How to make td (cell) from html table expand for the row to fit in one line?

Question

In some html cells (td) the text is wrapped because the size of the column is smaller than the size of the text on the cell. I don't want the text to be wrapped, I want the column width to expand so the wrapping don't happen!

How can I do that?

One final note, I only can use html code, no css :(

Damalus

I'm not clear on what the problem is. Can you add an example or expand on your question? – Lucais

@Lucais I've edit my question, hope you understand now. – Damalus

Answer 1

Since you can't use CSS, how about:

<td nowrap="nowrap">

I'd prefer to use CSS here on the TD (white-space:nowrap) since the nowrap attribute on the TD element isn't supported HTML 4.01 Strict / XHTML 1.0 Strict.

Here's a quick jsFiddle example showing the effect. Take out the attribute and you can see the difference.

Lucais

Thanks, it's exactly this :) I'm making code for a email (so plain html only) – Damalus

Answer 2

Confusing question, but I think you might be looking for the colspan="x" attribute.

<table>
   <tr>
      <td>1</td>
      <td>2</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td colspan="2">fills both columns</td>
   </tr>
</table>

Aerosphere

Thanks for the quick answer but I don't want this. I've updated my question, hope you understand it now. – Damalus