[pmwiki-users] how does one define a fixed width to a cell (column) in a table

[Patrick R. Michaud]

On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 11:09:23AM -0600, Gordon, Andrew wrote:
>    I have defined a table as follows:
> 
>    || border=10 width= 100% align=center bgcolor=silver
>    ||! Application Name        ||! Agency ||!   LOB     || 
>    || [[ Freight Management]]  || Health  || Financial  ||
>
>    How does one define a fixed width for each column?

It can't be easily done using ||-style tables alone.  
In order to control column widths one either has use table
directives (e.g., (:cell width=...:) ) or add some special
CSS properties to set the table cell widths.

If you're interested in the CSS approach, let me know and
I'll write it up.

Pm