Max column width in table

RickoT · November 28th, 2006, 12:11 PM

Is there a way to make a table only extend to a certian maximum width? I am displaying names that some times will force the width of the table and offset the rest of the data... I dont really care if the name of the person gets cut off so much as maintaining the structure of the table that is being shown

Thanks!

Bah!

Dj Kat · November 29th, 2006, 04:31 AM

Hi,

What about giving every column a default width. Im afraid the colums will still grow if there is to much text in it. You will need to output a max lenght of characters with serverside programming.

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I am DJ Kat...that's my name. Its a D and a J and a Kat with a K.

ChrisScott · November 29th, 2006, 08:16 AM

You can use the table-layout style attribute for this...

Code:

<table style="table-layout: fixed;">
    <tr>
        <td style="width: 50px;">averylongwordthatstretchesthetable</td>
    </tr>
</table>

HTH,

Chris