How to change default value in counter-increment? - css

I think the code is counting the "Rank" header as a row and assigning 1 to it. How can I change the first number of the counter-increment? I would like the table to start from 0 so that the "Rank" header is assigned 0 and the next row is 1, and so on and so forth.
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CSS File
tr.odd {background-color: #FFFFFF}
tr.even {background-color: #F2F2F2}
table {
counter-reset: rowNumber;
}
table tr {
counter-increment: rowNumber;
}
table tr td:first-child::before {
content: counter(rowNumber);
min-width: 1em;
text-align: center;
}
JSP File
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<c:url value='/css/egovframework/leaderboard.css'/>" />
<form id="listForm" name="listForm" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="id"/>
</form>
<h1 style="text-align:center;font-size:56px; font-family: Mistral;margin-top:-45px;">Leaderboard</h1>
<body style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;text-align:center;color:#000000;">
<div id="table">
<table bordercolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="12px" cellspacing="2px" align="center" style="margin-top:-21px;">
<colgroup>
<col style="width:50px">
<col style="width:500px">
<col style="width:150px">
<col style="width:100px">
</colgroup>
<tr>
<th style="padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; margin-bottom:-10px; width:50px; height:35px; text-align:left; font-family:Arial; font-size:14px; color:#000000; margin-top: 50px; color: #FFFFFF; border:0px; background-color: #32CD32;">Rank</th>
<th style="padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; margin-bottom:-10px; width:100px; height:35px; text-align:left; font-family:Arial; font-size:14px; color:#000000; margin-top: 50px; color: #FFFFFF; border:0px; background-color: #32CD32;">Name</th>
<th style="padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; margin-bottom:-10px; width:150px; height:35px; text-align:left; font-family:Arial; font-size:14px; color:#000000; margin-top: 50px; color: #FFFFFF; border:0px; background-color: #32CD32;">Points</th>
<th style="padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; margin-bottom:-10px; width:100px; height:35px; text-align:left; font-family:Arial; font-size:14px; color:#000000; margin-top: 50px; color: #FFFFFF; border:0px; background-color: #32CD32;">Wins</th>
</tr>
<c:forEach var="item" items="${leaderboard}" varStatus="loopStatus">
<tr class="${loopStatus.index % 2 == 0 ? 'even' : 'odd'}">
<td align="center" class="listtd" style="font-size:14px; border:2px; bordercolor:#000000;">
</td>
<td align="left" class="listtd" style="font-size:14px; border:2px; bordercolor:#000000; cursor:pointer;" onclick="javascript:selectPlayer('${item.id}');">
<c:out value="${item.playersLastName}"/>, <c:out value="${item.playersFirstName}"/>
</td>
<td align="center" class="listtd" style="font-size:14px; border:2px; bordercolor:#000000;">
<c:out value="${item.playersPoints}"/>
</td>
<td align="center" class="listtd" style="font-size:14px; border:2px; bordercolor:#000000;">
<c:out value="${item.playersWins}"/>
</td>
</tr>
</c:forEach>
</table>
<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
</div>
</body>
</html>

CSS counter's default value is always 0 and that's not the problem in your case. The problem is that you are incrementing the value to 1 when the first tr is encountered itself.
There are multiple ways in which you can solve this:
Assign the initial value of the counter as -1 during counter-reset property. This means that when the first tr is encountered the counter value increments from -1 to 0 and so it looks as though the header row is not numbered.
tr.odd {
background-color: #FFFFFF
}
tr.even {
background-color: #F2F2F2
}
table {
counter-reset: rowNumber -1;
}
table tr {
counter-increment: rowNumber;
}
table tr td:first-child::before {
content: counter(rowNumber);
min-width: 1em;
text-align: center;
}
<table>
<tr>
<th>Rank</th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Points</th>
<th>Wins</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
Increment counter value only from the second tr that is encountered. This can be done using the + (adjacent sibling selector) or ~ (general sibling selector) or nth-child(n+2). Using one of these would mean the selector would be matched only by the second and subsequent tr within the table.
tr.odd {
background-color: #FFFFFF
}
tr.even {
background-color: #F2F2F2
}
table {
counter-reset: rowNumber;
}
table tr + tr {
counter-increment: rowNumber;
}
table tr td:first-child::before {
content: counter(rowNumber);
min-width: 1em;
text-align: center;
}
<table>
<tr>
<th>Rank</th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Points</th>
<th>Wins</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
Best and recommended solution: Wrap the headers inside a thead, the contents inside tbody and modify the selector within which the counter is incremented. This is recommended because it gives a proper structure to the table and doesn't look hackish.
tr.odd {
background-color: #FFFFFF
}
tr.even {
background-color: #F2F2F2
}
table {
counter-reset: rowNumber;
}
table tbody tr {
counter-increment: rowNumber;
}
table tr td:first-child::before {
content: counter(rowNumber);
min-width: 1em;
text-align: center;
}
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Rank</th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Points</th>
<th>Wins</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

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I manage to have striped rows, I also manage to color only the first element of a table, but i don't manage to do both at the same time!
