Re: Width Problem with Dynamically Created Repeater Row

HTML tables don't support columns with varying width row cells in them.

You have a couple choices:

1. Each row is a table unto itself (things stop lining up)
2. Don't use tables at all; use explicit positions/size and/or floating.

On 4/28/07, Brady Kelly <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I have an HTML table construct where I dynamically create each row (tr)
> for
> a Repeater in the ItemDataBound event.  My problem is that with some data
> sources, with many columns, my resulting HTML table is too wide.  In my
> ItemDataBound event I iterate my column definitions and create one
> HtmlTableCell for each column, and it's here I would like to set the width
> of that column to something narrow than what it defaults to.  However,
> setting width on the HtmlTableCell has no apparent effect.  How should I
> go
> about this?
>
>
>
>         private void rptUsers_ItemDataBound(object sender,
> RepeaterItemEventArgs e)
>
>         {
>
>             HtmlTableRow gridRow = new HtmlTableRow();
>
>             TaskType dataRow = e.Item.DataItem as TaskType;
>
>
>
>             gridRow = taskTypeGrid.BuildHtmlTableRow(dataRow);
>
>             ((Repeater)sender).Controls.Add(gridRow);
>
>         }
>
>
>
>         public HtmlTableRow BuildHtmlTableRow(EntityBase dataRow)
>
>         {
>
>             HtmlTableRow gridRow = new HtmlTableRow();
>
>             foreach (GridColumnBase col in columns)
>
>             {
>
>                 HtmlTableCell gridCell = new HtmlTableCell();
>
>                 object dataValue = dataRow[col.BoundField];
>
>
>
>                 gridCell.Width = "50px";
>
>                 gridCell = col.BuildHtmlTableCell(dataValue);
>
>                 gridRow.Controls.Add(gridCell);
>
>             }
>
>             return gridRow;
>
>         }
>
>
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