Carbon: expandable data tables

Type: practitioner. Reviewed: 2026-09-13.

Source

IBM Carbon Design System. Data table: Usage.

Original / authoritative source

Scope

Variants: Expandable.

Limitations

Recommends expansion for supplementary information and other surfaces when details become cramped. Carbon is a design-system convention, not proof of optimal density. Viewrule does not adopt all of its row sizes, toolbar counts, or truncation recommendations.