Newbie styling wuestion

Hi,
I am trying to do away with tables for layouts and am just begining the
ropes.
I want to line up three columns, each with different widths. What style
do I have to assign to <span> to get this effect:

item1 item2 item3
item4444 item55 item 66666

so that item1 and item444, item2 and item55, item3 and item6666 all
line up?

TIA.

On 28 Mar 2006 15:25:22 -0800, ashkaan57 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com wrote:

: Hi,
: I am trying to do away with tables for layouts and am just begining the
: ropes.
: I want to line up three columns, each with different widths. What style
: do I have to assign to <span> to get this effect:
:
: item1 item2 item3
: item4444 item55 item 66666
:
: so that item1 and item444, item2 and item55, item3 and item6666 all
: line up?


That, my Dear man is a job for tables!!

Sid

Just when I thought it was safe to dive into CSS! Darn it!
No way to specify a <span> with a width to take care of item1 and
item4444, a span with a relative position and left-margin to handle
item2 and item55, ...?

In article <ibkj229hsilt3oa2ue9v1jqk7961bgtrol (AT) 4ax (DOT) com>, Sid Ismail
<elsid (AT) nospam (DOT) co.za> writes

On 28 Mar 2006 15:25:22 -0800, ashkaan57 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com wrote:

: Hi,
: I am trying to do away with tables for layouts and am just begining the
: ropes.
: I want to line up three columns, each with different widths. What style
: do I have to assign to <span> to get this effect:
:
: item1 item2 item3
: item4444 item55 item 66666
:
: so that item1 and item444, item2 and item55, item3 and item6666 all
: line up?


That, my Dear man is a job for tables!!

Doesn't that depend on the nature of what he is trying to line up? If
the data is truly tabular, so that lining them items up is because they
are logically related, then yes a table probably is the most sensible
approach.

If, on the other hand, the items shown are merely dummy ones used for
clarity instead of independent parts of the page, then a table would not
be appropriate and we would need to know more about what s/he actually
wants before being able to advise.

Just a thought.

--
Alan Silver
(anything added below this line is nothing to do with me)