On 30 April 2010 21:20, Daevid Vincent <daevid@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] >> >> Modulus is the most elegant solution I reckon. Imagine if you only >> needed to highlight every 3rd row, or 4th? Easy to change the modulus >> for it, not so easy to re-work a binary switch. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Richard Quadling [mailto:rquadling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] >> >> The modulus is a good option when there are more than 2 states. >> >> Say a 5 row fade ... >> >> $a=0; >> while ($row=mysql_fetch_...){ >> echo "<tr class=??????\"alternate-row-".(1 + (++$a%5))."\"><..." >> } >> >> giving alternate-row-1, alternate-row-2, alternate-row-3, >> alternate-row-4 and alternate-row-5 > > Okay, how many tables do you EVER see with more than TWO colors? Come on > now. > > Show me some URL's to REAL sites (not some contrived examples) that use > multiple row colors or fades in a rotating fashion. Not talking about a > highlight roll-over, nor am I talking about highlighting rows of certain > criteria in different colors, as both of those are not the problem for this > solution. I'm talking about a straight up table that cycles each row more > than 2 colors. > > 99% of your tables are 2 colors, and flipping a bit (i.e. Boolean) is WAY > faster to compute than modulus and also easier to understand. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXhKzY0BKwY ;-) (I say that out of love!) > > d > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Ha. OK, I actually do use a bit toggle for assigning a CSS class to the alternative rows. But I did once use % where the table represented a top10 list. -- ----- Richard Quadling "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html EE4Free : http://www.experts-exchange.com/becomeAnExpert.jsp Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
