Tables

Bootstrap 5 Tables

Tables allow you to aggregate a huge amount of data and present it in a clear and orderly way. MDB tables provide additional benefits like responsiveness and the possibility of manipulating the table styles.

Due to the widespread use of <table> elements across third-party widgets like calendars and date pickers, Bootstrap’s tables are opt-in. Add the base class .table to any <table>, then extend with our optional modifier classes or custom styles. All table styles are not inherited in Bootstrap, meaning any nested tables can be styled independent from the parent.

Note: If you need more advanced examples and options, see the links below.

Basic example

Using the most basic table markup, here’s how .table-based tables look in MDB.

# First Last Handle
1 Mark Otto @mdo
2 Jacob Thornton @fat
3 Larry the Bird @twitter 

          <table class="table">
            <thead>
              <tr>
                <th scope="col">#</th>
                <th scope="col">First</th>
                <th scope="col">Last</th>
                <th scope="col">Handle</th>
              </tr>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
              <tr>
                <th scope="row">1</th>
                <td>Mark</td>
                <td>Otto</td>
                <td>@mdo</td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <th scope="row">2</th>
                <td>Jacob</td>
                <td>Thornton</td>
                <td>@fat</td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <th scope="row">3</th>
                <td colspan="2">Larry the Bird</td>
                <td>@twitter</td>
              </tr>
            </tbody>
          </table>

Variants

Use contextual classes to color tables, table rows or individual cells.

Class Heading Heading
Default Cell Cell
Primary Cell Cell
Secondary Cell Cell
Success Cell Cell
Danger Cell Cell
Warning Cell Cell
Info Cell Cell
Light Cell Cell
Dark Cell Cell 

          <table class="table">
            <thead>
              <tr>
                <th scope="col">Class</th>
                <th scope="col">Heading</th>
                <th scope="col">Heading</th>
              </tr>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
              <tr>
                <th scope="row">Default</th>
                <td>Cell</td>
                <td>Cell</td>
              </tr>

              <tr class="table-primary">
                <th scope="row">Primary</th>
                <td>Cell</td>
                <td>Cell</td>
              </tr>
              <tr class="table-secondary">
                <th scope="row">Secondary</th>
                <td>Cell</td>
                <td>Cell</td>
              </tr>
              <tr class="table-success">
                <th scope="row">Success</th>
                <td>Cell</td>
                <td>Cell</td>
              </tr>
              <tr class="table-danger">
                <th scope="row">Danger</th>
                <td>Cell</td>
                <td>Cell</td>
              </tr>
              <tr class="table-warning">
                <th scope="row">Warning</th>
                <td>Cell</td>
                <td>Cell</td>
              </tr>
              <tr class="table-info">
                <th scope="row">Info</th>
                <td>Cell</td>
                <td>Cell</td>
              </tr>
              <tr class="table-light">
                <th scope="row">Light</th>
                <td>Cell</td>
                <td>Cell</td>
              </tr>
              <tr class="table-dark">
                <th scope="row">Dark</th>
                <td>Cell</td>
                <td>Cell</td>
              </tr>
            </tbody>
          </table>

Conveying meaning to assistive technologies:
Using color to add meaning only provides a visual indication, which will not be conveyed to users of assistive technologies – such as screen readers. Ensure that information denoted by the color is either obvious from the content itself (e.g. the visible text), or is included through alternative means, such as additional text hidden with the .visually-hidden class.

Striped

Use .table-striped to add zebra-striping to any table row within the <tbody>.

# First Last Handle
1 Mark Otto @mdo
2 Jacob Thornton @fat
3 Larry the Bird @twitter 

          <table class="table table-striped"></table>

Hoverable

Add .table-hover to enable a hover state on table rows within a <tbody>.

# First Last Handle
1 Mark Otto @mdo
2 Jacob Thornton @fat
3 Larry the Bird @twitter 

          <table class="table table-hover"></table>

These hoverable rows can also be combined with the striped variant:

# First Last Handle
1 Mark Otto @mdo
2 Jacob Thornton @fat
3 Larry the Bird @twitter 

          <table class="table table-striped table-hover"></table>

Active tables

Highlight a table row or cell by adding a .table-active class.

