Responsive Bootstrap Datatable not collapsing columns at the correct point
I'm using Datatables.net latest, with datatables and bootstrap. I suppose my question is: What does Datatables Responsive Bootstrap use to detect overflow, because it clearly isn't the parent width.
Here is my result:
It's a pretty straight forward problem. If I reduce the width of my window 1 more pixel the column will finally collapse. If I then expand it, it returns to this state. I would like to prevent overflow from the parent bootstrap panel. I've removed the bootstrap grid divs (row/col-xs-12, etc) to eliminate potitial problems, but once this is resolved (or I better understand the problem) I intend to utilize the bootstrap grid system as well.
Here is a plunkr that perfectly replicated the problem (collapse the run view): http://plnkr.co/edit/tZxAMOHmdoHNHrzhP5tR?p=preview
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Tables - PixelAdmin</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.2.0/css/bootstrap.min.css"/>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.datatables.net/plug-ins/a5734b29083/integration/bootstrap/3/dataTables.bootstrap.css"/>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.datatables.net/responsive/1.0.2/css/dataTables.responsive.css"/>
<style>
body {
font-size: 140%;
}
table.dataTable th,
table.dataTable td {
white-space: nowrap;
}
</style>
</head>
<body style="padding-top: 40px;">
<div class="panel panel-primary" style="margin: 51px; padding: 0;">
<div class="panel-heading">
<h3 class="panel-title">Panel title</h3>
</div>
<div class="panel-body" style="padding: 0;">
<div style="width: 100%; border: 1px solid red;">
<table id="example" class="table table-striped table-hover dt-responsive" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Position</th>
<th>Office</th>
<th>Extn.</th>
<th>Start date</th>
<th>Salary</th>
</tr>
</thead>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="//cdn.datatables.net/1.10.3/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="//cdn.datatables.net/responsive/1.0.2/js/dataTables.responsive.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="//cdn.datatables.net/plug-ins/a5734b29083/integration/bootstrap/3/dataTables.bootstrap.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
$('#example')
.dataTable({
"responsive": true,
"ajax": 'data.json'
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
Answer
Add Div with class "table-responsive" before table start and delete width = "100%" from table tag ,
<div class="panel panel-primary" style="margin: 50px;">
<div class="panel-heading">
<h3 class="panel-title">Panel title</h3>
</div>
<div class="panel-body">
<div style="width: 100%; padding-left: -10px; border: 1px solid red;">
<div class="table-responsive"> <-- add this div
<table id="example" class="table table-striped table-hover dt-responsive display nowrap" cellspacing="0"> <-- remove width from this
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Position</th>
<th>Office</th>
<th>Extn.</th>
<th>Start date</th>
<th>Salary</th>
</tr>
</thead>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>