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I have a problem with html/css sticky header + scrollbars. I am creating a program that requires scrollbars to show up once the containersize reaches a certain point(depending on resolution of the user).

I am forcing a min-width on the second column in the table, so the table stops decreasing at a certain point and forces the container to stay at a certain width. The overflow on the container shows the horizontal scrollbar. Everything works fine. Once i add a second scrollbar for the vertical scrolling, things are getting messed up. Does someone have a solution for this problem? I want to have a vertical scrollbar on the .table-body, but the scrollbar must be visible on the outercontainer.

Is there a good html/css solution for fixed header tables? I have been searching for a week, but can only find jQuery plugins for this kind of behaviour.

This is my current HTML:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>fixed header prototyping</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css">
</head>

<body>
<div class="outer-container"> <!-- absolute positioned container -->
<div class="inner-container">

    <div class="table-header">
        <table id="headertable" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
            <thead>
                <tr>
                    <th class="header-cell col1">One</th>
                    <th class="header-cell col2">Two</th>
                    <th class="header-cell col3">Three</th>
                    <th class="header-cell col4">Four</th>
                    <th class="header-cell col5">Five</th>
                </tr>
            </thead>
        </table>
    </div>

    <div class="table-body">
        <table id="bodytable" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
            <tbody>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
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                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
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                </tr>
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                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
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                </tr>
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                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
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                </tr>
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                </tr>
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                </tr>
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                </tr>
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                </tr>
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                </tr>
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                </tr>
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                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
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                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
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                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
            </tbody>
        </table>
    </div>
</div>
</div>



</body>
</html>

And my CSS looks like this:

body {
    margin:0;
    padding:0;
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
}
table {
    border-collapse: collapse; /* make simple 1px lines borders if border defined */
}
tr {
    width: 100%;
}

.outer-container {
    background-color: #ccc;
    position: absolute;
    top:0;
    left: 0;
    right: 300px;
    bottom:40px;
    overflow: hidden;

}
.inner-container {
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    position: relative;
    overflow-x: scroll;
    overflow-y:hidden;
}
.table-header {
    float:left;
    width: 100%;
}
.table-body {
    float:left;
    height: 100%;
    width: inherit;
    overflow-y: scroll;
}
.header-cell {
    background-color: yellow;
    text-align: left;
    height: 40px;
}
.body-cell {
    background-color: blue;
    text-align: left;
}
.col1, .col3, .col4, .col5 {
    width:120px;
    min-width: 120px;
}
.col2 {
    min-width: 300px;
}

JSFiddle example - http://jsfiddle.net/W8URM/

Phoenix answered 20/2, 2013 at 10:43 Comment(2)
do you have to use a table? or can you use a table-like div based layout? – Standford
Please check if the solution fits. – Transmittal
S
74

This is not an easy one. I've come up with a Script solution. (I don't think this can be done using pure CSS)

the HTML stays the same as you posted, the CSS changes a little bit, JQuery code added.

Working Fiddle Tested on: IE10, IE9, IE8, FF, Chrome

BTW: if you have unique elements, why don't you use id's instead of classes? I think it gives a better selector performance.

Explanation of how it works: inner-container will span the entire space of the outer-container (so basically, he's not needed) but I left him there, so you wont need to change you DOM.

the table-header is relatively positioned, without a scroll (overflow: hidden), we will handle his scroll later.

the table-body have to span the rest of the inner-container height, so I used a script to determine what height to fix him. (it changes dynamically when you re-size the window) without a fixed height, the scroll wont appear, because the div will just grow large instead.. notice that this part can be done without script, if you fix the header height and use CSS3 (as shown in the end of the answer)

now it's just a matter of moving the header along with the body each time we scroll. this is done by a function assigned to the scroll event.

CSS (some of it was copied from your style)

*
{
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
}

body
{
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
}
table
{
    border-collapse: collapse; /* make simple 1px lines borders if border defined */
}
.outer-container
{
    background-color: #ccc;
    position: absolute;
    top:0;
    left: 0;
    right: 300px;
    bottom: 40px;
}

.inner-container
{
    height: 100%;
    overflow: hidden;
}

.table-header
{
    position: relative;
}
.table-body
{
    overflow: auto;
}

.header-cell
{
    background-color: yellow;
    text-align: left;
    height: 40px;
}
.body-cell 
{
    background-color: blue;
    text-align: left;
}
.col1, .col3, .col4, .col5
{
    width:120px;
    min-width: 120px;
}
.col2
{
    min-width: 300px;
}

