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Is there a CSS/JavaScript technique to display a long HTML table such that the column headers stay fixed on-screen and the first coloumn stay fixed and scroll with the data.
I want to be able to scroll through the contents of the table, but to always be able to see the column headers at the top and the first column on the left.
If there is a jQuery plugin that would be great! If it helps the only browser I care about is Firefox.
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To freeze the row/column we can use a simple HTML table and CSS. HTML: In HTML we can define the header row by <th> tag or we can use <td> tag also. Below example is using the <th> tag. We also put the table in DIV element to see the horizontal and vertical scrollbar by setting the overflow property of the DIV element.
By setting postion: sticky and top: 0, we can create a fixed header on a scroll in HTML tables.
Working example of link posted by pranav:
http://jsbin.com/nolanole/1/edit?html,js,output
FYI: Tested in IE 6, 7, & 8 (compatibility mode on or off), FF 3 & 3.5, Chrome 2. Not screen-reader-friendly (headers aren't part of content table).
EDIT 5/5/14: moved example to jsBin. This is old, but amazingly still works in current Chrome, IE, and Firefox (though IE and Firefox might require some adjustments to row heights).
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