Table column sizing

Question

In Bootstrap 3, I could apply col-sm-xx to the th tags in the thead and resize table columns at will. However this doesn't work in bootstrap 4. How can I achieve something like this in bootstrap 4?

<thead>
<th class="col-sm-3">3 columns wide</th>
<th class="col-sm-5">5 columns wide</th>
<th class="col-sm-4">4 columns wide</th>
</thead>

Looking at the codeply provided it doesn't size properly, especially if you add some data to the table. See how this runs:

<div class="container" style="border: 1px solid black;">
    <table class="table table-bordered">
    <thead>
        <tr class="row">
            <th class="col-sm-3">3 columns wide</th>
            <th class="col-sm-5">5 columns wide</th>
            <th class="col-sm-4">4 columns wide</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>123</td>
            <td>456</td>
            <td>789</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>
</div>

as an addendum to this question: if you have long content (such as very long URLs) to display the bootstrap 4 tables aren't a great solution even with the sizing answer below. either using a flex-row or row/col solution tends to work better with overflow and text-wrap — Killerpixler, May 18 '17 at 12:58

Carol Skelly · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-15T18:10:47.173

Updated 2018

Make sure your table includes the table class. This is because Bootstrap 4 tables are "opt-in" so the table class must be intentionally added to the table.

http://codeply.com/go/zJLXypKZxL

Bootstrap 3.x also had some CSS to reset the table cells so that they don't float..

table td[class*=col-], table th[class*=col-] {
    position: static;
    display: table-cell;
    float: none;
}

I don't know why this isn't is Bootstrap 4 alpha, but it may be added back in the final release. Adding this CSS will help all columns to use the widths set in the thead..

Bootstrap 4 Alpha 2 Demo

UPDATE (as of Bootstrap 4.0.0)

Now that Bootstrap 4 is flexbox, the table cells will not assume the correct width when adding col-*. A workaround is to use the d-inline-block class on the table cells to prevent the default display:flex of columns.

Another option in BS4 is to use the sizing utils classes for width...

<thead>
     <tr>
           <th class="w-25">25</th>
           <th class="w-50">50</th>
           <th class="w-25">25</th>
     </tr>
</thead>

Bootstrap 4 Alpha 6 Demo

Lastly, you could use d-flex on the table rows (tr), and the col-* grid classes on the columns (th,td)...

<table class="table table-bordered">
        <thead>
            <tr class="d-flex">
                <th class="col-3">25%</th>
                <th class="col-3">25%</th>
                <th class="col-6">50%</th>
            </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
            <tr class="d-flex">
                <td class="col-sm-3">..</td>
                <td class="col-sm-3">..</td>
                <td class="col-sm-6">..</td>
            </tr>
        </tbody>
    </table>

Bootstrap 4.0.0 (stable) Demo

Note: Changing the TR to display:flex can alter the borders

Actually that doesn't size properly. Check it out if you add some borders to see how the sizing is and when you add a row to the body. I put the code up in the question — Killerpixler, Jun 21 '16 at 13:24
Actually your BS4-A6 example doesn't work if you have overflowing content in a column since the other columns aren't extended. Try pasting some lorem ipsum in one column. — Killerpixler, Feb 27 '17 at 19:27
Your solution worked. In my case, I needed to add no-gutters in the tr to avoid negative padding https://jsfiddle.net/Vimalan/xhvdcasn/ — JGV, Apr 17 '17 at 22:08
Yes, the `w-25`, `w-50`, and `w-75` classes work with bootstrap 4. Thanks! — olidem, Dec 31 '19 at 13:23

score 31 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 19 '17 at 13:29

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Another option is to apply flex styling at the table row, and add the col-classes to the table header / table data elements:

<table>
  <thead>
    <tr class="d-flex">
      <th class="col-3">3 columns wide header</th>
      <th class="col-sm-5">5 columns wide header</th>
      <th class="col-sm-4">4 columns wide header</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr class="d-flex">
      <td class="col-3">3 columns wide content</th>
      <td class="col-sm-5">5 columns wide content</th>
      <td class="col-sm-4">4 columns wide content</th>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

answered Sep 19 '17 at 13:29

Jacob van Lingen

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Works but `vertical-align: middle` doesn't work anymore with `d-flex` class. – Eve Aug 09 '19 at 06:45
Vertical alignment does indeed not work on flexbox layout. Use `align-items: baseline`. To learn more about flexbox, read this [guide](https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/a-guide-to-flexbox) – Jacob van Lingen Aug 09 '19 at 07:39
Exactly this is THE solution. Thanks. – Henry.K Jul 21 '21 at 10:40

score 18 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 09 '19 at 06:55

Using d-flex class works well but some other attributes don't work anymore like vertical-align: middle property.

