<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Option</th>
      <th>Default</th>
      <th>Description</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td><strong>showSpeed</strong></td>
      <td>15</td>
      <td>The speed of the show/reveal</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><strong>showEasing</strong></td>
      <td>'linear'</td>
      <td>The easing of the show/reveal</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><strong>hideSpeed</strong></td>
      <td>50</td>
      <td>The speed of the hide/conceal</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><strong>hideEasing</strong></td>
      <td>'linear'</td>
      <td>The easing of the hide/conceal</td>
    </tr>					
    <tr>
      <td><strong>width</strong></td>
      <td>'auto'</td>
      <td>The width that the data will be truncated to - <em>('auto' or px amount)</em></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><strong>ellipsis</strong></td>
      <td>true</td>
      <td>Set to true to enable the ellipsis</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><strong>title</strong></td>
      <td>false</td>
      <td>Set to true to show the full data on hover</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><strong>afterShow</strong></td>
      <td> $.noop</td>
      <td>The callback fired after the show/reveal</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><strong>afterHide</strong></td>
      <td>$.noop</td>
      <td>The callback fired after the hide/conceal</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>
body {
	background: #fafafa url(https://jackrugile.com/images/misc/noise-diagonal.png);
	color: #444;
	font: 100%/30px 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;
	text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #fff;
}

strong {
	font-weight: bold; 
}

em {
	font-style: italic; 
}

table {
	background: #f5f5f5;
	border-collapse: separate;
	box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 #fff;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height: 24px;
	margin: 30px auto;
	text-align: left;
	width: 800px;
}	

th {
	background: url(https://jackrugile.com/images/misc/noise-diagonal.png), linear-gradient(#777, #444);
	border-left: 1px solid #555;
	border-right: 1px solid #777;
	border-top: 1px solid #555;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #333;
	box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 #999;
	color: #fff;
  font-weight: bold;
	padding: 10px 15px;
	position: relative;
	text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #000;	
}

th:after {
	background: linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,0), rgba(255,255,255,.08));
	content: '';
	display: block;
	height: 25%;
	left: 0;
	margin: 1px 0 0 0;
	position: absolute;
	top: 25%;
	width: 100%;
}

th:first-child {
	border-left: 1px solid #777;	
	box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #999;
}

th:last-child {
	box-shadow: inset -1px 1px 0 #999;
}

td {
	border-right: 1px solid #fff;
	border-left: 1px solid #e8e8e8;
	border-top: 1px solid #fff;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #e8e8e8;
	padding: 10px 15px;
	position: relative;
	transition: all 300ms;
}

td:first-child {
	box-shadow: inset 1px 0 0 #fff;
}	

td:last-child {
	border-right: 1px solid #e8e8e8;
	box-shadow: inset -1px 0 0 #fff;
}	

tr {
	background: url(https://jackrugile.com/images/misc/noise-diagonal.png);	
}

tr:nth-child(odd) td {
	background: #f1f1f1 url(https://jackrugile.com/images/misc/noise-diagonal.png);	
}

tr:last-of-type td {
	box-shadow: inset 0 -1px 0 #fff; 
}

tr:last-of-type td:first-child {
	box-shadow: inset 1px -1px 0 #fff;
}	

tr:last-of-type td:last-child {
	box-shadow: inset -1px -1px 0 #fff;
}	

tbody:hover td {
	color: transparent;
	text-shadow: 0 0 3px #aaa;
}

tbody:hover tr:hover td {
	color: #444;
	text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #fff;
}
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