JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by johni
HTML
<table class="myTable">
<tr>
<td class="first">width:300px;</td>
<td class="second autoWidth">auto/divide</td>
<td class="third autoWidth">auto/divide</td>
<td class="last">width:50px;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="first">width:300px;</td>
<td class="second autoWidth">auto/divide</td>
<td class="third autoWidth">auto/divide</td>
<td class="last">width:50px;</td>
</tr>
</table>
CSS
table.myTable
{
width:100%;
}
.myTable td
{
border: solid 1px #cecece;
}
.myTable td.first
{
width:300px;
}
.myTable td.last
{
width:50px;
}
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function() {
DesignMyTable(".myTable", "myTable td.first", "myTable td.last", "myTable td.autoWidth")
});
function DesignMyTable(_myTable, _myFirstFixedCell, _mySecondFixedCell, _myAutoWitdhCell) {
// get the width of your table
var myTableWidth = $(_myTableSelector).width();
// get fixed width of cells that will not change
var firstAndLastWidth = $(_myFirstFixedCellSelector).width() + $(_mySecondFixedCellSelector).width();
// count the number of cells that their size must be shared
var noOfAutoWidthColumns = $(_myAutoWitdhCellSelector).size();
// get the width for each cell
var autoWidthColumn_Width = (myTableWidth - firstAndLastWidth) / noOfAutoWidthColumns;
// set the width of each cell
$(_myAutoWitdhCellSelector).css({"width" : autoWidthColumn_Width + "px"})
}