How can I make a "Table" where rows wrap horizontally in HTML5 /css3?

Question

I have the following table using html table, tr, td tags.

This is all great, but I am using angular, and the problem is if I have more rows, I don't have the space for it vertically. Instead I want to "overflow" to the right of it so that it looks like:

What is the best way using HTML5/CSS so that I can make it such that content spills over if it exceeds the table? Note that in some cases I may have 2 or 3 entries, so I am hoping I don't have to make the width double the size of normal at the start, and instead have the table be sized based on the number of entries I have in the table. No scrollbars.

I feel like the table tag in HTML is limiting and may not allow me to do this. What is the best way to do this? Using divs?

<table style="background:green;">
<tr><td>Name</td><td>Sport</td><td>Score</td></tr>
<tr><td>Jordan</td><td>Soccer</td><td>50</td></tr>
<tr><td>Jordan</td><td>Soccer</td><td>50</td></tr>
<tr><td>Jordan</td><td>Soccer</td><td>50</td></tr>
</table>

Attempting a flexbox approach, though it seems that if I put the flexbox in a div, then the background doesn't appear to fill properly once the entries go beyond the first column:

https://jsfiddle.net/t0h7w2hw/

Answer 1

Please follow below code example

This will wrap rows in a list style in mobile. You need to data-label attribute with each content td so that it knows which column it is. In mobile you can show lable before td by using css content:"" property.

body {
  font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;
  line-height: 1.25;
}
table {
  border: 1px solid #ccc;
  border-collapse: collapse;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  width: 100%;
  table-layout: fixed;
}
table caption {
  font-size: 1.5em;
  margin: .5em 0 .75em;
}
table tr {
  background: #f8f8f8;
  border: 1px solid #ddd;
  padding: .35em;
}
table th,
table td {
  padding: .625em;
  text-align: center;
}
table th {
  font-size: .85em;
  letter-spacing: .1em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
@media screen and (max-width: 600px) {
  table {
    border: 0;
  }
  table caption {
    font-size: 1.3em;
  }
  table thead {
    border: none;
    clip: rect(0 0 0 0);
    height: 1px;
    margin: -1px;
    overflow: hidden;
    padding: 0;
    position: absolute;
    width: 1px;
  }
  table tr {
    border-bottom: 3px solid #ddd;
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: .625em;
  }
  table td {
    border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
    display: block;
    font-size: .8em;
    text-align: right;
  }
  table td:before {
    /*
    * aria-label has no advantage, it won't be read inside a table
    content: attr(aria-label);
    */
    content: attr(data-label);
    float: left;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-transform: uppercase;
  }
  table td:last-child {
    border-bottom: 0;
  }
}

<table>
  <caption>Statement Summary</caption>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th scope="col">Card</th>
      <th scope="col">Due Date</th>
      <th scope="col">Amount</th>
      <th scope="col">Period</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td data-label="Card">Visa - 3412</td>
      <td data-label="Due Date">04/01/2016</td>
      <td data-label="Amount">$1,190</td>
      <td data-label="Period">03/01/2016 - 03/31/2016</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td scope="row" data-label="Card">Visa - 6076</td>
      <td data-label="Due Date">03/01/2016</td>
      <td data-label="Amount">$2,443</td>
      <td data-label="Period">02/01/2016 - 02/29/2016</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td scope="row" data-label="Card">Corporate AMEX</td>
      <td data-label="Due Date">03/01/2016</td>
      <td data-label="Amount">$1,181</td>
      <td data-label="Period">02/01/2016 - 02/29/2016</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td scope="row" data-label="Card">Visa - 3412</td>
      <td data-label="Due Date">02/01/2016</td>
      <td data-label="Amount">$842</td>
      <td data-label="Period">01/01/2016 - 01/31/2016</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

Answer 2

Actually there is no such facility is defined for HTML table element by using CSS. I have tries some by giving various positions for table and containing div, not worked. As in the fiddle example you have provided, you must use HTML div element for that.