I'm building a list by using a table:
As you can see, the long url, makes the table wider. This is what I want to prevent.
I've used a couple of things like
table { table-layout: fixed; width: 100%; }
and
td.title { white-space:nowrap;overflow: hidden; width: 200px; }
But this did not work.
Also, maybe I need to note that my table is dynamically being made. But this should not be a problem.
Any suggestions?
Just cut the url text (not the href value) at a certain character. With JavaScript you can do that with str.substring(5, 0); where 5 is the number of characters you want left.
This is default behaviour of a table cell. It will always stretch to fit the content's dimensions. width on a table cell tends to behave more like min-width
The fix is to not style the td, but instead its contents only.
Try something like:
td.title a {
display: inline-block;
white-space: nowrap;
overflow: hidden;
width: 200px;
}
Related
I have a table that displays text fetched from an API using JS and because of that a lot of my cells have different length. I've been trying to create a table with a vertical and horizontal scroll, which I managed to do but I can't seem to figure out how to adjust table row length so that entire text is shown, instead of being cut out. I would like for a cell to have a maximum length and if that length is exceeded the text is shown on the next line. This might not be doable with css only but any solution is welcomed.
Here is a quick look on my issue
Here is part of my CSS for the Match History Table
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
.table2 {
position: fixed;
top: 450px;
left: 400px;
border-collapse: collapse;
width: 1001px;
overflow-x: scroll;
display: block;
}
.table2 tbody {
overflow-y: scroll;
overflow-x: hidden;
height: 300px;
}
.table2 td, th {
min-width: 100px;
height: 25px;
border: dashed 1px lightblue;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
max-width: 100px;
}
1st part of your issue is some cells needing longer lengths than others, so you could set the colspan for those longer than the others.
2nd part is by setting a max-width on those columns you can program how they behave when text is too long for the cells width. If you already know which column's cells will need more room, try adding a larger max width for those cells which will affect all cells in that column.
td:nth-child(1) {
width: 100px
}
td:nth-child(2) {
max-width: 400px; /* Comment this line to see the width stretch based on cell's
content */
}
I have included a working example of how you should set colspan and a modified version of your CSS here: https://codepen.io/TxsAdamWest/pen/NWbOwRW
I managed to fix my issue by adding a class with a min-width attribute to the headers that needed their length adjusted and as for the body, since it is generated dynamically using JS I did the same thing using cell.style.minWidth to a specific row.
When I display the data on the table, it causes the table to resize. Please help me.
It depends on the need, one way is to use css and overflow: hidden; and it can be perfectly seen on this page of Stack Overflow, where long lines of code do not break page but the overflow is clipped, and the rest of the content will be invisible.
Example:
<tr>
<td>verylongtexthere</td>
<td>verylongtexthere</td>
</tr>
css:
td { width: 200px; overflow: hidden; }
table { width : 400px; table-layout: fixed; }
https://jsfiddle.net/j6cyv0wz/
I have looked around alot but i cant figure out what is going on here.
So i have a table with 2 td's on the first row.
left td has a image and should be h:200px and w:200px.
right td has some text and should be h:200px and w:430px.
So the total should be w:630px and h:200px but somehow if i inspect the tr its h:200px and w:630.4px so 0.4 too many which i cant figure out where its from.
i have the margin and padding set to 0px.
#logo {
height: 200px;
width: 200px;
display: inline-block;
}
#headerText {
height: 200px;
width: 430px;
background-color: #660066;
display: inline-block;
}
picture with inspecter: https://imgur.com/d4nVbq9
You need to add both your HTML and CSS codes so that we can see the result and inspect it. But from your explanation, I would say there are two things to consider:
If you want to control the size of a cell, you need to wrap the content in a div or other block elements.
Try adding overflow: hidden; and white-space: nowrap;to your table cell. Use either one that works for you.
I have a table with a column width: auto. It contains a text, which is shortened by the ellipsis when it doesn't fit a column.
Now, I want to append a number besides the text. However, I still want the text to be shortened when it is too long, but the number has to be visible anyway. Below are a few illustrations of what I am trying to accomplish.
It is also required that the number stays near the text at all times. I can make it work when the number is at the fixed position by setting the text's div.text { width: 95% }, but this is not entirely satisfactory.
Please, take a look at JSFiddle to get the idea: http://jsfiddle.net/ZRZfk/. The JSFiddle does not work as I would like it to because the width of the text is fixed.
Is it possible to solve this problem without using JS?
Use max-width instead width Demo
I think replacing width:95% with max-width:95% does what you want? Demo here
.text {
max-width:95%;
overflow: hidden;
white-space: nowrap;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
display: inline-block;
}
You can use trick with ::before and width thgough almost the whole cell.
.text::before{
content:'… (1)';
position: absolute;
display: inline-block;
color: gray;
left: 70%;
background: pink;
}
JSFiddle
I was looking to implement the following design to the HTML/CSS.
I have got problems with the text overflow in the column. Currently the table column width is given in the percentage format so that the column width will change depending on the screen size, but there is a minimum width too. In the first text column, you can see that the content is extending and produced a second line due to the long size. How to avoid this problem using the text overflow? Or any other solution? Also, you can see that a set of icons are appearing in the same row when the mouse hover takes place. At this time, the text below the icons should hide and it should be shortened as shown in the design. Can you advise me to get a solution to this problem? I have tried text-overflow: ellipsis. But I'm getting problem when the screen width changes. Since I don't have a minimum width due to the variable column width, how to cut short the text in this field? Also in the hover case ??
Please let me know if you want to know anything else.
If you don't want the text to split in multiple rows, add white-space:nowrap rule.
Then, set a max-width for the cell.
For the icons, position them in absolute to the right, with a z-index higher then the text. You'll have to add a relative position to the containing cell also.
To keep them visible over text, i've added a background color (and some left padding).
EDIT: Fix for Mozilla
Mozilla seems to ignore position:relative; for td elements.
To fix it, you've to wrap the td contents inside another div, and apply this style
.tables td {
font-weight: 400;
font-size: 13px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #E1E1E1;
line-height: 38px;
text-align: right;
white-space: nowrap;
max-width: 200px; /* just an example */
}
.tables td > div {
overflow: hidden;
width:100%;
position: relative;
}
.linkFunctions {
display: none;
padding-top: 14px;
position: absolute;
right: 0;
z-index: 999;
background-color: #FFF9DC;
padding-left: 3px;
width: 100%;
max-width: 120px; /* just an example */
text-overflow: ellipsis;
overflow: hidden;
}
It's not exactly what you want (regarding the elipsis) but comes very close.
For the <a> inside the <td> add
td a{
display:block;
overflow:hidden;
width:100%;
white-space:nowrap;
}
(You might need to add a class to them to more easily target them and not ALL <a> inside <td>s).
And regarding the hover. Float the div.linkFunctions right, add the yellow background to it and it will look like it cuts the text accordingly.
All of those require a width to be set, which doesn't make tables fluid as they are intended to be. Use this: http://jsfiddle.net/maruxa1j/
That allows you to automatically set widths on <td> as percentages and the :after automatically sizes the overflowed <span>