[html5] table with fixed headers

[Larry Martell]

On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Ian Bentley <ian.bentley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

I've found a javascript solution that appears to work:

http://nevcal.com/eclectic/UltimateScrollingTable.html

The only issue I am having is that I use a table sort package and I've
lost the on click handler for the table headers that invoke the
sorting. I think I know how to fix it, but I haven't had a chance to
implement it yet.

>
>
> 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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