Here is my code:
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background-color:black !important;
color:white;
}
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color:red;
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Did you mean like that?
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background-color:black !important;
color:white;
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table {
width: 100%;
border-collapse: collapse;
}
table td {
height: 3rem;
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}
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background-color: green !important;
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background-color: blue !important;
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background-color: lightgray;
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<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>

Table header height different from chrome to firefox in grid layout

example pen:
https://codepen.io/backit/pen/zJmxqm
here's the html:
<div class="view-content">
<main class="building-phonebook">
<header>This is header</header>
<table class="building-phonebook-table building-phonebook-table-employees">
<tr>
<th colspan="3">Employees</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>Name and Surname</strong></td>
<td><strong>Telephone</strong></td>
<td><strong>Office/Info</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3"><strong>Administration<strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3"><strong>Technicians<strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>name surname1</td>
<td>1234</td>
<td>roomA</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>name surname 2</td>
<td>4321</td>
<td>roomB - roomC</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3"><strong>Others Employeees<strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>name surname 3</td>
<td>5463 - 5478</td>
<td>133</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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<td>5468 - 4569 - 213546879</td>
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<table class="building-phonebook-table building-phonebook-table-labs" >
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<tr>
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<td><strong>Telephone</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3"><strong>Labs type 1<strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>lab 1</td>
<td>4712</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>lab 2</td>
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</tr>
<tr>
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</tr>
<tr>
<td>labs banana</td>
<td>7841</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="3"><strong>Services<strong></td></tr>
</table>
</main>
css:
.view-content{
width: 400px;
}
/**
* Building Phonebook
*/
.building-phonebook-table tr td:nth-child(2),
.building-phonebook-table tr td:nth-child(3){
max-width:100px;
}
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background:purple;
height:20px;
line-height:20px;
overflow: hidden;
color:#fff;
}
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height:20px;
line-height:20px;
}
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margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
border-collapse: collapse;
border-spacing: 0;
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*/
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display: grid;
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"other other";
grid-template-columns: auto auto;
grid-template-rows: auto auto;
grid-row-gap:2px;
grid-column-gap:2px;
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grid-area: main;
}
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grid-area: side;
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As you see these are two tables side by side with grid layout.
I tried to set height, line-height, overflow, nothing works.
Ok maybe it's a firefox bug, i don't care, how may i solve this??
Many thanks.
Add align-self: start; to .building-phonebook-table-labs so it won't stretch to full cell-height:
.view-content {
width: 400px;
}
/**
* Building Phonebook
*/
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.building-phonebook-table tr td:nth-child(3) {
max-width: 100px;
}
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background: purple;
height: 20px;
line-height: 20px;
overflow: hidden;
color: #fff;
}
.building-phonebook-table th,
.building-phonebook-table td {
height: 20px;
line-height: 20px;
}
.building-phonebook-table {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
border-collapse: collapse;
border-spacing: 0;
}
.building-phonebook header {
background: yellow;
}
/**
* Building-phonebook grid
*/
main.building-phonebook {
display: grid;
grid-template-areas: "header header" "main side" "other other";
grid-template-columns: auto auto;
grid-template-rows: auto auto;
grid-row-gap: 2px;
grid-column-gap: 2px;
}
.building-phonebook header {
grid-area: header;
}
.building-phonebook .building-phonebook-table-employees {
grid-area: main;
}
.building-phonebook .building-phonebook-table-labs {
grid-area: side;
align-self: start;
}
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<main class="building-phonebook">
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<table class="building-phonebook-table building-phonebook-table-employees">
<tr>
<th colspan="3">Employees</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>Name and Surname</strong></td>
<td><strong>Telephone</strong></td>
<td><strong>Office/Info</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3"><strong>Administration<strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3"><strong>Technicians<strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>name surname1</td>
<td>1234</td>
<td>roomA</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>name surname 2</td>
<td>4321</td>
<td>roomB - roomC</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3"><strong>Others Employeees<strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>name surname 3</td>
<td>5463 - 5478</td>
<td>133</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>name surname 4</td>
<td>5468 - 4569 - 213546879</td>
<td>215</td>
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<td><strong>Telephone</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3"><strong>Labs type 1<strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>lab 1</td>
<td>4712</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>lab 2</td>
<td>4568</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3"><strong>Other Laboratories<strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
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How does one select elements in a table, but none of the elements in subtables inside of that table? [duplicate]

This question already has answers here:
Why doesn't table > tr > td work when using the child selector?
(2 answers)
Closed 5 years ago.
I have searched and searched, but can't seem to figure out why this is not working.
