jQuery UI resizable - resize table columns size with overflow

Question

I have a table with resizable columns implemented with jQuery UI Resizable. All working fine, except i can't change columns size narrowed than content. I can't use table-layout rule because after that rule table can't wider than window size. How to solve this?

 $(function () { $("table th").resizable({ minWidth: 100, resize: function (event, ui) { const sizerID = "#" + $(event.target).attr("id"); const { width } = ui.size; $(sizerID).children("span").width(width); } }); });

 .table-holder { overflow: auto; }.table thead span { display: block; }.table tbody tr td { white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; }

 <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-BVYiiSIFeK1dGmJRAkycuHAHRg32OmUcww7on3RYdg4Va+PmSTsz/K68vbdEjh4u" crossorigin="anonymous"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.min.css"> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.min.js"></script> <div class="table-holder"> <table class="table table-bordered table-striped"> <thead> <tr> <th id="Company"><span>Company</span></th> <th id="Contact"><span>Contact</span></th> <th id="Country"><span>Country</span></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Alfreds Futterkiste</td> <td>Maria Anders</td> <td>Germany</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Centro comercial Moctezuma</td> <td>Francisco Chang</td> <td>Mexico</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ernst Handel</td> <td>Roland Mendel</td> <td>Austria</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Island Trading</td> <td>Helen Be.nett</td> <td>UK</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Laughing Bacchus Winecellars</td> <td>Yoshi Tannamuri</td> <td>Canada</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Magazzini Alimentari Riuniti</td> <td>Giovanni Rovelli</td> <td>Italy</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>

Codepen demo https://codepen.io/DenisDov/pen/WNwodEe

Answer 1

As explained in Why does overflow:hidden not work in a <td>? the issue is not with Resizing, but with the nature of TD elements. They inherit Table-Cell properties and not Block properties so you can not re-flow the content in the same way.

As suggested be a few in the thread, you can wrap you cell content with a DIV element and overflow that. Here is an example with your code.

 $(function() { $(".table th").resizable({ minWidth: 100 }); });

 .table-holder { overflow: auto; }.table thead span { display: block; width: 100%; }.table tbody tr td div { display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; position: relative; /* must be relative */ width: 100%; /* fit to table cell width */ margin-right: -1000px; /* technically this is a less than zero width object */ overflow: hidden; }

 <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-BVYiiSIFeK1dGmJRAkycuHAHRg32OmUcww7on3RYdg4Va+PmSTsz/K68vbdEjh4u" crossorigin="anonymous"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.min.css"> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.min.js"></script> <div class="table-holder"> <table class="table table-bordered table-striped"> <thead> <tr> <th id="Company"><span>Company</span></th> <th id="Contact"><span>Contact</span></th> <th id="Country"><span>Country</span></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div>Alfreds Futterkiste</div> </td> <td> <div>Maria Anders</div> </td> <td> <div>Germany</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div>Centro comercial Moctezuma</div> </td> <td> <div>Francisco Chang</div> </td> <td> <div>Mexico</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div>Ernst Handel</div> </td> <td> <div>Roland Mendel</div> </td> <td> <div>Austria</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div>Island Trading</div> </td> <td> <div>Helen Be.nett</div> </td> <td> <div>UK</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div>Laughing Bacchus Winecellars</div> </td> <td> <div>Yoshi Tannamuri</div> </td> <td> <div>Canada</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div>Magazzini Alimentari Riuniti</div> </td> <td> <div>Giovanni Rovelli</div> </td> <td> <div>Italy</div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>