CSS - Background Image Not Spanning Page Width

hi,

I have 2columns with varying heights. and then I have a div below which spans the width of both.

If the right column is taller than the left there is no problem. The underneath div falls under it by 5px.

But when the left columns is taller than the right. The column underneath still falls 5px below the right column, but the div below is underneath the left column.

anyone know how to get the div below to go 5px below whichever div is tallest?

heres the css:
PHP Code:
#leftColumn {
    float: left;
    margin: 10px;;
    width: 300px;
    padding: 0;
}

#register {
    margin: 20px 0 10px 330px;
    border: 1px solid #ccc;
    width: 396px;
    background: #fff;
}

#prodBreak {
    margin: 0 10px;
    padding: 0;
    border-top: dashed #666 1px;
    border-right: solid #ccc 1px;
    border-bottom: none;
    border-left: solid #ccc 1px;
    background: #fff url(../images/break.gif) repeat-x;
    width: 720px;
    height: 50px;
} 





ta, if you dont understand the explanation please let me know and ill draw a picture

The layout I have going is a bit difficult to explain. Here's a diagram..



The area of importance is the header. The content and main head area are centered. The area to the left and right of the header are a <div>. However, as you can see, the background image on the left is different than the one on the right. I'm having difficulty making this work. the images can be stretched horizontally without a problem, but the two sides must meet in the middle beneath the header.

I hope this makes sense.

What I've got to do, I think, is tell the background image of the underlying <div> to stretch to 100%, and make this image 300px wide or so including both sides of the image and a split. The split would hide behind the header. I can't find a method to stretch the background image, though.

Does anybody know of a better way, or a way to achieve this method at all without getting into completely different layouts?

Thanks in advance for any assistance/suggestions.

Hi

I am trying to make a table to display some stuff within a fix sized window. I want to have 5 columns of fixed width and one column that spans the rest of the remaining space. The Idea is to allow the widths of the first 5 columns to be changed by a script and having the last one adapting as needed...

html Code:
Original - html Code <div class="container"><table cellspacing="0"> <colgroup> <col width="40" /> <col width="220" /> <col width="120" /> <col width="65" /> <col width="40" /> </colgroup> <thead> <tr> <th>A</th> <th>B</th> <th>C</th> <th>D</th> <th>E</th> <th style="width: 100%;></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td style="width: 100%;></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div>

  

    <div class="container"><table cellspacing="0">
      <colgroup>
        <col width="40" />
        <col width="220" />
        <col width="120" />
        <col width="65" />
        <col width="40" />
      </colgroup>
      <thead>
        <tr>
          <th>A</th>
          <th>B</th>
          <th>C</th>
          <th>D</th>
          <th>E</th>
          <th style="width: 100%;></th>
        </tr>
      </thead>
      <tbody>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>3</td>
          <td>4</td>
          <td>5</td>
          <td style="width: 100%;></td>
        </tr>
      </tbody>
    </table></div>

css Code:
Original - css Code div.container { height: 400px; width: 800px; overflow: scroll; } table { width: 100%; } td { border-style: solid; border-color: silver; border-width: 0px; padding: 1px 3px; } th { border-style: outset; border-color: silver; border-width: 2px; background: silver; padding: 1px 3px; }

  

  


 div.container


 {


   height: 400px;


   width: 800px;


   overflow: scroll;


 }


 table


 {


   width: 100%;


 }


 td


 {


   border-style: solid;


   border-color: silver;


   border-width: 0px;


   padding: 1px 3px;


 }


 th


 {


   border-style: outset;


   border-color: silver;


   border-width: 2px;


   background: silver;


   padding: 1px 3px;


 } 

It really does fill the entire space but the last column crushes all the other into their minimal width resulting in linebreaks between words inside the cells...

Please help me

How's it going,

If you look at this link below, you'll see how one of the images below is larger than the content area and thus goes over into the sidebar...which looks really wack.

http://www.sustainablelivingrealest...-home-for-sale/

Is there a way to confine all images so they don't spew over, without actually resizing each image in Photoshop?

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

I have a background image that I want to incorporate into the header div of a fixed width layout. The header is of a gradient style - on the left it is a solid color and as you move along towards the right it fades to white.

The image is 981x76. If I bring it into Gimp, I can scale it to 1920 x 76 and it looks the same. I would like to be able to do that in a div tag, with the image as a background. I would like the image to scale horizontally just like I can do using Gimp.

Is this possible?

Basically, I want the browser to manage the scaling of the image.