Syntax

The width has to be specified at the start of a line before the table. The first value is used as width of the table, the rest is for columns. If you want to omit some value use a dash instead. The widths can be specified in any CSS units:

|< 100% 50px - 5em 10em 10% >|
^ A ^ B ^ C ^ D ^ E ^
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |

A	B	C	D	E
1	2	3	4	5

The relative units (percentage) for the table width refer to the width of the page, and when used for columns they refer for the table width. For example, the width specification |< 50% 50% 50% >| makes the table half width of the page and two equal columns quarter of the page width each.

If there are more columns in the table than there are values in the width specification, the width will be applied to the columns from left to right:

|< 50em 20% >|
^ 20% ^ 80% ^
| Specified width | The rest of the table width |

20%	80%
Specified width	The rest of the table width