lock table width

nuttynibbles

hi, is there a way to lock the table width so that if the data to be displayed is too long, it will break line instead of displayin in one strectch causing the width to expand?😕

MitchEvans

Give your table a fixed width eg

nuttynibbles

if the table width is set, the table would not expand but the column would affect the other colums rite

jmack159

but you can also set a width for your column too.

EDIT: I should say cells.

nuttynibbles

erm quote me if im wrong, even if i set <td width=50> if the data gets too long, the cell would expand..

jmack159

not really sure, never had that happen to me, but then again ive never LARGE amounts of text in a cell before. have you tried using css:

table {
width: 100px;
}

td {
width: 50px;
}

nuttynibbles

nope not working..

jmack159

try overflow with the css. do you need to display all of the data? or would it be appropriate to trim it down to certain number of words? if so, i have this function:

function trim_text($text, $threshold, $phrase="....."){
		//cut the abstract down to a specified # of words

	$atext = str_word_count($text, 2);
	if(count($atext) >= $threshold){ // gotta cut
		$ttext = array_keys($atext);
		return substr($text, 0, $ttext[$threshold]-1).$phrase;
	}else{ // put the whole thing
		return $text;
	}
}

i use that for a page where i show a list of scholarly papers to trim down abstracts. $threshold is # of words, $text is the text to trim, you can optionally give the phrase to append to the trimmed text. i use "...."

nuttynibbles

because i would need to display customer details, i think it would be better to display all data. tks jmack159 i appreciate your help.. 🙂

bradgrafelman

nuttynibbles wrote:
i think it would be better to display all data

Then you'll need some ClientSide Technology (I've moved your thread).

Try using a word-wrap property in the CSS:

.fixedWidthCell {
    width: 50px;
    word-wrap: normal;
}

Or, if you want it to be 50 pixels no matter what (e.g. if you have long, unbroken words), change word-wrap from "normal" to "break-word".

nuttynibbles

ok tks. i give it a shot