Scrollable Table with Fixed Header, repeat print header and ... This frozen / locked HTML table header is a usability advance done without HTML fakery such as hidden tables, frames, or JavaScript. Tested in (Windows) Mozilla-spawned browsers (incl. Netscape 6+ and Firefox) and IE5+. IE has problems with the screen behavior of the footer—but thanks to a clever expression provided by Renato Cherullo, even IE6 can have a modern footer. Mozilla self-induces display problems cramming the scrollbar into the last column, which can be corrected with advanced selector syntax. Surprisingly, both render the printed version of the table consistently well, including the repeated headers and footers. --------------------- Ever wanted to create a table to display data which head frozen headers and/or frozen footers like MS Excel allows? read this article to find out how. I have searched long and hard for a solution like this and now that I found such a simple one it is rather embarrassing that I didn't think of it myself.
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Friday, September 28, 2007
Scrollable Table with fixed header using CSS
Scrollable Table with Fixed Header, repeat print header and ... This frozen / locked HTML table header is a usability advance done without HTML fakery such as hidden tables, frames, or JavaScript. Tested in (Windows) Mozilla-spawned browsers (incl. Netscape 6+ and Firefox) and IE5+. IE has problems with the screen behavior of the footer—but thanks to a clever expression provided by Renato Cherullo, even IE6 can have a modern footer. Mozilla self-induces display problems cramming the scrollbar into the last column, which can be corrected with advanced selector syntax. Surprisingly, both render the printed version of the table consistently well, including the repeated headers and footers. --------------------- Ever wanted to create a table to display data which head frozen headers and/or frozen footers like MS Excel allows? read this article to find out how. I have searched long and hard for a solution like this and now that I found such a simple one it is rather embarrassing that I didn't think of it myself. 
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