[whatwg] Enhanced data tables
Dethe Elza
dethe.elza at blastradius.com
Mon Nov 8 08:28:03 PST 2004
Matthew Thomas wrote:
> I don't know what you mean by that. (If you mean that <thead> and
> <tfoot> should, if there is room, remain visible while a table is being
> scrolled, like they do in spreadsheets, I think browsers should be
> doing that anyway. <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53702>
> Merely inventing new syntax for it wouldn't make it easier to
> implement.)
Well, if that's what's desired, it can be accomplished in conformant browsers by simply setting size and overflow properties on the <tbody/> element via CSS. In IE it takes more work--a lot more work--but it can be done. Sorting isn't much harder, but would be easier if the DOM NodeList were a proper Javascript array (since arrays already have a sort method).
--Dethe
DETHE ELZA Technical Architect, Product Development
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