JQuery

$(document).ready(function () {
    setTableBody();
    $(window).resize(setTableBody);
    $(".table-body").scroll(function ()
    {
        $(".table-header").offset({ left: -1*this.scrollLeft });
    });
});

function setTableBody()
{
    $(".table-body").height($(".inner-container").height() - $(".table-header").height());
}

If you don't care about fixing the header height (I saw that you fixed the cell's height in your CSS), some of the Script can be skiped if you use CSS3 :Shorter Fiddle (this will not work on IE8)

Standford answered 17/9, 2013 at 14:20 Comment(13)
Upvoted! I share your opinion that this cannot be achieved by pure CSS. IMHO your solution is exactly what was asked for. The original markup already isn't very semantically, because splitting a table's thead and tbody, plus wrapping each one in a DIV doesn't look "correct" to me. – Galilean
I have similar implement in my page as well, there is one issue that bothers me though: How do you handle the page in rtl direction, scrollLeft is not applicable anymore? – Wyne
@Zen without putting to much thinking into it, I'd say that you can replace left: -1*this.scrollLeft by right: -1*this.scrollRight. post a relevant fiddle, and we'll continue from there. – Standford
@Standford scrollRight is not a value I can get from native javascript fiddle is here link based on your fiddle – Wyne
@Standford Why your Tested on: IE10, IE9, IE8, FF, Chrome fiddle solution not working on ie8 while using jquery-1.7.2 can you please tell me – Smalltime
@vikranth For IE I've tested it on my local machine. – Standford
This solution forces a fixed column width. That takes away one of the table elements most useful features. – Eckart
Nice solution. This should however be changed to CSS3 transform to use hardware acceleration instead of repainting with every scroll. jsfiddle.net/eZXtq/665 – Wilfredowilfrid
I made simplified version without inner & outer containers for my own needs. If anyone else needs it: jsfiddle.net/7Lgoaos7 – Birdlime
@Birdlime your demo doesn't work well. the title hides the first content row, and we can see through the heading when we scroll, and the bottom scroll is visible only when we scroll to the bottom. – Standford
@Standford you are correct. I didn't polish the demo completely, because it already suited my needs. Here is the polished version, if anyone needs it: jsfiddle.net/kq1gzzmm. Bottom scroll depends of the container height and the title is set to position relative, so it doesn't hide first content row. – Birdlime
@Standford wondering if you can help out with my version of the question : #47073723 – Mcclimans
I needed a version that works with input elements in the header too (and tab-scrolling) so I hacked the original fiddle into one that has a hidden scrollbar for the headers: jsfiddle.net/bmj4wkcL It's quick and dirty, feel free to improve if needed, – Keelboat
L
57

Here's a solution which again is not a CSS only solution. It is similar to avrahamcool's solution in that it uses a few lines of jQuery, but instead of changing heights and moving the header along, all it does is changing the width of tbody based on how far its parent table is scrolled along to the right.

An added bonus with this solution is that it works with a semantically valid HTML table.

It works great on all recent browser versions (IE10, Chrome, FF) and that's it, the scrolling functionality breaks on older versions.

But then the fact that you are using a semantically valid HTML table will save the day and ensure the table is still displayed properly, it's only the scrolling functionality that won't work on older browsers.

Here's a jsFiddle for demonstration purposes.

CSS

table {
    width: 300px;
    overflow-x: scroll;
    display: block;
}
thead, tbody {
    display: block;
}
tbody {
    overflow-y: scroll;
    overflow-x: hidden;
    height: 140px;
}
td, th {
    min-width: 100px;
}

JS

$("table").on("scroll", function () {
    $("table > *").width($("table").width() + $("table").scrollLeft());
});

I needed a version which degrades nicely in IE9 (no scrolling, just a normal table). Posting the fiddle here as it is an improved version. All you need to do is set a height on the tr.

Additional CSS to make this solution degrade nicely in IE9

tr {
    height: 25px; /* This could be any value, it just needs to be set. */ 
}

Here's a jsFiddle demonstrating the nicely degrading in IE9 version of this solution.

