[html5] table with fixed headers

[Ian Bentley]

Larry, I have seen several people attempt to achieve what you are trying to
do, but I've never seen a solution that didn't involve fixed column widths.

Not to say it's impossible.


On 3 July 2014 11:15, Larry Martell <larry.martell at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> >
> >
> > 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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Ian Bentley
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