[SOLVED] Catalog List view column headings

[Alan_uk]

Using Firefox I've manage to display column headings for the Catalog List view using custom CSS code:
content: "Species____No.__Type______Spotter____Date Spotted"
but it's not perfect. Similarly to display "No. items found:" at the top before the count.

[attachment=0:m2vnb3ld]Col_headings.jpg[/attachment:m2vnb3ld]

But this doesn't work in IE and the column alignment gets out of sync when the page is zoomed.

Any suggestions for another solution?

Many thanks

[harley77]

How did you make the HTML template for the list? Is it in a table or did you use divs? Looking at your example, It looks like the latter. Tables aren't good for a lot of things, but they can't be beat for tabular data. If not then can you post your template code and css?

[Alan_uk]

How did you make the HTML template for the list? Is it in a table or did you use divs?

I'm using catalog extension which builds the list for me. I was using catalog_simple but your email reminded me that there is catalog_simpletable that generates a table (rather than css).

As you say, tables may be a practical option but I will need to check the html and css as I hate it when browsers change the tables column widths and the text is no longer vertically aligned - same in Word

Thanks for the prompt

[harley77]

You can easily set the width of the table columns using css as each column is classed with the field name already. If you use firebug (everyone should ) it makes all this a breeze.

[Alan_uk]

If you use firebug (everyone should ) it makes all this a breeze.

Thanks Harley. Sounds very useful... just installed but doesn't seem to be functioning! I shall investigate more.