# First Last Handle
1 Mark Otto @mdo
2 Jacob Thornton @fat
3 Larry the Bird @twitter 

          <table class="table">
            <thead>
              <tr>
                <th scope="col">#</th>
                <th scope="col">First</th>
                <th scope="col">Last</th>
                <th scope="col">Handle</th>
              </tr>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
              <tr class="table-active">
                <th scope="row">1</th>
                <td>Mark</td>
                <td>Otto</td>
                <td>@mdo</td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <th scope="row">2</th>
                <td>Jacob</td>
                <td>Thornton</td>
                <td>@fat</td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <th scope="row">3</th>
                <td colspan="2" class="table-active">Larry the Bird</td>
                <td>@twitter</td>
              </tr>
            </tbody>
          </table>

Bordered

Add .table-bordered for borders on all sides of the table and cells.

# First Last Handle
1 Mark Otto @mdo
2 Jacob Thornton @fat
3 Larry the Bird @twitter 

          <table class="table table-bordered"></table>

Border color utilities can be added to change colors:

# First Last Handle
1 Mark Otto @mdo
2 Jacob Thornton @fat
3 Larry the Bird @twitter 

          <table class="table table-bordered border-primary"></table>

Borderless

Add .table-borderless for a table without borders.

# First Last Handle
1 Mark Otto @mdo
2 Jacob Thornton @fat
3 Larry the Bird @twitter 

          <table class="table table-borderless"></table>

Small

Add .table-sm to make any .table more compact by cutting all cell padding in half.

# First Last Handle
1 Mark Otto @mdo
2 Jacob Thornton @fat
3 Larry the Bird @twitter 

          <table class="table table-sm"></table>

Vertical alignment

Table cells of <thead> are always vertical aligned to the bottom. Table cells in <tbody> inherit their alignment from <table> and are aligned to the the top by default. Use the vertical align classes to re-align where needed.

Heading 1 Heading 2 Heading 3 Heading 4
This cell inherits vertical-align: middle; from the table This cell inherits vertical-align: middle; from the table This cell inherits vertical-align: middle; from the table Nulla vitae elit libero, a pharetra augue. Cras mattis consectetur purus sit amet fermentum. Vestibulum id ligula porta felis euismod semper.
This cell inherits vertical-align: bottom; from the table row This cell inherits vertical-align: bottom; from the table row This cell inherits vertical-align: bottom; from the table row Nulla vitae elit libero, a pharetra augue. Cras mattis consectetur purus sit amet fermentum. Vestibulum id ligula porta felis euismod semper.
This cell inherits vertical-align: middle; from the table This cell inherits vertical-align: middle; from the table This cell is aligned to the top. Nulla vitae elit libero, a pharetra augue. Cras mattis consectetur purus sit amet fermentum. Vestibulum id ligula porta felis euismod semper. 

          <table class="table align-middle">
            <thead>
              <tr>
                <th scope="col">#</th>
                <th scope="col">First</th>
                <th scope="col">Last</th>
                <th scope="col">Handle</th>
              </tr>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
              <tr>
                <th scope="row">1</th>
                <td>Mark</td>
                <td>Otto</td>
                <td>@mdo</td>
              </tr>
              <tr class="align-bottom">
                <th scope="row">2</th>
                <td>Jacob</td>
                <td>Thornton</td>
                <td>@fat</td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <th scope="row">3</th>
                <td colspan="2">Larry the Bird</td>
                <td class="align-top">@twitter</td>
              </tr>
            </tbody>
          </table>

Nesting

Border styles, active styles, and table variants are not inherited by nested tables.

