Tables
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Default styles

For basic styling—light padding and only horizontal dividers—add the base class .table to any <table>.

# First Name Last Name Username
1 Mark Otto @mdo
2 Jacob Thornton @fat
3 Larry the Bird @twitter 
  1. <table class="table">
  2.   …
  3. </table>

Optional classes

Add any of the following classes to the .table base class.

.table-striped

Add zebra-striping to any table row within the <tbody> via the :nth-child CSS selector (not available in IE7-8).

# First Name Last Name Username
1 Mark Otto @mdo
2 Jacob Thornton @fat
3 Larry the Bird @twitter 
  1. <table class="table table-striped">
  2.   …
  3. </table>

.table-bordered

Add borders and rounded corners to the table.

# First Name Last Name Username
1 Mark Otto @mdo
Mark Otto @TwBootstrap
2 Jacob Thornton @fat
3 Larry the Bird @twitter 
  1. <table class="table table-bordered">
  2.   …
  3. </table>

.table-hover

Enable a hover state on table rows within a <tbody>.

# First Name Last Name Username
1 Mark Otto @mdo
2 Jacob Thornton @fat
3 Larry the Bird @twitter 
  1. <table class="table table-hover">
  2.   …
  3. </table>

.table-condensed

Make tables more compact by cutting cell padding in half.

# First Name Last Name Username
1 Mark Otto @mdo
2 Jacob Thornton @fat
3 Larry the Bird @twitter 
  1. <table class="table table-condensed">
  2.   …
  3. </table>

Optional row classes

Use contextual classes to color table rows.

Class Description
.success Indicates a successful or positive action.
.error Indicates a dangerous or potentially negative action.
.warning Indicates a warning that might need attention.
.info Used as an alternative to the default styles.
# Product Payment Taken Status
1 TB - Monthly 01/04/2012 Approved
2 TB - Monthly 02/04/2012 Declined
3 TB - Monthly 03/04/2012 Pending
4 TB - Monthly 04/04/2012 Call in to confirm 
  1. ...
  2.   <tr class="success">
  3.     <td>1</td>
  4.     <td>TB - Monthly</td>
  5.     <td>01/04/2012</td>
  6.     <td>Approved</td>
  7.   </tr>
  8. ...

Supported table markup

List of supported table HTML elements and how they should be used.

Tag Description
<table> Wrapping element for displaying data in a tabular format
<thead> Container element for table header rows (<tr>) to label table columns
<tbody> Container element for table rows (<tr>) in the body of the table
<tr> Container element for a set of table cells (<td> or <th>) that appears on a single row
<td> Default table cell
<th> Special table cell for column (or row, depending on scope and placement) labels
<caption> Description or summary of what the table holds, especially useful for screen readers 
  1. <table>
  2.   <caption>...</caption>
  3.   <thead>
  4.     <tr>
  5.       <th>...</th>
  6.       <th>...</th>
  7.     </tr>
  8.   </thead>
  9.   <tbody>
  10.     <tr>
  11.       <td>...</td>
  12.       <td>...</td>
  13.     </tr>
  14.   </tbody>
  15. </table>

Responsive tables

Create responsive tables by wrapping any .table in .table-responsive to make them scroll horizontally up to small devices (under 768px). When viewing on anything larger than 768px wide, you will not see any difference in these tables.

# Table heading Table heading Table heading Table heading Table heading Table heading
1 Table cell Table cell Table cell Table cell Table cell Table cell
2 Table cell Table cell Table cell Table cell Table cell Table cell
3 Table cell Table cell Table cell Table cell Table cell Table cell
# Table heading Table heading Table heading Table heading Table heading Table heading
1 Table cell Table cell Table cell Table cell Table cell Table cell
2 Table cell Table cell Table cell Table cell Table cell Table cell
3 Table cell Table cell Table cell Table cell Table cell Table cell 
<div class="table-responsive">
  <table class="table">
    ...
  </table>
</div>