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Using two columns like this does have the disadvantage that searching the web page (either with a browser or a search engine) will usually not be able to find text that straddles the column boundary. Also, if the table has cell spacing (and thus border-collapse=separate), meaning that cells have separate borders with a gap in between, that gap ...
Adding the mw-collapsible class to a table automatically positions the toggle, and selects which parts to collapse. A common use is to make a collapsible layout table, which always displays an introduction or summary, but hides the rest of the content from immediate view.
To remove borders between adjacent cells: Cut cells into parts: Instead of trying to make a super-cell that spans rows/columns, split it into smaller cells while leaving some cells intentionally empty. Use a non-breaking space with or {} in empty cells to maintain the table structure. Custom CSS styling:
The content in question is currently in a table so it seems logical to use collapsible tables but in the Help for Collapse (top and bottom) it mentions it can also be used to collapse complex content that includes tables. Doesn't seem to be any clear indication which is recommended.
Cell borders can be hidden by adding border: none; background: none; to the style attributes of either the table or the cell, [note 4] though this may not work in older browsers. Another use case for this is for implementing aligned multi-column tables:
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See the Width section of Help:Table.To summarize, max-width is the preferred way to limit widths on tables. It works on divs too. Note though that in both tables and divs there needs to be spaces in long lines of text or wikitext.
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