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Solace
Solace

Reputation: 9020

Why don't these nested <table> elements respect HTML hierarchy?

JSFiddle here.

In this SSCCE, there is a <table> element nested inside another <table> element, but the way they render on the web page is not as expected, and when I checked in the Google Chrome Inspecter/DevTools, I noticed that the two <table> elements are appearing to be at the same level of the HTML hierarchy.

What am I missing here?

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.outer-table {
  border: 2px solid orange;
}
.outer-table th {
  border: 2px solid red;
}
.inner-table tr {
  border: 2px solid blue;
}
.inner-table td {
  border: 2px solid green;
}
table {
  width: 100%;
}
tr {
  width: 100%;
}
th,
td {
  width: 33.33333%;
}
tfoot td {
  width: 100%;
}
th {
  padding: 20px;
}
td {}
<table class="outer-table">



  <thead class="outer-table-head">
    <tr>
      <th>First Name</th>
      <th>Last Name</th>
      <th>Phone</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>



  <tbody class="outer-table-body">
    <tr>
      <table class="inner-table">
        <tbody>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <input type="text" />
            </td>
            <td>
              <input type="text" />
            </td>
            <td>
              <input type="text" />
            </td>
          </tr>
        </tbody>
        <tfoot>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <button class="remove-button">Reset</button>
              <button class="add-button">Save</button>
            </td>
          </tr>
        </tfoot>
      </table>
    </tr>
  </tbody>



</table>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 490

Answers (1)

TheEllis
TheEllis

Reputation: 1736

When nesting tables, I believe you need to place the inner table inside a td tag rather than a tr tag.

Upvotes: 2

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