Why do Twitter Bootstrap tables always have 100% width?

Suppose this markup:

<table class="table table-bordered" align="center"> 

No mather how many cells I have, the table is always 100% width. Why's that?

Solution 1:

All tables within the bootstrap stretch according to their container, which you can easily do by placing your table inside a .span* grid element of your choice. If you wish to remove this property you can create your own table class and simply add it to the table you want to expand with the content within:

.table-nonfluid {
   width: auto !important;
}

You can add this class inside your own stylesheet and simply add it to the container of your table like so:

<table class="table table-nonfluid"> ... </table>

This way your change won't affect the bootstrap stylesheet itself (you might want to have a fluid table somewhere else in your document).

Solution 2:

<table style="width: auto;" ... works fine. Tested in Chrome 38 , IE 11 and Firefox 34.

jsfiddle : http://jsfiddle.net/rpaul/taqodr8o/