Table column widths

[simon373]

Hi,

Is there a way to force a series of columns to align left even if the table width is much larger than the columns? At the moment they are autospacing, which is not what I want.

Thanks.

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Why not shrink your table so it's no bigger than the sum of its columns?

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[vacunita]

Table columns by default stretch to fit the table they are in, and stretch the table to fit the content.

I have to ask though is your content really tabular data, If its anything other than tabular data a table is not the most appropriate element to be used in your context.

Can you tell us what you want to accomplish?

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[southbeach]

Because programmers love redundancy, I will echo what billyray and vacunita have already said ... and add ...

When designing layout one must evaluate all potential aspects or condition of data you intend to render. If you know for a fact that the data meant to be rendered on this page, there is no particular rule to keep you from setting your columns with fixed widths.

That said, experiment by changing the width property of the table itself or place the table within a layer which in turn has a fixed width.

Something like:

<table width="60%" ...>

or

<table width="660px" ...>

or

<div id="content" style="width: 60%;">
<table width="100%" ...>
</div>

or

<div id="content" style="width: 660px;">
<table width="100%" ...>
</div>

Hope this helps!


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