HTML table cell - forcing fixed width?

[tcstom]

I have two tables containing financial data. I need the first three columns of each table to always line up vertically i.e. always have the same width. Therefore I've made these cells fixed width. However, when the browser window is so narrow that none of the other cells can be squashed any further then these three cells start to squash themselves (sorry, don't know the jargon for 'squash'!). Is there any way to force a table cell to maintain a fixed width regardless of any other factors? I don't want to use a width or even a min-width on the table because I want it to be as readable 800x600 as with any other resolution. Help appreciated.

Tom

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Try this:

<table style="table-layout:fixed">

Hope this helps,
Dan

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[emozley]

<table>
<tr>
<td NOWRAP>The text here will never wrap onto two lines now
</td>
</tr>
</table>

 

[tcstom]

Thanks guys. The table-layout:fixed is what I was looking for because I was happy for cell contents to wrap as long as the cells stayed fixed. How had I never heard of that useful little attribute?! Thanks again.

Tom