Table cell width with bootstrap

Question

I have a simple table with two columns, I would like the to set the width of each of these columns, for example left column 30% right column 70%. Eventually I will have hundreds of rows so If I can apply a global css class I guess that would be best?

Currently the left column is compressed and doesn't look good.

I have created a jsfiddle if somebody could lend some assistance.

<div class="container">
    <div class="row col-md-8">
        <table class="table table-striped">
            <tr>
                <td>row name here</td>
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            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>another row name here</td>
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        </table>
    </div>
</div>

Answer 1

Here is my take on it. I've added an id to the table for easier access.

The Markup

<div class="container">
    <div class="row col-md-8">
        <table class="table table-striped" id="someid">
            <tr>
                <td>row name here</td>
                <td>sed auctor diam sollicitudin ut. Donec et sodales quam, eu vehicula urna. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Integer eget</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>another row name here</td>
                <td>sed auctor diam sollicitudin ut. Donec et sodales quam, eu vehicula urna. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Integer egetsdsdfsdf fsdfsdf</td>></tr>
        </table>
    </div>
</div>

The CSS

#someid tr td:nth-child(1){
    width:30%;
}

Fiddle

Answer 2

You can use the css property table-layout: fixed This will force the given width on the columns:

table {
    table-layout: fixed;
}

td:first-child {
    width: 30%;
}
td:last-child {
    width: 70%;
}

Updated fiddle

Normally you would give every cell in the column the same width but with table-layout: fixed you can set it only on the header cell of the column:

<thead>
    <tr>
        <th class="first">Column A</th>
        <th class="second">Column B</th>
    </tr>
</thead>

As shown in this fiddle