How to get empty cell in tables?
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I am diving into html for tables (not by choice) as there is not Graphical Editor for them, and have run into the following glitch.
I understand (via googling the topic) that the way to get an empty cell is to use a nonbreaking space character inside the td tags, which is inserted by inputting in direct sequence
ampersand n b s p semicolonThis works fine when I test it in w3schools site. But when I do this in wordpress when I put that character sequence in, I get the literal character string showing up in the table cells. How can I force it to be interpreted?
Or, alternatively, what other trick do I need to use to get a blank cell in my table?
I’m sure lots of people have solved this already. Any tips?
ta!
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The
has to be entered into the “td” cell code in the HTML editor such as below, not into the visual editor.
<td> </td>If that doesn’t work, just put a period into the cell as a placeholder.
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Thanks for the tip.
That’s what I was doing – and it doesn’t work. Does it work for you?
I’ve worked around it temporarily by changing the design of the table….
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Are you missing something?
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td>Table cell 1</td><td> </td><td>Table cell 3 if you want</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>Another row cell 1</td><td>row2 cell2</td><td> </td>
</tr>
</table>
Note: In Vigilance, the theme you’re using: border is very dim, that’s why I have used border=”1″. -
oops! converted into a space. Re-written:
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td>Table cell 1</td><td> </
td><td>Table cell 3 if you want</
td>
</tr>
<tr><td>Another row cell 1</
td><td>row2 cell2</td> <td> </
td>
</tr>
</table> -
Hi TSP! How to write & n b s p ;? I tried & a m p ; n b s p ; (w/o spaces), but it didn’t work.
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In the old days of hard HTML coding, I would use a 1 x 1 px transparent GIF image that I would insert wherever I needed to add extra space between things or create an empty table cell. You could try that if the solution does not work.
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And to answer wpgaurav’s question. This is the code I use to show a & sign followed by “nbsp”:
<strong>&</strong>nbsp; -
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