Specify the Maximum Width for a Column

[Shanester]

How do I specify the maximum width for a column? I thought I could try:

<col style='max-width:200px' />

but this doesn't work in any of the four browsers that I have.Thanks,Shane.

[Synook]

Try using the max-width on the first table cell of that column instead. Also, max-width doesn't work in IE 6 or below, so if you are trying it in IE 6, IE 5.5, IE 4 and IE 3 then nothing will happen

[Shanester]

I tried adding max-width to the first cell in the column, like:

<th style='max-width:100px'>Referrer</th>

But it isn't working in ie7 or Firefox 3.I'm almost always able to work around deficiencies in HTML and CSS, but this time I can’t figure out any way of specifying the maximum width of a column.Any other ideas?Thanks,Shane.

[jlhaslip]

Try it on the column's TD cell.

[Kingy]

Also see if putting a semi colon at the end helps, sometimes browsers can be pretty anal. >_>100px;

[rzea]

OFFTOPIC: (although is ontopic based on the answer above)The semicolon it's only needed to separate lines in your declaration, so if there's only one property, or the last property of the list, then there's no need to put the semicolon.Shanester's code is correct, but I think jlhaslip's suggestion is the solution.

[Guest FirefoxRocks]

OFFTOPIC:Who uses IE 3 these days?