HTML tables: horizontal scroll in a td only when needed

Question

I have a table with the following:

<table  cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" > 
<tr>
<td>Contact: </td>
<td width="100px"><div style="overflow-x:scroll; width:100px">[email protected]</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

This code shows an horizontal scroll in the email cell.

When the email is a short one like [email protected] the scroll shows but it is not enabled as it is not needed, and when the email is longer let's say

[email protected]

the scroll enables so you can see the entire email.

This is good, but what I need is the scroll not to show at all when the email is a short one.

How can I do that??

I've tried:

overflow-x:auto;

And it does not show the scroll when a short email but when the email is a long one it just cut it no scroll at all. I think this happens because there are no spaces in the email.

Answer 1

By defining overflow-x: scroll you are indicating for a scroll bar to appear no matter what.

You should use overflow-x:auto. Here is a working demo

Answer 2

works like a charm (IE9)

<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" >  
    <tr> 
    <td>Contact: </td> 
    <td width="100px"><div style="overflow:auto; width:100px">[email protected]</div> 
    </td> 
    </tr> 
</table> 

http://jsfiddle.net/fUW4s/1/