Table Column Widths
- Thread starter Andraia
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Just letting you know I did read this, and I'm still thinking about potential for what will be 1.0. There's a lot of factors here like having a width wider than the mobile layout will break it. At the same time I don't want to tell you to just link to an offsite spreadsheet, cause that's not very helpful for tabular data.
Any ideas or thoughts welcome!
Any ideas or thoughts welcome!
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- #3
I don't remember what site it was, but I remember being on a forum once where the tables could be set via ratios. I don't know if something like that would be an option here?
I think tables get pretty non-functional on mobile as it is, since, if you've got, like, 4+ columns they display as barely a word wide. They don't break the post, but they become practically illegible.
Would setting the table widths break the mobile view be a thing where it would stretch out the entire post, or, like poke out over the edge? Could it be a thing where, like, a too-wide table could display with a side scroller bar without breaking past the post edges?
I think tables get pretty non-functional on mobile as it is, since, if you've got, like, 4+ columns they display as barely a word wide. They don't break the post, but they become practically illegible.
Would setting the table widths break the mobile view be a thing where it would stretch out the entire post, or, like poke out over the edge? Could it be a thing where, like, a too-wide table could display with a side scroller bar without breaking past the post edges?
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I'm still thinking about this (and your response), and will be testing some things, then when I feel comfortable I'll be asking testers (e.g. you) if it works for them, since I only have a limited number of personal testing devices to test with. (test)
I would talk about it more but it's kinda difficult when you don't know what I've designed (the entire site is going to look very different), but in general I try to code things around being responsive, and yeah of course the sore spot is tables since it's ... tables.
I've thought about entirely redesigning tables to just be flowy grids instead, but that easily messes up genuinely tabular data, I know, which of course is what bbcode tables are supposed to hold, mainly.
I think, given the design I'm aiming for, its fine for the desktop to scroll horizontally, but it will break flow on mobile devices.
I just wanted you to know, since I'm back to work (thankfully), I'm still mulling over it. I know it's been a while (and I want them to work better too!)
I would talk about it more but it's kinda difficult when you don't know what I've designed (the entire site is going to look very different), but in general I try to code things around being responsive, and yeah of course the sore spot is tables since it's ... tables.
I've thought about entirely redesigning tables to just be flowy grids instead, but that easily messes up genuinely tabular data, I know, which of course is what bbcode tables are supposed to hold, mainly.
I think, given the design I'm aiming for, its fine for the desktop to scroll horizontally, but it will break flow on mobile devices.
I just wanted you to know, since I'm back to work (thankfully), I'm still mulling over it. I know it's been a while (and I want them to work better too!)