Bootstrap 3 table - table-responsive not working

Question

I'm using bootstrap 3 for a website project. I'm trying to create a page with a responsive table, so that I'd have the scrollbar when the table is too big. I made a test case like so:

<div class="row">
  <h4>Nuværende kurser</h4>
  <div class="col-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12">
    <div class="table-responsive">
      <table class="table">
        <thead>
          <tr>
            <th>#</th>
            <th>Table heading</th>
            <th>Table heading</th>
            <th>Table heading</th>
            <th>Table heading</th>
            <th>Table heading</th>
            <th>Table heading</th>
          </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
          <tr>
            <td>1</td>
            <td>Table cell</td>
            <td>Table cell</td>
            <td>Table cell</td>
            <td>Table cell</td>
            <td>Table cell</td>
            <td>Table cell</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>2</td>
            <td>Table cell</td>
            <td>Table cell</td>
            <td>Table cell</td>
            <td>Table cell</td>
            <td>Table cell</td>
            <td>Table cell</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>3</td>
            <td>Table cell</td>
            <td>Table cell</td>
            <td>Table cell</td>
            <td>Table cell</td>
            <td>Table cell</td>
            <td>Table cell</td>
          </tr>
        </tbody>
      </table>
    </div>
  </div><!-- end col-12 -->
</div><!-- end row -->

Now, the problem is that it doesn't add the scrollbar, it merely expands the website to the width of the table.

See a screenshot here:

I've seen it working on several other websites, so something I'm doing...is wrong.

Answer 1

You can use FooTable. It is a jQuery plugin that allows you to resize and redistribute the data within your tables to best suite your current breakpoint.

Answer 2

bootstrap's table-responsive works fine in sandbox environments, but it is buggy on live environments. The reason for the bug is that bootstrap gives table-responsive styles of width: 100% and overflow-y: hidden. These two styles do not play nice together. Overflow hiding works best when there is a fixed or max-width. I gave table-responsive a max-width: 270px; for mobile devices, and that fixed the bug.

Answer 3

You're code is fine. I just set up a fiddle here.

Works there!

I literally copied and pasted your code. Are you sure your links to Bootstrap's Javascript file and CSS file are working?

<div class="row">
 <h4>Nuværende kurser</h4>
  <div class="col-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12">
   <div class="table-responsive">
    <table class="table">
     <thead>
      <tr>
        <th>#</th>
        <th>Table heading</th>
        <th>Table heading</th>
        <th>Table heading</th>
        <th>Table heading</th>
        <th>Table heading</th>
        <th>Table heading</th>
      </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
      <tr>
        <td>1</td>
        <td>Table cell</td>
        <td>Table cell</td>
        <td>Table cell</td>
        <td>Table cell</td>
        <td>Table cell</td>
        <td>Table cell</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>2</td>
        <td>Table cell</td>
        <td>Table cell</td>
        <td>Table cell</td>
        <td>Table cell</td>
        <td>Table cell</td>
        <td>Table cell</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>3</td>
        <td>Table cell</td>
        <td>Table cell</td>
        <td>Table cell</td>
        <td>Table cell</td>
        <td>Table cell</td>
        <td>Table cell</td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
  </div>
  </div><!-- end col-12 -->
  </div><!-- end row -->

Answer 4

Make sure to set your table display block

.table {
   display: block !important;
}