govau/design-system-components

Investigate alternatives to responsiveness of tables

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#766 opened on May 16, 2019

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Description

Right now we have horizontal scrolling on smaller devices which works fine, but there could be improvments. There are other suggestions here that may be useful to implement.

The box shadow technique mentioned on here is clean: https://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/201309/responsive_scrollable_tables/

Also see:

https://community.digital.gov.au/t/table/92/2

and:

https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-design-system-backlog/issues/61#issuecomment-430300205

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Tech stack
htmlcss
Domain
frontend
Issue type
research
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
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half day
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
CSS responsive designHTML tables
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
60
Research direction
Review the referenced links for table responsiveness techniques (e.g., box shadow method). Implement and test the most promising approach in the design system's table component. Consider accessibility and cross browser compatibility.