HTML Table - max-width not working on td descendants

Question

I have table with width: 100% and an element in that table with width: 40em; max-width: 100%, but the element is still stretching the table when th

Answer 1

if you put it on the element, the element gets stretched to max-width: 100%.

If you want fixed width, use width: 40px (instead of %, percentages are used in liquid layouts)