[html5] table with fixed headers

[Larry Martell]

On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Emerson Veenstra
<emerson at emersonveenstra.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Larry Martell <larry.martell at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Emerson Veenstra
>> <emerson at emersonveenstra.net> wrote:
>> > Sorry, wrong link. http://jsfiddle.net/34Fd5/24/ is the correct one
>>
>> That doesn't scroll.
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>
> Then take off the overflow: hidden that's causing it not to scroll?
> http://jsfiddle.net/34Fd5/26/ no widths on that one.

The header is not fixed. That is what I've been trying to achieve.


>> > On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Emerson Veenstra
>> > <emerson at emersonveenstra.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Larry Martell
>> >> <larry.martell at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 5:54 PM, Brian Tremblay
>> >>> <webmaster at tsmchughs.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>> > On 7/1/14, 9:43 AM, Larry Martell wrote:
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Brian Tremblay wrote:
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>> On 7/1/14, 9:19 AM, Larry Martell wrote:
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>> On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 9:27 AM, Martin Gainty wrote:
>> >>> >>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>
>> >>> > [snip html table]
>> >>> >>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>> Is there any way to get fixed headers without explicitly
>> >>> >>>>>> setting the width of the table cells?
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>> the column headers are not aligned with the data:
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>> I don't know what you mean. I pasted your page into my browser,
>> >>> >>> and there are 2 rows with 3 columns each, lined up as I'd expect.
>> >>> >>> What do you expect to happen that doesn't?
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Please look at this fiddle:
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> http://jsfiddle.net/34Fd5/
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> > That tells me nothing. You need to explain what you think should
>> >>> > happen
>> >>> > that doesn't.
>> >>>
>> >>> I have said what I want to happen: I want a table with fixed headers
>> >>> (i.e. headers that do not scroll off the screen when the table is
>> >>> scrolled) and I want the table cells to auto size as a table will
>> >>> normally do.
>> >>>
>> >>> > BTW, your html has more than 30 errors, including this one:
>> >>> >
>> >>> > "Warning Line 32, Column 17: A table row was 3 columns wide, which
>> >>> > is
>> >>> > less than the column count established by the first row (4)."
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Correct that, and the columns may line up the way you'd expect. And
>> >>> > please correct the other errors while you're at it, so that
>> >>> > debugging
>> >>> > is
>> >>> > easier and we can provide better help.
>> >>>
>> >>> I posted a small example showing the problem. The 'errors' have
>> >>> nothing to do with the issue. But I have found out that by setting
>> >>> display:block on the tbody, I essentially remove the “tableness”. So I
>> >>> am SOL.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fjsfiddle.net%2F34Fd5%2Fshow%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0
>> >>
>> >> If you're asking for help, you could at least double check your work to
>> >> make sure there aren't easily fixable errors like writing 'aligh'
>> >> instead of
>> >> 'align' and not closing the div.
>> >>
>> >> http://jsfiddle.net/34Fd5/23/ is this what you want?
>> >>
>> >
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