Title: Make wpdatatable view always collapsible
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# Make wpdatatable view always collapsible

 *  Resolved [amar8105alva](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amar8105alva/)
 * (@amar8105alva)
 * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-wpdatatable-view-always-collapsible/)
 * Hello there!
 * Wonder how to force a wpdatatable view as collapsible even in desktop. For example,
   set visibility of one column only and show the (+) symbol always in every mode(
   desktop, mobile and tablet). So far the configuration only let me activate the
   collapsible effect only in mobile and table, not in desktop (and this is visual
   requirentent in my project).
 * Kind regards
 * Alex Marc Alva

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 *  Plugin Support [Milos Jovanovic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/milosjovanovicwpdt/)
 * (@milosjovanovicwpdt)
 * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-wpdatatable-view-always-collapsible/#post-18495440)
 * Hello,
   Here is our workaround which enables you to activate the ‘responsiveness’
   behaviour on desktops.You can enable [Responsiveness](https://wpdatatables.com/documentation/table-features/responsiveness/)
   in the table and choose which columns will be hidden from the front-end on tablet
   devices. 
 * Then, you can go to wpDataTables settings, and change the tablet’s width to a
   bigger value (2000 for example). 
 * When you do this, the plugin will consider all screens below 2000px as tablets,
   and hide the selected columns which would be available on click. 
 * ![](https://i0.wp.com/ticksy_attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/3405008852.png?ssl=
   1)
 * A “+” sign will appear in the first column, so when you click on it the data 
   hidden will be displayed.
 * You can optionally change the ‘action’ on which the rows expand, if you wish 
   it to be on the + icon, or on cell or on row.
 * ![](https://i0.wp.com/ticksy_attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/4388999827.png?ssl=
   1)
 * If you encounter any issue setting this up, please don’t hesitate to reach out
   to us.
   Kind regards,Milos
 *  Thread Starter [amar8105alva](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amar8105alva/)
 * (@amar8105alva)
 * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-wpdatatable-view-always-collapsible/#post-18495567)
 * Thanks!
 * I taked a different path with CSS+JS to force responsive behavior (but it affected
   with mobile view) guess that undo all that and test the workaround suggested.
 *  Plugin Support [Milos Jovanovic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/milosjovanovicwpdt/)
 * (@milosjovanovicwpdt)
 * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-wpdatatable-view-always-collapsible/#post-18497364)
 * Hello,
 * Yes — our built-in responsive features are designed to work well across all screen
   sizes.
   I would recommend removing the custom CSS/JS solution (you can, of course,
   keep a backup if you invested time into creating it) and trying our native responsive
   workaround as suggested above.
 * Please let us know if you encounter any issues or unexpected behavior — we’ll
   be happy to assist!
 * Kind regards,
   Milos

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 * [collapsible](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/collapsible/)
 * [desktop](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/desktop/)
 * [view](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/view/)

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 * Last reply from: [Milos Jovanovic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/milosjovanovicwpdt/)
 * Last activity: [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-wpdatatable-view-always-collapsible/#post-18497364)
 * Status: resolved