Firefox not displaying tables correctly

[raggario]

Interesting stuff, this stuff..

I have found some similar information on another forum, which implies that Firefox is the one that shows the page like it's truly meant to be shown according to the code, and that IE is the incorrect one..

I have been told that if I truly want to follow specifications that I should not even be using tables for what I have made, and that it should all pretty much be CSS.

This is quoted from another forum

Quote:

The w3c recommendation is to use CSS for presentation and HTML for structure.

Tables are not part of structure, they are part of presentation. If you want to code to standards accurately, there shouldn't be a table on your page.

The Doctype used here was HTML 4.01 transitional . In this particular case their are some errors that will more-than-likely cause Firfox to display the way it does.

If you want to be spot on with your code, do an intense study of the w3c specifications. There are many members here that are quite successful getting code to display properly throughout a variety of browsers and versions. And the most successful ones aren't using tables.

//side-note - if you use a strict doctype vs. a transitional doctype, then your code needs to be just about perfect and follow the specifications of that doctype to the letter in order to validate and display well.

So the learning goes on, and on, and on....

[raggario]

I will share the answer that has been found.

I know why tables get stretched apart in Firefox, at least why MY tables were getting stretched..

I had used

<td><p align="center">content</p></td> 

It has been pointed out to me that <p></p> tags are treated as a break.. This is why I was getting all this extra space in my table..

This is the revised part of the line of code:

<td align="center">content</td> 

Now I do not have any extra space that should not be there in my page.

I hope this helps some other people now!

[raggario]

Sorry OuTpaTienT, I didn't mean to not thank you. You were right with what you said, I just didn't understand at first. I am involved with other forums as well, and someone on another forum gave me the same answer as you, but with more detail.. Also, it turned out to be ALL the paragraph tags throughout my entire page..

But all is fixed and well now! Thanks for the help