overwrite <nobr> with CSS?

Hi!

I have a result of a Java-Library that looks similar to
<td class="xyz"><nobr>TEXT</nobr></td>
I am not able to change this coding. But has anybody an idea to define
another tag - outside the table or by overwriting the class-definition
- that prevent the <nobr>?
The result should be that the text is allowed wrap.
Is there any solution for my problem?

Ciao * Kerstin

jumpertz (AT) gmx (DOT) de (BeEnola) wrote:

I have a result of a Java-Library that looks similar to
td class="xyz"><nobr>TEXT</nobr></td

Odd. There can be reasons to use the nonstandard <nobr> markup, but
this is hardly one of them, since you could use
<td class="xyz" nowrap>TEXT</td>

I am not able to change this coding. But has anybody an idea to
define another tag - outside the table or by overwriting the
class-definition - that prevent the <nobr>?

The <nobr> markup is not defined in any specification, so there can be
no well-defined way to override its effect. But you could try using
something that would make sense if <nobr> were a real element with an
effect equivalent to white-space: nowrap (as it more or less has):
td.xyz nobr { white-space: normal; }

Seems to have the desired effect on IE 6.

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Hi Jukka!

It works - Thank you very much!

Ciao * Kerstin