A set of jQuery plugins for responsive tables.
- Getting Started
- Stack Mode
- Column Toggle Mode
- Swipe Mode
- Mini-Map
- Mode Switcher
- Sortable
- Kitchen Sink Example
- Run Tests
The Stack Table stacks the table headers to a two column layout with headers on the left when the viewport width is less than 40em (640px).
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack">If you only want to use the Stack Table and don’t want all the extra features below (save yourself some bytes), Tablesaw provides a Stack-Only version.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Opt out of inline labels | To opt-out of inline label creation (the table header cell text that shows at small breakpoints) on a per-table basis, use <table data-tablesaw-no-labels>; on a per-row basis, use <tr data-tablesaw-no-labels>. |
The Column Toggle Table allows the user to select which columns they want to be visible.
<table data-tablesaw-mode="columntoggle">| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Add a Mini-Map | The little dots that appear next to the column toggle popup. Use the data-tablesaw-minimap attribute: <table data-tablesaw-mode="columntoggle" data-tablesaw-minimap> |
_Advanced Option_: Prioritize Columns
Table headers must have a data-tablesaw-priority attribute to be eligible to toggle. data-tablesaw-priority is a numeric value from 1 to 6, which determine default breakpoints at which a column will show. The breakpoint defaults are:
<th data-tablesaw-priority="persist"><!-- Not eligible for toggle, always shows --></th>
<th data-tablesaw-priority="1"><!-- Shows at (min-width: 20em) (320px) --></th>
<th data-tablesaw-priority="2"><!-- Shows at (min-width: 30em) (480px) --></th>
<th data-tablesaw-priority="3"><!-- Shows at (min-width: 40em) (640px) --></th>
<th data-tablesaw-priority="4"><!-- Shows at (min-width: 50em) (800px) --></th>
<th data-tablesaw-priority="5"><!-- Shows at (min-width: 60em) (960px) --></th>
<th data-tablesaw-priority="6"><!-- Shows at (min-width: 70em) (1120px) --></th>Keep in mind that the priorities are not exclusive—multiple columns can reuse the same priority value.
Allows the user to use the swipe gesture (or use the left and right buttons) to navigate the columns.
<table data-tablesaw-mode="swipe">| Options | Description |
|---|---|
| Persist a Column | Columns also respect the data-tablesaw-priority="persist" attribute: <th data-tablesaw-priority="persist"><!-- Always shows --></th> |
| Add a Mini-Map | The little dots that appear next to the column toggle popup. Use the data-tablesaw-minimap attribute: <table data-tablesaw-mode="swipe" data-tablesaw-minimap> |
| All columns visible class | Tablesaw also exposes a tablesaw-all-cols-visible class that is toggled on when all of the table columns are visible (and off when not). You can use this in CSS to hide the minimap or navigation buttons if needed. |
_Advanced Option_: Configure Swipe Thresholds
Add a Tablesaw config object after including the Tablesaw JavaScript.
Tablesaw.config = {
swipe: {
horizontalThreshold: 15,
verticalThreshold: 20
}
};Use data-tablesaw-minimap to add a series of small dots to show which columns are currently visible and which are hidden. Only available on swipe and columntoggle tables. Examples available above.
<table data-tablesaw-mode-switch>
<!-- With a different default mode -->
<table data-tablesaw-mode-switch data-tablesaw-mode="swipe">
<!-- Exclude a mode from the switcher -->
<table data-tablesaw-mode-switch data-tablesaw-mode-exclude="columntoggle">The “sortable” option allows the user to sort the table data by clicking on the table headers. Since all the columns may not be visible on smaller breakpoints (or not there at all if using the “stack” table mode), relying solely on the column headers to choose the table sort isn’t practical. To address this, there is an optional data-tablesaw-sortable-switch attribute on the table that adds a select menu auto-populated with the names of each column in the table with options for choosing ascending or descending sort direction. Data options on table headers can be used to control which columns are sortable (data-tablesaw-sortable-col) and the default sort order (data-tablesaw-sortable-default-col).
