Title: Table creating extra column on mobile
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Table creating extra column on mobile

 *  Resolved [fbkadmin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fbkadmin/)
 * (@fbkadmin)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-creating-extra-column-on-mobile/)
 * Hi – I am in love with your table plugin! But I just hit a snag, and I’m not 
   sure what’s causing the problem. I’ve used your plugin to create a two column
   table with our staff photos. And it’s worked beautifully for almost every device
   I’ve tested on. Except my own mobile. I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 mini, and we’ve
   also noticed a problem on an Iphone 5. It’s creating a strange effect where there
   are the two columns, but the header and footer only appears in left column. So
   the page looks split wrong. Can you help me with that?
 * The code in each cell reads (there is a hover animation on each person’s name):
 * <article class=”principals”><section class=”person-name-title”>[
    <h3>Thomas J.
   Fitzpatrick</h3> <p id=”certs”>CPA/PFS CFP CVA</p>
 * </section><!– End person-name-title –>
 * <section class=”people-image-overlay”></section><!– End project-image-overlay–
   >
 * <section class=”mugshot”><img src=”[http://03cad97.netsolhost.com/wordpress1/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/01TomF.jpg&#8221](http://03cad97.netsolhost.com/wordpress1/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/01TomF.jpg&#8221);
   alt=”” width=”278″ height=”218″ class=”alignnone size-full wp-image-1155″ /></
   section><!– End mugshot –>
 * </article>
 * [Team page on site](http://03cad97.netsolhost.com/wordpress1/team/)
 * [Screenshots from my mobile 1](http://03cad97.netsolhost.com/wordpress1/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Screenshot_2015-11-02-19-12-24.png)
 * [Screenshot from mobile 2](http://03cad97.netsolhost.com/wordpress1/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Screenshot_2015-11-02-19-12-44.png)
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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-creating-extra-column-on-mobile/#post-6723744)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your question, and sorry for the trouble.
 * That looks really strange, indeed, and to be honest, I have no clue what’s causing
   this.
 * Now, after taking a look at the source code of the page, it seems that you are
   inserting rather complex HTML code into the table cells. This is not really something
   that tables are good at, however. They should only really be used to display 
   static tabular data, but not really for layout purposes like this. I’d therefore
   actually suggest that you do not use a table for this, but e.g. regular HTML `
   <div>` containers with some extra CSS or maybe a plugin like [https://wordpress.org/plugins/columns/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/columns/).
   With those, you’d not have to worry about responsiveness of tables and could 
   maybe even create effects where there are two columns on large screens, but just
   one on small screens. That’s something that is not possible with tables.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [fbkadmin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fbkadmin/)
 * (@fbkadmin)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-creating-extra-column-on-mobile/#post-6723766)
 * Thanks Tobias for you suggestions. I’ll give it shot. I was taking a shot in 
   the dark and hoping your plugin could solve other issues I was having (and it
   did!), but I understand. Thanks so much for your prompt response!
    ~Alissa
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-creating-extra-column-on-mobile/#post-6723774)
 * Hi,
 * no problem, you are very welcome! I hope that you can find a good solution!
 * Best wishes,
    Tobias

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