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How do I keep apparent table width independent of window size?

I am making an HTML table. It has a lot of columns with fixed width
(55 pixels). If I view it on full-screen IE window, the table fits on
the screen and looks just as I want it to look. When I make the window
smaller than the table, I expect horizontal scroll bar to appear.
Instead each column shrinks; a cell which had:

word1 word2
word3

becomes:

word1
word2
word3

thus distorting the table and making it look ugly. Only when I make
the window so small that columns can not shrink any more (each is the
longest word wide), does horizontal scroll bar appear.

How can I avoid this -- keep the columns same width regardless of
window size? I already tried giving the table a fixed width -- it does
not solve the problem, if anything makes it worse.
Mar 31 '08 #1
3 3719
Or use a 55px wide clear gif and don't tell anyone.

I was thinking of doing just that -- in the unused bottom row.
Mar 31 '08 #2
il***@rcn.com wrote:
I am making an HTML table. It has a lot of columns with fixed width
(55 pixels). If I view it on full-screen IE window, the table fits on
the screen and looks just as I want it to look. When I make the window
smaller than the table, I expect horizontal scroll bar to appear.
Instead each column shrinks; a cell which had:

word1 word2
word3

becomes:

word1
word2
word3
You can use

<td nowrap>word1 word2<br>word3</td>

or

<td><nobr>wor d1 word2<br>word3</nobr></td>

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Apr 1 '08 #3
I found that, even with my browser window maximised, if the text
was large enough to read comfortably, I had to keep scrolling
from side-to-side to see what was happening towards the more
recent (i.e. bottom) part of the table.
That's pretty much a given.
I single graphic image - possibly as an image map - which would
fit within a reasonable size window would be better to convey the
overall growth in missions. *Then find another way to present
individual details to anyone who is interested (e.g. via image map
links).
I will try to come up with something like that.
Apr 3 '08 #4

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