Hi ND,
I don't know exactly how you specified the table/td dimensions but here is an example where I set the width and height of the left-upper cell:
<table bgcolor="yellow" width=400 height=300 border=2 cellspacing=4 cellpadding=0>
<form name=form1>
<tr >
<td bgcolor="red" width="20%" height="20%"> </td>
<td width="80%" bgcolor="orange"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="green"> </td>
<td bgcolor="purple"><textarea
style="width:100%; height:100%;" name=ta1></textarea></td>
</tr>
</form>
</table>
Now if you change the width/height of the left-upper cell, the textarea keeps the maximum right-down cell dimensions
<table bgcolor="yellow" width=400 height=300 border=2 cellspacing=4 cellpadding=0>
<form name=form1>
<tr >
<td bgcolor="red" width="
50%" height="
50%"> </td>
<td width="80%" bgcolor="orange"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="green"> </td>
<td bgcolor="purple"><textarea
style="width:100%; height:100%;" name=ta1></textarea></td>
</tr>
</form>
</table>
Keep in mind that the (table) cellpadding=0 and see the difference when you change it to a value > 0
I tested it in IE4.0 and IE5.5
It won't work in NN4.7 (I can't test NN6 here)
Hope this helps,
Erik
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