nested tables - locating the outer ones

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Michael

Hi,

I'm building a website for someone and it has a lot of nested tables.

Now the client has started asking to do 'simple' things like changing
the background color of some of the tables.

Is there an easy way to select a table other than the top one ?

Other than reading the HTML which I can do but somewhat slowly :-)

When I try to place the cursor between the tables I can only select
text.

many thanks,

Mike
 
Yes. Make sure the QuickTag Selector is on display at the top of the editing
window. This looks like a toolbar that displays a series of HTML tags from
left to right. If it's not on display, choose QuickTag Selector from the
View menu.

Then, click something in the inner-most table. The Quick Tag Selector will
display several <table> tags, one for each table between the selection and
the <body> tag. Click these tags (in the Quick Tag Selector) until the table
you want is selected.

This is new in FP2003, BTW.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
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Wow !

And I didn't know it was there !

Many many thanks for the help.

Mike

P.S Shows that many of us probably don't check out the new features
when we upgrade but just use the ones that are most obvious.
 
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