table cell wrapping

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I have a table with 2 columns and both of these columns each have an individual cell that contains a long string of text. This occurs when the table columns are display only. I set the column width to a 5%.

Both columns have the display area set to Text area with a relatively small display length (30) and 3 rows but the row is still only displaying as a single row.

I do not have any other CSS style sheets applied to this table or page that would affect it.

Is there a way to force the table cell to wrap over to a new line after X number of characters ?

[Jon]

It's probably best to use an explicit width unit e.g. px specified at either table or column level, as opposed to a relative unit like %. It sounds like the browser thinks that the table can be expanded horizontally to accommodate the content. The default wrap CSS is white-space:normal; which means "wrap" so this is probably OK.

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Jon

Thanks, I accomplished the same thing using this CSS in the data style property:

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max-width:250px;
word-wrap:break-word;

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