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Tables break words in first column

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On the site, table content is often jammed all together in the first column, where the next column is happily spread out. I have made some of my tables extremely terse to accommodate. This is from Chrome 122/MacOS on a 27-inch monitor (2560 × 1440):

Sample table

Element Description
hydrogen Fusce molestie nibh id tellus semper, at porta nisi rhoncus. Praesent malesuada odio a fringilla sollicitudin.
helium Curabitur malesuada sapien nec dui varius porttitor. Quisque aliquet finibus posuere.
lithium Quisque lacus massa, vulputate a purus non, cursus porta leo. Ut tempus odio vel lorem ornare pharetra.

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Editor view

For some reason, the same table looks fine in the Editor view:

screenshot-editor

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Example table plus screenshot (5 comments)
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trichoplax‭ wrote 9 months ago
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I wonder if it might help to add an example table to this post, alongside a screenshot of how it looks for you. This would make it immediately clear whether each viewer is seeing the same problem, which could help narrow down which browsers and operating systems are affected.

trichoplax‭ wrote 9 months ago
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(Alternatively, a link to the post the current screenshot was taken from would help narrow down who is affected.)

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Michael‭ wrote 9 months ago
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Okay. I have a basic demo table and screenshots both ways.

trichoplax‭ wrote 9 months ago · edited 9 months ago
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I can confirm that the sample table and the screenshot look identical to me (viewing on Firefox on Fedora Linux) so the problem seems to be independent of browser or operating system.

trichoplax‭ wrote 9 months ago
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On mobile (Firefox on Android) the sample table does not look identical to the screenshot, but still splits words in the first column. It actually splits them worse ("Element" and "hydrogen" are split across 3 lines each).