CSS table-cell equal width
HTML
<div class="table">
<div class="table_cell">Cell-1</div>
<div class="table_cell">Cell-2 Cell-2 Cell-2 Cell-2Cell-2 Cell-2</div>
<div class="table_cell">Cell-3Cell-3 Cell-3Cell-3 Cell-3Cell-3</div>
<div class="table_cell">Cell-4Cell-4Cell-4 Cell-4Cell-4Cell-4 Cell-4Cell-4Cell-4Cell-4</div>
</div>
CSS
.table{
display:table;
width:100%;
table-layout:fixed;
}
.table_cell{
display:table-cell;
width:100px;
border:solid black 1px;
}
DEMO.
Here is a working fiddle with indeterminate number of cells: http://jsfiddle.net/r9yrM/1/
You can fix a width to each parent div
(the table), otherwise it'll be 100% as usual.
The trick is to use table-layout: fixed;
and some width on each cell to trigger it, here 2%. That will trigger the other table algorightm, the one where browsers try very hard to respect the dimensions indicated.
Please test with Chrome (and IE8- if needed). It's OK with a recent Safari but I can't remember the compatibility of this trick with them.
CSS (relevant instructions):
div {
display: table;
width: 250px;
table-layout: fixed;
}
div > div {
display: table-cell;
width: 2%; /* or 100% according to OP comment. See edit about Safari 6 below */
}
EDIT (2013): Beware of Safari 6 on OS X, it has table-layout: fixed;
wrong (or maybe just different, very different from other browsers. I didn't proof-read CSS2.1 REC table layout ;) ). Be prepared to different results.