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kovidgoyal · 10-30-2007, 03:51 PM

Use tables with % specification of widths. That takes care of screen size independence. If you must use CSS use hanging indents to accomplish this. See the demo file in the html2lrf thread. Though the tables based solution is actually more robust against font size changes.

Having a multi-column layout is what tables are supposed to do.

EDIT: Using tables for layout is not considered poor practice when you're trying to create a multi column layout. Indeed they are the best way to create a multi column layout.

10-30-2007, 03:51 PM	#85
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,449 Karma: 27757438 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Use tables with % specification of widths. That takes care of screen size independence. If you must use CSS use hanging indents to accomplish this. See the demo file in the html2lrf thread. Though the tables based solution is actually more robust against font size changes. Having a multi-column layout is what tables are supposed to do. EDIT: Using tables for layout is not considered poor practice when you're trying to create a multi column layout. Indeed they are the best way to create a multi column layout. Last edited by kovidgoyal; 10-30-2007 at 04:13 PM.