Default HTML/CSS needs to look reasonable and be responsive

[simonw]

Version one should have the following characteristics:

• Looks OK
• Works great on mobile
• Loads extremely fast
• No JavaScript! At least not in v1.

[simonw]

I could use the table-reflow mechanism demonstrated here: http://demos.jquerymobile.com/1.4.3/table-reflow/

[simonw]

https://sitesforprofit.com/responsive-table-plugins-and-patterns has some useful links.

I really like the pattern from https://css-tricks.com/responsive-data-tables/

/* 
Max width before this PARTICULAR table gets nasty
This query will take effect for any screen smaller than 760px
and also iPads specifically.
*/
@media 
only screen and (max-width: 760px),
(min-device-width: 768px) and (max-device-width: 1024px)  {

    /* 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: "First Name"; }
    td:nth-of-type(2):before { content: "Last Name"; }
    td:nth-of-type(3):before { content: "Job Title"; }
    td:nth-of-type(4):before { content: "Favorite Color"; }
    td:nth-of-type(5):before { content: "Wars of Trek?"; }
    td:nth-of-type(6):before { content: "Porn Name"; }
    td:nth-of-type(7):before { content: "Date of Birth"; }
    td:nth-of-type(8):before { content: "Dream Vacation City"; }
    td:nth-of-type(9):before { content: "GPA"; }
    td:nth-of-type(10):before { content: "Arbitrary Data"; }
}

[simonw]

Default look with Bootstrap 4 looks like this:

[simonw]

Here's what a table looks like now at a smaller screen size:

[simonw]

Still needed:

• A link to the homepage from some kind of navigation bar in the header
• link to github.com/simonw/datasette in the footer
• Slightly better titles (maybe ditch the visited link colours for titles only? should keep those for primary key links)
• Links to the .json and .jsono versions of every view

[simonw]

Closing this, opening a fresh ticket for the navigation stuff.