Table cell widths - fixing width, wrapping/truncating long words

Question

I have a table containing cells with text of various lengths. It is essential that all of the table cells are of the same width. If this means truncating long words or forcing a

Answer 1

As long as you fix the width of the table itself and set the table-layout property, this is pretty simple :

    



    

        

            
word
            
two words
            
onereallylongword

        
    

I've tested this in IE6 and 7 and it seems to work fine.