Force width of table

[jjr512]

Is there a way to force the width of a table to always be some specific width? I am not talking about the simple width=x attribute, either. What I mean is sometimes, in a dynamically-filled table, a long solid string of text will force the table to go wider than the width=x setting, and that completely throws everything off.
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[PaulKroll]

Yeah, I think you're precisely correct: it WILL make the cells stretch. So you're like, out of luck.

You can try using tables within a cell: that certainly seems to put the smack down on the expansion of cells in IE5, if I recall. But ultimately, this is HTML, and it's not really meant to do what I think you're looking to do.

It's possible that CSS would help, if you can handle the browser variations. Or use PHP to generate a PDF file, assuming folks using your site would be able to handle viewing/printing PDFs.

[Mark]

Justin,

I wonder if putting a transparent .gif image in the table at the width you want would help??[nbsp][nbsp]I'm not sure, just throwing it out there.

Mark

[Drew]

Mark's got it right... that's how to do it.[nbsp][nbsp]Stretch your transparent gif's to the right width or height to make sure your cells don't stretch.

Drew
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[tedloh]

That's the way to force a minimum width.[nbsp][nbsp]However, it would not prevent a long text string from stretching it beyond a maximum width.
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