Question

If I have 3 columns for example:

<tr>
      <td></td>
      <td>Know the width</td>
      <td></td>
</tr>

In the 2nd column I know the width, and want this centered for example 777, and want the other 2 sides to take up what is left of the screen (in equal shares), how is this done?

This: simply doesn’t work:

  <tr>
        <td width="*%" >&nbsp;</td>
        <td width="777"></td>
        <td width="*%"></td>
  </tr>

Answer 1

You can use the colgroup element:

<table>
    <colgroup>
        <col width="*">
        <col width="30">
        <col width="*">
    </colgroup>
    <tr>
          <td></td>
          <td>Know the width</td>
          <td></td>
    </tr>
</table>