Table Width Exceeds Container's Width

I'm working on a reporting application which generates HTML tables that can be many rows high and many columns long (sometimes 40 or more). The problem is, many of these tables st

Solution 1:

Give your container a float to force it to stretch to the width of the content:

div{
    border:2px solid #F00;
    padding:10px;   
    float: left; 
}

Fiddle

Solution 2:

just put <div style="overfow:auto"><table> and happy coding

div{
    border:2px solid #F00;
    padding:10px;    
}
table{
    border:2px solid #00F;    
}
td, th{
    border:1px solid #00F;
    padding:4px;    
}

<div style="overflow: auto">
    <table>
        <tr>
            <th>Lorem</th>
            <th>Ipsum</th>
            <th>Dolor</th>
            <th>Sit</th>
            <th>Amet</th>
            <th>Lorem</th>
            <th>Ipsum</th>
            <th>Dolor</th>
            <th>Sit</th>
            <th>Amet</th>
            <th>Lorem</th>
            <th>Ipsum</th>
            <th>Dolor</th>
            <th>Sit</th>
            <th>Amet</th>
            <th>Lorem</th>
            <th>Ipsum</th>
            <th>Dolor</th>
            <th>Sit</th>
            <th>Amet</th>
            <th>Lorem</th>
            <th>Ipsum</th>
            <th>Dolor</th>
            <th>Sit</th>
            <th>Amet</th>
            <th>Lorem</th>
            <th>Ipsum</th>
            <th>Dolor</th>
            <th>Sit</th>
            <th>Amet</th>
            <th>Lorem</th>
            <th>Ipsum</th>
            <th>Dolor</th>
            <th>Sit</th>
            <th>Amet</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Lorem</td>
            <td>Ipsum</td>
            <td>Dolor</td>
            <td>Sit</td>
            <td>Amet</td>
            <td>Lorem</td>
            <td>Ipsum</td>
            <td>Dolor</td>
            <td>Sit</td>
            <td>Amet</td>
            <td>Lorem</td>
            <td>Ipsum</td>
            <td>Dolor</td>
            <td>Sit</td>
            <td>Amet</td>
            <td>Lorem</td>
            <td>Ipsum</td>
            <td>Dolor</td>
            <td>Sit</td>
            <td>Amet</td>
            <td>Lorem</td>
            <td>Ipsum</td>
            <td>Dolor</td>
            <td>Sit</td>
            <td>Amet</td>
            <td>Lorem</td>
            <td>Ipsum</td>
            <td>Dolor</td>
            <td>Sit</td>
            <td>Amet</td>
            <td>Lorem</td>
            <td>Ipsum</td>
            <td>Dolor</td>
            <td>Sit</td>
            <td>Amet</td>
        </tr>
    </table>
</div>

Solution 3:

Consider about another method -- Set table-layout as fixed in your table class:

table-layout:auto;

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