style property/td element

[jimfog]

I am trying to apply the following style property to a td element:

<td style=" position:relative; bottom:20px;"  > <a href="xxxxxxxxxxxx">xxxxxxxxxxxx</a></td>  </tr>

and it does not work.I am trying to do the above with inline css(the code is not placed in a separate css file) allthough there is one in the site i am constructing.The whole table code( HTML)is the following:

<table  id="commun"   cellspacing="19" width="200" border="0">  <tr>	<td>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</td>  </tr>  <tr>	<td style=" position:relative; bottom:20px;"  > <a href="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx">xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</a></td>  </tr></table>

The css for the table:

#commun { position:relative;top:85px;z-index:1;right:12px;font-weight:bold;}

I hope i am giving enough information.The reason i want position this td element is to have it aligned with the background image which is placed behind the table.

[rubykitten]

The reason you are having issues with this is that the style position:relative; does not work with td items. Table items are very fixed in there position, however you can use padding to pad the items within a td if you wish.For what you are looking to do however, you should consider using a div tag and not a table.

[cousineaug]

I am trying to apply the following style property to a td element:

<td style=" position:relative; bottom:20px;"  > <a href="xxxxxxxxxxxx">xxxxxxxxxxxx</a></td>  </tr>

I also suppose it is the text you are trying to align bottom and not the TD

<td> <div style=" position:relative; bottom:20px;" ><a href="xxxxxxxxxxxx">xxxxxxxxxxxx</a></div></td>  </tr>

Guy

[jimfog]

I did my job with div elements instead.It was a mistake from the beginning to mess with tables.And i did not know that position:relative does not apply to td elements.

[cousineaug]

I did my job with div elements instead.It was a mistake from the beginning to mess with tables.And i did not know that position:relative does not apply to td elements.

good JobStay away from tables. UNLESS you really have tabular data like a chart, spreadsheet etc.Guy :-)

[jimfog]

good JobStay away from tables. UNLESS you really have tabular data like a chart, spreadsheet etc.Guy :-)

I assume how difficult it must have been for developers in the past to maintain a site built in tables.It is a nightmare.I have never realized-tiil now- how difficult is to maintain a site with tables.Thanks for the help.