How to Force Table Cell <Td> Content to Wrap

How to force table cell td content to wrap?

Use table-layout:fixed in the table and word-wrap:break-word in the td.

See this example:

<html>
<head>
   <style>
   table {border-collapse:collapse; table-layout:fixed; width:310px;}
   table td {border:solid 1px #fab; width:100px; word-wrap:break-word;}
   </style>
</head>

<body>
   <table>
      <tr>
         <td>1</td>
         <td>Lorem Ipsum</td>
         <td>Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td>2</td>
         <td>LoremIpsumhasbeentheindustry'sstandarddummytexteversincethe1500s,whenanunknown</td>
         <td>Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td>3</td>
         <td></td>
         <td>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna...</td>
      </tr>
   </table>
</body>
</html>

DEMO:

table {border-collapse:collapse; table-layout:fixed; width:310px;}       table td {border:solid 1px #fab; width:100px; word-wrap:break-word;}

       <table>          <tr>             <td>1</td>             <td>Lorem Ipsum</td>             <td>Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. </td>          </tr>          <tr>             <td>2</td>             <td>LoremIpsumhasbeentheindustry'sstandarddummytexteversincethe1500s,whenanunknown</td>             <td>Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.</td>          </tr>          <tr>             <td>3</td>             <td></td>             <td>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna...</td>          </tr>       </table>

How to make a really long text wrap to keep it in a table td using CSS

You are setting white-space to nowrap, which prevents the text from wrapping across multiple lines:

nowrap

Collapses whitespace as for normal, but suppresses line breaks (text wrapping) within the source.

You need to add both word-break: break-word and white-space: normal (or just remove this property, as normal is its default value) to make the text fit in the cell:

body {  font-family: monospace;}
.a {  width: 300px;   word-wrap: break-word;  background: yellow;    /* Just to keep text selection hightlight inside the table: */  overflow: hidden;}
table {  border-collapse: collapse;  border: 3px solid black;  margin: 0 auto;}
th,td {  border: 3px solid black;  padding: 4px;}

<table>  <tbody>      <tr>      <td>        SOME STUFF      </td>      <td>        <div>A</div>        <div>A-text</div>      </td>      <td>        <div>B</div>        <div>C-text</div>      </td>        <td>        <div>C</div>        <div>C-text</div>      </td>            </tr>
    <tr>      <td colspan="4">        <div class="a">        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               </div>      </td>    </tr>
  </tbody></table>

how to wrap data-column in table td

You can not achieve nice word breaks with position: absolute. But you can use display: flex for table rows like this.

@media only screen and (max-width: 760px),
(min-device-width: 768px) and (max-device-width: 1024px) {
  table {
    width: 100%;
  }
  tr {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
  }
  /* Hide table headers (but not display: none;, for accessibility) */
  thead tr {
    position: absolute;
    top: -9999px;
    left: -9999px;
  }
  tr {
    border: 2px solid rgb(176 173 171);
  }
  td:before {
    content: attr(data-column);
    font-weight: bold;
    word-wrap: break-word;
    width: 20%;
    display: inline-block;
  }
}

<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Action</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td data-column="Actionnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn">
        Test
      </td>
      <td data-column="Name">
        Test1
      </td>
      <td data-column="Shipping Address">
        Test2
      </td>
      <td data-column="Industry">
        Test4
      </td>
      <td data-column="Phone">
        Test3
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

How to prevent text in a table cell from wrapping

Have a look at the white-space property, used like this:

th {
    white-space: nowrap;
}

This will force the contents of <th> to display on one line.

From linked page, here are the various options for white-space:

normal

This value directs user agents to collapse sequences of white space, and break lines as necessary to fill line boxes.

pre

This value prevents user agents from collapsing sequences of white space. Lines are only broken at preserved newline characters.

nowrap

This value collapses white space as for 'normal', but suppresses line breaks within text.

pre-wrap

This value prevents user agents from collapsing sequences of white space. Lines are broken at preserved newline characters, and as necessary to fill line boxes.

pre-line

This value directs user agents to collapse sequences of white space. Lines are broken at preserved newline characters, and as necessary to fill line boxes.

Force input group to fully be visible and not wrap in a table cell

First of all, you have an unclosed tag here:

<select class="form-select projectSelect" <option value="0" selected="">Choose...

This can cause you problems. What code editor are you using? I suggest to use a formatter plug-in such as Prettier to help you format your code properly.

Going back to your issue, I just tested your code and is working fine with Bootstrap 5, so make sure you're linking the library version that corresponds to the classes you're using.

If the problem persists, add the following flex class to the div containing your elements to keep the children (select input and button) in a row direction without wrapping.

.flex-row {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: nowrap;
  flex-direction: row;
}

Please find the full example below. The table is 200px wide only to demonstrate that the elements won't wrap. Tested and works.

table {
  max-width: 200px;
}

th {
  white-space: nowrap;
}

div {
  padding: 0.5rem 0;
}

.flex-row {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: nowrap;
  flex-direction: row;
}

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.0-beta2/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.0-beta2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />

<div id="inspireRecords" class="table-responsive">
  <table class="table table-sm" id="inspireTable">
    <thead>
      <tr>
        <th>Title
          <i onclick="sort_table("#inspireTable",0)" class="fas fa-sort" aria-hidden="true"></i>
        </th>
        . . .
        <th>Projects</th>
      </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
      <tr>
        <td data-sort="n-flation" class="title">N-flation</td>
        . . .
        <td>
          <div class="input-group p-0 flex-row">
            <select class="form-select projectSelect">
              <option value="0" selected="">Choose...</option>
              <option value="1">Test</option>
              <option value="2">Test 2</option>
              <option value="3">Test 3</option>
            </select>
            <button class="btn btn-primary projectSelectBtn" type="button">Add</button>
          </div>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
</div>

How to wrap table cell at a maximum width in full width table

Remove the table width, from th remove the width, the white-space, and the word-break. Add to the th word-wrap: word-break

I also suggest you to set min-width: 150px or any value you want. Also add this td { width: 100%;}.

Here is the jsFiddle

th {    text-align: right;    max-width: 300px;    min-width: 150px;    word-wrap: break-word;}td {    width: 100%;}

<table border="1">    <tr>        <th>Short Header</th>        <td>value</td>    </tr></table><br /><table border="1">    <tr>        <th>Short Header</th>        <td>value</td>    </tr>    <tr>        <th>Quite Long Header</th>        <td>value</td>    </tr></table><br /><table border="1">    <tr>        <th>Short Header</th>        <td>value</td>    </tr>    <tr>        <th>Quite Long Header</th>        <td>value</td>    </tr>    <tr>        <th>MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMassiveHeader</th>        <td>value</td>    </tr></table>

How to Force Table Cell <Td> Content to Wrap