The best way I found to size columns very easily is to use the width attribute with percentage only in thead cells.

<table class="table">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th width="25%">25%</th>
            <th width="25%">25%</th>
            <th width="50%">50%</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>25%</td>
            <td>25%</td>
            <td>50%</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

**Note** Using width attribute for is now **not supported** in **HTML5** — StefanJM, Mar 03 '20 at 22:23

score 11 · Answer 4 · answered May 23 '18 at 18:48

I hacked this out for release Bootstrap 4.1.1 per my needs before I saw @florian_korner's post. Looks very similar.

If you use sass you can paste this snippet at the end of your bootstrap includes. It seems to fix the issue for chrome, IE, and edge. Does not seem to break anything in firefox.

@mixin make-td-col($size, $columns: $grid-columns) {
    width: percentage($size / $columns);
}

@each $breakpoint in map-keys($grid-breakpoints) {
    $infix: breakpoint-infix($breakpoint, $grid-breakpoints);

    @for $i from 1 through $grid-columns {
        td.col#{$infix}-#{$i}, th.col#{$infix}-#{$i} {
            @include make-td-col($i, $grid-columns);
        }
    }
}

or if you just want the compiled css utility:

td.col-1, th.col-1 {
  width: 8.33333%; }

td.col-2, th.col-2 {
  width: 16.66667%; }

td.col-3, th.col-3 {
  width: 25%; }

td.col-4, th.col-4 {
  width: 33.33333%; }

td.col-5, th.col-5 {
  width: 41.66667%; }

td.col-6, th.col-6 {
  width: 50%; }

td.col-7, th.col-7 {
  width: 58.33333%; }

td.col-8, th.col-8 {
  width: 66.66667%; }

td.col-9, th.col-9 {
  width: 75%; }

td.col-10, th.col-10 {
  width: 83.33333%; }

td.col-11, th.col-11 {
  width: 91.66667%; }

td.col-12, th.col-12 {
  width: 100%; }

td.col-sm-1, th.col-sm-1 {
  width: 8.33333%; }

td.col-sm-2, th.col-sm-2 {
  width: 16.66667%; }

td.col-sm-3, th.col-sm-3 {
  width: 25%; }

td.col-sm-4, th.col-sm-4 {
  width: 33.33333%; }

td.col-sm-5, th.col-sm-5 {
  width: 41.66667%; }

td.col-sm-6, th.col-sm-6 {
  width: 50%; }

td.col-sm-7, th.col-sm-7 {
  width: 58.33333%; }

td.col-sm-8, th.col-sm-8 {
  width: 66.66667%; }

td.col-sm-9, th.col-sm-9 {
  width: 75%; }

td.col-sm-10, th.col-sm-10 {
  width: 83.33333%; }

td.col-sm-11, th.col-sm-11 {
  width: 91.66667%; }

td.col-sm-12, th.col-sm-12 {
  width: 100%; }

td.col-md-1, th.col-md-1 {
  width: 8.33333%; }

td.col-md-2, th.col-md-2 {
  width: 16.66667%; }

td.col-md-3, th.col-md-3 {
  width: 25%; }

td.col-md-4, th.col-md-4 {
  width: 33.33333%; }

td.col-md-5, th.col-md-5 {
  width: 41.66667%; }

td.col-md-6, th.col-md-6 {
  width: 50%; }

td.col-md-7, th.col-md-7 {
  width: 58.33333%; }

td.col-md-8, th.col-md-8 {
  width: 66.66667%; }

td.col-md-9, th.col-md-9 {
  width: 75%; }

td.col-md-10, th.col-md-10 {
  width: 83.33333%; }

td.col-md-11, th.col-md-11 {
  width: 91.66667%; }

td.col-md-12, th.col-md-12 {
  width: 100%; }

td.col-lg-1, th.col-lg-1 {
  width: 8.33333%; }

td.col-lg-2, th.col-lg-2 {
  width: 16.66667%; }

td.col-lg-3, th.col-lg-3 {
  width: 25%; }

td.col-lg-4, th.col-lg-4 {
  width: 33.33333%; }

td.col-lg-5, th.col-lg-5 {
  width: 41.66667%; }

td.col-lg-6, th.col-lg-6 {
  width: 50%; }

td.col-lg-7, th.col-lg-7 {
  width: 58.33333%; }

