Wrap table cell with long word

Question

I try to follow the explication here : How to wrap table cell at a maximum width in full width table

But I can't make something works to wrap my "xxxxxxxxxxxxx" line.

<table class="my-list table table-bordered table-hover">
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <th>User id</th>
            <th>User name</th>
            <th>Type</th>
            <th>Id</th>
            <th>Ad content</th>
            <th>Created at</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>66666</td>
            <td>John Smith</td>
            <td>type1</td>
            <td>99999</td>
            <td>
                <div>
                    Good content with words and real sentences.
                </div>
            </td>
            <td>2015-09-02</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>777777</td>
            <td>Martin  Isabelle</td>
            <td>type2</td>
            <td>888888</td>
            <td>
                <div>
                    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
                </div>
            </td>
            <td>2015-09-02</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

https://jsfiddle.net/jfmqgh20/2/

Related (word-break): http://stackoverflow.com/q/1795109/1207195. — Adriano Repetti, Sep 25 '15 at 09:00

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 25 '15 at 08:59

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updated link

Css Code:

table {
    width: 100%;
}
td {
    text-align: right;
    white-space: nowrap;
}
td div {
    white-space: normal;
    word-break: break-all;
    display: block;
}

answered Sep 25 '15 at 08:59

SVK

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Thank you so much! This simple solution fixed a painful problem. – user1261774 Jul 12 '18 at 22:59

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 12 '17 at 00:58

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you needed to give the table cell a min and max width not the table head.

.my-list {
    max-width: 100%;
}

th {
}

td {
    max-width: 300px;
    min-width: 150px;
    word-wrap: break-word;
}

edited Apr 12 '17 at 00:58

Loïc Faure-Lacroix

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answered Sep 25 '15 at 09:03

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manpreet · Answer 3 · 2015-09-25T09:11:04.450

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Option 1.Add table-layout:fixed to table in your original code for word-wrapcss to work. https://jsfiddle.net/mpsingh2003/jfmqgh20/12/

Option 2. Use word-break: break-word; css property. And also set min-width of td.
Updated JS Fiddle https://jsfiddle.net/mpsingh2003/jfmqgh20/9/

edited Sep 25 '15 at 09:11

answered Sep 25 '15 at 09:02

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