Responsive table in css (properties in the rows instead of columns) - css

Question

I have a table, which I am trying to format properly for the responsive design. I have figured out how to do that in the case when the different items of the table are listed in the first column and their different properties are in the following columns.
#media screen and (max-width: 480px) {
table {
width: 100%;
}
tbody td {
display: block;
text-align: center;
}
tbody td:before {
content: attr(data-th);
display: block;
text-align: center;
}
}
But I didn't figure out how to do it if I have a table, where different properties of the items are in different rows. For example, when there is a comparison of two products:
product a product b
100 200
5 years 7 years
and I would like it to be on a small screen like this:
product a
100
5 years
product b
200
7 years
What I have now is:
product a
product b
100
200
5 years
7 years
Any hints are very appreciated!

Answer 1

Yes, You can use CSS tricks to solve this issue.
You just need to set CSS something like this:
#media screen and (max-width: 480px) {
/* Force table to not be like tables anymore */
table, thead, tbody, th, td, tr {
display: block;
}
/* Hide table headers (but not display: none;, for accessibility) */
thead tr {
position: absolute;
top: -9999px;
left: -9999px;
}
tr { border: 1px solid #ccc; }
td {
/* Behave like a "row" */
border: none;
border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;
position: relative;
padding-left: 50%;
}
td:before {
/* Now like a table header */
position: absolute;
/* Top/left values mimic padding */
top: 6px;
left: 6px;
width: 45%;
padding-right: 10px;
white-space: nowrap;
}
/*
Label the data
*/
td:nth-of-type(1):before { content: "product a"; }
td:nth-of-type(2):before { content: "product b"; }
}