asp.net page size (height and width of tables are dynamicaly changed) - a very serious problem

[codelinks]

hi guys i am having a asp.net application which is done in .net 2003 version, the problem here , i am having a text box with a range validator control for that.. when i changed controltovaliate property of the validator , the size of all the tables in the asp.net page is getting changed ,,such that the alignment is totally collapsed .. i have no idea how the sizes of tables (height and width of tables are dynamically changed) regards

winnie

[Guffa]

That's normal behaviour for tables. The size of the cells in a table are calculated from the size of the content in the cells. If you put something in a cell that is larger than the previously calculated size, the cell will grow and the other cells will be resized to give it space.

codelinks wrote:

a very serious problem

How serious could it be? Serious enough to mention in the subject? :zzz:

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[codelinks]

Guffa wrote:

How serious could it be? Serious enough to mention in the subject?

coz i didnt find any solution for this ,, can u tell what will be the solution for the above problem..

winnie

[Guffa]

codelinks wrote:

coz i didnt find any solution for this

Almost everyone that post here, does so because they can't find a solution. That doesn't make everything "very serious".

codelinks wrote:

can u tell what will be the solution for the above problem..

Not without knowing anything more about how you use the tables. My first advice would of course be not to use table based layouts. They were great ten years ago, when there were no alternatives. Compared to the alternatives available today, they suck.

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[Pete OHanlon]

Make them fixed width. Oh yuck - I can't believe I just recommended that. Seriously though, if you don't want the sizes to be recalculated you have to make them fixed width.

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[ChrisKo 0]

You could set the validator Display property to "none" and use a ValidationSummary so you can move the error message into it's own table. This way, it's display doesn't affect your control layout.