Responsive tables

Responsive tables CSS

by Ganesh Salunkhe

HTML

<h1>Responsive Table</h1>
<table>
    <thead>
    <tr>
        <th>First Name</th>
        <th>Last Name</th>
        <th>Job Title</th>
        <th>Favorite Color</th>
        <th>Wars or Trek?</th>
        <th>Porn Name</th>
        <th>Date of Birth</th>
        <th>Dream Vacation City</th>
        <th>GPA</th>
        <th>Arbitrary Data</th>
    </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
    <tr>
        <td>James</td>
        <td>Matman</td>
        <td>Chief Sandwich Eater</td>
        <td>Lettuce Green</td>
        <td>Trek</td>
        <td>Digby Green</td>
        <td>January 13, 1979</td>
        <td>Gotham City</td>
        <td>3.1</td>
        <td>RBX-12</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>The</td>
      <td>Tick</td>
      <td>Crimefighter Sorta</td>
      <td>Blue</td>
      <td>Wars</td>
      <td>John Smith</td>
      <td>July 19, 1968</td>
      <td>Athens</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Edlund, Ben (July 1996).</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Jokey</td>
      <td>Smurf</td>
      <td>Giving Exploding Presents</td>
      <td>Smurflow</td>
      <td>Smurf</td>
      <td>Smurflane Smurfmutt</td>
      <td>Smurfuary Smurfteenth, 1945</td>
      <td>New Smurf City</td>
      <td>4.Smurf</td>
      <td>One</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cindy</td>
      <td>Beyler</td>
      <td>Sales Representative</td>
      <td>Red</td>
      <td>Wars</td>
      <td>Lori Quivey</td>
      <td>July 5, 1956</td>
      <td>Paris</td>
      <td>3.4</td>
      <td>3451</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Captain</td>
      <td>Cool</td>
      <td>Tree Crusher</td>
      <td>Blue</td>
      <td>Wars</td>
      <td>Steve 42nd</td>
      <td>December 13, 1982</td>
      <td>Las Vegas</td>
      <td>1.9</td>
      <td>Under the couch</td>
    </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

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 { 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 { 
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