I have a table and I want to set a fixed width of 30px on the td\'s. the problem is that when the text in the td is too long, the td is stretched out wider than 30px.
Just divide the number of td to 100%. Example, you have 4 td's:
<html>
<table>
<tr>
<td style="width:25%">This is a text</td>
<td style="width:25%">This is some text, this is some text</td>
<td style="width:25%">This is another text, this is another text</td>
<td style="width:25%">This is the last text, this is the last text</td>
</tr>
</table>
</html>
We use 25% in each td to maximize the 100% space of the entire table
It is not only the table cell which is growing, the table itself can grow, too. To avoid this you can assign a fixed width to the table which in return forces the cell width to be respected:
table {
table-layout: fixed;
width: 120px; /* Important */
}
td {
width: 30px;
}
(Using overflow: hidden
and/or text-overflow: ellipsis
is optional but highly recommended for a better visual experience)
So if your situation allows you to assign a fixed width to your table, this solution might be a better alternative to the other given answers (which do work with or without a fixed width)
The above suggestions trashed the layout of my table so I ended up using:
td {
min-width: 30px;
max-width: 30px;
overflow: hidden;
}
This is horrible to maintain but was easier than re-doing all the existing css for the site. Hope it helps someone else.
This workaround worked for me...
<td style="white-space: normal; width:300px;">
It's not the prettiest CSS, but I got this to work:
table td {
width: 30px;
overflow: hidden;
display: inline-block;
white-space: nowrap;
}
Examples, with and without ellipses:
body {
font-size: 12px;
font-family: Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
table {
border: 1px solid #555;
border-width: 0 0 1px 1px;
}
table td {
border: 1px solid #555;
border-width: 1px 1px 0 0;
}
/* What you need: */
table td {
width: 30px;
overflow: hidden;
display: inline-block;
white-space: nowrap;
}
table.with-ellipsis td {
text-overflow: ellipsis;
}
<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td>first</td><td>second</td><td>third</td><td>forth</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>first</td><td>this is really long</td><td>third</td><td>forth</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />
<table class="with-ellipsis" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td>first</td><td>second</td><td>third</td><td>forth</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>first</td><td>this is really long</td><td>third</td><td>forth</td>
</tr>
</table>
Put a div
inside td
and give following style width:50px;overflow: hidden;
to the div
Jsfiddle link
<td>
<div style="width:50px;overflow: hidden;">
<span>A long string more than 50px wide</span>
</div>
</td>