Question

I am using Datatables, a jQuery plugin for creating custom tables. I am trying to create now a table with many columns, at least one of them containing a lot of text. The problem is that the column with long text is not created wider, but taller, making the table more difficult for the user to read.

How can I make the text column wider and less higher?

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Answer 1

Probably you may consider to use css text-overflow property: http://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/truncate-string-with-ellipsis/ and in conjunction with a tooltip of the cell which has a long text.