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Revision: 47841
at June 17, 2011 04:14 by MikeAcreman
Initial Code 
$('table').ready(function(){


	$(this).find('col').each(function(){
	
		if(!$(this).attr('align')=='char')
			return false;
		
		align_by = $(this).attr('char');

		before_width = 0;
		after_width = 0;
		char_width = 0;
	
		eq = $(this).index();	

		table = $(this).closest('table');
		table.find('tr').each(function(){
			$(this).find('td').eq(eq).each(function(){

				$(this).css('position','relative');
				$(this).css('white-space','nowrap');

				html = $(this).html();
				html = html.split(align_by);
				if(html.length>1){
					$(this).html('<span class="before_char">'+html[0]+'</span><span class="char">.</span><span class="after_char">'+html[1]+'</span>')
					char = $(this).find('.char');
					left = char.position().left;
					width = char.width();
					right = $(this).width() - left - width;
		
					
					before_width = Math.max(left, before_width);
					after_width = Math.max(right,after_width);
					char_width = Math.max(char_width, width);
				}

			})
			
			$(this).find('td').eq(eq).each(function(){
				align = $(this).css('text-align');
				if(align=='left'){
				
					$(this).find('.before_char').css('width',before_width+'px').css('display','inline-block').css('text-align','right');
				
				}else if(align=='right') {
					
					$(this).find('.after_char').css('width',after_width+'px').css('display','inline-block').css('text-align','left');
				
				} else {
				
					
					if(before_width > after_width){
						$(this).find('.before_char').css('width',before_width+'px').css('display','inline-block').css('text-align','right');
						$(this).css('text-align','left');
					} else {
	
						$(this).find('.after_char').css('width',after_width+'px').css('display','inline-block').css('text-align','left');										
						$(this).css('text-align','right');
					}
				}

			})
		})
	
	})

})
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                                        Initial Description
                                        

                                    

                                    
This is probably buggy and certainly not the most efficient way to do it.

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

                                        Initial Title
                                        

                                    

                                    
jQuery implementation of align=char

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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table, jquery

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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jQuery