's browser view is the same size as your own.
Finally, website visitors as rule don't care for ANY type of scroll.
Horizontal the least. The majority if the item is not viewable on the single
screen of their browser will move on. Else, hone their search.

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