Edit: Updated fiddle links to link to a version of the fiddle which contains fixes for issues mentioned in the comments. Just adding a snippet with the latest and greatest version while I'm at it:

$('table').on('scroll', function() {
  $("table > *").width($("table").width() + $("table").scrollLeft());
});
html {
  font-family: verdana;
  font-size: 10pt;
  line-height: 25px;
}

table {
  border-collapse: collapse;
  width: 300px;
  overflow-x: scroll;
  display: block;
}

thead {
  background-color: #EFEFEF;
}

thead,
tbody {
  display: block;
}

tbody {
  overflow-y: scroll;
  overflow-x: hidden;
  height: 140px;
}

td,
th {
  min-width: 100px;
  height: 25px;
  border: dashed 1px lightblue;
  overflow: hidden;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
  max-width: 100px;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Column 1</th>
      <th>Column 2</th>
      <th>Column 3</th>
      <th>Column 4</th>
      <th>Column 5</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA</td>
      <td>Row 1</td>
      <td>Row 1</td>
      <td>Row 1</td>
      <td>Row 1</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Row 2</td>
      <td>Row 2</td>
      <td>Row 2</td>
      <td>Row 2</td>
      <td>Row 2</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Row 3</td>
      <td>Row 3</td>
      <td>Row 3</td>
      <td>Row 3</td>
      <td>Row 3</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Row 4</td>
      <td>Row 4</td>
      <td>Row 4</td>
      <td>Row 4</td>
      <td>Row 4</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Row 5</td>
      <td>Row 5</td>
      <td>Row 5</td>
      <td>Row 5</td>
      <td>Row 5</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Row 6</td>
      <td>Row 6</td>
      <td>Row 6</td>
      <td>Row 6</td>
      <td>Row 6</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Row 7</td>
      <td>Row 7</td>
      <td>Row 7</td>
      <td>Row 7</td>
      <td>Row 7</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Row 8</td>
      <td>Row 8</td>
      <td>Row 8</td>
      <td>Row 8</td>
      <td>Row 8</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Row 9</td>
      <td>Row 9</td>
      <td>Row 9</td>
      <td>Row 9</td>
      <td>Row 9</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Row 10</td>
      <td>Row 10</td>
      <td>Row 10</td>
      <td>Row 10</td>
      <td>Row 10</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>
Lyndell answered 19/9, 2013 at 19:2 Comment(12)
Very simple and very good solution :), but if you need to use two or more tables on the same page you can implement the following code: $(window).load(function(){ $('table').on('scroll', function () { $(this).find(" > *").width($(this).width() + $(this).scrollLeft()); }); }); Thanks a lot Mathijs for the idea. – Holms
I want so badly for this to work perfectly, unfortunately if you click the scroll wheel to do mouse move scrolling in IE 10 & 11 it does the horizontal scrolling on the body and not the head, and doesn't even update the scroll bar. Any ideas on how to fix that one? – Pacificism
Same solution but without extraneous CSS (pet peave when demonstrating a CSS solution) jsfiddle.net/oozL98dx – Gangue
This works pretty well until your content is > 100px wide. Then the TH width does not match the corresponding TD width. – Eckart
@BillyMcKee - You should check the original fiddle in the answer, the problem you mention only shows up in the version without the "extraneous" CSS. It seems a little bit too much CSS was removed in that version.. – Lyndell
@MathijsFlietstra That fiddle still doesn't work if the content is > 100px wide (with no line break). – Eckart
@BillyMcKee - Ah, I see, that could be fixed in this way. I realise that this fixes the columns widths, but since I never set out to come up with a solution which supports flexible column widths based on their contents, I don't think that's an issue. I'm kind of kicking myself for not including this in the first place, so thanks for pointing it out :) – Lyndell
@MathijsFlietstra wondering if you can help out with my version of the question : #47073723 would you know what I'm missing? – Mcclimans
can somebody help out with my version of question:#51578825 – Selfsupporting
There's still a problem: When content of cells are inputs, the scroll doesn't move when you change the focused imput with tabs. This one: jsfiddle.net/gtey5cz2 (all versions fail). @anshuman 's response worked; jsfiddle.net/nstb69pz – Pileus
if add direction:rtl to table this solution not work. Do you have any solution for that? – Autogiro
@ebigood - response is a bit late :) but in order to make that work you'd have to swap the math around a bit as well: jsfiddle.net/fp9jra43 – Lyndell
B
20

Here is a HTML / CSS only solution (with a little javascript).