Goal: set the background color to red for the first td in the first table, while not setting any background colors for the second table.
#table1 > tr > td:nth-child(1)
{
background-color: red;
}
/*Ignore this*/
table td{
padding: 10px;
border: 1px solid black;
border-collapse: collapse;
}
<table id='table1'>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>2
<table>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
#table1>tbody>tr>td:first-child
{
background-color: red;
}
table td{
padding: 10px;
}
<table id='table1' border=1>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>2
<table border=1>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Adding <tbody> fixed it (Thanks Mike!)
#table1 > tbody > tr > td:nth-child(1)
{
background-color: red;
}
/*Ignore this*/
table td{
padding: 10px;
border: 1px solid black;
border-collapse: collapse;
}
<table id='table1'>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>2
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

How to create Chrome DevTool style bar charts with grids using plain CSS/HTML?

I have a table with numerical data and I want to show a bar for every row. The challenge is to have grid lines like those found in Chrome dev tools:
You see those lines that say 400ms, 600ms, etc? That's what I'm after. One solution is to have multiple columns in the table but then how can the bar expand across multiple columns? Another solution is to use some sort of repeating background image that has those lines, but then it's tricky to adjust it for various designs (for example if the padding changes or if I want to change the grid color I have to redo the image, etc.)
I have come up with the code below but got stuck with the grid part. I want grid lines on 25%, 50%, 75% and 100%. Grids should be lines that go all over the bars all the way down to the bottom of the table.
table {
background-color: gray;
}
td {
width: 200px;
background-color: lightgray;
}
.bar {
background-color: red;
height: 1em;
}
<table>
<tr>
<th>value</th>
<th>25%| 50%| 75%| 100%|</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>100</th>
<td><div class="bar" style="width: 100%">.</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>80</th>
<td><div class="bar" style="width: 80%">.</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>95</th>
<td><div class="bar" style="width: 95%">.</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>18</th>
<td><div class="bar" style="width: 18%">.</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>5</th>
<td><div class="bar" style="width: 5%">.</div></td>
</tr>
</table>
And this is the result I want:
table {
width: 30%;
}
th, td {
border-right: 1px solid #000;
border-bottom: 1px solid #000;
width: 20%;
text-align: center;
font-weight: bold;
padding: 0px;
}
th{
background: #606060;
border: none;
border-right: 1px solid black;
}
td {
vertical-align: top;
z-index: -1;
}
.bar-row td {
position: relative;
height: 0px;
font-size: 0px;
border-width: 0px;
}
.bar {
background: #f00;
height: 15px;
position: absolute;
top: -17px;
}
<table cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<th>value</th>
<th>25%</th>
<th>50%</th>
<th>75%</th>
<th>100%</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="2">100</th>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="bar-row">
<td colspan="4"><div style="width: 100%" class="bar"><div></td>
</tr>
<tr class="grey-bg">
<th rowspan="2">80</th>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="bar-row">
<td colspan="4"><div style="width: 80%" class="bar"><div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="2">95</th>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="bar-row">
<td colspan="4"><div style="width: 95%" class="bar"><div></td>
</tr>
<tr class="grey-bg">
<th rowspan="2">18</th>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="bar-row">
<td colspan="4"><div style="width: 18%" class="bar"><div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="2">5</th>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="bar-row">
<td colspan="4"><div style="width: 5%" class="bar"><div></td>
</tr>
</table>
The complete solution you may here.
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.bar {
height: 15px;
position: absolute;
top: -17px;
}
but to make it works - the row has to become relative:
.bar-row td {
position: relative;
height: 0px;
font-size: 0px;
border-width: 0px;
}
table {
width: 100%;
}
th, td {
border-right: 1px solid #000;
border-bottom: 1px solid #000;
width: 20%;
text-align: right;
padding: 0px;
}
td {
vertical-align: top;
}
.grey-bg {
background: #ccc;
}
.bar-row td {
position: relative;
height: 0px;
font-size: 0px;
border-width: 0px;
}
.bar {
background: #f00;
height: 15px;
position: absolute;
top: -17px;
}
<table cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<th>value</th>
<th>25%</th>
<th>50%</th>
<th>75%</th>
<th>100%</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="2">100</th>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="bar-row">
<td colspan="4"><div style="width: 100%" class="bar"><div></td>
</tr>
<tr class="grey-bg">
<th rowspan="2">80</th>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="bar-row">
<td colspan="4"><div style="width: 80%" class="bar"><div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="2">95</th>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="bar-row">
<td colspan="4"><div style="width: 95%" class="bar"><div></td>
</tr>
<tr class="grey-bg">
<th rowspan="2">18</th>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="bar-row">
<td colspan="4"><div style="width: 18%" class="bar"><div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="2">5</th>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="bar-row">
<td colspan="4"><div style="width: 5%" class="bar"><div></td>
</tr>
</table>

How to add a scrollbar to an HTML5 table?

