---
{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "version": "1.2.0",
  "id": "E-CARBON",
  "kind": "evidence",
  "title": "Carbon: expandable data tables",
  "summary": "Variants: Expandable.",
  "evidenceType": "practitioner",
  "citation": "IBM Carbon Design System. Data table: Usage.",
  "url": "https://carbondesignsystem.com/components/data-table/usage/",
  "reviewed": "2026-09-13"
}
---

# Carbon: expandable data tables

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

## Source

IBM Carbon Design System. Data table: Usage.

[Original / authoritative source](https://carbondesignsystem.com/components/data-table/usage/)

## 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.