HTML Table with (rowspan atr.) does not align correctly

[nomnex]

Can you help me sort this out?Look at the print screen, point 1, and point 2: the table does not align correctly. Can you explain me why?I enclose a print-screen and the .html file in a zip file, link: HTML files and Print Screen , since we cannot upload files on the board. I have checked several times and tried with different rowspan="" attribute values, but not to avail. What bothers me is:

Line 51<td rowspan="9">HTML & CSS tutorials</td>

when the correct value should be "8".The .html table is too big to past its content in "code" on this post, however I link the print-screen in the ZIP archive, on the post below:Thank you the an expert eyes to point out the mistake and to explain it to me, because I could really couldn't find any.

[thescientist]

as far i can see, is it just a little extra space bumping each one down? Could be the combination of borders being added together. The bottom border of the top element and the top border of the bottom element.

[nomnex]

as far i can see, is it just a little extra space bumping each one down? Could be the combination of borders being added together. The bottom border of the top element and the top border of the bottom element.

thank you for your answer. So you confirm there is no error in the HTML tags on my end? and nothing to correct? I might need to split one big table into 2 or 3 maybe? Lastly, could the output be different according to the browser, or not?

[thescientist]

I was thinking you just target one of the cells and remove it's top or bottom border, depending on whether or not its the top element or the bottom element.as far as errors, I have no idea without the code. You can always validate your own code though.

[ShadowMage]

He did say he had it the code in a link. Though I think most of us (at least me anyway) are hesitant to download files from others. Nothing against you nomnex or anyone else. Just gotta be careful on the net these days. Maybe you could post small portions of the table where the issues arise (like maybe the first row) and your relevant CSS.

[thescientist]

He did say he had it the code in a link. Though I think most of us (at least me anyway) are hesitant to download files from others. Nothing against you nomnex or anyone else. Just gotta be careful on the net these days. Maybe you could post small portions of the table where the issues arise (like maybe the first row) and your relevant CSS.

yeah, i know, but you made my point for me.

[nomnex]

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[nomnex]

Line 51 on the page is Line 8 here: <td rowspan="9">. I believe the correct value should be "8". So, something wrong here. If I use the "8" value the table breaks. With value "9" the upper table suffer alignment problem.

<!-- web topics by languages --> <table border="5" align="center" frame="vsides" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" width="80%">	<tr>		<th colspan="3">			WEB TOPICS		</th>	</tr>	<tr>		<td rowspan="9">			HTML & CSS tutorials		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td rowspan="2">			HTML		</td>		<td style="background:lightgrey">			<a href="html_topics.html">basic</a>		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td style="background:red">			<a href="html_topics.html">advanced</a>		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			HTML5		</td>		<td>			full		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			XHTML		</td>		<td>			full		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td rowspan="4">			CSS		</td>		<td>			basic		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			styling		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			box model		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			advanced		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td rowspan="13">			XML tutorial		</td>		<td rowspan="13">			XML		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			basic		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			DTD		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			DOM		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			XSL		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			XSLT		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			XSL-FO		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			Xpath		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			Xquery		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			Xlink		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			Xpointer		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			Schema		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			Xforms		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td rowspan="7">			Browser scripting tutorials		</td>		<td rowspan="3">			JavaScript		</td>		<td>			basic		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			objects		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			advanced		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			DHTML		</td>		<td>			full		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td rowspan="3">			Ajax		</td>		<td>			basic		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			XMLHttpRequest		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			advanced		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td rowspan="8">			Server Scripting tutorials		</td>		<td rowspan="5">			PHP		</td>		<td>			basic		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			advanced		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			database		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			XML		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			PHP and AJAX		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td rowspan="3">			SQL		</td>		<td>			basic		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			advanced		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<td>			functions		</td>	</tr>	<tr>		<th colspan="4">			Screen resolution 1152 x 864 on a 15' LCD		</th>	</tr></table>

[nomnex]

Case solved.I have fixed my table by splitting it by section, and comparing each block.it was indeed redundant pairs of <tr></tr> tags, and wrong rowspan values to balance the table with the redundant tags.the W3C HTML check was not returning an error because opening and closing tags were corrects.