   Dumb HTML question
  I want to make a table whose width is the entire width of the screen (or the browser, if the browser is not taking up the whole screen). I did this using <table width=100%>...This works as long as there is nothing too big in the table. But if I have a row that contains a huge word, like wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.... or something,then the table expands to fit the word, meaning it becomes larger than the width of the page, and scroll bars appear so that you can scroll right to see the whole table. How can I force the table to be exactly the width of the page, no matter what is contained in it?Ive tried this with both Firebird and IE6.   </pre> 
  put quotes around 100%<table width="100%"> ;  You need to use the CSS ''overflow'' property.<table width="100%" nostyle="overflow:hidden">That should work... but overflow seems finicky; you may need to use a span tag for the overflow.   ~CGameProgrammer( ); -- Post screenshots of your projects. There''s already 134 screenshot posts. ;quote:Original post by CGameProgrammerYou need to use the CSS 'overflow' property.<table width="100%" style="overflow:hidden">That should work... but overflow seems finicky; you may need to use a span tag for the overflow.   If I remember right, it doesn't work like that...Try this instead.<table width="100%"><tr><td><div style="overflow:hidden;width:100%;">if you want scroll bars, change  hidden to  auto    all your text goes here    </div></td></tr></table>OR you can completely drop the table (i.e.<div style="overflow:hidden;width:100%;">if you want scroll bars, changehidden to auto all your text goes here </div>    [edited by - bcome on February 19, 2004 1:21:57 AM] [edited by - bcome on February 19, 2004 1:22:54 AM] [edited by - bcome on February 19, 2004 1:23:55 AM]