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○CSS Rule Demo: Style an Exhibit Card○Exercise: Write Your First CSS Rule○CSS Selectors Demo: Target Exhibit Details○Exercise: Target Exhibit Details○Apply CSS Demo: Three Sources○Exercise: Apply CSS Three Ways○Specificity Demo: Resolve a Style Conflict○Exercise: Resolve Specificity✦Module Quiz
○Color Palette Demo○Color Palette Exercise○Background Layer Demo○Background Layer Exercise○Type Rhythm Demo○Type Rhythm Exercise○Borders and Shadows Demo○Exercise: Borders and Shadows✦Module Quiz
○Box Model Demo: Seed Packet Card○Exercise: Space a Seed Packet○Display Demo: Swap Table Labels○Exercise: Arrange Swap Table Labels○Positioning Demo: Pickup Pin○Exercise: Pin the Pickup Location○Sizing and Overflow Demo○Exercise: Size a Seed-Swap Notice✦Module Quiz
○Advanced Selectors Demo: Book Cart Sign○Exercise: Target a Book Cart Sign○Pseudo-Classes Demo: Night Cart States○Exercise: Style Night Cart States○Pseudo-Elements Demo○Exercise: Add a Book-Quote Mark
○Lantern Market navigation demo○Lantern Market navigation exercise
○Community garden request card demo○Community garden request card exercise
○Flex Direction Demo○Exercise: Flex Direction○Main-Axis Spacing Demo○Exercise: Main-Axis Spacing○Cross-Axis Alignment Demo○Exercise: Cross-Axis Alignment○Wrapping and Flex Items Demo○Exercise: Wrapping and Flex Items○Flexbox Navigation Demo○Exercise: Flexbox Navigation
○Grid Tracks Demo○Exercise: Grid Tracks○Grid Gaps Demo○Exercise: Grid Gaps○Grid Placement Demo○Exercise: Grid Placement○Responsive Grid Demo○Exercise: Responsive Grid
○River radio schedule demo○River radio schedule exercise
○Field note color system demo○Field note color system exercise○Transforms Demo○Exercise: Rotate a Field Note
○Kite festival signal demo○Kite festival signal exercise
○Garden forecast demo○Harbor forecast exercise○Fluid sizing demo○Fluid weather bulletin exercise✦Module Quiz
●Seed inventory table demo○Tool checkout table exercise✦Module Quiz
○Community maker profile demo○Maker profile sheet exercise✦Module Quiz

Seed inventory table demo

A seed-library inventory has several columns. On a narrow phone, shrinking every column until its text is unreadable is less useful than letting the table scroll inside its own wrapper.

The HTML places <table> inside .table-wrap. In style.css, table fills its wrapper but stays at least 30rem wide. .table-wrap { overflow-x: auto; } gives it a horizontal scrollbar only when the table is wider than the available space. The heading and rest of the page do not have to scroll sideways.

Try the demo

Narrow the preview below the table's minimum width, then scroll the table sideways to the last column. Widen it and the scroll is no longer necessary. Temporarily remove overflow-x: auto to see why the wrapper matters, then restore it.

Checkpoint: All three columns remain legible at a narrow width. Next, apply the same pair of decisions to a tool checkout table.

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