How to display tables on mobile devices using Bootstrap?

Question

My tables are displayed perfectly on the desktop, but as soon as I try to view the mobile version, my table will be too wide for the screen of the mobile device. I use a responsive layout.

How to set table width for mobile viewing? What other alternatives exist for presenting tabular data on mobile views using Bootstrap?

Answer 1

Bootstrap 3 presents responsive tables :

<div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table"> ... </table> </div> 

Credit Jason Bradley to provide an example:

Answer 2

You can also try one of these approaches, as large tables are not completely friendly on mobile devices, even if they work:

http://elvery.net/demo/responsive-tables/

I disagree with “No more tables,” but it clearly depends on your application.

Answer 3

All tables in bootstrap are stretched according to the container in which they are located. You can put your tables inside a .span element to control size. This question may help you.

Why are Twitter Bootstrap tables always 100% wide?