Table fixed header and scrollable body

Question

I am trying to make a table with fixed header and a scrollable content using the bootstrap 3 table. Unfortunately the solutions I have found does not work with bootstrap or mess up the style.

Here there is a simple bootstrap table, but for some reason to me unknown the height of the tbody is not 10px.

height: 10px !important; overflow: scroll;

Example:

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.3/css/bootstrap.min.css">

<table class="table table-striped">
    <thead>
    <tr>
        <th>Make</th>
        <th>Model</th>
        <th>Color</th>
        <th>Year</th>
    </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody style="height: 10px !important; overflow: scroll; ">
    <tr>
        <td class="filterable-cell">111 Ford</td>
        <td class="filterable-cell">Escort</td>
        <td class="filterable-cell">Blue</td>
        <td class="filterable-cell">2000</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td class="filterable-cell">Ford</td>
        <td class="filterable-cell">Escort</td>
        <td class="filterable-cell">Blue</td>
        <td class="filterable-cell">2000</td>
    </tr>
            <tr>
        <td class="filterable-cell">Ford</td>
        <td class="filterable-cell">Escort</td>
        <td class="filterable-cell">Blue</td>
        <td class="filterable-cell">2000</td>
    </tr>
     <tr>
        <td class="filterable-cell">Ford</td>
        <td class="filterable-cell">Escort</td>
        <td class="filterable-cell">Blue</td>
        <td class="filterable-cell">2000</td>
    </tr>
    </tbody>
    
</table>

Answer 1

It is easier with css

table tbody { display:block; max-height:450px; overflow-y:scroll; }
table thead, table tbody tr { display:table; width:100%; table-layout:fixed; }

Answer 2

I had a lot of trouble getting the stickytableheaders library to work. Doing a bit more searching, I found floatThead is an actively maintained alternative with recent updates and better documentation.

Answer 3

Used this link, stackoverflow.com/a/17380697/1725764, by Hashem Qolami at the original posts' comments and used display:inline-blocks instead of floats. Fixes borders if the table has the class 'table-bordered' also.

table.scroll {
  width: 100%;  
  &.table-bordered {
    td, th {
      border-top: 0;
      border-right: 0;
    }    
    th {
      border-bottom-width: 1px;
    }
    td:first-child,
    th:first-child {
      border-right: 0;
      border-left: 0;
    }
  }
  tbody {
    height: 200px;
    overflow-y: auto;
    overflow-x: hidden;  
  }
  tbody, thead {
    display: block;
  }
  tr {
    width: 100%;
    display: block;
  }
  th, td {
    display: inline-block;

  }
  td {
    height: 46px; //depends on your site
  }
}

Then just add the widths of the td and th

table.table-prep {
  tr > td.type,
  tr > th.type{
    width: 10%;
  }
  tr > td.name,
  tr > th.name,
  tr > td.notes,
  tr > th.notes,
  tr > td.quantity,
  tr > th.quantity{
    width: 30%;
  }
}

Answer 4

Here is my copen pen on how to make fixed table header with scrollable rows and columns. The columns are also been fixed width, http://codepen.io/abhilashn/pen/GraJyp

<!-- Listing table -->
        <div class="row">
            <div class="col-sm-12">
                <div class="cust-table-cont">
                <div class="table-responsive">
                  <table border="0" class="table cust-table"> 
                    <thead>
                        <tr style="">
                          <th style="width:80px;">#</th> 
                          <th style="width:150px;" class="text-center"><li class="fa fa-gear"></li></th>  
                          <th style="width:250px;">Title</th>  
                          <th style="width:200px;">Company</th> 
                          <th style="width:100px;">Priority</th> 
                          <th style="width:120px;">Type</th>     
                          <th style="width:150px;">Assigned to</th> 
                          <th style="width:120px;">Status</th> 
                        </tr>
                      </thead>
                      <tbody>
                        <tr>
                          <th style="width:80px;">1</th>
                          <td style="width:150px;" class="text-center"><button class="btn btn-outline-danger del-icon"><span class="fa fa-trash-o"></span></button> <button class="btn btn-outline-success"><span class="fa fa-pencil"></span></button></td>
                          <td style="width:250px;">Lorem ipsum dolor sit</td>
                          <td style="width:200px;">lorem ispusm</td>
                          <td style="width:100px;">high</td>
                          <td style="width:120px;">lorem ipsum</td>
                          <td style="width:150px;">lorem ipsum</td>
                          <td style="width:120px;">lorem ipsum</td>
                        </tr>