Apology to answer the question after this long, but the solution given did not suit me and I found a better one. Here is the easiest way to do it with HTML (no jquery):

Before that, the solution fiddle to the question. https://jsfiddle.net/3vzrunkt/

<div>
    <div style="overflow:hidden;;margin-right:16px" id="headerdiv">
        <table id="headertable" style="min-width:900px" border=1>
            <thead>
                <tr>
                    <th style="width:120px;min-width:120px;">One</th>
                    <th style="width:420px;min-width:420px;">Two</th>
                    <th style="width:120px;min-width:120px;">Three</th>
                    <th style="width:120px;min-width:120px;">Four</th>
                    <th style="width:120px;min-width:120px;">Five</th>
                </tr>
            </thead>
        </table>
    </div>

    <div style="overflow-y:scroll;max-height:200px;" 
         onscroll="document.getElementById('headerdiv').scrollLeft = this.scrollLeft;">
        <table id="bodytable" border=1 style="min-width:900px; border:1px solid">
            <tbody>
                <tr>
                    <td style="width:120px;min-width:120px;">body row1</td>
                    <td style="width:420px;min-width:420px;">body row2</td>
                    <td style="width:120px;min-width:120px;">body row2</td>
                    <td style="width:120px;min-width:120px;">body row2</td>
                    <td style="width:120px;min-width:120px;">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                :
                :
                :
                :

            </tbody>
        </table>
    </div>
</div>

And to explain the solution:

  1. you need and enclosing div no overflow/scroll required

  2. a header div containing the header table with overflow:hidden to ensure that the scrollbar is not displayed. Add margin-right:16px to ensure that the scrollbar is left outside it while synching.

  3. another div for containing the table records and overflow-y:scroll. Note the padding is required to get the scrollbar move right of the header.

  4. And the most important thing the magical js to sync the header and table data:

     onscroll="document.getElementById('headerdiv').scrollLeft = this.scrollLeft;"
Backwards answered 11/3, 2016 at 18:14 Comment(11)
Good idea, although I would like an alternative only using a table as such – Leola
Is there any possibility of extending your solution (without jQuery) also to fix column (last or first)? I've tried to set position: absolute but then it's unscrollable.. – Patency
Cheers mate as css only solution this works like a charm. – Pasho
@Backwards wondering if you can help out with my version of the question : #47073723 ? thanks. – Mcclimans
I tried this but my header is not scrolling horizontally. Any idea why? Please help. – Crocked
@N. B. - can you create a fiddle and share so that I can check what's wrong. – Backwards
Hello @Anshuman, I was actually integrating it in a system using a framework with predefined CSS. That's why I guess it was not working. Lots of overriding was happening. I no longer need it anyway. Thank you for replying. – Crocked
This isn't an HTML/CSS-only solution, you have an onscroll which is JavaScript. – Ultramundane
@Ultramundane - agreed and edit has been done. Thanks for pointing it out – Backwards
The header table and the body tables widths are not the same. It is noticeable when looking at the "yellow" header on the Fiddle; the yellow headers width is not the same as the "blue" table. I my case the situation is worse since I used a "fixed" position div, and then a 100% width of the non fixed position is not the same as the fixed positions 100%. To fix this one can use javascript and then set the widths to align them. e.g. onload="document.getElementById('thebody').style.width = document.getElementById('headerdiv').style.width; – Loux
@Backwards pardon me, your edit is still misleading. You saying you have "an HTML/CSS only solution (with a little JS)" is a contradictory statement - it can't be HTML/CSS only if it contains ANY other tech. It indeed contains a line of JS, so it is not HTML/CSS only. – Modestine
K
4

This has been driving me crazy for literally weeks. I found a solution that will work for me that includes:

  1. Non-fixed column widths - they shrink and grow on window resizing.
  2. Table has a horizontal scroll-bar when needed, but not when it isn't.
  3. Number of columns is irrelevant - it will size to however many columns you need it to.
  4. Not all columns need to be the same width.
  5. Header goes all the way to the end of the right scrollbar.
  6. No javascript!

...but there are a couple of caveats:

  1. The vertical scrollbar is not visible until you scroll all the way to the right. Given that most people have scroll wheels, this was an acceptable sacrifice.

  2. The width of the scrollbar must be known. On my website I set the scrollbar widths (I'm not overly concerned with older, incompatible browsers), so I can then calculate div and table widths that adjust based on the scrollbar.

Instead of posting my code here, I'll post a link to the jsFiddle.

Fixed header table + scroll left/right.

Kindhearted answered 25/3, 2017 at 2:13 Comment(0)
M
3

working example in jsFiddle

This can be achieved using div. It can be done with table too. But i always prefer div.

<body id="doc-body" style="width: 100%; height: 100%; overflow: hidden; position: fixed" onload="InitApp()"> 
    <div>
        <!--If you don't need header background color you don't need this div.-->
        <div id="div-header-hack" style="height: 20px; position: absolute; background-color: gray"></div>

        <div id="div-header" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; overflow: hidden; height: 20px; background-color: gray">                
        </div>

        <div id="div-item" style="position: absolute; top: 20px; overflow: auto" onscroll="ScrollHeader()">                
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

Javascript:
please refer jsFiddle for this part. Else this answer becomes very lengthy.

