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

Likely you'll get multiple tables on one page, therefore you need CSS classes. Please find a modified @giulio's solution for that.

Just declare it in table:

<table class="table table-striped header-fixed"></table>

CSS

.header-fixed {
    width: 100% 
}

.header-fixed > thead,
.header-fixed > tbody,
.header-fixed > thead > tr,
.header-fixed > tbody > tr,
.header-fixed > thead > tr > th,
.header-fixed > tbody > tr > td {
    display: block;
}

.header-fixed > tbody > tr:after,
.header-fixed > thead > tr:after {
    content: ' ';
    display: block;
    visibility: hidden;
    clear: both;
}

.header-fixed > tbody {
    overflow-y: auto;
    height: 150px;
}

.header-fixed > tbody > tr > td,
.header-fixed > thead > tr > th {
    width: 20%;
    float: left;
}

Be aware that current implementation suits five columns only. If you need a different number, change the width parameter from 20% to *100% / number_of_columns*.

Answer 2

Late to the party (Story of my life), but since this is the first result on google, and none of the above got me working, here's my code

/*Set a min width where your table start to look like crap*/
table { min-width: 600px; }

/*The next 3 sections make the magic happen*/
thead, tbody tr {
    display: table;
    width: 100%;
    table-layout: fixed;
}

tbody {
    display: block;
    max-height: 200px;
    overflow-x: hidden;
    overflow-y: scroll;
}

td {
    overflow: hidden;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
}

/*Use the following to make sure cols align correctly*/
table, tr, th, td {
    border: 1px solid black;
    border-collapse: collapse;
}


/*Set your columns to where you want them to be, skip the one that you can have resize to any width*/
    th:nth-child(1), td:nth-child(1) {
    width: 85px;
}
th:nth-child(2), td:nth-child(2) {
    width: 150px;
}
th:nth-child(4), td:nth-child(4) {
    width: 125px;
}
th:nth-child(5) {
    width: 102px;
}
td:nth-child(5) {
    width: 85px;
}

Answer 3

Don't need the wrap it in a div...

CSS:

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

table{
 height:300px;              // <-- Select the height of the table
 display: -moz-groupbox;    // Firefox Bad Effect
}
tbody{
  overflow-y: scroll;      
  height: 200px;            //  <-- Select the height of the body
  width: 100%;
  position: absolute;
}

Bootply : http://www.bootply.com/AgI8LpDugl

Answer 4

put the table inside the div like this to make scrollable table vertically. change overflow-yto overflow-x to make table scrollable horizontally. just overflow to make table scrollable both horizontal and vertical.

<div style="overflow-y: scroll;"> 
    <table>
    ...
    </table>
</div>