Dreamweaver - How do i drag and drop tables?

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How do i drag and drop tables?

BritishBouncer

2004-03-31, 9:29 am

Hi
Does anyone know if its possible to drag and drop tables in design mode of Dreamweaver MX 2004.
I find it hard to use alignment so if any could help i would be greatful.
Thanks

David Stiller

2004-03-31, 10:30 am

It is possible. In Design mode, hover over the table, grab it, and drag
it where you like. Be aware, though, you can't simply drag the table
wherever you want unless it is contained within an absolutely positioned
<div> tag (look up the Draw Layer button in Dreamweaver's Layout toolbar).
The <table> tag in HTML is a block element and behaves the way block
elements do. You can drag a table into the cell of another table; you can
drag a table over or under some other content on the page ... but again, if
you want to drag it to the right-hand side and make it "stick," put it in a
layer.

David
stiller ( at ) quip ( dot ) net

"BritishBouncer" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
> Does anyone know if its possible to drag and drop tables in design mode of
Dreamweaver MX 2004.
> I find it hard to use alignment so if any could help i would be greatful.
> Thanks

Murray *TMM*

2004-03-31, 11:28 am

It's not possible to do this unless the table is in some other positionable
container (or is itself positioned with CSS). That's because HTML requires
that tables (and other page elements) always be placed on the page as parsed
from the code.

What is an example of a positionable container? A Dreamweaver "layer" is
one. So - you can draw a layer on the page (in DW), insert a table within
it, and then drag and drop the layer anywhere you want on the page, carrying
the table along with.

If you are going to use this method, please read this page -

http://www.thepattysite.com/layer_laws.cfm

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"BritishBouncer" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:c4egkj$6eq$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Hi
> Does anyone know if its possible to drag and drop tables in design mode of
Dreamweaver MX 2004.
> I find it hard to use alignment so if any could help i would be greatful.
> Thanks