td.col-lg-8, th.col-lg-8 {
  width: 66.66667%; }

td.col-lg-9, th.col-lg-9 {
  width: 75%; }

td.col-lg-10, th.col-lg-10 {
  width: 83.33333%; }

td.col-lg-11, th.col-lg-11 {
  width: 91.66667%; }

td.col-lg-12, th.col-lg-12 {
  width: 100%; }

td.col-xl-1, th.col-xl-1 {
  width: 8.33333%; }

td.col-xl-2, th.col-xl-2 {
  width: 16.66667%; }

td.col-xl-3, th.col-xl-3 {
  width: 25%; }

td.col-xl-4, th.col-xl-4 {
  width: 33.33333%; }

td.col-xl-5, th.col-xl-5 {
  width: 41.66667%; }

td.col-xl-6, th.col-xl-6 {
  width: 50%; }

td.col-xl-7, th.col-xl-7 {
  width: 58.33333%; }

td.col-xl-8, th.col-xl-8 {
  width: 66.66667%; }

td.col-xl-9, th.col-xl-9 {
  width: 75%; }

td.col-xl-10, th.col-xl-10 {
  width: 83.33333%; }

td.col-xl-11, th.col-xl-11 {
  width: 91.66667%; }

td.col-xl-12, th.col-xl-12 {
  width: 100%; }

score 7 · Answer 5 · edited Feb 10 '20 at 12:49

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Disclaimer: This answer may be a bit old. Since the bootstrap 4 beta. Bootstrap has changed since then.

The table column size class has been changed from this

<th class="col-sm-3">3 columns wide</th>

to

<th class="col-3">3 columns wide</th>

edited Feb 10 '20 at 12:49

E_net4

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answered Feb 19 '17 at 10:39

Abdalla Arbab

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This doesn't seem to work in setting the column widths: http://www.codeply.com/go/Utyon2XEB6 – Carol Skelly Feb 23 '17 at 14:12
See this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/41794746/col-xs-not-working-in-bootstrap-4 – Abdalla Arbab Feb 23 '17 at 17:04
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The other question is unrelated. The colums widths don't work on table cells because of BS4 alpha 6 flexbox as explained in my answer. – Carol Skelly Feb 23 '17 at 19:15

score 6 · Answer 6 · edited Jul 10 '18 at 01:17

I can resolve this problem using the following code using Bootstrap 4:

<table class="table">
  <tbody>
    <tr class="d-flex">
      <th class="col-3" scope="row">Indicador:</th>
      <td class="col-9">this is my indicator</td>
    </tr>

    <tr class="d-flex">
      <th class="col-3" scope="row">Definición:</th>
      <td class="col-9">This is my definition</td>
    </tr>

  </tbody>
</table>

Florian Körner · Answer 7 · 2018-01-09T12:11:23.437

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As of Alpha 6 you can create the following sass file:

@each $breakpoint in map-keys($grid-breakpoints) {
  $infix: breakpoint-infix($breakpoint, $grid-breakpoints);

  col, td, th {
    @for $i from 1 through $grid-columns {
        &.col#{$infix}-#{$i} {
          flex: none;
          position: initial;
        }
    }

    @include media-breakpoint-up($breakpoint, $grid-breakpoints) {
      @for $i from 1 through $grid-columns {
        &.col#{$infix}-#{$i} {
          width: 100% / $grid-columns * $i;
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

edited Jan 09 '18 at 12:11

answered Jan 09 '18 at 11:22

Florian Körner

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this code don't work at all - tried to debug it for 1.5 hours but my knowledge of sass is too weak to do that. Plz post working examples next time. – Slowwie Mar 15 '19 at 17:37

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