How to limit HTML table width to 95% of the screen width?

I'm using

<style type="text/css">
table {
  max-width:95%;
  border-collapse:collapse;
  ...
}
...

but the resultant HTML page has the table wider than the screen width (a 1440x900 screen) and a scroll bar appear at the bottom of page.

Solution

Use the style

width: 95%;

instead. Also, depending on what your intention may be, consider the style

width: 100%;
margin-left: 10px;
margin-right: 10px;

for better layout. I'm only guessing here but it seems like a good idea to make the distance between the table and the window edge a fix one. Otherwise the margin will be dynamically changed when you resize.