Spanning response column over multiple columns

When you use the java applet to show a view a column containing response document is spanned over all columns in a view. However, when the view is shown as HTML the response column only spans as far as the first column next to it. Has anyone found a way to span the response column over the entire view like in the Java applet?

Subject: spanning response column over multiple columns

in HTML, the view is displayed in a table, so you can cheat by ending one column (cell) with the start of an html comment you can then insert your custom commands to fool the system…

John