Overview #

UX4G's tables are opt-in due to the widespread use of <table> components across third-party widgets like calendars and date pickers. Any <table> can be extended with optional modifier classes or unique styles after adding the base class.table. Since none of the table styles in UX4G are inherited, any nested tables can have their own styling independent of the parent table.

Here's how, using the most fundamental table markup.UX4G's table-based tables appear.

<table class="table">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th scope="col">#</th>
      <th scope="col">First</th>
      <th scope="col">Last</th>
      <th scope="col">Handle</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">1</th>
      <td>Mark</td>
      <td>Otto</td>
      <td>@mdo</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">2</th>
      <td>Jacob</td>
      <td>Thornton</td>
      <td>@fat</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">3</th>
      <td colspan="2">Larry the Bird</td>
      <td>@twitter</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

RESULT

Variants #

Color-coding to add meaning just gives a visual cue, which users of assistive technologies like screen readers won't be able to understand. Make sure the information the colour designates is either evident from the content itself (such as the visible text) or is included in another way, such as by hiding additional text using the .visually-hidden class.

Accented tables #

Striped rows #

Use .table-striped to add zebra-striping to any table row within the .

Striped columns #

Use .table-striped-columns to add zebra-striping to any table column.

<table class="table table-striped-columns">
    <thead>
    <tr>
      <th scope="col">#</th>
      <th scope="col">First</th>
      <th scope="col">Last</th>
      <th scope="col">Handle</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">1</th>
      <td>Mark</td>
      <td>Otto</td>
      <td>@mdo</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">2</th>
      <td>Jacob</td>
      <td>Thornton</td>
      <td>@fat</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">3</th>
      <td colspan="2">Larry the Bird</td>
      <td>@twitter</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

RESULT

These classes can also be added to table variants:

<table class="table table-dark table-striped">
    <thead>
    <tr>
      <th scope="col">#</th>
      <th scope="col">First</th>
      <th scope="col">Last</th>
      <th scope="col">Handle</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">1</th>
      <td>Mark</td>
      <td>Otto</td>
      <td>@mdo</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">2</th>
      <td>Jacob</td>
      <td>Thornton</td>
      <td>@fat</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">3</th>
      <td colspan="2">Larry the Bird</td>
      <td>@twitter</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

RESULT

<table class="table table-dark table-striped-columns">
    <thead>
    <tr>
      <th scope="col">#</th>
      <th scope="col">First</th>
      <th scope="col">Last</th>
      <th scope="col">Handle</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">1</th>
      <td>Mark</td>
      <td>Otto</td>
      <td>@mdo</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">2</th>
      <td>Jacob</td>
      <td>Thornton</td>
      <td>@fat</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">3</th>
      <td colspan="2">Larry the Bird</td>
      <td>@twitter</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

RESULT

<table class="table table-success table-striped">
    <thead>
    <tr>
      <th scope="col">#</th>
      <th scope="col">First</th>
      <th scope="col">Last</th>
      <th scope="col">Handle</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">1</th>
      <td>Mark</td>
      <td>Otto</td>
      <td>@mdo</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">2</th>
      <td>Jacob</td>
      <td>Thornton</td>
      <td>@fat</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">3</th>
      <td colspan="2">Larry the Bird</td>
      <td>@twitter</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

RESULT

<table class="table table-success table-striped-columns">
    <thead>
    <tr>
      <th scope="col">#</th>
      <th scope="col">First</th>
      <th scope="col">Last</th>
      <th scope="col">Handle</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">1</th>
      <td>Mark</td>
      <td>Otto</td>
      <td>@mdo</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">2</th>
      <td>Jacob</td>
      <td>Thornton</td>
      <td>@fat</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">3</th>
      <td colspan="2">Larry the Bird</td>
      <td>@twitter</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

RESULT

Hoverable rows #

Add .table-hover to enable a hover state on table rows within a tbody.

