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`table-layout: fixed`: how does it work?

I have a table that's built by our platform that uses

table-layout: fixed

table-layout: fixed

. I'm trying to shrink some of the columns so what I'm doing is using

width: 40px

width: 40px

on some of the column cells. The issue is that while the cells shrink, they don't actually become

40px

40px

. Even setting a

max-width: 40px

max-width: 40px

does nothing. (and no, it's not getting overridden).

The confusing part is using relative units like

vw

vw

does change the cells widths down to that actual size I set it as far as I can tell. Why is that?