I have an table in HTML5 that I would like to add a scrollbar to. I want the table to show ten rows and then the user can scroll down to see other songs. How can I add the scrollbar?
Here is my code for the table in HTML5:
<table id="my_table" table border="5">
<tr>
<th>URL</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>http://www.youtube.com/embed/evuSpI2Genw</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>http://www.youtube.com/embed/evuSpI2Genw</td>
</tr>
</table>
Here is my CSS code:
#my_table {
border-radius: 20px;
background-color: transparent;
color: black;
width: 500px;
text-align: center;
}
If you have heading to your table columns and you don't want to scroll those headings then this solution could help you:
This solution needs thead and tbody tags inside table element.
table.tableSection {
display: table;
width: 100%;
}
table.tableSection thead, table.tableSection tbody {
float: left;
width: 100%;
}
table.tableSection tbody {
overflow: auto;
height: 150px;
}
table.tableSection tr {
width: 100%;
display: table;
text-align: left;
}
table.tableSection th, table.tableSection td {
width: 33%;
}
Working fiddle
With comments
Note: If you are sure that the vertical scrollbar is always present, then you can use css3 calc property to make the thead cells align with the tbody cells.
table.tableSection thead {
padding-right:18px; /* 18px is approx. value of width of scroll bar */
width: calc(100% - 18px);
}
You can do the same by detecting presence of scrollbar using javascript and applying the above styles.
Instead of assuming as fixed width columns.
CSS
table.tableSection {
display: table;
width: 100%;
}
table.tableSection thead,
table.tableSection tbody {
width: 100%;
}
table.tableSection thead {
overflow-y: scroll;
display: table;
table-layout: fixed;
width: calc(100% - 16px); /* assuming scrollbar width as 16px */
}
table.tableSection tbody {
overflow: auto;
height: 150px;
display: block;
}
table.tableSection tr {
width: 100%;
text-align: left;
display: table;
table-layout: fixed;
}
Working Fiddle
This is technique I have used on a number of occasions. It is originally based on this fiddle with a number of modifications. It is also fluid and column widths can be fixed by adding a width style to the <th>.
/* this is for the main container of the table, also sets the height of the fixed header row */
.headercontainer {
position: relative;
border: 1px solid #222;
padding-top: 37px;
background: #000;
}
/* this is for the data area that is scrollable */
.tablecontainer {
overflow-y: auto;
height: 200px;
background: #fff;
}
/* remove default cell borders and ensures table width 100% of its container*/
.tablecontainer table {
border-spacing: 0;
width:100%;
}
/* add a thin border to the left of cells, but not the first */
.tablecontainer td + td {
border-left:1px solid #eee;
}
/* cell padding and bottom border */
.tablecontainer td, th {
border-bottom:1px solid #eee;
padding: 10px;
}
/* make the default header height 0 and make text invisible */
.tablecontainer th {
height: 0px;
padding-top: 0;
padding-bottom: 0;
line-height: 0;
visibility: hidden;
white-space: nowrap;
}
/* reposition the divs in the header cells and place in the blank area of the headercontainer */
.tablecontainer th div{
visibility: visible;
position: absolute;
background: #000;
color: #fff;
padding: 9px 10px;
top: 0;
margin-left: -10px;
line-height: normal;
border-left: 1px solid #222;
}
/* prevent the left border from above appearing in first div header */
th:first-child div{
border: none;
}
/* alternate colors for rows */
.tablecontainer tbody tr:nth-child(even){
background-color: #ddd;
}
<div class="headercontainer">
<div class="tablecontainer">
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<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>
</div>
Also as a JSFiddle
A year or so has passed since the question was asked, but I wasn't satisfied with the answers. I fiddled for a while, and here is a code that:
works in IE8+ and all other browsers;
is very easy to understand;
lines up the cell borders perfectly (fixed-width cells);
fixes the head while the body scrolls;
automatically adapts to touch screens.
