![]() Not recommended ways to build a responsive table Visual examples of those four possibilities. ![]() We either have to change the markup or start manipulating with JavaScript. You can’t do this with normal table markup in pure CSS because the code order is by rows and the wrappers lock it in. Collapse by columns: This is where things get tricky.Switching display:table into display:block will cause this with normal table markup. Collapse by rows: Split each row into its own single column mini-table on small screens.This is trivial in CSS with an overflow="auto" wrapper. Vertical scroll: If the layout and content is exact and critical, a user could scroll to the left or right.Squash: If columns have little content they might squash horizontally with no issues on a mobile screen so not changing the layout needs to be a valid option. ![]() Let’s think about the different ways a table could behave responsively: The most meaningful markup still comes from non-tabular semantic content. In essence, nothing in the markup tells the screen reader user if the content should be read via rows or columns. VoiceOver at least allows you to navigate in any direction using arrow keys, but you still have no indication which order you should navigate in. The reader steps through the table via rows no matter how your content is arranged., and even scope="row|col" don’t seem to do anything! The only way to get it to recognise a heading is to wrap it in an tag. Neither CromeVox or VoiceOver tells you when you are on a table heading.ChromeVox tells you that you are on a table, while VoiceOver also tells you how many columns and rows the table has (which is helpful).Using a few screen readers ( Chrome Vox and VoiceOver), I attempted to navigate the markup: I did some tests with a simple best practice table. Surely native table markup helps a user with a screen reader understand the order content should be read in and navigated through? One of my main concerns was accessibility. Standard table markup seems to make semantic sense and does a pretty decent job of aligning cells. Examples of comparison tables Is table markup still working for us? I set out to find a flexible and simple solution that could work as a reusable web component, regardless of the content within. The tables I find most frustrating are comparison tables or normal content layout tables, there are really no comprehensive CSS based solutions for making these types of tables responsive. There are many types of tables on websites where content can vary as wildly as the approaches used to make them responsive. This is a great addition to territory we’ve been treading for a while. That’s what I like about this post by Davide Rizzo: it admits that, then gets on with some solutions. Further options can be specified using this option as an object - see the documentation for details.There is no single solution to make any appropriately responsive. Responsive is initialised using the responsive option in the DataTables constructor - a simple boolean true will enable the feature. ![]() The DataTables installation manual also has details on how to use package managers with DataTables. Please see the DataTables NPM and Bower installation pages for further information. Styling packages for Bootstrap, Foundation and other styling libraries are also available by adding a suffix to the package name. If you prefer to use a package manager such as NPM or Bower, distribution repositories are available with software built from this repository under the name -responsive. You can also include the individual files from the DataTables CDN. To use Responsive the primary way to obtain the software is to use the DataTables downloader. Responsive will automatically optimise the table's layout for different screen sizes through the dynamic column visibility control, making your tables useful on desktop and mobile screens. ![]()
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