# First Last Handle
1 Mark Otto @mdo
Header Header Header
A First Last
B First Last
C First Last
3 Larry the Bird @twitter 

          <table class="table table-striped">
            <thead></thead>
            <tbody>
              <tr>
                <td colspan="4">
                  <table class="table mb-0"></table>
                </td>
              </tr>
            </tbody>
          </table>

How nesting works

To prevent any styles from leaking to nested tables, we use the child combinator (>) selector in our CSS. Since we need to target all the tds and ths in the thead, tbody, and tfoot, our selector would look pretty long without it. As such, we use the rather odd looking .table > :not(caption) > * > * selector to target all tds and ths of the .table, but none of any potential nested tables.

Note that if you add <tr>s as direct children of a table, those <tr> will be wrapped in a <tbody> by default, thus making our selectors work as intended.

Additional examples

A few practical examples of the use of tables with typical components such as buttons, checkboxes or icons.

Buttons

To learn more about buttons read Buttons Docs.

# Lorem Ipsum Dolor
1 Sit Amet
2 Adipisicing Elit
3 Hic Fugiat 

            <table class="table align-middle">
              <thead>
                <tr>
                  <th scope="col">#</th>
                  <th scope="col">Lorem</th>
                  <th scope="col">Ipsum</th>
                  <th scope="col">Dolor</th>
                </tr>
              </thead>
              <tbody>
                <tr>
                  <th scope="row">1</th>
                  <td>Sit</td>
                  <td>Amet</td>
                  <td>
                    <button type="button" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm px-3">
                      <i class="fas fa-times"></i>
                    </button>
                  </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                  <th scope="row">2</th>
                  <td>Adipisicing</td>
                  <td>Elit</td>
                  <td>
                    <button type="button" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm px-3">
                      <i class="fas fa-times"></i>
                    </button>
                  </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                  <th scope="row">3</th>
                  <td>Hic</td>
                  <td>Fugiat</td>
                  <td>
                    <button type="button" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm px-3">
                      <i class="fas fa-times"></i>
                    </button>
                  </td>
                </tr>
              </tbody>
            </table>

Checkboxes

To learn more about checkboxes read Checkbox Docs.

Lorem Ipsum Dolor
Sit Amet Consectetur
Adipisicing Elit Sint
Hic Fugiat Temporibus 

            <table class="table">
              <thead>
                <tr>
                  <th scope="col">
                    <div class="form-check">
                      <input
                        class="form-check-input"
                        type="checkbox"
                        value=""
                        id="flexCheckDefault"
                      />
                    </div>
                  </th>
                  <th scope="col">Lorem</th>
                  <th scope="col">Ipsum</th>
                  <th scope="col">Dolor</th>
                </tr>
              </thead>
              <tbody>
                <tr>
                  <th scope="row">
                    <div class="form-check">
                      <input
                        class="form-check-input"
                        type="checkbox"
                        value=""
                        id="flexCheckDefault"
                      />
                    </div>
                  </th>
                  <td>Sit</td>
                  <td>Amet</td>
                  <td>Consectetur</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                  <th scope="row">
                    <div class="form-check">
                      <input
                        class="form-check-input"
                        type="checkbox"
                        value=""
                        id="flexCheckDefault"
                      />
                    </div>
                  </th>
                  <td>Adipisicing</td>
                  <td>Elit</td>
                  <td>Sint</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                  <th scope="row">
                    <div class="form-check">
                      <input
                        class="form-check-input"
                        type="checkbox"
                        value=""
                        id="flexCheckDefault"
                      />
                    </div>
                  </th>
                  <td>Hic</td>
                  <td>Fugiat</td>
                  <td>Temporibus</td>
                </tr>
              </tbody>
            </table>

Icons

To learn more about icons read Icons Docs.