Live demo here: http://jsbin.com/bagaro/1/edit?html,output.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Scrollabe table</title>
<!-- Substantially simplified and improved version of the table on
http://www.cssbakery.com/2010/12/css-scrolling-tables-with-fixed.html -->
<script>
if ('ontouchstart' in window || (window.DocumentTouch && document instanceof DocumentTouch)) {
document.documentElement.className += ' touchScreen';
}
</script>
<style>
/* BASICS: */
* {
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
box-sizing: border-box; /* in case block elements are used inside table cells */
}
html {
font-size: 62.5%; /* standardizes older IEs */
}
body {
font: normal 1.3em Verdana; /* = 13px */
}
table {
border-collapse: collapse;
table-layout: fixed;
empty-cells: show;
}
td {
border: 1px solid black;
padding: 4px;
}
/* SCROLL TABLE ESSENTIALS (+ SOME ADDITIONAL CSS): */
div#scrollTableContainer {
width: 617px;
margin: 40px; /* just for presentation purposes */
border: 1px solid black;
}
.touchScreen div#scrollTableContainer {
width: 600px; /* touch devices do not form scrollbars (= 17 px wide) */
}
#tHeadContainer {
background: #CC3600;
color: white;
font-weight: bold;
}
#tBodyContainer {
height: 240px;
overflow-y: scroll;
}
.touchScreen #tBodyContainer {
-webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch; /* smooths scrolling on touch screens */
}
/* FINER LAYOUT MATTERS: */
tr:first-child td {
border-top: 0;
}
#tBody tr.lastRow td {
border-bottom: 0;
}
td:first-child {
min-width: 108px; /* Firefox needs min- and max-widths */
max-width: 108px;
border-left: 0;
}
td:first-child + td {
min-width: 125px;
max-width: 125px;
}
td:first-child + td + td {
min-width: 90px;
max-width: 90px;
}
td:first-child + td + td + td {
min-width: 95px;
max-width: 95px;
}
td:first-child + td + td + td + td {
width: 180px; /* here, Firefox messes up with only min- and max-widths */
border-right: 0;
}
/* AND SOME CSS TO INFORM TOUCH SCREEN USERS: */
p#touchDeviceText {
display: none;
}
.touchScreen p#touchDeviceText {
display: block;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p id="touchDeviceText">This table is scrollable</p>
<div id="scrollTableContainer">
<div id="tHeadContainer">
<table id="tHead">
<tr>
<td>Name</td>
<td>Operator</td>
<td>Began operation</td>
<td>Tonnage</td>
<td>Status</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div><!-- tHeadContainer -->
<div id="tBodyContainer">
<table id="tBody">
<tr>
<td>Seabourne Sun</td>
<td>Seabourn Cruise Line</td>
<td>1988</td>
<td>?</td>
<td>Ended service in 2002, currently operating as Prinsendam</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Adventures of the Seas</td>
<td>Royal Caribbean International</td>
<td>2001</td>
<td>138,000</td>
<td>Operating</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Oceanic Independence</td>
<td>American Hawaiian Cruises / American Global Line</td>
<td>1974</td>
<td>23,719</td>
<td>Named formerly (1951-1974) and subsequently renamed (1982-2006) the Independence, renamed the Oceanic (2006), sold for scrap in 2008 but remains in mothballs</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cunard Ambassador</td>
<td>Cunard Line</td>
<td>1972</td>
<td>14,160</td>
<td>Burnt 1974, rebuilt into a livestock carrier, renamed Linda Clausen, later Procyon, Raslan. Scrapped 1984 after a second fire.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Aegean Beauty</td>
<td>Voyages to Antiquity</td>
<td>1973</td>
<td>11,563</td>
<td>Formerly Aegean Dolphin and Aegean I. Operating</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Serenade of the Seas</td>
<td>Royal Caribbean International</td>
<td>2003</td>
<td>90,090</td>
<td>Operating</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Queen Elizabeth 2</td>
<td>Cunard Line</td>
<td>1969</td>
<td>70,327</td>
<td>Left fleet in November 2008</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>National Geographic Endeavour</td>
<td>Lindblad Expeditions</td>
<td>1996</td>
<td></td>
<td>Operating, also known as Endeavour</td>
</tr>
<tr class="lastRow">
<td>Liberty of the Seas</td>
<td>Royal Caribbean International</td>
<td>2007</td>
<td>154,407</td>
<td>Operating</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div><!-- tBodyContainer -->
</div><!-- scrollTableContainer -->
</body>
</html>
use this table into a DIV
<div class="tbl_container">
<table> .... </table>
</div>
.tbl_container{ overflow:auto; width: 500px;height: 200px; }
and beside this if you want to make it more beautiful and attractive use the jscollpane to customized your scrollbar..
Using flexboxes, no javascript, and it is responsive.
