Automatically wrap long table

According to: http://foswiki.org/System/EditingShorthand :

Contents of table cells wrap automatically as determined by the browser

So why long table are not wrapped on my system? How can I force table wrapping (should I use div?)

For example

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6	Column 7	Column 8	Column 9	Column 10	Column 11	Column 12	Column 13	Column 14	Column 15	Column 16	Column 17	Column 18	Column 19	Column 20	Column 21	Column 22	Column 23	Column 24	Column 25	Column 26	Column 27	Column 28	Column 29	Column 30	Column 31	Column 32	Column 33	Column 34	Column 35	Column 36	Column 37	Column 38	Column 39
Why	This	column	is	not	properly	wrapped	Why	This	column	is	not	properly	wrapped	??	Why	This	column	is	not	properly	wrapped	??	Why	This	column	is	not	properly	wrapped	??	Why	This	column	is	not	properly	wrapped	??

I would expect that some column will be displayed in next row. In such way it will be easier for reader to check whole content of the table.

-- MateuszKDzior - 31 Aug 2015

Solution for HTML tables seems to be mentioned here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11250501/wrap-long-html-tables-to-next-line

However - if possible - I would like to use only TML/Foswiki syntax.

-- MateuszKDzior - 31 Aug 2015

The documentation you refer to at the top refers to the content within a table cell which do wrap automatically. Table rows do not wrap automatically. That is inherent in HTML, not just Foswiki. The link you provided to possible solution suggest substituting table tags with floated divs which is very different. Foswiki table syntax renders as html table so there is no possible connection to that particular solution.

One partial solution is to wrap your table inside a div and set style as overflow-x: scroll. This is will provide a scroll bar for your long table rather than having it run outside the topic body. Here's what that would look like:

-- Main.LynnwoodBrown - 06 Dec 2015

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