How to force table cell <td> content to wrap?
Heres the entire page * wrappable is defined in a main.css file
/* Wrappable cell
* Add this class to make sure the text in a cell will wrap.
* By default, data_table tds do not wrap.
*/
td.wrappable,
table.data_table td.wrappable {
white-space: normal;
}
Heres the entire page:
<%@ include file="../../include/pre-header.html" %>
<form id="commentForm" name="commentForm" action="" method="post">
<ctl:vertScroll height="300" headerStyleClass="data_table_scroll" bodyStyleClass="data_table_scroll" enabled="${user.scrollTables}">
<ctl:sortableTblHdrSetup topTotal="false" href="show.whatif_edit_entry? entryId=${entry.entryId}" />
<table class="data_table vert_scroll_table">
</tr>
<tr>
<ctl:sortableTblHdr styleClass="center" title="Comments" property="comment" type="top">Comments</ctl:sortableTblHdr>
</tr>
<c:forEach var="comments" items="${entry.comments}">
<tr id="id${comments.id}">
<td id="comments-${comments.id}" class="wrappable" style="width:400px;">${comments.comment}</td>
</tr>
</c:forEach>
<c:if test="${lock.locked || form.entryId < 0 }">
<%-- This is the row for adding a new comment. --%>
<tr id="commentRow">
<td><input type="text" id="comment" name="comment" size="50" maxlength="250" onkeypress="javascript:return noenter();" />
<a href="javascript:addComment();"><img src="../images/icon_add.gif" border="0" alt="Add"/></a>
</td>
</tr>
</c:if>
</table>
</ctl:vertScroll>
</form>
It just stretches every time I submit.
This page is within a div also. Do I need to set the width of the div and the table also?
Answer
Use table-layout:fixed in the table and word-wrap:break-word in the td.
See this example:
<html>
<head>
<style>
table {border-collapse:collapse; table-layout:fixed; width:310px;}
table td {border:solid 1px #fab; width:100px; word-wrap:break-word;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Lorem Ipsum</td>
<td>Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>LoremIpsumhasbeentheindustry'sstandarddummytexteversincethe1500s,whenanunknown</td>
<td>Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td></td>
<td>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna...</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
DEMO:
table {border-collapse:collapse; table-layout:fixed; width:310px;}
table td {border:solid 1px #fab; width:100px; word-wrap:break-word;} <table>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Lorem Ipsum</td>
<td>Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>LoremIpsumhasbeentheindustry'sstandarddummytexteversincethe1500s,whenanunknown</td>
<td>Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td></td>
<td>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna...</td>
</tr>
</table>