/* styles */
table {
font-family: sans-serif;
border-collapse: collapse;
max-height: 300px;
overflow: auto;
}
td,
th {
border: 1px solid #ddd;
text-align: left;
padding: 8px;
background: #fff;
}
tr:nth-child(odd) td {
background-color: #eee;
}
/* fixed headers */
table,
thead,
tbody {
display: block;
}
thead {
position: sticky;
top: 0;
}
tr {
display: flex;
}
th,
td {
flex: 1;
min-width: 100px;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
}
<h2>HTML Table</h2>
<div class=wrap>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>#</th>
<th>Firstname</th>
<th>Lastname</th>
<th>Age</th>
<th>City</th>
<th>Country</th>
<th>Sex</th>
<th>Example</th>
<th>Example</th>
<th>ExampleReallyReallyLong</th>
<th>Example</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Anna</td>
<td>Pitt</td>
<td>35</td>
<td>New York</td>
<td>USA</td>
<td>Female</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Anna</td>
<td>Pitt</td>
<td>35</td>
<td>New York</td>
<td>USA</td>
<td>Female</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Example Really Really Long</td>
<td>ExampleReallyReallyLong</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Anna</td>
<td>Pitt</td>
<td>35</td>
<td>New York</td>
<td>USA</td>
<td>Female</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Anna</td>
<td>Pitt</td>
<td>35</td>
<td>New York</td>
<td>USA</td>
<td>Female</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Anna</td>
<td>Pitt</td>
<td>35</td>
<td>New York</td>
<td>USA</td>
<td>Female</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Anna</td>
<td>Pitt</td>
<td>35</td>
<td>New York</td>
<td>USA</td>
<td>Female</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Anna</td>
<td>Pitt</td>
<td>35</td>
<td>New York</td>
<td>USA</td>
<td>Female</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Anna</td>
<td>Pitt</td>
<td>35</td>
<td>New York</td>
<td>USA</td>
<td>Female</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Anna</td>
<td>Pitt</td>
<td>35</td>
<td>New York</td>
<td>USA</td>
<td>Female</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
HTML :
<h1>↓ SCROLL ↓</h1>
<table class="blue">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Colonne 1</th>
<th>Colonne 2</th>
<th>Colonne 3</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h1 class="scrollMore">↓ SCROLL MORE ↓</h1>
<table class="purple">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Colonne 1</th>
<th>Colonne 2</th>
<th>Colonne 3</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Non</td>
<td>Mais</td>
<td>Allo !</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h1 class="up scrollMore">↑ UP ↑</h1>
CSS:
body{
font:1.2em normal Arial,sans-serif;
color:#34495E;
}
h1{
text-align:center;
text-transform:uppercase;
letter-spacing:-2px;
font-size:2.5em;
margin:20px 0;
}
.container{
width:90%;
margin:auto;
}
table{
border-collapse:collapse;
width:100%;
}
.blue{
border:2px solid #1ABC9C;
}
.blue thead{
background:#1ABC9C;
}
.purple{
border:2px solid #9B59B6;
}
.purple thead{
background:#9B59B6;
}
thead{
color:white;
}
th,td{
text-align:center;
padding:5px 0;
}
tbody tr:nth-child(even){
background:#ECF0F1;
}
tbody tr:hover{
background:#BDC3C7;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
.fixed{
top:0;
position:fixed;
width:auto;
display:none;
border:none;
}
.scrollMore{
margin-top:600px;
}
.up{
cursor:pointer;
}
JS (jQuery):
;(function($) {
$.fn.fixMe = function() {
return this.each(function() {
var $this = $(this),
$t_fixed;
function init() {
$this.wrap('<div class="container" />');
$t_fixed = $this.clone();
$t_fixed.find("tbody").remove().end().addClass("fixed").insertBefore($this);
resizeFixed();
}
function resizeFixed() {
$t_fixed.find("th").each(function(index) {
$(this).css("width",$this.find("th").eq(index).outerWidth()+"px");
});
}
function scrollFixed() {
var offset = $(this).scrollTop(),
tableOffsetTop = $this.offset().top,
tableOffsetBottom = tableOffsetTop + $this.height() - $this.find("thead").height();
if(offset < tableOffsetTop || offset > tableOffsetBottom)
$t_fixed.hide();
else if(offset >= tableOffsetTop && offset <= tableOffsetBottom && $t_fixed.is(":hidden"))
$t_fixed.show();
}
$(window).resize(resizeFixed);
$(window).scroll(scrollFixed);
init();
});
};
})(jQuery);
$(document).ready(function(){
$("table").fixMe();
$(".up").click(function() {
$('html, body').animate({
scrollTop: 0
}, 2000);
});
});
For beginner programmer:
If you don't want to download and host jQuery yourself, you can include it from a CDN (Content Delivery Network).
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
Adding jQuery to Your Web Pages click here.
Reference: HERE
You can use a division class with the overflow attribute using the value scroll. Or you can enclose the table inside an iframe. The iframe works well with old and new IE browsers, but it may not work with other browsers and probably not with the latest IE.
