Fix the width of a table 2

[gms27]

When i write inside a table and the letters reach the end, the writting doesen't jump to the next line, it just keeps stretching the table. The only solution i could find was usind the No wrap button but it does nothing.
Of course pressing enter twice when reaching the end does the job but its really easy to loose track, and screw things up again...
So the question is: how can i fix the width of a table?

Thanks

 

[TamedTech]

set a fixed width in the table,

The simplest way to do this is in your HTML code, change the <TD> tag so it says <TD WIDTH="100px">.

Just change the px to fit your requirements .. you could also use a % instead of px.

Rob

 

[TamedTech]

If you have enough time i would look into learning CSS ... it will make life a whole lot easier once you've learned it.

Rob

 

[kaht]

To perform this same thing using inline CSS (which will help to pass a validation check at

http://www.w3.org)

would be as follows:

<td [!]style="width:100px"[/!]>

SW

-kaht

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[gms27]

sorry guys but i did what you told and it's still not working...

<td width="700"> <div align="left">
<div align="left">
<pre> aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

this is how dreamweaver sais it should be, i also tryed both your ways abd it still didnt work...

 

[gms27]

it sets the width but it doesnt prevents the letters from streching it

 

[Cheech]

try adding a space in to your text, HTML doesn't like splitting words so it sees a string of letters as one word

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Sorry to do this to this post but just to demonstrate

[Peace][Pipe]

 

[kaht]

<pre> tags also break all the rules. They basically state that the text is preformatted and treats it as such. I'm not sure adding a space in a <pre> tag would make a difference, but if you remove the <pre> and add a space it should.

-kaht

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