HTML question (yeah yeah I know..)

[John Wood]

I can't find an HTML newsgroup that's at all active! Thought I'd ask here
anyway...

I've noticed that a table cell width is ignored if the content contains
words that (themselves) are wider than the specified width. The table just
grows width-wise.

Is there any way to stop this?

I'm trying to get my tables to fit 640px wide, but the content frequently
makes them bleed off the page.

TIA,
John

[Mike Kitchen]

Hi

If I understand correctly you are setting the cell width, try setting the
table width as below instead

<table width="640">
<tr>
<td></td>
<tr>
<table>

Hope this helps

Publicjoe
C# Tutorial at http://www.publicjoe.f9.co.uk/csharp/tut.html
C# Snippets at http://www.publicjoe.f9.co.uk/csharp/snip/snippets.html

"John Wood" <sp**@isannoyin g.com> wrote in message
news:%N******** **************@ news4.srv.hcvln y.cv.net...

I can't find an HTML newsgroup that's at all active! Thought I'd ask here
anyway...

I've noticed that a table cell width is ignored if the content contains
words that (themselves) are wider than the specified width. The table just
grows width-wise.

Is there any way to stop this?

I'm trying to get my tables to fit 640px wide, but the content frequently
makes them bleed off the page.

TIA,
John

[Paul E Collins]

"John Wood" <sp**@isannoyin g.com> wrote:

I can't find an HTML newsgroup that's at
all active!

This might be useful next time:
comp.infosystem s.www.authoring.html

P.

[Mike Kitchen]

Make that

<table width="640">
<tr>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
"Mike Kitchen" <mi**@publicjoe .f9.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP09.phx.gbl. ..

Hi

If I understand correctly you are setting the cell width, try setting the
table width as below instead

<table width="640">
<tr>
<td></td>
<tr>
<table>

Hope this helps

Publicjoe
C# Tutorial at http://www.publicjoe.f9.co.uk/csharp/tut.html
C# Snippets at http://www.publicjoe.f9.co.uk/csharp/snip/snippets.html

"John Wood" <sp**@isannoyin g.com> wrote in message
news:%N******** **************@ news4.srv.hcvln y.cv.net...

I can't find an HTML newsgroup that's at all active! Thought I'd ask here anyway...

I've noticed that a table cell width is ignored if the content contains
words that (themselves) are wider than the specified width. The table just grows width-wise.

Is there any way to stop this?

I'm trying to get my tables to fit 640px wide, but the content frequently makes them bleed off the page.

TIA,
John

[John Wood]

Well I do that, but if one of the cells contains a word that it cannot break
up (eg. let's say a 30 digit number) then the cell resizes beyond its
specified width. Can't seem to figure out how to stop it...

eg.
<table width=100 border=1>
<tr>
<td>this is 100 pixels<td>
</tr>
</table>

<table width=100 border=1>
<tr>
<td>this is not !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!<td>
</tr>
</table>

"Mike Kitchen" <mi**@publicjoe .f9.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP09.phx.gbl. ..

Hi

If I understand correctly you are setting the cell width, try setting the
table width as below instead

<table width="640">
<tr>
<td></td>
<tr>
<table>

Hope this helps

Publicjoe
C# Tutorial at http://www.publicjoe.f9.co.uk/csharp/tut.html
C# Snippets at http://www.publicjoe.f9.co.uk/csharp/snip/snippets.html

"John Wood" <sp**@isannoyin g.com> wrote in message
news:%N******** **************@ news4.srv.hcvln y.cv.net...

I can't find an HTML newsgroup that's at all active! Thought I'd ask here anyway...

I've noticed that a table cell width is ignored if the content contains
words that (themselves) are wider than the specified width. The table just grows width-wise.

Is there any way to stop this?

I'm trying to get my tables to fit 640px wide, but the content frequently makes them bleed off the page.

TIA,
John

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi John,

AFAIK that is not possible, you could try using javascript to format the
cell after the page is loaded and rended, other than that I cannot think of
a better idea.
Cheers,
pd:
if you find the answer post it back here

--
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation

"John Wood" <sp**@isannoyin g.com> wrote in message
news:%N******** **************@ news4.srv.hcvln y.cv.net...

I can't find an HTML newsgroup that's at all active! Thought I'd ask here
anyway...

I've noticed that a table cell width is ignored if the content contains
words that (themselves) are wider than the specified width. The table just
grows width-wise.

Is there any way to stop this?

I'm trying to get my tables to fit 640px wide, but the content frequently
makes them bleed off the page.

TIA,
John

[John Wood]

Aha, figured it out.
Seems that you can use the DIV tag with overflow set to hidden to do it...
Cool huh?

<table width=100 border=1>
<tr>
<td><div style="width: 100px; overflow: hidden"> this is not
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!</div><td>
</tr>
</table>

"Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" <ignacio.mach in AT dot.state.fl.us > wrote
in message news:OF******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P09.phx.gbl...

Hi John,

AFAIK that is not possible, you could try using javascript to format the
cell after the page is loaded and rended, other than that I cannot think of a better idea.
Cheers,
pd:
if you find the answer post it back here

--
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation

"John Wood" <sp**@isannoyin g.com> wrote in message
news:%N******** **************@ news4.srv.hcvln y.cv.net...

I can't find an HTML newsgroup that's at all active! Thought I'd ask here anyway...

I've noticed that a table cell width is ignored if the content contains
words that (themselves) are wider than the specified width. The table just grows width-wise.

Is there any way to stop this?

I'm trying to get my tables to fit 640px wide, but the content frequently makes them bleed off the page.

TIA,
John