#myid { overflow-x: scroll; overflow-y: hide; width:200px; /* Or whatever the amount of pixels */ }
.myid { overflow-x: scroll; overflow-y: hide; width:200px; /* Or whatever the amount of pixels */ }
<div class="myid">
<div class="row">Content1</div>
<div class="row2">Content2</div>
</div>
<table id="myid"><tr><td>Content</td></tr></table>
#jogesh_pi answer is a good solution, i've created a example here http://jsfiddle.net/pqgaS/5/, check it, hope this help
<div id="listtableWrapperScroll">
<table id="listtable">
<tr>
<td>Data Data</td>
<td>Data Data</td>
<td>Data Data</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
#listtableWrapperScroll{
height:100px;
width:460px;
overflow-y:scroll;
border:1px solid #777777;
background:#FFFFF2;
}
#listtableWrapperScroll #listtable{
width:440px;
}
#listtableWrapperScroll #listtable tr td{
border-bottom:1px dashed #444;
}
you can try this
CSS:
#table-wrapper {
height:150px;
overflow:auto;
margin-top:20px;
}
#table-wrapper table {
width:100%;
color:#000;
}
#table-wrapper table thead th .text {
position:fixed;
top:0px;
height:20px;
width:35%;
border:1px solid red;
}
HTML:
<div id="table-wrapper">
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th><span class="text">album</span></th>
<th><span class="text">song</span></th>
<th><span class="text">genre</span></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr> <td> album 0</td> <td> song0</td> <td> genre0</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>album 1</td> <td>song 1</td> <td> genre1</td> </tr>
<tr> <td> album2</td> <td>song 2</td> <td> genre2</td> </tr>
<tr> <td> album3</td> <td>song 3</td> <td> genre3</td> </tr>
<tr> <td> album4</td> <td>song 4</td> <td>genre 4</td> </tr>
<tr> <td> album5</td> <td>song 5</td> <td>genre 5</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>album 6</td> <td> song6</td> <td> genre6</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>album 7</td> <td> song7</td> <td> genre7</td> </tr>
<tr> <td> album8</td> <td> song8</td> <td>genre 8</td> </tr>
<tr> <td> album9</td> <td> song9</td> <td> genre9</td> </tr>
<tr> <td> album10</td> <td>song 10</td> <td> genre10</td> </tr>
<tr> <td> album11</td> <td>song 11</td> <td> genre11</td> </tr>
<tr> <td> album12</td> <td> song12</td> <td> genre12</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>album 13</td> <td> song13</td> <td> genre13</td> </tr>
<tr> <td> album14</td> <td> song14</td> <td> genre14</td> </tr>
<tr> <td> album15</td> <td> song15</td> <td> genre15</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>album 16</td> <td> song16</td> <td> genre16</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>album 17</td> <td> song17</td> <td> genre17</td> </tr>
<tr> <td> album18</td> <td> song18</td> <td> genre18</td> </tr>
<tr> <td> album19</td> <td> song19</td> <td> genre19</td> </tr>
<tr> <td> album20</td> <td> song20</td> <td> genre20</td> </tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
Check this fiddle : http://jsfiddle.net/Kritika/GLKxB/1/
this will keep the table head fixed ,and scroll only the table content .
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<title>Scrollable Table</title>
<style type="text/css">
* { padding: 0; margin: 0; }
table.my_table {
font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
cellspacing: 0;
border-collapse: collapse;
width: 283px;
}
table.my_table th, table.my_table td {
border-bottom: 1px solid #999;
border-right: 1px solid #999;
}
table.my_table th { background: #ffb; }
table.my_table td { background: #ffe; }
div.scrollableContainer {
height: 100px;
overflow: auto;
width: 300px;
margin: 40px;
border: 1px solid #999;
background: #ffb;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="scrollableContainer">
<table class="my_table scrollable">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>URL</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>http://www.youtube.com/embed/evuSpI2Genw</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>http://www.youtube.com/embed/evuSpI2Genw</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>http://www.youtube.com/embed/evuSpI2Genw</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>http://www.youtube.com/embed/evuSpI2Genw</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>http://www.youtube.com/embed/evuSpI2Genw</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>http://www.youtube.com/embed/evuSpI2Genw</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>http://www.youtube.com/embed/evuSpI2Genw</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>http://www.youtube.com/embed/evuSpI2Genw</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</body>
</html>
My simplest solution is based on fixed columns layout. You'll have to set the width of each column, for example: 4 columns 100px each is equal to 400px total width.
table {
table-layout: fixed;
width: 400px;
}
td, th {
width: 100px;
}
The fixed table layout algorithm has many advantages over the automatic table layout algorithm (for example: the horizontal layout only depends on the table's width and the width of the columns, not the contents of the cells; allows a browser to lay out the table faster than the automatic table layout; the browser can begin to display the table once the first row has been received; etc.)
Then, you'll have to separate the thead from the tbody by forcing their display style to block rather than to the default table-*
thead tr {
display: block;
}
tbody {
display: block;
height: 256px;
overflow-y: auto;
}
That what will make the tbody scrollable as a separate box and the thead unrelated from it. And that's the main reason why you had to fix the column widths as done above.
Working JsFiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/angiolep/65q1gdcy/1/
This was a challenging question. I think I finally have a solution that satisfies complete requirements: a vertical and horizontal scrollable dynamic table (dynamic because you can change the amount of rows and columns, and no cells have fixed width or height).
The HTML and CSS layout is quite simple as other people have mentioned. The key issue is recalculating (JavaScript) cell widths. And to make sure horizontal scrolling works, I also recalculate theader and tbody width.
