Limit table cell content displayed?

[harry]

Using IE 5.5 (sp2)

I have a table cell whose width is set to i.e <td width="100">

Several cells contents exceed this width, is there a CSS that can only
display the 1st 100px's & chop the rest?

Tried various combniations of style's using "width, clip, overflow" but
seems to just completely ignores any of these settings!

Sample table -

<table>
<tr>
<td width="85"> Access</td>
<td width="40"> aaaa</td>
<td width="100">
12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890</td>
<td width="112"> 1</td>
<td width="111"> 1</td>
</tr>
</table>

thanks

harry

 

[Steve Pugh]

Using IE 5.5 (sp2)

Is that relevant? What are your users using?

I have a table cell whose width is set to i.e <td width="100">

Several cells contents exceed this width, is there a CSS that can only
display the 1st 100px's & chop the rest?

You need to set table-layout: fixed; for the table and specify a width
for the table. Then you can specify overflow: hidden; for the cells
you want cropped.

It should go without saying that this isn't very user friendly - your
visitors will need to disable CSS to see all the content of your page.

Steve

 

[harry]

Thanks for that Steve will give it a go.

Sorry should have explained it's for an intranet with every user having the
same browser & version

As regards the chopping, I thought I'd set the cell's title attibute to the
full value so they can see it as a tooltip!

 

[harry]

thanks mate - worked perfectly!

Thanks for that Steve will give it a go.

Sorry should have explained it's for an intranet with every user having the
same browser & version

As regards the chopping, I thought I'd set the cell's title attibute to the
full value so they can see it as a tooltip!

 

[Steve Pugh]

Please don't top post.

As regards the chopping, I thought I'd set the cell's title attibute to the
full value so they can see it as a tooltip!

And if they want to print it? Or cut and paste the text to another
application?
Design and layout are supposed to enhance and support content not
obscure it, I think you're fixing the wrong problem.

Steve