<table class="table table-hover">
    <thead>
    <tr>
      <th scope="col">#</th>
      <th scope="col">First</th>
      <th scope="col">Last</th>
      <th scope="col">Handle</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">1</th>
      <td>Mark</td>
      <td>Otto</td>
      <td>@mdo</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">2</th>
      <td>Jacob</td>
      <td>Thornton</td>
      <td>@fat</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">3</th>
      <td colspan="2">Larry the Bird</td>
      <td>@twitter</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

RESULT

<table class="table table-dark table-hover">
    <thead>
    <tr>
      <th scope="col">#</th>
      <th scope="col">First</th>
      <th scope="col">Last</th>
      <th scope="col">Handle</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">1</th>
      <td>Mark</td>
      <td>Otto</td>
      <td>@mdo</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">2</th>
      <td>Jacob</td>
      <td>Thornton</td>
      <td>@fat</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">3</th>
      <td colspan="2">Larry the Bird</td>
      <td>@twitter</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

RESULT

These hoverable rows can also be combined with the striped rows variant:

<table class="table table-striped table-hover ">
    <thead>
    <tr>
      <th scope="col">#</th>
      <th scope="col">First</th>
      <th scope="col">Last</th>
      <th scope="col">Handle</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">1</th>
      <td>Mark</td>
      <td>Otto</td>
      <td>@mdo</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">2</th>
      <td>Jacob</td>
      <td>Thornton</td>
      <td>@fat</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">3</th>
      <td colspan="2">Larry the Bird</td>
      <td>@twitter</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

RESULT

Active tables #

Highlight a table row or cell by adding a .table-active class.

<table class="table">
  <thead>
    ...
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr class="table-active">
      ...
    </tr>
    <tr>
      ...
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">3</th>
      <td colspan="2" class="table-active">Larry the Bird</td>
      <td>@twitter</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

How do the variants and accented tables work? #

There are several methods to ensure that these effects appeared on all of the table variations for the accented tables (striped rows, striped columns, hoverable rows, and active tables):

• Starting off, use the custom property --bs-table-bg to change a table cell's background colour. The custom attribute is then set in all table variations to colourize the table cells. In this approach, if semi-transparent colours are chosen for table backdrops, avoid any issues.
• Then, to layer on top of any supplied background-color, place an inset box shadow on the table cells with the following syntax: box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 9999px var (--bs-table-accent-bg); The colour will be monotone because there is a utilisation of wide spread and didn't apply any blur. It doesn't have a default box-shadow because --bs-table-accent-bg is unset by default.
• The --bs-table-accent-bg property is used to colourize the background when the .table-striped, .table-striped-columns, .table-hover, or .table-active classes are added.
• We create a --bs-table-accent-bg colour for each table version based on the colour that has the highest contrast. For instance, .table-primary has a darker accent colour than .table-dark, which has a lighter accent colour.
• The same algorithm is used to produce both text and border colours, and by default, those colours are inherited.

@mixin table-variant($state, $background) {
  .table-#{$state} {
    $color: color-contrast(opaque($body-bg, $background));
    $hover-bg: mix($color, $background, percentage($table-hover-bg-factor));
    $striped-bg: mix($color, $background, percentage($table-striped-bg-factor));
    $active-bg: mix($color, $background, percentage($table-active-bg-factor));
    $table-border-color: mix($color, $background, percentage($table-border-factor));

    --#{$prefix}table-color: #{$color};
    --#{$prefix}table-bg: #{$background};
    --#{$prefix}table-border-color: #{$table-border-color};
    --#{$prefix}table-striped-bg: #{$striped-bg};
    --#{$prefix}table-striped-color: #{color-contrast($striped-bg)};
    --#{$prefix}table-active-bg: #{$active-bg};
    --#{$prefix}table-active-color: #{color-contrast($active-bg)};
    --#{$prefix}table-hover-bg: #{$hover-bg};
    --#{$prefix}table-hover-color: #{color-contrast($hover-bg)};

    color: var(--#{$prefix}table-color);
    border-color: var(--#{$prefix}table-border-color);
  }
}

Table borders #

Bordered tables #

Add .table-bordered for borders on all sides of the table and cells.