                        <tr>
                          <th scope="row">2</th>
                          <td class="text-center"><button class="btn btn-outline-danger del-icon"><span class="fa fa-trash-o"></span></button> <button class="btn btn-outline-success"><span class="fa fa-pencil"></span></button></td>
                          <td>Lorem ipsum dolor sit</td>
                          <td>lorem ispusm</td>
                          <td>high</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <th scope="row">3</th>
                          <td class="text-center"><button class="btn btn-outline-danger del-icon"><span class="fa fa-trash-o"></span></button> <button class="btn btn-outline-success"><span class="fa fa-pencil"></span></button></td>
                          <td>Lorem ipsum dolor sit</td>
                          <td>lorem ispusm</td>
                          <td>high</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <th scope="row">4</th>
                          <td class="text-center"><button class="btn btn-outline-danger del-icon"><span class="fa fa-trash-o"></span></button> <button class="btn btn-outline-success"><span class="fa fa-pencil"></span></button></td>
                          <td>Lorem ipsum dolor sit</td>
                          <td>lorem ispusm</td>
                          <td>high</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <th scope="row">5</th>
                          <td class="text-center"><button class="btn btn-outline-danger del-icon"><span class="fa fa-trash-o"></span></button> <button class="btn btn-outline-success"><span class="fa fa-pencil"></span></button></td>
                          <td>Lorem ipsum dolor sit</td>
                          <td>lorem ispusm</td>
                          <td>high</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <th scope="row">6</th>
                          <td class="text-center"><button class="btn btn-outline-danger del-icon"><span class="fa fa-trash-o"></span></button> <button class="btn btn-outline-success"><span class="fa fa-pencil"></span></button></td>
                          <td>Lorem ipsum dolor sit</td>
                          <td>lorem ispusm</td>
                          <td>high</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <th scope="row">7</th>
                          <td class="text-center"><button class="btn btn-outline-danger del-icon"><span class="fa fa-trash-o"></span></button> <button class="btn btn-outline-success"><span class="fa fa-pencil"></span></button></td>
                          <td>Lorem ipsum dolor sit</td>
                          <td>lorem ispusm</td>
                          <td>high</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <th scope="row">8</th>
                          <td class="text-center"><button class="btn btn-outline-danger del-icon"><span class="fa fa-trash-o"></span></button> <button class="btn btn-outline-success"><span class="fa fa-pencil"></span></button></td>
                          <td>Lorem ipsum dolor sit</td>
                          <td>lorem ispusm</td>
                          <td>high</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <th scope="row">9</th>
                          <td class="text-center"><button class="btn btn-outline-danger del-icon"><span class="fa fa-trash-o"></span></button> <button class="btn btn-outline-success"><span class="fa fa-pencil"></span></button></td>
                          <td>Lorem ipsum dolor sit</td>
                          <td>lorem ispusm</td>
                          <td>high</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <th scope="row">10</th>
                          <td class="text-center"><button class="btn btn-outline-danger del-icon"><span class="fa fa-trash-o"></span></button> <button class="btn btn-outline-success"><span class="fa fa-pencil"></span></button></td>
                          <td>Lorem ipsum dolor sit</td>
                          <td>lorem ispusm</td>
                          <td>high</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <th scope="row">11</th>
                          <td class="text-center"><button class="btn btn-outline-danger del-icon"><span class="fa fa-trash-o"></span></button> <button class="btn btn-outline-success"><span class="fa fa-pencil"></span></button></td>
                          <td>Lorem ipsum dolor sit</td>
                          <td>lorem ispusm</td>
                          <td>high</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <th scope="row">12</th>
                          <td class="text-center"><button class="btn btn-outline-danger del-icon"><span class="fa fa-trash-o"></span></button> <button class="btn btn-outline-success"><span class="fa fa-pencil"></span></button></td>
                          <td>Lorem ipsum dolor sit</td>
                          <td>lorem ispusm</td>
                          <td>high</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                           <td>lorem ipsum</td>
                        </tr>
                    </tbody>
                  </table>
                </div>
                </div> <!-- End of cust-table-cont block -->
            </div>
        </div> <!-- ENd of row -->

