How Do I Move A Table in DW8?

Question

In DW8 I want to be able to move tables around. Currently I'm
drawing them on layers, then moving the layers around, but a layer
position in DW is different when you preview in browser whereas
tables seem to be the same. This makes designing a lot of guess
work, and I'm concerned about the variance showing up in other
browsers making my design look weird. I've been on Lynda.com on the
DW8 Essentials course which is fantastic, but nothing on how to do
this. Anyone have any tips for me on this?

Answer 1

> When I tried, the layers would move around
> unexpectedly when resizing the browser window.
Layers don't move. What you saw was the rest of the page
moving away from
the absolutely positioned elements.
> Plus I've visited websites
> that use layers, even high-profile, well-known sites,
and the layers often
> overlap other content, making both unreadable.
This is indeed the hallmark of a poorly informed webmaster.
Using layers
for layout is a typical mistake made by the inexperienced.
> In the old days, I think layers were supposed to
> be merged within Dreamweaver to create some kind of
complex table layout
> that would be difficult to pull off with HTML alone.
I have no idea where you got that idea. It's not one I have
ever seen
promoted.
> But my experience with
> them is that they're nothing but trash: an attempt to
make web design
> easier
> for people who love dragging things around the screen.
This is just nonsense. Layers are not a DW invention -
absolute positioning
is a legitimate part of CSS. When used properly, it can be
exceptionally
valuable.
> Maybe it was lousy implementation or errors on the part
of the webmaster,
> but these were websites you wouldn't expect to find
those kinds of errors
> on.
That's exactly what it was.
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> Reading from news:macromedia.dreamweaver,
> "Fugasi" <[email protected]> posted:
>
>> In DW8 I want to be able to move tables around.
Currently I'm
>> drawing them on layers, then moving the layers
around, but a
>> layer position in DW is different when you preview
in browser
>> whereas tables seem to be the same. This makes
designing a lot
>> of guess work, and I'm concerned about the variance
showing up in
>> other browsers making my design look weird. I've
been on
>> Lynda.com on the DW8 Essentials course which is
fantastic, but
>> nothing on how to do this. Anyone have any tips for
me on this?
>
> I've never liked working with layers in Dreamweaver, so
I just don't use
> them, and haven't even tried since Dreamweaver 3. I've
never been able to
> get them to display properly. When I tried, the layers
would move around
> unexpectedly when resizing the browser window. Plus I've
visited websites
> that use layers, even high-profile, well-known sites,
and the layers often
> overlap other content, making both unreadable.
>
> I like the idea of layers. In the old days, I think
layers were supposed
> to
> be merged within Dreamweaver to create some kind of
complex table layout
> that would be difficult to pull off with HTML alone. But
my experience
> with
> them is that they're nothing but trash: an attempt to
make web design
> easier
> for people who love dragging things around the screen.
Sure, it increases
> productivity, and when you're on a time crunch, dragging
layers around to
> fit everything where you want it is a lot easier than
adjusting table
> widths, nesting tables within tables to get spacings
just right, etc...,
> but
> the reward is usually a site that is both aligned
properly *AND* does not
> have overlapping elements that make it sometimes
unusable. I've even had
> layers on high-profile websites prevent me from using
certain content, so
> the site was, literally, unusable.
>
> Maybe it was lousy implementation or errors on the part
of the webmaster,
> but these were websites you wouldn't expect to find
those kinds of errors
> on.
>
> Damaeus