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Opening bootstrap select in bootstrap table issue

The Problem

I am using the bootstrap-table plugin and the bootstrap-select plugin, which both work very nice.
But I get an issue when I use the bootstrap-select inside a bootstrap-table. If the select box of the last row opens, the table size changes instead of the selectbox going "over" the table area creating a scroll area which I do not like.

Like in the image below: enter image description here

I have tried to "fix" this effect using the below javascript code, but to no avail. The code gets executed but the problem is still there. I do not see which css is responsible for this behaviour and any help is highly appreciated.

$('.table-responsive').on('show.bs.select', function () { 
  console.log("triggered show bs select");
  $('.table-responsive').css( "overflow", "hidden" ); 
}); 
$('.table-responsive').on('hide.bs.select', function () { 
  console.log("triggered hide bs select");
  $('.table-responsive').css( "overflow", "auto" ); 
})

Example

The behaviour can be seen in:
Jsfiddle:http://jsfiddle.net/e3nk137y/8612/

Edit

I have it working now but only with applying padding-bottom on the table and using the following js code:

$('.table-responsive').on('show.bs.select', function () { 
      $('.table-responsive').css( "overflow", "inherit" );
      $('.bootstrap-table').css( "overflow", "inherit" ); 
      $('.fixed-table-body').css( "overflow", "inherit" );     
 });

I leave the question open for now since this is not a "nice" fix in my oppinion, especially the added padding which is needed to "hide" the select box again.

Solution

  • You can add the option container: 'body'. This will place the drop-down outside the table and will prevent the issue. If there's a problem with body, just use any element that contains the table, which is large enough to contain the drop-down menu.

    Jsfiddle