Scrollable Table with Fixed Header

Oct 26 2009

Here is a solution for fixed table header for tables using jQuery plugin.The following code requires the header rows, with in a thead tag, the table body in a tbody tag.

Follow below 5 steps to create a fixed header row of a normal HTML table.

Step 1:

Include the jQuery JavaScript file on header section of web page.

Step 2:

Include the Fixed Header jQuery file on header section of web page.
Download jquery.fixedheader.js

Step 3:

Copy and paste this CSS code in stylesheet or header section of web page.

<style type="text/css">
.dataTable {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
border-collapse: collapse;
border:1px solid #999999;
width: 750px;
font-size:12px;
}
.dataTable td, .dataTable th {
border: 1px solid #999999;
padding: 3px 5px;
margin:0px;
}
.dataTable thead th {
background-color:#cccccc;
color:#444444;
font-weight:bold;
text-align:left;
}
.dataTable thead a {
text-decoration:none;
color:#444444;
}
.dataTable thead a:hover { text-decoration: underline;}
/* Firefox has missing border bug! https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=410621 */
/* Firefox 2 */
html</**/body .dataTable, x:-moz-any-link {margin:1px;}
/* Firefox 3 */
html</**/body .dataTable, x:-moz-any-link, x:default {margin:1px}
</style>

Step 4:

Add this JavaScript code in header section of web page.

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#data").fixedHeader({width: 500,height: 300});
})
</script>

Step 5:

Create an HTML table on the page, including THEAD and TBODY sections.

<table id="data" class="dataTable">
<thead>
<tr>
<th> ….. <\th>
<th> ….. <\th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td> ….. <\td>
<td> ….. <\td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>