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jonboy
jonboy

Reputation: 2749

Table cell width with bootstrap

I have a simple table with two columns, I would like the to set the width of each of these columns, for example left column 30% right column 70%. Eventually I will have hundreds of rows so If I can apply a global css class I guess that would be best?

Currently the left column is compressed and doesn't look good.

I have created a jsfiddle if somebody could lend some assistance. 

<div class="container">
    <div class="row col-md-8">
        <table class="table table-striped">
            <tr>
                <td>row name here</td>
                <td>sed auctor diam sollicitudin ut. Donec et sodales quam, eu vehicula urna. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Integer eget</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>another row name here</td>
                <td>sed auctor diam sollicitudin ut. Donec et sodales quam, eu vehicula urna. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Integer egetsdsdfsdf fsdfsdf</td>></tr>
        </table>
    </div>
</div>

Upvotes: 14

Views: 93748

Answers (6)

Jason Williams
Jason Williams

Reputation: 2860

Add this CSS:

table.table.table-striped tr > td:first-child {
    width:30%;
}

Upvotes: 0

Yeni User
Yeni User

Reputation: 1

<style>

td{
    max-width: 100px;
    overflow: hidden;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
    word-wrap: break-word;
}

#someid tr td:nth-child(1){
    width:10%;
}

</style>



add id "somdeid" in table

<table id="someid">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>some text here</td>
<td>some long text here</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

Upvotes: -3

Anto S
Anto S

Reputation: 2449

when I tried with width property on first td of tr it works fine for me

<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<div class="container">
        <div class="row col-md-8">
            <table class="table table-striped">
                <tr>
                    <td width="30%">row name here</td>
                    <td width="70%">sed auctor diam sollicitudin ut. Donec et sodales quam, eu vehicula urna. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Integer eget</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td>another row name here</td>
                    <td>sed auctor diam sollicitudin ut. Donec et sodales quam, eu vehicula urna. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Integer egetsdsdfsdf fsdfsdf</td></tr>
            </table>
        </div>
    </div>

As per latest update, width attribute in td will no longer supported, so you should set width through css.

#someid tr td{
    width:30%;
}

using psudo code:

#someid tr td:nth-child(1){
    width:30%;
}

whats the issue you faced?

Upvotes: 7

jazZRo
jazZRo

Reputation: 1608

You can use the css property table-layout: fixed This will force the given width on the columns:

table {
    table-layout: fixed;
}

td:first-child {
    width: 30%;
}
td:last-child {
    width: 70%;
}

Updated fiddle

Normally you would give every cell in the column the same width but with table-layout: fixed you can set it only on the header cell of the column:

<thead>
    <tr>
        <th class="first">Column A</th>
        <th class="second">Column B</th>
    </tr>
</thead>

As shown in this fiddle

Upvotes: 7

Krishanu Dey
Krishanu Dey

Reputation: 6406

Here is my take on it. I've added an id to the table for easier access.

The Markup 

<div class="container">
    <div class="row col-md-8">
        <table class="table table-striped" id="someid">
            <tr>
                <td>row name here</td>
                <td>sed auctor diam sollicitudin ut. Donec et sodales quam, eu vehicula urna. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Integer eget</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>another row name here</td>
                <td>sed auctor diam sollicitudin ut. Donec et sodales quam, eu vehicula urna. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Integer egetsdsdfsdf fsdfsdf</td>></tr>
        </table>
    </div>
</div>

The CSS 

#someid tr td:nth-child(1){
    width:30%;
}

Fiddle

Upvotes: 21

Shane
Shane

Reputation: 790

Define a min-width property for your with the class nowrap, like so:

td.nowrap {
  min-width: 129px;
}

Updated your fiddle

Upvotes: 0

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