JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Mahadevan Sivasubramanian

HTML

<table role="table">
  <thead role="rowgroup">
    <tr role="row">
      <th role="columnheader">First Name</th>
      <th role="columnheader">Last Name</th>
      <th role="columnheader">Job Title</th>
      <th role="columnheader">Favorite Color</th>
      <th role="columnheader">Wars or Trek?</th>
      <th role="columnheader">Secret Alias</th>
      <th role="columnheader">Date of Birth</th>
      <th role="columnheader">Dream Vacation City</th>
      <th role="columnheader">GPA</th>
      <th role="columnheader">Arbitrary Data</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody role="rowgroup">
    <tr role="row">
      <td role="cell">James</td>
      <td role="cell">Matman</td>
      <td role="cell">Chief Sandwich Eater</td>
      <td role="cell">Lettuce Green</td>
      <td role="cell">Trek</td>
      <td role="cell">Digby Green</td>
      <td role="cell">January 13, 1979</td>
      <td role="cell">Gotham City</td>
      <td role="cell">3.1</td>
      <td role="cell">RBX-12</td>
    </tr>
    <tr role="row">
      <td role="cell">The</td>
      <td role="cell">Tick</td>
      <td role="cell">Crimefighter Sorta</td>
      <td role="cell">Blue</td>
      <td role="cell">Wars</td>
      <td role="cell">John Smith</td>
      <td role="cell">July 19, 1968</td>
      <td role="cell">Athens</td>
      <td role="cell">N/A</td>
      <td role="cell">Edlund, Ben (July 1996).</td>
    </tr>
    <tr role="row">
      <td role="cell">Jokey</td>
      <td role="cell">Smurf</td>
      <td role="cell">Giving Exploding Presents</td>
      <td role="cell">Smurflow</td>
      <td role="cell">Smurf</td>
      <td role="cell">Smurflane Smurfmutt</td>
      <td role="cell">Smurfuary Smurfteenth, 1945</td>
      <td role="cell">New Smurf City</td>
      <td role="cell">4.Smurf</td>
      <td role="cell">One</td>
    </tr>
    <tr role="row">
      <td role="cell">Cindy</td>
      <td role="cell">Beyler</td>
      <td role="cell">Sales Representative</td>
      <td role="cell">Red</td>
      <td...

CSS

/*
	Max width before this PARTICULAR table gets nasty. This query will take effect for any screen smaller than 760px and also iPads specifically.
	*/
	@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 {
      margin: 0 0 1rem 0;
    }
      
    tr:nth-child(odd) {
      background: #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: 0;
			left: 6px;
			width: 45%;
			padding-right: 10px;
			white-space: nowrap;
		}

		/*
		Label the data
    You could also use a data-* attribute and content for this. That way "bloats" the HTML, this way means you need to keep HTML and CSS in sync. Lea Verou has a clever way to handle with text-shadow.
		*/
		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: "Secret Alias"; }
		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"; }
	}