[html] Cutting words of in tables to prevent width from expanding?

Z`ohki · November 24th, 2005, 2:28 PM

Is it possible to make words cut themself off to prevent the cell from expanding?

I just got a example table like this :

Code:

<table width="10" border="1">
<tr>
	<td>
              blablablabalblablabla
	</td>
</tr>
</table>

When I do it like this for example :

Code:

<table width="10" border="1">
<tr>
	<td>
              b l a b lablabalblablabla
	</td>
</tr>
</table>

It cuts off at the spaces (or slashes), and puts the rest on a second line and still expands it.

Anybody know a solution to it? Thnx!

**David** · November 24th, 2005, 2:39 PM

Might want to google some stuff on wordwrap. I know you can prevent it with nowrap=nowrap, but I'm not sure how to do the opposite. Essentially, omitting the tag is supposed to cause wordwrap by default.

Z`ohki · November 24th, 2005, 2:57 PM

Thanks, didn't know the word for it.. a quick search and I found this :

word-break: break-all;

It works, in IE. Not in Firefox/Opera. So I still need a multi-browser solution.
*continues search*

**David** · November 24th, 2005, 3:03 PM

Ah. Try some searching for it related to w3.org and it might come up with something on there.

Z`ohki · November 24th, 2005, 5:45 PM

I found this :

table-layout: fixed;

Doesn't wrap around words, but it does keep the table width to the specified size, only the remaining piece of the word will disappear.

But I fixed it with the php function wordwrap();

Thnx for getting me on the right track =D

**David** · November 24th, 2005, 6:20 PM

No problem.

Glad you solved it. I'll have to remember this in case I run across it as well.

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Z`ohki Registered User Comfy Contributor Joined in Aug 2005 Lives in Netherlands Hosted on Pass48 124 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	[html] Cutting words of in tables to prevent width from expanding? Is it possible to make words cut themself off to prevent the cell from expanding? I just got a example table like this : Code: <table width="10" border="1"> <tr> <td> blablablabalblablabla </td> </tr> </table> When I do it like this for example : Code: <table width="10" border="1"> <tr> <td> b l a b lablabalblablabla </td> </tr> </table> It cuts off at the spaces (or slashes), and puts the rest on a second line and still expands it. Anybody know a solution to it? Thnx!

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November 24th, 2005, 2:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
Z`ohki Registered User Comfy Contributor Joined in Aug 2005 Lives in Netherlands Hosted on Pass48 124 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Thanks, didn't know the word for it.. a quick search and I found this : word-break: break-all; It works, in IE. Not in Firefox/Opera. So I still need a multi-browser solution. continues search

November 24th, 2005, 5:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
Z`ohki Registered User Comfy Contributor Joined in Aug 2005 Lives in Netherlands Hosted on Pass48 124 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	I found this : table-layout: fixed; Doesn't wrap around words, but it does keep the table width to the specified size, only the remaining piece of the word will disappear. But I fixed it with the php function wordwrap(); Thnx for getting me on the right track =D

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