Monogram answered 21/9, 2013 at 11:44 Comment(1)
@user1386906 you can add your own styles to grid cells and rows. – Monogram
P
2

The solution is to use JS to horizontally scroll the top div so that it matches the bottom div.

You must be very careful to make sure the top and bottom are exactly the same sizes, for example you might need to make the TD and TH use fixed widths.

Here is a fiddle https://jsfiddle.net/jdhenckel/yzjhk08h/5/

The important parts: CSS use

.head {
  overflow-x: hidden;
  overflow-y: scroll;
  width: 500px;
}
.lower {
  overflow-x: auto;
  overflow-y: scroll;
  width: 500px;
  height: 400px;
}

Notice overflow-y must be the same on both head and lower.

And the Javascript...

var head = document.querySelector('.head');

var lower = document.querySelector('.lower');

lower.addEventListener('scroll', function (e) {
  console.log(lower.scrollLeft);
  head.scrollLeft = lower.scrollLeft;
});
Prelatism answered 12/2, 2018 at 22:1 Comment(0)
P
1

you can use following CSS code..

body {
    margin:0;
    padding:0;
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
}
table {
    border-collapse: collapse; /* make simple 1px lines borders if border defined */
}
tr {
    width: 100%;
}

.outer-container {
    background-color: #ccc;    
    top:0;
    left: 0;
    right: 300px;
    bottom:40px;
    overflow:hidden;

}
.inner-container {
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    position: relative;

}
.table-header {
    float:left;
    width: 100%;
}
.table-body {
    float:left;
    height: 100%;
    width: inherit;

}
.header-cell {
    background-color: yellow;
    text-align: left;
    height: 40px;
}
.body-cell {
    background-color: blue;
    text-align: left;
}
.col1, .col3, .col4, .col5 {
    width:120px;
    min-width: 120px;
}
.col2 {
    min-width: 300px;
}
Paucker answered 21/9, 2013 at 13:15 Comment(0)
C
0

There's a jquery plugin for this: jquery.floatThead

Converse answered 13/11, 2019 at 19:48 Comment(0)
N
0

As we all know maintaining your own solution is not the best. I recommend trying vh-sticky-table-header. This module enables sticky header and it works in horizontal scrolling of the table as well.

Also it is framework agnostic and has no dependencies, better suited for modern SPA frontend frameworks.

Neat answered 22/2, 2022 at 14:49 Comment(0)
T
-2

If this is what you want only HTML and CSS solution

fiddle

Here's the HTML 

<div class="outer-container"> <!-- absolute positioned container -->
<div class="inner-container">

    <div class="table-header">
        <table id="headertable" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
            <thead>
                <tr>
                    <th class="header-cell col1">One</th>
                    <th class="header-cell col2">Two</th>
                    <th class="header-cell col3">Three</th>
                    <th class="header-cell col4">Four</th>
                    <th class="header-cell col5">Five</th>
                </tr>
            </thead>
        </table>
    </div>

    <div class="table-body">
        <table id="bodytable" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
            <tbody>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td class="body-cell col1">body row1</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col2">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col3">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col4">body row2</td>
                    <td class="body-cell col5">body row2 en nog meer</td>
                </tr>
            </tbody>
        </table>
    </div>
</div>
</div>

And this is the css

body {
margin:0;
padding:0;
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
}
table {
    border-collapse: collapse; /* make simple 1px lines borders if border defined */
}
tr {
    width: 100%;
}

.outer-container {
    background-color: #ccc;
    position: absolute;
    top:0;
    left: 0;
    right: 300px;
    bottom:40px;
    overflow: scroll;

}
.inner-container {
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    position: relative;
    overflow-x: visible;
    overflow-y:visible;
}
.table-header {
    float:left;
    width: 100%;
}
.table-body {
    float:left;
    height: auto;
    width: auto;
    overflow: visible;
    background-color: red;
}
.header-cell {
    background-color: yellow;
    text-align: left;
    height: 40px;
}
.body-cell {
    background-color: transparent;
    text-align: left;
}
.col1, .col3, .col4, .col5 {
    width:120px;
    min-width: 120px;
}
.col2 {
    min-width: 300px;
}

Let me know if this is what you need. Or some thing is missing. I went through the other answers and found that jquery has been used . I took it on assumption that you need css solution . If I am missing any more point please mention :)

Transmittal answered 24/9, 2013 at 8:8 Comment(1)
I think you missed a big thing here, the header doesn't stick. – Standford

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