links in tables do not wrap - help

[leegold2]

Is there any html code to get very long links to wrap inside a table
cell? The longest link keeps it's column very wide and messes up the "look".

Any ideas appreciated,
Lee

 

[Richard]

Is there any html code to get very long links to wrap inside a table
cell? The longest link keeps it's column very wide and messes up the
"look".

Any ideas appreciated,
Lee

You mean like showing www.supercalifragilisticexpialidocius.com and the
table is only 20 pixels wide?

You could try using "<a
href="www.supercalifragilisticexpialidocius.com">WOW!<a/>
Then the link itself appears in the status bar.
Or do it within a <span> and use some other text tricks.

 

[Jukka K. Korpela]

Is there any html code to get very long links to wrap inside a
table cell?

You don't need any special code for that - but you may need to remove
some code that you have used to prevent normal wrapping.

But why do you use very long links? Link texts should normally be just
a few words.

Please don't hesitate to post the specific URL if you want to get
specific advice.

 

[Oli Filth]

You don't need any special code for that - but you may need to remove
some code that you have used to prevent normal wrapping.

This is only true if there are space characters within the link text.

But why do you use very long links? Link texts should normally be just
a few words.

I'm guessing he's using a long URL as the link text, e.g.
http://www.verylongdomainname.co.uk...epage.htm?firstname=JOE&amp;secondname=BLOGGS

Oli

 

[Jukka K. Korpela]

This is only true if there are space characters within the link
text.

It's actually much more complicated than that. But why wouldn't you use
spaces in link texts.

I'm guessing he's using a long URL as the link text,

That might well be the case, but as I wrote, if the OP wants specific
help, he needs to give specific information such as a specific URL.
Then we can discuss why he's using URLs as link texts. Do you refer to
books by their ISBN numbers in normal speech?