Is there anything I can do to make IE display table cells as actual blocks?
Given this style:
table,tbody,tr,td,div {
display: block;
border: 1px solid #0f0;
padding: 4px;
}
And this html:
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>R1C1</td>
<td>R1C2</td>
<td>R1C3</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>R1C1</div>
<div>R1C2</div>
<div>R1C3</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
The table renders exactly the same as the nested divs in both Firefox and Safari/Chrome. But in Internet Explorer (8) the property display: block
has no effect. The table renders exactly as if I don't set that property.
My main problem is that the cells don't break; They all render on one line. (The tbody
and tr
elements don't get any borders nor padding. That is not a problem for me right now, though.)
I haven't found any information on the problem when searching. Compatibility charts on quirksmode and elsewhere states that IE supports display: block
since v. 5.5. Any discussion on table display problems seems to be when doing the reverse - giving non-table elements any of the display: table-*
properties.
So once again, is there anything I can do to make IE render table cells as block?
(The real table is really a table, with tabular data. I would like to keep it that way, and restyle it unobtrusively.)
I applied float: left
to stuff. It kinda works.
The biggest problem is width: 100%
combined with the padding
is making things too wide.
So:
Live Demo (without the problematic padding
)
That looks a bit better, but I'm not sure how you can easily add padding
everywhere if you need it.
This fails --> miserably <-- in IE7 (it just won't get over the fact that it's a <table>
), and even if you don't care about IE7, it will need tweaking for your use case (if it's usable at all).
IE7: