HTML CSS How to stop a table cell from expanding

Question

I have a table which is built with the contents coming from a returned dataset. What I want to do is stop a \'description\' cell from expanding over 280px wide, no matter w

Answer 1

It appears that your HTML syntax is incorrect for the table cell. Before you try the other idea below, confirm if this works or not... You can also try adding this to your table itself: table-layout:fixed.. .

<td style="overflow: hidden; width: 280px; text-align: left; valign: top; whitespace: nowrap;">
   [content]
</td>

New HTML

<td>
   <div class="MyClass"">
       [content]
   </div>
</td>

CSS Class:

.MyClass{
   height: 280px; 
   width: 456px; 
   overflow: hidden;
   white-space: nowrap;
}