Basics

Goal: create a table in which

• some columns maintain a fixed width at all times, and
• other columns expand to fill the remaining horizontal space.

Two ways to assign the width of an HTML table or table cell:

• fixed value in pixels:
      <TABLE width="640">
      <TD width="212">
   
• percentage of available space:
      <TABLE width="100%">
      <TD width="50%">

Basic Principles of flexible tables:

• Table width is set to 100%
• Fixed-width columns are given a width in pixels
• Flexible-width columns are given a width in percent