HTML TD wrap text

Question

I want to wrap some text that is added to a <td> element. I have tried with style="word-wrap: break-word;" width="15%". But it is not wrapping the text. Is it mandatory to give it 100% width? I have other controls to display so only 15% width is available.

Answer 1

.tbl {
    table-layout:fixed;
    border-collapse: collapse;
    background: #fff;
 }

.tbl td {
    text-overflow:ellipsis;
    overflow:hidden;
    white-space:nowrap;
}

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