Table with 3 columns. Fixed center column width. How to have shared width on other two columns?

Question

i have a 100% width table with 3 columns. The center column must be 600px width. How can I have the other two equal width while using up the remaining space?

Answer 1

New answer to this old question.

1. Give the middle column th a max-width and min-width instead of width
2. Give the left and right th a width of 50%.
3. Don't give the table a width at all.

I have fixed this examples middle column width at 300px.

jsBin Example!

CSS

table {
    border-collapse: collapse;
}
th, td {
    border: solid 1px #CCC;
    padding: 10px;
}
.fixed {
    max-width: 300px;
    min-width: 300px;
}
.fluid {
        width: 50%;
}

HTML

    

        

            
First Column
            
Fixed Column
            
Third Column