# Automatic Line breaks on tables

**URL:** <https://community.plotly.com/t/automatic-line-breaks-on-tables/11184>\
**Category:** Dash Python\
**Created:** [June 26, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/automatic-line-breaks-on-tables/11184 "2018-06-26T00:40:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![abyssalnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@abyssalnick](https://community.plotly.com/u/abyssalnick)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/automatic-line-breaks-on-tables/11184/1 "2018-06-26T00:40:24Z")

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Hey guys

I’m currently having a problem with a table in dash. I want to make sure it gets a fixed size, and that eventual long texts have line breaks, instead of making the table longer.

Here’s a example of what happens when I use a long text in my table:

 ![firefox_2018-06-25_21-37-48](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/uploads/plot/original/2X/1/1d556246af767bc58e5cef6b0e364e316b8252cb.png)

Is there any way to put an automatic line break, or do I need to use   
 always?

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**Author:** ![abyssalnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@abyssalnick](https://community.plotly.com/u/abyssalnick)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/automatic-line-breaks-on-tables/11184/2 "2018-06-26T14:42:25Z")

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Somehow, It’s working now. It seems like using a series of the same characters creates a bug in the line break. When I use something else, it works fine.

 ![firefox_2018-06-26_11-41-14](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/uploads/plot/original/2X/5/54ca1e6521c99140ff94e908a294ea4da80fac42.png)