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This is called an inline style, and can be used to add CSS styles to an element, such as color, font, size, and more. Multiple style values can be added separated by a semicolon and optional space. Multiple style values can be added separated by a semicolon and optional space.
Use a non-breaking space with or {} in empty cells to maintain the table structure. Custom CSS styling: Override the wikitable class defaults by explicitly specifying: border-collapse: collapse; border: none; Apply these styles to the table or specific cells using inline styles or a custom class.
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A table is an arrangement of columns and rows that organizes and positions data or images. Tables can be created on Wikipedia pages using special wikitext syntax, and many different styles and tricks can be used to customise them.
{{inline block}} does the same and allows further style customization, but does not automatically add the "avoidwrap" CSS class. {} produces multiple non-breaking spaces (or a single one). {} can be used to provide a (brief) exception within a no-wrapping area. {{normalwraplink}} allows links to wrap when they otherwise would not.
A CSS width setting for the overall table in desktop view acts like width settings on divs and tables on webpages outside Wikipedia. A horizontal scrollbar is created when the screen is too narrow for the width setting. See width outside Wikipedia: width - CSS: Cascading Style Sheets | MDN; CSS width Property.
In general, styles for tables and other block-level elements should be set using CSS classes, not with inline style attributes. This is because the site-wide CSS is more carefully tested to ensure compatibility with a wide range of browsers; it also creates a greater degree of professionalism by ensuring a consistent appearance between articles.
TemplateStyles allow custom CSS pages to be used to style content without an interface administrator having to edit sitewide CSS. TemplateStyles make it more convenient for editors to style templates; for example, those templates for which the sitewide CSS for the mobile skin or another skin (e.g. Timeless) currently negatively affects the display of the template.