There are several ways to make a table responsive. Here I am showing some of the ways that can be achieved.
1. Using bootstrap
Bootstrap comes with built-in class .table-responsive that makes the table scroll horizontally on small devices.
e.g.
<table class="table-responsive " >
</table>
2. Using media query
You can use media query to behave table look and feel differently on mobile devices. The following code sample took from a article posted in
css-tricks.com
<style>
@media
only screen and (max-width: 760px),
(min-device-width: 768px) and (max-device-width: 1024px) {
/* Force table to not be like tables anymore */
table, thead, tbody, th, td, tr {
display: block;
}
/* Hide table headers (but not display: none;, for accessibility) */
thead tr {
position: absolute;
top: -9999px;
left: -9999px;
}
tr { border: 1px solid #ccc; }
td {
/* Behave like a "row" */
border: none;
border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;
position: relative;
padding-left: 50%;
}
td:before {
/* Now like a table header */
position: absolute;
/* Top/left values mimic padding */
top: 6px;
left: 6px;
width: 45%;
padding-right: 10px;
white-space: nowrap;
}
/*
Label the data
*/
td:nth-of-type(1):before { content: "First Name"; }
td:nth-of-type(2):before { content: "Last Name"; }
td:nth-of-type(3):before { content: "Job Title"; }
td:nth-of-type(4):before { content: "Favorite Color"; }
td:nth-of-type(5):before { content: "Wars of Trek?"; }
td:nth-of-type(6):before { content: "Porn Name"; }
td:nth-of-type(7):before { content: "Date of Birth"; }
td:nth-of-type(8):before { content: "Dream Vacation City"; }
td:nth-of-type(9):before { content: "GPA"; }
td:nth-of-type(10):before { content: "Arbitrary Data"; }
}
/* Smartphones (portrait and landscape) ----------- */
@media only screen
and (min-device-width : 320px)
and (max-device-width : 480px) {
body {
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
width: 320px; }
}
/* iPads (portrait and landscape) ----------- */
@media only screen and (min-device-width: 768px) and (max-device-width: 1024px) {
body {
width: 495px;
}
}
</style>
I personally like the second option as it will make more smoother look in mobile devices.
Cheers,
Samitha
