The following are tables with two cells. The first cell contains two buttons and a separator between them. The second cell has a   and its width is set to "100%", so it forces the first one to shrink as much as it can.

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  as separator (using nowrap) (bug on Opera):
Space as separator (using nowrap):
  as separator (without nowrap) (bug on Firefox):
Space as separator (without nowrap):