css/javascript class
 

Is it possible to put two classes to one table? I have a table that I have the css file to, in the .css file its 'tableIc' ( <table class='tableic' ). That's for the style of it. Now the javascript, is to make the table sortable. It's class is 'sortable ( <table class='sortable' ). I need both of them in the same table, for the style, and to make it sortable. Is this possible? If so, how?

Sorry if I didn't make it very clear. :hmm:


Nevermind this. I don't know why I didn't think of it before. I simply redid the javascripts class to be teh same name as the css styles. :thumbsup:

Just out os curiosity, why are you using tables if you are using css, tables in web design should be avoided - http://www.hotdesign.com/seybold/

I don't think that's necessarily true. A simple framework table can save a bunch of CSS coding sometimes. In my opinion, CSS-based absolute positioning should be avoided, as it eliminates a lot of the browser's ability to degrade gracefully.

There is a way to have an element have more than one class, and it's simpler than you think. I leave it to you and google to figure it out. Teach a man to fish, right? :thumbsup:

Tables should only be used to tabulate data, all stylistic elements should be done using css, this is not just a personal choice it is the reccomended practice endorsed by the w3c. Some more resources on the matter

http://we04.com/resources/we04-introduction/index.htm
http://www.456bereastreet.com/lab/d..._web_standards/
http://www.webstandards.org/learn/faq/

Look, I'm all for standards, but in the real world, with real-world web browsers, tables are sometimes the best (and sometimes the only) way to make some things work reliably. You can write perfectly compliant code, and congratulate yourself, and be all righteous about how compliant your work is, but if it won't work in certain browsers, what have you really accomplished?

Some day in the future when all browsers are perfectly standards-compliant, I'll follow that recommendation. For now, I've got client work to do, and it needs to work right in most if not all browsers, and I need to complete it in finite time. Eric Meyer agrees with me on this, by the way.

Now, there's that old-school deeply-nested-table-based nastiness that CSS saves us from, and thank God for it. I'm not talking about the byzantine table work we all used to do. I mean like a single, large table that defines the gross page structure.

oh well looks lilke its an agree to disagree situation, I don't mean to come across all idealistic about css and I don't want to railroad myself into that position, I know there are cross browser issues with css (padding being a prime example) and I will use a table if it makes more sense - I'm not going to cut off my nose despite my face- but they should be avoided which was and still is my original point

to answer the original question, yes, you can apply two classes to an object, like so:

<table class="tableic sortable">

That's it, just a space between the two class names.