Turning off width: 100%

rplanky

I've read a lot of forum postings that seem to have the opposite problem that I have: I do not want my table to take up 100% of the browser if it doesn't have to. Here's a simple table:
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12
AB
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If I [code]$(document).ready(function() { $('#t1').dataTable( ...[/code] on it, it takes up the whole browser. I tried setting [code]bAutoWidth: false[/code] but this doesn't change the behavior. This has got to be a noob question, but it's almost like no one wants to do that? If I have a naturally 300px-wide table, I want it to be that wide.

tangerine

http://datatables.net/release-datatables/examples/basic_init/flexible_width.html

allan

@rplanky: Can you link us to the page please? The table will only take up 100% width if told to do so in the CSS or HTML.

Allan

rplanky

I found the table { width: 100% } in the dataTables.css ... removing it fixes my problem. I hope I remember to do that again the next time I upgrade :)