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table width=50%
  td nowrap 
    input width=100% 
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<table border style="background: silver; width:50%;">
 <tr>
  <td border style="white-space: nowrap; background:#AABBFF;padding:8px;">
      <input type="text" value=""  style="width:100%;"></input>
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  input width=100% 
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            border:12px outset;">
 <input type="text" value="" style="width:100%;"></input>
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