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I have found the following solution for fixed header table:
table {
width: 450px;
border-collapse: collapse;
}
thead {
display: block;
width: 450px;
overflow: auto;
color: #fff;
background: #000;
}
tbody {
display: block;
width: 450px;
height: 200px;
background: pink;
overflow: auto;
}
th,
td {
padding: 0;
text-align: left;
vertical-align: top;
border-left: 1px solid #fff;
}<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th style="width:200px">Header 1</th>
<th style="width:200px">Header 2</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="width:200px">Cell 1, Row 1</td>
<td style="width:200px">Cell 2, Row 1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1, Row 2</td>
<td>Cell 2, Row 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1, Row 3</td>
<td>Cell 2, Row 3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1, Row 4</td>
<td>Cell 2, Row 4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1, Row 5</td>
<td>Cell 2, Row 5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1, Row 6</td>
<td>Cell 2, Row 6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1, Row 7</td>
<td>Cell 2, Row 7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1, Row 8</td>
<td>Cell 2, Row 8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1, Row 9</td>
<td>Cell 2, Row 9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1, Row 10</td>
<td>Cell 2, Row 10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1, Row 11</td>
<td>Cell 2, Row 11</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1, Row 12</td>
<td>Cell 2, Row 12</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>The problem with this solution is that it sets fixed width both for table and cells in pixels. However, I need <table style="width:100%"> and <td style="width:X%">. How to make fixed header table with table and cell width in percents in CSS using only one html table and without JS?
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Check this solution posted on a different question. Fixed Header solution.
Or directly try out this Fiddle
The header content is placed inside a "div" in the "th". This div has position absolute and other styling to show the header as fixed.
html, body{
margin:0;
padding:0;
height:100%;
}
section {
position: relative;
border: 1px solid #000;
padding-top: 37px;
background: #500;
}
section.positioned {
position: absolute;
top:100px;
left:100px;
width:800px;
box-shadow: 0 0 15px #333;
}
.container {
overflow-y: auto;
height: 200px;
}
table {
border-spacing: 0;
width:100%;
}
td + td {
border-left:1px solid #eee;
}
td, th {
border-bottom:1px solid #eee;
background: #ddd;
color: #000;
padding: 10px 25px;
}
th {
height: 0;
line-height: 0;
padding-top: 0;
padding-bottom: 0;
color: transparent;
border: none;
white-space: nowrap;
}
th div{
position: absolute;
background: transparent;
color: #fff;
padding: 9px 25px;
top: 0;
margin-left: -25px;
line-height: normal;
border-left: 1px solid #800;
}
th:first-child div{
border: none;
}<section class="">
<div class="container">
<table>
<thead>
<tr class="header">
<th>
Table attribute name
<div>Table attribute name</div>
</th>
<th>
Value
<div>Value</div>
</th>
<th>
Description
<div>Description</div>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>align</td>
<td>left, center, right</td>
<td>Not supported in HTML5. Deprecated in HTML 4.01. Specifies the alignment of a table according to surrounding text</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>bgcolor</td>
<td>rgb(x,x,x), #xxxxxx, colorname</td>
<td>Not supported in HTML5. Deprecated in HTML 4.01. Specifies the background color for a table</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>border</td>
<td>1,""</td>
<td>Specifies whether the table cells should have borders or not</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>cellpadding</td>
<td>pixels</td>
<td>Not supported in HTML5. Specifies the space between the cell wall and the cell content</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>cellspacing</td>
<td>pixels</td>
<td>Not supported in HTML5. Specifies the space between cells</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>frame</td>
<td>void, above, below, hsides, lhs, rhs, vsides, box, border</td>
<td>Not supported in HTML5. Specifies which parts of the outside borders that should be visible</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>rules</td>
<td>none, groups, rows, cols, all</td>
<td>Not supported in HTML5. Specifies which parts of the inside borders that should be visible</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>summary</td>
<td>text</td>
<td>Not supported in HTML5. Specifies a summary of the content of a table</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>width</td>
<td>pixels, %</td>
<td>Not supported in HTML5. Specifies the width of a table</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</section>Well, here is my solution.
For HTML you just need to wrap in two div wrappers and in the thead th you need to have some code duplication - I will shortly explain why.
You need the .table-outer wrapper in order to create the necessary padding-top and position:relative that will accommodate the fixed table header.
The .table-wrap wrapper is used to scroll the table contents. One wrapper alone could not be used to absolutely position the header because it would scroll with the parent.
Now I have duplicated and wrapped the th contents inside a p and a span.
The span element is used to style and position the header properly.
The p might seem unnecessary at first, but here is what it does - it ensures that the th expands properly in cases where th content has content of larger width than the largest td content.
HTML
<div class="table-outer">
<div class="table-wrap">
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>
<p>Header 1</p><span>Header 1</span></th>
<th>
<p>Header 1</p><span>Header 2</span></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
...
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
CSS
.table-outer {
padding-top: 20px;
position: relative;
height: 100px;
overflow: hidden;
}
.table-wrap {
overflow-x: auto;
overflow-y: scroll;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
thead th p {
overflow: hidden;
height: 0;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
thead th span {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
display: block;
background: #000;
color: #fff;
width: 100%;
}
Here is a working fiddle, along with a small update that shows different content within the table: https://jsfiddle.net/8fa1w922/ https://jsfiddle.net/8fa1w922/2/
3
Elements with some kind of display:table can't have scrollbars, but you could create another tabel inside a <div> which could do the overflow part.
table {
width: 300px;
border-collapse: collapse;
}
#scroll {
overflow-y: auto;
height: 200px;
width: fit-content;
}
thead {
color: #fff;
background: #000;
}
tbody {
background: pink;
}
th,
td {
padding: 0;
text-align: left;
vertical-align: top;
border-left: 1px solid #fff;
}<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th style="width:40%">Header 1</th>
<th style="width:60%">Header 2</th>
</tr>
</thead>
</table>
<div id="scroll">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="width:40%">Cell 1, Row 1</td>
<td style="width:60%">Cell 2, Row 1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1, Row 2</td>
<td>Cell 2, Row 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1, Row 3</td>
<td>Cell 2, Row 3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1, Row 4</td>
<td>Cell 2, Row 4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1, Row 5</td>
<td>Cell 2, Row 5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1, Row 6</td>
<td>Cell 2, Row 6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1, Row 7</td>
<td>Cell 2, Row 7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1, Row 8</td>
<td>Cell 2, Row 8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1, Row 9</td>
<td>Cell 2, Row 9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1, Row 10</td>
<td>Cell 2, Row 10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1, Row 11</td>
<td>Cell 2, Row 11</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1, Row 12</td>
<td>Cell 2, Row 12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1, Row 12</td>
<td>Cell 2, Row 12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1, Row 12</td>
<td>Cell 2, Row 12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1, Row 12</td>
<td>Cell 2, Row 12</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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