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Posted by Neredbojias on 08/25/05 00:46
With neither quill nor qualm, Safalra quothed:
> Jukka K. Korpela wrote:
> > "Ross" <ross@aztechost.com> wrote:
> > > If i have a name 'thisisaveryverylongfirstname' the table stetches to
> > > fit the name. Is there any way I can force it to wrap to a fixed width
> > > of 100px??
> >
> > [snip]
> > The right question is: How do I live with the fact that I cannot control
> > layout in a pixel-exact manner, and should not even try?
>
> Surely the right question would be 'How do I persuade browser
> programmers to implement sensible wrapping algorithms?'? I would *hope*
> that his stated width was 100px because he fails to understand relative
> units, rather than having a layout dependent on the cell being exactly
> 100px wide. I took his question to mean that he was annoyed by that
> fact that a long word in a table cell causes it to take up a great
> width, when he would prefer that column to be narrower (and here we
> have the problem of browsers also having poor table-layout algorithms).
> Of course I could be totally wrong; I hope he will clarify the exact
> problem.
>
> > The answer naturally depends on what you are actually doing (and we cannot
> > get any idea of it, in the absence of URL), but normally you should avoid
> > creating the problem. That is, don't generate excessively long strings.
>
> It can hardly be his fault if someone has a very long given name...
Of course. My real name is
Neredbojiasiamsogreaticanhardlystanditandtheworldshouldbowatmyfeetwhenev
erigivethecommandtodoso but I had to shorten it in the interests of
expediency.
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Neredbojias
Contrary to popular belief, it is believable.
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