min-width for fluid column in fixed width table

Question

I'm trying to create a table where a fluid column has a min width. All other columns have a fixed width, and should not grow wider or thinner.

I can get the fluid column to grow and shrink correctly, so that it takes up the remaining space in container which sets the max width to 900px, however I can't get it to take a minimum width.

This means when the window and container are squashed, the fluid column gets covered, rather than behave like the fixed columns at this point.

Applying a min-width to the th and/or td doesn't do anything. Applying a min-wdith to the div inside the fluid td does mean the text has a minimum width, however it doesn't stop the column from shrinking to less than this minimum, so the text is underneath the next column's text.

Any ideas?

HTML:

<div class="container">
<table>
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th class="fixed">fixed</th>
            <th class="fixed">fixed</th>
            <th class="fixed">fixed</th>
            <th class="fluid">fluid</th>
            <th class="fixed">fixed</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>fixed</td>
            <td>fixed</td>
            <td>fixed</td>
            <td class="fluid"><div align="left">Some text here which gets truncated, however should have min width</div></td>
            <td>fixed</td>
        </tr>  
    </tbody>            
</table>
</div>

CSS:

.container {
    max-width: 900px;
}

table {
    table-layout: fixed;
    width: 100%;
    border: 1px solid #333;
    border-collapse: separate;
    border-spacing: 0;
}

th.fixed {
    width: 100px;
}

th.fluid {
    min-width: 100px;
}

td.fluid div {
    width: auto;
    white-space: nowrap; 
    overflow: hidden;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
}

td.fluid {
    background-color: #aaa;
    min-width: 100px;
}

td {
    background-color: #ddd;
    border-right: 1px solid #333;
}

tr td {
     text-align: center;
}

table th, table td {
    border-top: 1px solid #333;
}

JSfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/ajcfrz1g/14/

Answer 1

DEMO

.container {
    max-width: 900px;
}

table {
    table-layout: fixed;
    width: 100%;
     min-width: 500px;
    border: 1px solid #333;
    border-collapse: separate;
    border-spacing: 0;
}


th.fixed {
    width: 100px;


}

th.fluid {
    min-width: 100px;
}

td.fluid div {
    width: 100%;
    min-width:100px;
    white-space: nowrap; 
    overflow: hidden;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
}

td.fluid {
    background-color: #aaa;
    min-width: 100px;
    width: 100%;
}

td {
    background-color: #ddd;
    border-right: 1px solid #333;
}
 tr td {
     text-align: center;
}
 }

table th, table td {
    border-top: 1px solid #333;
}