Fitting width and height of html page contents to screen - css

Question

I have created a table with rows in html and defined it's width and height parameters in css using pixel(px).
I'm using a 15.6" display pc to run it and everything goes well, but when i open the page in smaller screen pc, the table exceeds the screen margin.
Which unit should I use to define the width & height parameters so that, it will always fit the display of any media screen that opens the page?

Answer 1

I always use Width: 1-100vw and height: 1-100vh; on everything (<p>,<div>,font-size etc.)
You will also need to add in min-height: 100vh; and min-width: 100vw; to the html,body css. else it won't work.
This WILL ensure that it works properly. I used to use %, but in the end it didn't work out with scaling to the re-size ^^
See this for more info: https://css-tricks.com/viewport-sized-typography/

Answer 2

You could set the width of the body to 100%. Another suggestion is to use
1vw = 1% of viewport width
1vh = 1% of viewport height
1vmin = 1vw or 1vh, whichever is smaller
1vmax = 1vw or 1vh, whichever is larger
can read about it here
Further read into responsive web design might help you in the future.
Ex:
#import "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Montserrat:300,400,700";
.rwd-table {
margin: 1em 0;
min-width: 300px;
}
.rwd-table tr {
border-top: 1px solid #ddd;
border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
}
.rwd-table th {
display: none;
}
.rwd-table td {
display: block;
}
.rwd-table td:first-child {
padding-top: .5em;
}
.rwd-table td:last-child {
padding-bottom: .5em;
}
.rwd-table td:before {
content: attr(data-th) ": ";
font-weight: bold;
width: 6.5em;
display: inline-block;
}
#media (min-width: 480px) {
.rwd-table td:before {
display: none;
}
}
.rwd-table th, .rwd-table td {
text-align: left;
}
#media (min-width: 480px) {
.rwd-table th, .rwd-table td {
display: table-cell;
padding: .25em .5em;
}
.rwd-table th:first-child, .rwd-table td:first-child {
padding-left: 0;
}
.rwd-table th:last-child, .rwd-table td:last-child {
padding-right: 0;
}
}
body {
padding: 0 2em;
font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;
-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
color: #444;
background: #eee;
}
h1 {
font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: -1px;
color: #34495E;
}
.rwd-table {
background: #34495E;
color: #fff;
border-radius: .4em;
overflow: hidden;
}
.rwd-table tr {
border-color: #46637f;
}
.rwd-table th, .rwd-table td {
margin: .5em 1em;
}
#media (min-width: 480px) {
.rwd-table th, .rwd-table td {
padding: 1em !important;
}
}
.rwd-table th, .rwd-table td:before {
color: #dd5;
}
<h1>RWD List to Table</h1>
<table class="rwd-table">
<tr>
<th>Movie Title</th>
<th>Genre</th>
<th>Year</th>
<th>Gross</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-th="Movie Title">Star Wars</td>
<td data-th="Genre">Adventure, Sci-fi</td>
<td data-th="Year">1977</td>
<td data-th="Gross">$460,935,665</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-th="Movie Title">Howard The Duck</td>
<td data-th="Genre">"Comedy"</td>
<td data-th="Year">1986</td>
<td data-th="Gross">$16,295,774</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-th="Movie Title">American Graffiti</td>
<td data-th="Genre">Comedy, Drama</td>
<td data-th="Year">1973</td>
<td data-th="Gross">$115,000,000</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>← Drag window (in editor or full page view) to see the effect. →</p>
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