Aye, it does, but in this instance the content rarely extended beyond 3 lines so it was easy to deal with.

Ah, good, then it should be ok.

Good luck now when you have time to focus on the most important part of your solution!

doesn’t the content flow below your fixed width column as well, if the that one isn’t high enough to match the other one?

Aye, it does, but in this instance the content rarely extended beyond 3 lines so it was easy to deal with.

I’ve spent the best part of a week writing stored procedures for SQL Server 2000 on the dedicated server that drives this system so now I’m back on the front-end I’ll polish it up and employ a variant of your method to keep it far more robust.

Thank you!

I didn’t want to resort to using scripts as my first option either, but the client in this scenario had at least five different columnar layouts and combinations that I needed to control.

Also, as in your case, there were no particular rows to speak of either, so a table felt like the wrong approach, and the control I gained through CSS was amazing!

To me, I couldn’t use your technique since both columns’ width would be dependant on how wide the other column got. And, in your solution, doesn’t the content flow below your fixed width column as well, if the that one isn’t high enough to match the other one?

A recent task of mine is rolling out a CRM system for a Government initiative here [UK] called an Enterprise Hub. There is a particular section I am at requiring this feature however my approach is comparitavely simplistic, but works.

The structure is two columns within the page and the method I employed was to have a containing DIV, float a DIV nesting within it, control it’s width alone and let the rest of the data flow around it.

Visually it works for me on all browsers as the network is made up of all sorts of user agents and there is no script involved.

Tables are out for the fact there were two columns and no rows, neither of which are labelled. The content will fundamentally determine if you have employed the right approach to output the information and in my case it wasn’t justified.

Good example!

In general, I agree with you. There should normally only be one (correct) version of the code.

But because IE has got such an extremely poor support for CSS, in some cases I choose to implement fixes to cover up for this to get a better web site in the end.

For example, I’d rather use this fix for fixed positioning in IE and position:fixed for other browser to have a footer that’s constantly located at the bottom of the page, than to use frames for it.

Is there an example somewhere?

If you mean the dynamic columns, there’s a link in my post above to it.

Is there an example somewhere?