How to add scroll bar on table? - css

Question

I am trying to add a scroll bar on my table but its not showing up on the table. I have tried to put my table in div as well. Here is my code:
<table class="table-condensed table-hover table-bordered" id="EligibiltyAndAccountingReportsTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 45% !important; position: absolute;left: 52px;Top:100px">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Eligibility Reports</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<img src="images/reports.png" class="icon" style="margin: 1px;" />
<a target="_blank" data-ng-href="{{vm.duplicateAndOverlappingCoveragesReportPath}}">Duplicate And Overlapping Coverages</a>
<br/>
<p align="left">This report provides a list of SR IDs where<br/> duplicated or overlapping coverage is present.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<img src="images/reports.png" class="icon" style="margin: 1px;" />
<a target="_blank" data-ng-href="{{vm.openBatchReportPath}}">Open Batches </a>
<br />
<p align="left">This report provides a list of Open Batches<br/> for a given date range by Batch Type.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<img src="images/reports.png" class="icon" style="margin: 1px;" />
<a target="_blank" data-ng-href="{{vm.refundReportPath}}">Refund</a>
<br />
<p align="left">This report provides a list of Refund Details<br/> for a given Bid Year and Client Number.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
I have tried to put overflow property in CSS

Answer 1

You need to do two things. First, you have to wrap your table in a container that will do the scrolling, like this:
<div style="height: 200px; overflow: auto;">
<table>
...
</table>
</div>
And you have to remove position: absolute from the style of the table.
Here's an example: http://jsfiddle.net/qbkfbrwd/
Hope that helps!
Edit If instead you only want the body of the table to be able to scroll, it's as simple as adding the following CSS:
tbody {
display: block;
height: 200px; //or whatever you want the height to be
overflow: auto;
}
Example: http://jsfiddle.net/f91pzj6d/

Answer 2

Create a div with:
<div id="myTable">
and in css:
myTable {
overflow:auto;
}

Answer 3

I add a div as container and use overflow: auto. You have also to set a height for your table:
#tableContainer {
overflow: auto;
height: 200px;
position: relative;
width: 300px;
}
<div id="tableContainer">
<table class="table-condensed table-hover table-bordered" id="EligibiltyAndAccountingReportsTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 45% !important; position: absolute;left: 52px;Top:100px">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Eligibility Reports</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<img src="images/reports.png" class="icon" style="margin: 1px;" />
<a target="_blank" data-ng-href="{{vm.duplicateAndOverlappingCoveragesReportPath}}">Duplicate And Overlapping Coverages</a>
<br/>
<p align="left">This report provides a list of SR IDs where
<br/>duplicated or overlapping coverage is present.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<img src="images/reports.png" class="icon" style="margin: 1px;" />
<a target="_blank" data-ng-href="{{vm.openBatchReportPath}}">Open Batches </a>
<br />
<p align="left">This report provides a list of Open Batches
<br/>for a given date range by Batch Type.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<img src="images/reports.png" class="icon" style="margin: 1px;" />
<a target="_blank" data-ng-href="{{vm.refundReportPath}}">Refund</a>
<br />
<p align="left">This report provides a list of Refund Details
<br/>for a given Bid Year and Client Number.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<img src="images/reports.png" class="icon" style="margin: 1px;" />
<a target="_blank" data-ng-href="{{vm.refundReportPath}}">Refund</a>
<br />
<p align="left">This report provides a list of Refund Details
<br/>for a given Bid Year and Client Number.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<img src="images/reports.png" class="icon" style="margin: 1px;" />
<a target="_blank" data-ng-href="{{vm.refundReportPath}}">Refund</a>
<br />
<p align="left">This report provides a list of Refund Details
<br/>for a given Bid Year and Client Number.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>