Re: [phplib] RESOLVED Table widget hides columns with null first row value From: Jesse Swensen (swensenj <email protected>)
Date: 07/16/00

on 7/16/00 3:39 PM, Eric Ries at eric.ries <email protected> wrote:

> OK, I admit that this post is completely off-topic, but what is a
> non-breaking space?

HTML has a funny way of treating spaces. Try displaying this in HTML for
example:

There are five spaces between here.

And HTML will reduce it to one. Another side affect is tables. If you put
nothing in a cell (or even a space), HTML will treat it as if the cell is
totally void of information. You will get no border, background, or
formatting. It makes a table look really bad if you are trying to build a
presentable look.

The concept of putting something in the cell that displays nothing is what I
thing of a non-breaking space to be; "Nothing" displayed. :-)

Now, you can display the following:

There are five spaces between&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;here.

And it will be exactly as you expect it to be. The same for tables. If you
use &nbsp; it will think there is something in the cell and render it
correctly. "Nothing" displayed.

I am sure there is a more technical explanation. This is just how I think
about it. 

-- 
Jesse Swensen
swensenj <email protected>

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