table - cell hyperlinking

[BanzaiRun]

I have a rather simple HTML question to ask.

Is it possible to make an entire cell within a table hyperlink reference rather than just the contents of that.

Taking the folllowing as an example:-

<table>
<tr>
<td><a href="blank.html">whatever</a></td>
</tr>
</table>

it would seem logical that this would work..

<table>
<tr>
<td href="blank.html">whatever</td>
</tr>
</table>

But it doesnt , and I dont want to use:-

<table>
<tr>
<td><a href="blank.html"><img src="whatever.png"></a></td>
</tr>
</table>

As the table is being populated with non standard figures from a Java routine.

So is there a way of doing it, or not?

ta
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[benzden]

The anchor tag requires either the <a href=.... or <anchor href=... format. How would the browser know that what you are specifying is a link?

Why not use it the way you don't want? What problem does that correct format present?

[QuietDean]

The effect you are after are called hypercells and they can only be done with javascript

Here is a simple, one cell example -

<table name="badger">
<tr>
<td class="row1" width="100%" style="cursor:hand; padding: 30px; border: 1px solid black;" onMouseOver="this.style.backgroundColor='black'" onMouseOut="this.style.backgroundColor=''" onclick="window.location.href='linked_page.html'">THIS IS CONTENT</td>
</tr>
</table>

[BanzaiRun]

Ahaaa,

Thx vm Dean.