How can I set the max-width of a table cell using percentages?

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Old question I know, but this is now possible using the css property table-layout: fixed on the table tag. Answer below from this question CSS percentage width and text-overflow in a table cell

This is easily done by using table-layout: fixed, but a little tricky because not many people know about this CSS property.

table {
  width: 100%;
  table-layout: fixed;
}

See it in action at the updated fiddle here: http://jsfiddle.net/Fm5bM/4/

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