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kolanos on June 8, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Write HTML Like It's 1999

> Tables aren't responsive. Those fancy div tables are used because they work better on mobile.

Oh yeah? Then what does Bootsttrap's table-responsive class do? The <table> tag can collapse just like any grid/flexbox mess.

SquareWheel on June 8, 2019 [–]

>Then what does Bootsttrap's table-responsive class do?

From a cursory glance, it slaps a horizontal scrollbar on them.

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