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pser

Hi, I have a problem which i'm not sure of the best way to solved. I know i can solved it by frames but i rather prefer another solution since i already have two frames.

I have a page divided into two frames, top is the menu and main contains the data depending on what you choose in the menu. Example there are 12 columns in a report and if the report is long you have to scroll down, but then the header information which tells what the column contains also scroll. How can i keep that always on top? I have found som example of javascript creating a floating menu where i have created the same tableheader as in the original. So scrolling down then the layers float and everything is almost perfect. Problem is that the width is not the same at the original tablecells, some of the data is larger than the tableheader so i'm not able adjust the width correct. Check attachment.

Paal

Weedpacket

The suggestions you've already given generally cover the situation; PHP probably won't be able to do anything for you (this is a client-side issue, not a server-side one). For that matter, frames probably won't work anyway.

But have you tried actually specifying explicit widths for your table cells?

pser

What i've done is using javascript to get the current width of the tablecell then change the tablecell in the floating layer. I have used this javascript:

var fbredde = document.getElementById("ffirst").clientWidth;
document.getElementById("twhat").setAttribute('width',fbredde);

First i read the tablecell which has been adjusted according to the data. Then i set the attribute in the layer. But as you can't it's not the same width and i don't understand why.