td widths, not working?
css, html, html-table, width
Solution
It should be:
<td width="200">
or
<td style="width: 200px">
Note that if your cell contains some content that doesn't fit into the 200px (like `somelongwordwithoutanyspaces`), the cell will stretch nevertheless, unless your CSS contains `table-layout: fixed` for the table.
EDIT
As kristina childs noted on her answer, you should avoid both the `width` attribute and using inline CSS (with the `style` attribute). It's a good practice to separate style and structure as much as possible.
Problem
So I have this code here: ``` <table> <tr> <td width="200px" valign="top"> <div class="left_menu"> <div class="menu_item"> <a href="#">Home</a> </div> </div> </td> <td width="1000px" valign="top">Content</td> </tr> </table> ``` with the CSS ``` .left_menu { background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #333333; border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; padding: 5px; } .menu_item { background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #CCCCCC; border-bottom: 1px solid #999999; border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px; border-top: 1px solid #FFFFCC; cursor: pointer; padding: 5px; } ``` It works fine on my browser and I have tested it in every browser both mac and PC, but someone is complaining that the `td` with the `width` of 200 keeps changing width. I have no idea what he is talking about. Does anyone know why he or she is seeing the width change on the `td`?