JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.1.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<h1>table-layout: fixed;</h1>
    <table class="fixed">
        <tbody class="sort-y">
            <tr><td class="fixed-cell">First</td><td>Second</td><td class="order-handle">handle</td></tr>
            <tr><td>First</td><td>Second</td><td class="order-handle">handle</td></tr>
            <tr><td>First</td><td>Second</td><td class="order-handle">handle</td></tr>
            <tr><td>First</td><td>Second</td><td class="order-handle">handle</td></tr>
            <tr><td>First</td><td>Second</td><td class="order-handle">handle</td></tr>
            <tr><td>First</td><td>Second</td><td class="order-handle">handle</td></tr>
            <tr><td>First</td><td>Second</td><td class="order-handle">handle</td></tr>
            <tr><td>First</td><td>Second</td><td class="order-handle">handle</td></tr>
            <tr><td>First</td><td>Second</td><td class="order-handle">handle</td></tr>
            <tr><td>First</td><td>Second</td><td class="order-handle">handle</td></tr>
        </tbody>
    </table>
	<h1>table-layout: auto;</h1>
    <table class="auto">
        <tbody class="sort-y">
            <tr><td class="fixed-cell">First</td><td>Second</td><td class="order-handle">handle</td></tr>
            <tr><td>First</td><td>Second</td><td class="order-handle">handle</td></tr>
            <tr><td>First</td><td>Second</td><td class="order-handle">handle</td></tr>
            <tr><td>First</td><td>Second</td><td class="order-handle">handle</td></tr>
            <tr><td>First</td><td>Second</td><td class="order-handle">handle</td></tr>
            <tr><td>First</td><td>Second</td><td class="order-handle">handle</td></tr>
            <tr><td>First</td><td>Second</td><td class="order-handle">handle</td></tr>
            <tr><td>First</td><td>Second</td><td...

CSS

table {
	width: 100%;
	margin: 20px;
	border: 1px solid red;
}
table.fixed { table-layout: fixed; }
table.auto { table-layout: auto; }
.fixed-cell { width: 100px; }

JavaScript

$(".sort-y").sortable({
    helper: "foo"
});