How are uniform table columns achieved for posts on this forum?

[Phinnaeus Gage]

If I see a couple examples, I'm sure I could reproduce in via seeing the code when I click the quote button. I know I've seen such posted here before, but would be hard-pressed to hunt them down, hence asking.

Each column would be titled and stay aligned with its intended column text regardless of resolution or other unknowns.

Thanks in advance, all.

~TMIBTCITW

[Foxpup]

Seriously? This is Web Design 101. It's done by specifying relative widths (ie, a percentage of available space) instead of absolute widths (ie, number of pixels). For example, the column containing your avatar, post count, etc. has a width of 16% of the total table width, regardless of how wide the table actually ends up being on your screen, so it automatically scales with different resolutions.

[tysat]

Seriously? This is Web Design 101. It's done by specifying relative widths (ie, a percentage of available space) instead of absolute widths (ie, number of pixels). For example, the column containing your avatar, post count, etc. has a width of 16% of the total table width, regardless of how wide the table actually ends up being on your screen, so it automatically scales with different resolutions.

He's asking if there's a way to do it inside a post, not how to do it as a web developer.

[Kluge]

You mean like with the code button? Forum may support a font with equal spacing, too, which would keep you from having to use the crippling {code} option.

Code:

@Party       | Men  | Women   | Average Offspring
Walnut Grove | 30   | 5       | 2
Peanut Road  | 20   | 8       | 5

[theymos]

[table]?

[Foxpup]

He's asking if there's a way to do it inside a post, not how to do it as a web developer.

I guess I don't understand the question, then. Is there a way to not do that? The [table] tags do it automatically.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

You mean like with the code button? Forum may support a font with equal spacing, too, which would keep you from having to use the crippling {code} option.

Code:

@Party       | Men  | Women   | Average Offspring
Walnut Grove | 30   | 5       | 2
Peanut Road  | 20   | 8       | 5

Like the above, or with a specific font you suggested, but which font? Anybody?

Thanks, Kluge.

BTW, the following is what I was trying to accomplish:

[Foxpup]

Are the [table] tags really that hard to use? Use [table] and [/table] to define a table, use [tr] and [/tr] to define rows within the table, and [td] and [/td] to define cells within each row.

Symbol	Stone Type	Color	Location	Hardness (1-9)
GACor8	Granite	Amethyst	Cornwall	8
MNM3	Marble	Nadeshiko	Marrawah	3
FUNelB5	Flutestone	Ube	Nel Bato	5
BTC1	Bitshire	Tuscany	Caldik	1
STB7	Satoshimite	Transparent	Bièvre	7
GXaXaH9	Granite	Xanadu	Xanadu Hills	9
BFRS4	Beiberlite	Falu Red	Statferd	4

See? It's easy!