<table data-tablesaw-sortable>
<thead>
<tr>
<!-- Default column -->
<th data-tablesaw-sortable-col data-tablesaw-sortable-default-col>Rank</th>
<th data-tablesaw-sortable-col>Movie Title</th>
<th data-tablesaw-sortable-col data-sortable-numeric>Year</th>
<th data-tablesaw-sortable-col data-sortable-numeric><abbr title="Rotten Tomato Rating">Rating</abbr></th>
<!-- Unsortable column -->
<th>Reviews</th>
</tr>
</thead>
...Use data-tablesaw-sortable-switch to add a select form element to manually choose the sort order.
<table data-tablesaw-sortable data-tablesaw-sortable-switch>
_Advanced Option_: Custom Sort Functions
Tablesaw provides two methods of sorting built-in: string and numeric. To use numeric sort, use the data-sortable-numeric class as shown in the above sorting markup example. Otherwise, tablesaw uses a case insensitive string sort.
All other types of sorting must use a Custom Sort function on the individual columns (working example). In the contrived example below, we want to sort full dates (e.g. 12/02/2014) just on the year.
// Add a data function to the table header cell
$( "th#custom-sort" ).data( "tablesaw-sort", function( ascending ) {
// return a function
return function( a, b ) {
// use a.cell and b.cell for cell values
var dateA = a.cell.split( "/" ),
dateB = b.cell.split( "/" ),
yearA = parseInt( dateA[ 2 ], 10 ),
yearB = parseInt( dateB[ 2 ], 10 );
if( ascending ) {
return yearA >= yearB ? 1 : -1;
} else { // descending
return yearA < yearB ? 1 : -1;
}
};
});
All of the above options combined into a single table.
Tablesaw (no dependencies)
<link rel="stylesheet" href="tablesaw.css">
<script src="tablesaw.js"></script>
<script src="tablesaw-init.js"></script>or Tablesaw (jQuery Plugin)
<link rel="stylesheet" href="tablesaw.css">
<!-- load your own jQuery -->
<script src="jquery.js"></script>
<script src="tablesaw.jquery.js"></script>
<script src="tablesaw-init.js"></script>Don’t forget to add your table markup! For a stack table, this is how it’d look:
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack">The demos above include full markup examples for all of the Tablesaw types.
If you want to initialize your Tablesaw tables manually, don’t include <script src="tablesaw-init.js"> in your markup. Instead, you can trigger the enhance.tablesaw event on any DOM node you wish. This will scan the tree for any Tablesaw tables and initialize them for you.
Two caveats here:
- This can only properly occur after DOMContentLoaded.
- Tables must be visible for proper initialization.
$( "#my-tab-content" ).trigger( "enhance.tablesaw" );As shown above, we provide a Stack-mode-only package of Tablesaw. It’s a barebones version that doesn’t include any of the other features above.
Stack-only Tablesaw (no dependencies)
<link rel="stylesheet" href="tablesaw.css">
<script src="stackonly/tablesaw.stackonly.js"></script>
<script src="tablesaw-init.js"></script>or just Stack-only Tablesaw (jQuery Plugin)
<link rel="stylesheet" href="tablesaw.css">
<!-- load your own jQuery -->
<script src="jquery.js"></script>
<script src="stackonly/tablesaw.stackonly.jquery.js"></script>
<script src="tablesaw-init.js"></script>And then:
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack">To easily customize the breakpoint at which the stack table switches, use the SCSS mixin. First, include the tablesaw.stackonly.scss file instead of tablesaw.stackonly.css in your SASS. Then, use a parent selector on your table.
<div class="my-parent-selector">
<table class="tablesaw" data-tablesaw-mode="stack">Include the mixin like so:
.my-parent-selector {
@include tablesaw-stack( 50em );
}The argument to tablesaw-stack is the breakpoint at which the table will switch from columns to stacked.
Tablesaw is designed to be a drop-in solution, providing table styles as well as responsive table functionality.
If you would like the full functionality of the Tablesaw plugin but the plugin's default table styles don't fit in with your project, use the tablesaw.bare.css file instead of the standard tablesaw.css file for a much lighter default style which is significantly easier to customize.
Run npm install to install dependencies and then grunt to build the project files into the dist folder.