Auto-stretch an image vertically to fit cell height?

Is it possible to auto-stretch an image to fit a cell height in
Dreamweaver?

I have a situation where my main body htm will vary with length as
more content is added, and rather than creating new side border images
to the correct length every time the page is updated, I want the side
image border to auto-stretch to fit the height of the table (governed
by the height of the centre column of the table (the main content
part)).

link to website here:
http://www.arach.net.au/~cr_smith/ashleymx.com/

Thanks
mytzlplik

yep image properties - height="100%" will give you the height of the cell or
table.

Craig


"Cameron_S" <mr_mytzlplik (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

Is it possible to auto-stretch an image to fit a cell height in
Dreamweaver?

I have a situation where my main body htm will vary with length as
more content is added, and rather than creating new side border images
to the correct length every time the page is updated, I want the side
image border to auto-stretch to fit the height of the table (governed
by the height of the centre column of the table (the main content
part)).

link to website here:
http://www.arach.net.au/~cr_smith/ashleymx.com/

Thanks
mytzlplik

some browsers will get this correct- 100% height of an image means the
image's actual height. If the image is 200 pixels high, 100% percent height
means it will be displayed 200 pixels high.

Some browsers get this wrong. (and in those browsers, your suggestion will
work) Has nothing to do with percentage height of whatever table cell or
other thing the image is placed in.

yep image properties - height="100%" will give you the height of the cell or
table.

True.
However the browsers that get it 'wrong' happen to be IE, Netscape and
Opera, too.

'nough said?

Craig


"Alan" <dont_mail_me_period (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

some browsers will get this correct- 100% height of an image means the
image's actual height. If the image is 200 pixels high, 100% percent
height
means it will be displayed 200 pixels high.

Some browsers get this wrong. (and in those browsers, your suggestion will
work) Has nothing to do with percentage height of whatever table cell or
other thing the image is placed in.

yep image properties - height="100%" will give you the height of the
cell or
table.

There is no real cross browser reliable way to achieve this. Why not use a
repeating image declared in your stylesheet so that the image repeats down
as your content grows.
See if this helps at all.
http://www.dreamweaversites.com/tutorials/roundedcorners.htm

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"Cameron_S" <mr_mytzlplik (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

Is it possible to auto-stretch an image to fit a cell height in
Dreamweaver?

I have a situation where my main body htm will vary with length as
more content is added, and rather than creating new side border images
to the correct length every time the page is updated, I want the side
image border to auto-stretch to fit the height of the table (governed
by the height of the centre column of the table (the main content
part)).

link to website here:
http://www.arach.net.au/~cr_smith/ashleymx.com/

Thanks
mytzlplik

Once you have solved this, you will then have to address the problem
that, because your lower frame requires a scrollbar, the tables in your
two frames fail to align. I'll save you some time: there is no way to
solve this except not to use frames.

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http://www.jshook.com

Yer, that's wehat I have found. Putting 100% in the vertical height
box for the image properties, gives me 100% of the images original
height. Not what I'm after.

I havent actually tried viewing it in IE with it set to 100% though.
Just presumed that since it didn't show in dreamweaver properly, it
wouldn't work. I'll see what happens.

Cameron_S

Alan <dont_mail_me_period (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

some browsers will get this correct- 100% height of an image means the
image's actual height. If the image is 200 pixels high, 100% percent height
means it will be displayed 200 pixels high.

Some browsers get this wrong. (and in those browsers, your suggestion will
work) Has nothing to do with percentage height of whatever table cell or
other thing the image is placed in.

yep image properties - height="100%" will give you the height of the cell or
table.

Repeating image hey?
That tutorial you posted didnt help. That was just filling a
background colour in a table and putting in some rounded corners.
Unless I'm missing something?

I'll look into this 'repeating image declared in the stylesheet' and
see how I go.

Thanks
Cameron_S

":. Nadia .:" <nadia@no-junk=dreamweaverresources.com> wrote

There is no real cross browser reliable way to achieve this. Why not use a
repeating image declared in your stylesheet so that the image repeats down
as your content grows.
See if this helps at all.
http://www.dreamweaversites.com/tutorials/roundedcorners.htm

Hi James,

What do you mean? Are you saying that if I somehow get rid of that
nasty horizontal scroll bar in the middle frame (that shouldnt be
there), the tables will no longer align and there's nothing I can do
about it? 8-(

What are my other easy options apart from using frames to achieve the
same result?

Thanks
Cameron_S

James Shook <jshook (AT) dont_mail (DOT) com> wrote

Once you have solved this, you will then have to address the problem
that, because your lower frame requires a scrollbar, the tables in your
two frames fail to align. I'll save you some time: there is no way to
solve this except not to use frames.

"Cameron_S" <mr_mytzlplik (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message

That tutorial you posted didnt help. That was just filling a
background colour in a table and putting in some rounded corners.
Unless I'm missing something?

No you are right, I didn't post the correct link - sorry. There is
another one that shows you how to slice up the image and use side pieces for
the edges instead of colour. Can't find the link right now though :\

I'll look into this 'repeating image declared in the stylesheet' and
see how I go.

this is the best option, give the side cells a class or id and declare a
background image or the right and left sides.
Maybe tricky to get the top cells, bottom cells and side cells lined up, but
is definitely doable.

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