.cust-table-cont { width:100%; overflow-x:auto; } 
.cust-table-cont .table-responsive { width:1190px;  }
.cust-table { table-layout:fixed;  } 
.cust-table thead, .cust-table tbody { 
display: block;
}
.cust-table tbody { max-height:620px; overflow-y:auto; } 

Answer 5

First add some markup for a bootstrap table. Here I created a striped table but also have added a custom table class .table-scroll which adds vertical scroll bar to the table and makes the table header fixed while scrolling down.

<div class="col-xs-8 col-xs-offset-2 well">
    <table class="table table-scroll table-striped">
        <thead>
            <tr>
                <th>#</th>
                <th>First Name</th>
                <th>Last Name</th>
                <th>County</th>
            </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
            <tr>
                <td>1</td>
                <td>Andrew</td>
                <td>Jackson</td>
                <td>Washington</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>2</td>
                <td>Thomas</td>
                <td>Marion</td>
                <td>Jackson</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>3</td>
                <td>Benjamin</td>
                <td>Warren</td>
                <td>Lincoln</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>4</td>
                <td>Grant</td>
                <td>Wayne</td>
                <td>Union</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>5</td>
                <td>John</td>
                <td>Adams</td>
                <td>Marshall</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>6</td>
                <td>Morgan</td>
                <td>Lee</td>
                <td>Lake</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>7</td>
                <td>John</td>
                <td>Henry</td>
                <td>Brown</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>8</td>
                <td>William</td>
                <td>Jacob</td>
                <td>Orange</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>9</td>
                <td>Kelly</td>
                <td>Davidson</td>
                <td>Taylor</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>10</td>
                <td>Colleen</td>
                <td>Hurst</td>
                <td>Randolph</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>11</td>
                <td>Rhona</td>
                <td>Herrod</td>
                <td>Cumberland</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>12</td>
                <td>Jane</td>
                <td>Paul</td>
                <td>Marshall</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>13</td>
                <td>Ashton</td>
                <td>Fox</td>
                <td>Calhoun</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>14</td>
                <td>Garrett</td>
                <td>John</td>
                <td>Madison</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>15</td>
                <td>Fredie</td>
                <td>Winters</td>
                <td>Washington</td>
            </tr>
        </tbody>
    </table>
</div>

css

.table-scroll tbody {
    position: absolute;
    overflow-y: scroll;
    height: 250px;
}

.table-scroll tr {
    width: 100%;
    table-layout: fixed;
    display: inline-table;
}

.table-scroll thead > tr > th {
    border: none;
}

Answer 6

In my eyes, one of the best plugins for jQuery is DataTables.

It also has an extension for fixed header, and it is very easily implemented.

Taken from their site:

HTML:

<table id="example" class="display" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>Name</th>
            <th>Position</th>
            <th>Office</th>
            <th>Age</th>
            <th>Start date</th>
            <th>Salary</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>

    <tfoot>
        <tr>
            <th>Name</th>
            <th>Position</th>
            <th>Office</th>
            <th>Age</th>
            <th>Start date</th>
            <th>Salary</th>
        </tr>
    </tfoot>

    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>Tiger Nixon</td>
            <td>System Architect</td>
            <td>Edinburgh</td>
            <td>61</td>
            <td>2011/04/25</td>
            <td>$320,800</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Garrett Winters</td>
            <td>Accountant</td>
            <td>Tokyo</td>
            <td>63</td>
            <td>2011/07/25</td>
            <td>$170,750</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Ashton Cox</td>
            <td>Junior Technical Author</td>
            <td>San Francisco</td>
            <td>66</td>
            <td>2009/01/12</td>
            <td>$86,000</td>
        </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

JavaScript:

$(document).ready(function() {
    var table = $('#example').DataTable();

    new $.fn.dataTable.FixedHeader( table );
} );

But the simplest you can have for just making a scrollable <tbody> is:

//configure table with fixed header and scrolling rows
$('#example').DataTable({
    scrollY: 400,
    scrollCollapse: true,
    paging: false,
    searching: false,
    ordering: false,
    info: false
});