Baseline Widely available
The table-layout
CSS property sets the algorithm used to lay out <table>
cells, rows, and columns.
table-layout: auto;
width: 150px;
table-layout: fixed;
width: 150px;
table-layout: auto;
width: 100%;
table-layout: fixed;
width: 100%;
<section class="default-example" id="default-example">
<table class="transition-all" id="example-element">
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Location</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Lion</td>
<td>Africa</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Norwegian Lemming</td>
<td>Europe</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Seal</td>
<td>Antarctica</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tiger</td>
<td>Asia</td>
</tr>
</table>
</section>
table {
border: 1px solid #113399;
}
th,
td {
border: 2px solid #aa1199;
padding: 0.25rem 0.5rem;
}
Syntax
/* Keyword values */
table-layout: auto;
table-layout: fixed;
/* Global values */
table-layout: inherit;
table-layout: initial;
table-layout: revert;
table-layout: revert-layer;
table-layout: unset;
Values
auto
The automatic table layout algorithm is used. The widths of the table and its cells are adjusted to fit the content. Most browsers use this algorithm by default.
fixed
The fixed table layout algorithm is used. When using this keyword, the table's width needs to be specified explicitly using the width
property. If the value of the width
property is set to auto
or is not specified, the browser uses the automatic table layout algorithm, in which case the fixed
value has no effect.
The fixed table layout algorithm is faster than the automatic layout algorithm because the horizontal layout of the table depends only on the table's width, the width of the columns, and borders or cell spacing. The horizontal layout doesn't depend on the contents of the cells because it depends only on explicitly set widths.
In the fixed table layout algorithm, the width of each column is determined as follows:
With this algorithm the entire table can be rendered once the first table row has been downloaded and analyzed. This can speed up rendering time over the "automatic" layout method, but subsequent cell content might not fit in the column widths provided. Cells use the overflow
property to determine whether to clip any overflowing content, but only if the table has a known width; otherwise, they won't overflow the cells.
table-layout =Examples Fixed-width tables with text-overflow
auto |
fixed
This example uses a fixed table layout, combined with the width
property, to restrict the table's width. The text-overflow
property is used to apply an ellipsis to words that are too long to fit. If the table layout were auto
, the table would grow to accommodate its contents, despite the specified width
.
<table>
<tr>
<td>Ed</td>
<td>Wood</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Albert</td>
<td>Schweitzer</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jane</td>
<td>Fonda</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>William</td>
<td>Shakespeare</td>
</tr>
</table>
CSS
table {
table-layout: fixed;
width: 120px;
border: 1px solid red;
}
td {
border: 1px solid blue;
overflow: hidden;
white-space: nowrap;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
}
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