Product Detail Views Unique Purchases Quantity Product Revenue Avg. Price
Value 18,492 228 350 $4,787.64 $13.68
Percentage change -48.8%% 14.0% 46.4% 29.6% -11.5%
Absolute change -17,654 28 111 $1,092.72 $-1.78 

            <table class="table table-hover text-nowrap">
              <thead>
                <tr>
                  <th scope="col"></th>
                  <th scope="col">Product Detail Views</th>
                  <th scope="col">Unique Purchases</th>
                  <th scope="col">Quantity</th>
                  <th scope="col">Product Revenue</th>
                  <th scope="col">Avg. Price</th>
                </tr>
              </thead>
              <tbody>
                <tr>
                  <th scope="row">Value</th>
                  <td>18,492</td>
                  <td>228</td>
                  <td>350</td>
                  <td>$4,787.64</td>
                  <td>$13.68</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                  <th scope="row">Percentage change</th>
                  <td>
                    <span class="text-danger">
                      <i class="fas fa-caret-down me-1"></i><span>-48.8%%</span>
                    </span>
                  </td>
                  <td>
                    <span class="text-success">
                      <i class="fas fa-caret-up me-1"></i><span>14.0%</span>
                    </span>
                  </td>
                  <td>
                    <span class="text-success">
                      <i class="fas fa-caret-up me-1"></i><span>46.4%</span>
                    </span>
                  </td>
                  <td>
                    <span class="text-success">
                      <i class="fas fa-caret-up me-1"></i><span>29.6%</span>
                    </span>
                  </td>
                  <td>
                    <span class="text-danger">
                      <i class="fas fa-caret-down me-1"></i><span>-11.5%</span>
                    </span>
                  </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                  <th scope="row">Absolute change</th>
                  <td>
                    <span class="text-danger">
                      <i class="fas fa-caret-down me-1"></i><span>-17,654</span>
                    </span>
                  </td>
                  <td>
                    <span class="text-success">
                      <i class="fas fa-caret-up me-1"></i><span>28</span>
                    </span>
                  </td>
                  <td>
                    <span class="text-success">
                      <i class="fas fa-caret-up me-1"></i><span>111</span>
                    </span>
                  </td>
                  <td>
                    <span class="text-success">
                      <i class="fas fa-caret-up me-1"></i><span>$1,092.72</span>
                    </span>
                  </td>
                  <td>
                    <span class="text-danger">
                      <i class="fas fa-caret-down me-1"></i><span>$-1.78</span>
                    </span>
                  </td>
                </tr>
              </tbody>
            </table>

Anatomy

Table head

Similar to tables and dark tables, use the modifier classes .table-light or .table-dark to make <thead>s appear light or dark gray.

# First Last Handle
1 Mark Otto @mdo
2 Jacob Thornton @fat
3 Larry the Bird @twitter 

            <table class="table">
              <thead class="table-light"></thead>
              <tbody></tbody>
            </table>
# First Last Handle
1 Mark Otto @mdo
2 Jacob Thornton @fat
3 Larry the Bird @twitter 

            <table class="table">
              <thead class="table-dark"></thead>
              <tbody></tbody>
            </table>

Table foot

# First Last Handle
1 Mark Otto @mdo
2 Jacob Thornton @fat
3 Larry the Bird @twitter
Footer Footer Footer Footer 

            <table class="table">
              <thead></thead>
              <tbody></tbody>
              <tfoot></tfoot>
            </table>

Captions

A <caption> functions like a heading for a table. It helps users with screen readers to find a table and understand what it’s about and decide if they want to read it.

List of users
# First Last Handle
1 Mark Otto @mdo
2 Jacob Thornton @fat
3 Larry the Bird @twitter 

            <table class="table table-sm">
              <caption>
                List of users
              </caption>
              <thead></thead>
              <tbody></tbody>
            </table>

You can also put the <caption> on the top of the table with .caption-top.

