>> On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 01:46:33 +0000 (UTC), John Wells wrote: >>> Guys, >>> >>> Is there a way to wrap data in table cells, even though there is no >>> whitespace in >>> that data to break? >>> [...] > On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, David Hucklesby replied: > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> Hi John, >> I don't know if this works in table cells, as I have little experience with >> tables. >> But if this is only happening in IE, I suggest trying the IE special >> declaration: >> word-wrap:break-word; >>
On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 07:45:05 +0300 (EEST), Jukka K. Korpela helpfully added: > > I don't think the problem is IE-specific, since other browsers are a little > _less_ > inclined into breaking strings with no whitespace. > > [...] > Besides, breaking at an arbitrary character isn't suitable for URLs in > general. There > are specific recommendations (e.g., in the Chicago Manual of Style) where a > URL should > be broken when needed. The practical way to do so is to add <wbr> tags at the > allowable > break points; of course, this is a non-CSS and nonstandard approach, but it's > the only > one that really works. More info on this: > http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/html/nobr.html#suggest > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you for this useful information, Jukka. I was thinking of situations where a long text string simply extends beyond the confines of its container. It's only IE that pushes the container wider. But now I come to think of it, a table cell will likely expand in non-IE browsers as well. So glad you corrected me on this. Cordially, David -- ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
