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Proposal: Tables stay tables on phones

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Status: Applied (October 2026). This page was written after the change shipped, so that the change has a proposal like every other one.

Pull requests: #81.

What changes

On narrow screens, article tables keep their rows and columns instead of turning into a stack of cards, one per row, with the column name repeated above every cell. Narrow tables fit the screen; wider ones scroll sideways inside their frame.

Two phone screenshots of the Firefox timeline table: before, each row as a separate card; after, a normal two-column table — The Firefox timeline on a phone: before (left) and after (right). Wikimedia Commons

Why

The card layout turned short tables, such as a two-column timeline, into long lists that were hard to read and compare.

Release note

Tables read as tables on phones

Positions

Discussion

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