Bootstrap table won't fill container width

I'm writing a web site using bootstrap (3.3.2) with a simple table on one of the pages. I just have a simple header panel in one container, and another content container with a title and table. For some reason, text fills the width of the container, but the table left aligns and only spans the width required by the text within. Anyone have any ideas? I know I can add in a width="100%" to the table, but this should be default bootstrap behaviour...

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<html>
  <head>
    <title>Page title</title>
    <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="bootstrap.min.css">
  </head>
  <body>

    <div class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-static-top">
      <div class="container-fluid">
        <div class="navbar-header">
          <a class="navbar-brand" href="index.html">Home</a>
        </div>
        <div id="navbar" class="navbar-collapse collapse" >
          <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
            <li><a class="navbar-brand" href="modules.html">Modules</a></li>
            <li><a class="navbar-brand" href="sites.html">Sites</a></li>
            <li><a class="navbar-brand" href="search.html">Search</a></li>
          </ul>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>

    <div class="container">
      <div class="page-header">
        <h2>Why won't the table align!?</h2>
      </div>

      <div class="table-responsive">
        <table>
          <thead>
            <th>Head1</th><th>Head2</th><th>Head3</th>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
            <tr>
              <td>Body1</td><td>Body2</td><td>Body3</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Body1</td><td>Body2</td><td>Body3</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Body1</td><td>Body2</td><td>Body3</td>
            </tr>
          </tbody>
        </table>
      </div>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

Solution 1:

It's because you are not following the Bootstrap documentation indications on responsive tables. You have to wrap your table element with .table class in a wrapper <div> with the .table-responsive class, like this:

<div class="table-responsive">
  <table class="table">
    ...
  </table>
</div>

Solution 2:

NOTE: If you're using bootstrap v4 alpha, even though the documentation says that you can use:

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

I still had to use the accepted answer to make it fill the container's width:

<div class="table-responsive">
  <table class="table">
    ...
  </table>
</div>

Solution 3:

The accepted answer is incorrect. Per the docs

Create responsive tables by wrapping any .table in .table-responsive to make them scroll horizontally on small devices (under 768px). When viewing on anything larger than 768px wide, you will not see any difference in these tables.

Then goes on to show proper usage

<div class="table-responsive">
   <table class="table">
     ...
   </table>
</div>

You should also have the .table class on the <table>

http://getbootstrap.com/css/#tables-responsive

Bootstrap table won't fill container width

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