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ADM
ADM

Reputation: 1610

HTML tables: horizontal scroll in a td only when needed

I have a table with the following: 

<table  cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" > 
<tr>
<td>Contact: </td>
<td width="100px"><div style="overflow-x:scroll; width:100px">[email protected]</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

This code shows an horizontal scroll in the email cell.

When the email is a short one like [email protected] the scroll shows but it is not enabled as it is not needed, and when the email is longer let's say

[email protected]

the scroll enables so you can see the entire email.

This is good, but what I need is the scroll not to show at all when the email is a short one.

How can I do that??

I've tried: 

overflow-x:auto;

And it does not show the scroll when a short email but when the email is a long one it just cut it no scroll at all. I think this happens because there are no spaces in the email.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 18816

Answers (2)

Starx
Starx

Reputation: 78981

By defining overflow-x: scroll you are indicating for a scroll bar to appear no matter what.

You should use overflow-x:auto. Here is a working demo

Upvotes: 9

Rafael Herscovici
Rafael Herscovici

Reputation: 17104

works like a charm (IE9) 

<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" >  
    <tr> 
    <td>Contact: </td> 
    <td width="100px"><div style="overflow:auto; width:100px">[email protected]</div> 
    </td> 
    </tr> 
</table>

http://jsfiddle.net/fUW4s/1/

Upvotes: 2

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