Overflow in table cells
- by Ezdaroth
I need to create a chat layout that uses all the available space and scales nicely, but has few fixed sizes.
Here's the structure:
<table style="width: 100%; height: 100%">
<tr>
<td></td>
<td style="width: 200px; background: red;"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="height: 100px; background: blue"></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
However, I want to place a lot of content in the first table cell and I want it to scroll, so it won't expand the table.
Is it possible to make it overflow properly, without having a fixed height for the cell? Simply adding overflow: auto doesn't seem to work.
PS. I hate tables, but can't figure out a very clean and cross-browser way to do a layout like this with divs and css. If someone can come up with one, I'll gladly use it.
