I have a table with some columns that have a fixed width. In some of the columns there is some text with ellipsed CSS properties. Why are the columns without a fixed width not autosizing if I change the width of the window? When running the snippet below I would expect that the columns without a fixed width would become smaller when making the window smaller.
table {
text-align: left;
table-layout: auto;
width: 100%;
}
th,
td {
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid #dddddd;
border-collapse: collapse;
}
th {
background-color: #f2f2f2;
}
.ellipsis {
white-space: nowrap;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
display: block;
}
.fixedWidth80 {
width: 80px;
}
.wrapper {
background-color: aliceblue;
width: 100%;
}
<div class="wrapper">
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Column 1</th>
<th class="fixedWidth80">Column 2</th>
<th>Column 3</th>
<th class="fixedWidth80">Column 4</th>
<th>Column 5</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<span class="ellipsis"
>This is a very long text that is ellipsed</span
>
<span class="ellipsis"
>This is a very long text that is ellipsed</span
>
</td>
<td><span>Data 2</span></td>
<td>
<span class="ellipsis"
>This is a very long text that is ellipsed</span
>
</td>
<td><span>Data 4</span></td>
<td><span>Data 5</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<span class="ellipsis"
>This is a very long text that is ellipsed</span
>
</td>
<td><span>Data 2</span></td>
<td>
<span class="ellipsis"
>This is a very long text that is ellipsed</span
>
</td>
<td><span>This is a bit longer</span></td>
<td><span>This is a bit longer</span></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>