HTML <table> With CSS flexbox

Why use flexbox to simulate a table?

It can reverse the <table> without JavaScript. This is quite usable under some particular scenarios.

Alternative method

Another method to reverse table rows doesn’t need flexbox — rotate <tbody> and <tr> 180 degree:

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table.reverse {
  tbody, tbody > tr {
    transform: rotate(180deg);
  }
}

This works under latest Chrome/Firefox for macOS/Linux pretty well. However, this will rediculously corrupt the rendering of Electron. (tested under Electron v1.7.8 for Windows). I don’t know why.

I use the terms of HTML’s native table, so it’s more comprehensible for experienced HTML developer.

HTML

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.flex-table
  .thead
    .tr
      .th.time Time
      .th.ip IP
      .th.type Type
      .th.msg Description
  .tbody.reverse
    .tr.log(v-for="e in events")
      .td.time {{ e.created_at }}
      .td.ip {{ e.ipaddr }}
      .td.type {{ e.type] }}
      .td.msg {{ e.msg }}

CSS

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.flex-table {
  &.reverse, .reverse {  // reverse!!!
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column-reverse;
  }
  .tr {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: row;
    flex-grow: 0;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    width: 100%;
    padding-left: 15px;
    padding-right: 15px;
    .th {
      font-weight: bold;
    }
    .td, .th {
      flex-grow: 1;
      overflow: hidden;
      white-space: nowrap;
      text-overflow: ellipsis;
      padding-right: 20px;
      &.time {
        flex-grow: 4;
        width: 100px;
      }
      &.ip {
        flex-grow: 2;
        width: 100px;
      }
      &.type {
        flex-grow: 2;
        width: 100px;
      }
      &.msg {
        flex-grow: 8;
        width: 100px;
      }
    }
  }
}