How do i keep a cell width fixed so that overflowing or wrapping text stays within the cell making the height higher in Dreamweaver?
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If you insert text into a table and the table width expands in Dreamweaver please follow these steps:
Right click anywhere in the table cell and choose:
TABLE - EXPANDED TABLE MODE (located at the bottom of the drop down)
This will give you a pop up box, just hit OK.
Now right click the table again and choose the same:
TABLE - EXPANDED TABLE MODE
Presto, your table widths are restored!
Please note that if you have an image that has pixel dimensions that are wider than the table itself then this will not work.
It is a great trick to use when working with locked regions of a Template.
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by: jason1178Posted on 2009-07-07 at 19:16:21ID: 24800073
Hi suagrlee,
Table cells are hard to constrain. If the element has no breaks (like a long word or URL), it will force the cell wider than the declared width.
The only thing you can do is use the CSS overflow property to "hide" the excess content or don't use tables for layout and go with a complete CSS design. CSS and divs are a lot more functional in this situation than tables are.