<table class="table table-bordered ">
    <thead>
    <tr>
      <th scope="col">#</th>
      <th scope="col">First</th>
      <th scope="col">Last</th>
      <th scope="col">Handle</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">1</th>
      <td>Mark</td>
      <td>Otto</td>
      <td>@mdo</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">2</th>
      <td>Jacob</td>
      <td>Thornton</td>
      <td>@fat</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">3</th>
      <td colspan="2">Larry the Bird</td>
      <td>@twitter</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

RESULT

Border color utilities can be added to change colors:

<table class="table table-bordered border-primary ">
    <thead>
    <tr>
      <th scope="col">#</th>
      <th scope="col">First</th>
      <th scope="col">Last</th>
      <th scope="col">Handle</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">1</th>
      <td>Mark</td>
      <td>Otto</td>
      <td>@mdo</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">2</th>
      <td>Jacob</td>
      <td>Thornton</td>
      <td>@fat</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">3</th>
      <td colspan="2">Larry the Bird</td>
      <td>@twitter</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

RESULT

Tables without borders #

Add .table-borderless for a table without borders.

<table class="table table-borderless">
    <thead>
    <tr>
      <th scope="col">#</th>
      <th scope="col">First</th>
      <th scope="col">Last</th>
      <th scope="col">Handle</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">1</th>
      <td>Mark</td>
      <td>Otto</td>
      <td>@mdo</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">2</th>
      <td>Jacob</td>
      <td>Thornton</td>
      <td>@fat</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">3</th>
      <td colspan="2">Larry the Bird</td>
      <td>@twitter</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

RESULT

<table class="table table-borderless table-dark">
    <thead>
    <tr>
      <th scope="col">#</th>
      <th scope="col">First</th>
      <th scope="col">Last</th>
      <th scope="col">Handle</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">1</th>
      <td>Mark</td>
      <td>Otto</td>
      <td>@mdo</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">2</th>
      <td>Jacob</td>
      <td>Thornton</td>
      <td>@fat</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th scope="row">3</th>
      <td colspan="2">Larry the Bird</td>
      <td>@twitter</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

RESULT

Small tables #

Add .table-sm to make any .table more compact by cutting all cell padding in half.

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Table group dividers #

Add a thicker border, darker between table groups—, , and —with .table-group-divider. Customize the color by changing the border-top-color (which we don't currently provide a utility class for at this time).

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Vertical alignment #

Table cells are always positioned at the bottom and vertically aligned. Table cells in and by default have top alignment, which they inherit from. To realign when necessary, use the vertical align classes.

Nesting #

Border styles, active styles, and table variants are not inherited by nested tables.

How nesting works #

We employ the child combinator (>) selector in our CSS to stop styles from leaking to nested tables. In order to target every td and th in the thead, tbody, and tfoot, we need this selector, which would otherwise appear quite long. As a result, we employ the peculiar-looking.All tds and ths of the.table are targeted by the table >:not(caption) > * > * selector, but none of the possible nested tables are.

Remember that our selectors will function as planned if you add tr>s as direct children of a table since those <tr> will automatically be wrapped in a <tbody>.

Anatomy #

Table head #

Similar to tables and dark tables, use the modifier classes .table-light or .table-dark to make s appear light or dark gray.

Table foot #

Captions #

A functions like a heading for a table. It helps users with screen readers to find a table and understand what it's about and decide if they want to read it.

You can also put the on the top of the table with .caption-top.

Result

Responsive tables #

Tables that are responsive can easily be scrolled horizontally. Wrapping a .table in .table-responsive will make any table responsive across all viewports. Alternately, you may specify a maximum breakpoint by using the .table-responsive {-sm|-md|-lg|-xl|-xxl} keyword.

CAUTION

Always responsive #

Across every breakpoint, use .table-responsive for horizontally scrolling tables.

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

Breakpoint specific #

To generate responsive tables up to a specific breakpoint, use .table-responsive{-sm|-md|-lg|-xl|-xxl}. The table will act appropriately after that breakpoint and won't scroll horizontally.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Result

Customizing #

• The factor variables ($table-striped-bg-factor, $table-active-bg-factor & $table-hover-bg-factor) are used to determine the contrast in table variants.
• Apart from the light & dark table variants, theme colors are lightened by the $table-bg-scale variable.