Why isn't my td wraping its content - css

Question

I have a table cell that keep resisting to wrap it contents (a span). Here is the escenario according to Chrome dev tools:
The <td> has the following rules:
overflow:visible;
white-space:normal;
The <table> has:
table-layout:fixed;
First row in the table has two columns with fixed width defined; the problematic cell has padding="2".
From my knowledge that should do, but it is not wraping the contents. I have tried unsuccessfully with the following rules:
word-break: break-all;
word-wrap: break-word;
max-width: 120px; /*this is the max width I want to ensure*/
What am I missing here?

Answer 1

I don't know exactly how is your code because you didn't post it, but I followed your instructions and it worked for me.
See it here: http://jsfiddle.net/FJ7dB/
HTML:
<table>
<tr>
<td>TD-1-1</td>
<td padding="2">
<span>TD-1-2 ContentContentContentContentContentContentContentContentContentContentContentContentContentContentContentContentContent</span>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>TD-2-1</td>
<td>TD-2-2</td>
</tr>
</table>
CSS:
table{
table-layout:fixed;
border:1px solid blue;
}
td{
width:120px;
max-width:120px;
word-break: break-all;
word-wrap: break-word;
border:1px solid red;
}
What makes it work is max-width, which you said it was unsuccessful.
And it isn't necessary to set
overflow:visible;
white-space:normal;
because visible and normal are their default values.