Here's a fiddle https://jsfiddle.net/jmarcos00/6hv0dsj8/1/
HTML code:
<!--
thead and tbody have identifiers
table is inside a div container
-->
<div>
<table>
<thead id="mythead">
<tr>
<th>header one</th>
<th>two</th>
<th>header three</th>
<th>header one</th>
<th>two</th>
<th>header three</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody id="mytbody">
<tr>
<td>one</td>
<td>data two</td>
<td>three</td>
<td>one</td>
<td>data two</td>
<td>three</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>one</td>
<td>data two</td>
<td>three</td>
<td>one</td>
<td>data two</td>
<td>three</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>one</td>
<td>data two</td>
<td>three</td>
<td>one</td>
<td>data two</td>
<td>three</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>one</td>
<td>data two</td>
<td>three</td>
<td>one</td>
<td>data two</td>
<td>three</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>one</td>
<td>data two</td>
<td>three</td>
<td>one</td>
<td>data two</td>
<td>three</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>one</td>
<td>data two</td>
<td>three</td>
<td>one</td>
<td>data two</td>
<td>three</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>one</td>
<td>data two</td>
<td>three</td>
<td>one</td>
<td>data two</td>
<td>three</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>one</td>
<td>data two</td>
<td>three</td>
<td>one</td>
<td>data two</td>
<td>three</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>one</td>
<td>data two</td>
<td>three</td>
<td>one</td>
<td>data two</td>
<td>three</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>one</td>
<td>data two</td>
<td>three</td>
<td>one</td>
<td>data two</td>
<td>three</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
CSS code:
/* table border rule */
table, td, th { border: 1px solid black; }
/* display as block plus display vertical scroll bars */
thead, tbody { display: block; overflow-y: scroll; }
/* sample height */
tbody { height: 100px; }
/* sample width and horizontal scroll bar */
div { width: 200px; overflow-x: auto; }
JavaScript code:
var i, w, wtot, thtot, thw, tdw, theadtr, tbodytr;
var th_rect, td_rect, theadtr_rect, tbodytr_rect;
var safe = new Array();
// get thead and tbody
var mythead = document.getElementById("mythead");
var mytbody = document.getElementById("mytbody");
// get first tr of thead and tbody
theadtr = mythead.children[0];
tbodytr = mytbody.children[0];
theadtr_rect = theadtr.getBoundingClientRect();
tbodytr_rect = tbodytr.getBoundingClientRect();
// get width difference of longer first tr
// difference between tr and parent
if (tbodytr_rect.width > theadtr_rect.width)
wtot = mytbody.getBoundingClientRect().width - tbodytr_rect.width;
else
wtot = mythead.getBoundingClientRect().width - theadtr_rect.width;
// get width difference between tr and total th width (first step)
thtot = theadtr_rect.width;
// get th thead array and td tbody array
theadtr = theadtr.children;
tbodytr = tbodytr.children;
// get loop
for (i = 0; i < theadtr.length; i++)
{
// second step for width difference between tr and total th width
th_rect = theadtr[i].getBoundingClientRect();
td_rect = tbodytr[i].getBoundingClientRect();
thtot -= th_rect.width;
// get width of each th and first row td (without paddings etc)
tdw = parseFloat(window.getComputedStyle(tbodytr[i]).getPropertyValue("width"));
thw = parseFloat(window.getComputedStyle(theadtr[i]).getPropertyValue("width"));
// get bigger width
w = (tdw > thw) ? tdw : thw;
safe.push(w);
// add to width total (decimal value with paddings etc)
w = (tdw > thw) ? td_rect.width : th_rect.width;
wtot += w;
}
// consider tr width and total th width difference
wtot += thtot;
// set loop
for (i = 0; i < theadtr.length; i++)
{
// set width to th and first row td
w = safe[i] + "px";
theadtr[i].style.width = w;
tbodytr[i].style.width = w;
}
// set width for thead and tbody
wtot = wtot + "px";
mythead.style.width = wtot;
mytbody.style.width = wtot;
I first tried the accepted answer by Mr Green, but I found my columns didn't align, that float:left seems very suspicious. When I went from no scollbar to scrollbar -- my table body shifted a few pixels and I lost alignment.
CODE PEN
https://codepen.io/majorp/pen/gjrRMx
CSS
.width50px {
width: 100px !important;
}
.width100px {
width: 100px !important;
}
.fixed_headers {
width: 100%;
table-layout: fixed;
border-collapse: collapse;
}
th {
padding: 5px;
text-align: left;
font-weight:bold;
height:50px;
}
td {
padding: 5px;
text-align: left;
}
thead, tr
{
display: block;
position: relative;
}
tbody {
display: block;
overflow: auto;
width: 100%;
height: 500px;
}
.tableColumnHeader {
height: 50px;
font-weight: bold;
}
.lime {
background-color: lime;
}

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