List of users
# First Last Handle
1 Mark Otto @mdo
2 Jacob Thornton @fat
3 Larry the Bird @twitter 

            <table class="table caption-top">
              <caption>
                List of users
              </caption>
              <thead>
                <tr>
                  <th scope="col">#</th>
                  <th scope="col">First</th>
                  <th scope="col">Last</th>
                  <th scope="col">Handle</th>
                </tr>
              </thead>
              <tbody>
                <tr>
                  <th scope="row">1</th>
                  <td>Mark</td>
                  <td>Otto</td>
                  <td>@mdo</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                  <th scope="row">2</th>
                  <td>Jacob</td>
                  <td>Thornton</td>
                  <td>@fat</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                  <th scope="row">3</th>
                  <td>Larry</td>
                  <td>the Bird</td>
                  <td>@twitter</td>
                </tr>
              </tbody>
            </table>

Responsive tables

Responsive tables allow tables to be scrolled horizontally with ease. Make any table responsive across all viewports by wrapping a .table with .table-responsive. Or, pick a maximum breakpoint with which to have a responsive table up to by using .table-responsive{-sm|-md|-lg|-xl|-xxl}.

Vertical clipping/truncation:
Responsive tables make use of overflow-y: hidden, which clips off any content that goes beyond the bottom or top edges of the table. In particular, this can clip off dropdown menus and other third-party widgets.

Always responsive

Across every breakpoint, use .table-responsive for horizontally scrolling tables.

# Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading
1 Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell
2 Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell
3 Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell 

            <div class="table-responsive">
              <table class="table"></table>
            </div>

Breakpoint specific

Use .table-responsive{-sm|-md|-lg|-xl|-xxl} as needed to create responsive tables up to a particular breakpoint. From that breakpoint and up, the table will behave normally and not scroll horizontally.

These tables may appear broken until their responsive styles apply at specific viewport widths.
# Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading
1 Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell
2 Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell
3 Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell
# Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading
1 Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell
2 Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell
3 Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell
# Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading
1 Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell
2 Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell
3 Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell
# Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading
1 Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell
2 Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell
3 Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell
# Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading
1 Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell
2 Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell
3 Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell
# Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading Heading
1 Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell
2 Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell
3 Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell Cell 

            <div class="table-responsive">
              <table class="table"></table>
            </div>

            <div class="table-responsive-sm">
              <table class="table"></table>
            </div>

            <div class="table-responsive-md">
              <table class="table"></table>
            </div>

            <div class="table-responsive-lg">
              <table class="table"></table>
            </div>

            <div class="table-responsive-xl">
              <table class="table"></table>
            </div>

            <div class="table-responsive-xxl">
              <table class="table"></table>
            </div>

Customizing in Sass

  • The factor variables ($table-striped-bg-factor, $table-active-bg-factor & $table-hover-bg-factor) are used to determine the contrast in table variants.
  • Apart from the light & dark table variants, theme colors are lightened by the $table-bg-level variable. 


$table-cell-padding-y:        .5rem;
$table-cell-padding-x:        .5rem;
$table-cell-padding-y-sm:     .25rem;
$table-cell-padding-x-sm:     .25rem;

$table-cell-vertical-align:   top;

$table-color:                 $body-color;
$table-bg:                    transparent;

$table-striped-color:         $table-color;
$table-striped-bg-factor:     .05;
$table-striped-bg:            rgba($black, $table-striped-bg-factor);

$table-active-color:          $table-color;
$table-active-bg-factor:      .1;
$table-active-bg:             rgba($black, $table-active-bg-factor);

$table-hover-color:           $table-color;
$table-hover-bg-factor:       .075;
$table-hover-bg:              rgba($black, $table-hover-bg-factor);

$table-border-factor:         .1;
$table-border-width:          $border-width;
$table-border-color:          $border-color;

$table-striped-order:         odd;

$table-group-seperator-color: currentColor;

$table-caption-color:         $text-muted;

$table-bg-level:              -9;

$table-variants: (
  "primary":    color-level($primary, $table-bg-level),
  "secondary":  color-level($secondary, $table-bg-level),
  "success":    color-level($success, $table-bg-level),
  "info":       color-level($info, $table-bg-level),
  "warning":    color-level($warning, $table-bg-level),
  "danger":     color-level($danger, $table-bg-level),
  "light":      $light,
  "dark":       $dark,
);

If you want to support our friends from Tailwind Elements you can also check out the Tailwind tables documentation.