Table scroll with HTML and CSS [duplicate]

Solution 1:

Table with Fixed Header

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="325">
  <tr>
    <td>
       <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" border="1" width="300" >
         <tr style="color:white;background-color:grey">
            <th>Header 1</th>
            <th>Header 2</th>
         </tr>
       </table>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>
       <div style="width:320px; height:80px; overflow:auto;">
         <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" border="1" width="300" >
           <tr>
             <td>new item</td>
             <td>new item</td>
           </tr>
           <tr>
             <td>new item</td>
             <td>new item</td>
           </tr>
              <tr>
             <td>new item</td>
             <td>new item</td>
           </tr>
              <tr>
             <td>new item</td>
             <td>new item</td>
           </tr>
              <tr>
             <td>new item</td>
             <td>new item</td>
           </tr>
              <tr>
             <td>new item</td>
             <td>new item</td>
           </tr>
              <tr>
             <td>new item</td>
             <td>new item</td>
           </tr>
              <tr>
             <td>new item</td>
             <td>new item</td>
           </tr>
              <tr>
             <td>new item</td>
             <td>new item</td>
           </tr>
              <tr>
             <td>new item</td>
             <td>new item</td>
           </tr>
         </table>  
       </div>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

Result

Demo Image

This is working in all browser

Demo jsfiddle http://jsfiddle.net/nyCKE/6302/

Solution 2:

Late answer, another idea, but very short.

  1. put the contents of header cells into div
  2. fix the header contents, see CSS
table  { margin-top:  20px; display: inline-block; overflow: auto; }
th div { margin-top: -20px; position: absolute; }

Note that it is possible to display table as inline-block due to anonymous table objects:

"missing" [in HTML table tree structure] elements must be assumed in order for the table model to work. Any table element will automatically generate necessary anonymous table objects around itself.

/* scrolltable rules */
table  { margin-top:  20px; display: inline-block; overflow: auto; }
th div { margin-top: -20px; position: absolute; }

/* design */
table { border-collapse: collapse; }
tr:nth-child(even) { background: #EEE; }
<table style="height: 150px">
  <tr> <th><div>first</div> <th><div>second</div>
  <tr> <td>foo <td>bar
  <tr> <td>foo foo foo foo foo <td>bar
  <tr> <td>foo <td>bar
  <tr> <td>foo <td>bar bar bar
  <tr> <td>foo <td>bar
  <tr> <td>foo <td>bar
  <tr> <td>foo <td>bar
  <tr> <td>foo <td>bar
  <tr> <td>foo <td>bar
  <tr> <td>foo <td>bar
  <tr> <td>foo <td>bar
  <tr> <td>foo <td>bar
  <tr> <td>foo <td>bar
  <tr> <td>foo <td>bar
</table>

As of 2016

The proper way to achieve this is position: sticky - see the demo in the link.

Solution 3:

For those wondering how to implement Garry's solution with more than one header this is it:

#wrapper {
  width: 235px;
}

table {
  border: 1px solid black;
  width: 100%;
}

th,
td {
  width: 100px;
  border: 1px solid black;
}

thead>tr {
  position: relative;
  display: block;
}

tbody {
  display: block;
  height: 80px;
  overflow: auto;
}
<div id="wrapper">
  <table>
    <thead>
      <tr>
        <th>column1</th>
        <th>column2</th>
      </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
      <tr>
        <td>row1</td>
        <td>row1</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>row2</td>
        <td>row2</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>row3</td>
        <td>row3</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>row4</td>
        <td>row4</td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
</div>

Solution 4:

Works only in Chrome but it can be adapted to other modern browsers. Table falls back to common table with scroll bar in other brws. Uses CSS3 FLEX property.

http://jsfiddle.net/4SUP8/1/

<table border="1px" class="flexy">
    <caption>Lista Sumnjivih vozila:</caption>
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <td>Opis Sumnje</td>
        <td>Registarski<br>broj vozila</td>
        <td>Datum<br>Vreme</td>
        <td>Brzina<br>(km/h)</td>
        <td>Lokacija</td>
        <td>Status</td>
        <td>Akcija</td>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>

        <tr>
        <td>Osumnjičen tranzit</td>
        <td>NS182TP</td>
        <td>23-03-2014 20:48:08</td>
        <td>11.3</td>
        <td>Raskrsnica kod pumpe<br></td>
        <td></td>
        <td>Prikaz</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>

        <tr>
        <td>Osumnjičen tranzit</td>
        <td>NS182TP</td>
        <td>23-03-2014 20:48:08</td>
        <td>11.3</td>
        <td>Raskrsnica kod pumpe<br></td>
        <td></td>
        <td>Prikaz</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>

        <tr>
        <td>Osumnjičen tranzit</td>
        <td>NS182TP</td>
        <td>23-03-2014 20:48:08</td>
        <td>11.3</td>
        <td>Raskrsnica kod pumpe<br></td>
        <td></td>
        <td>Prikaz</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>


        <tr>
        <td>Osumnjičen tranzit</td>
        <td>NS182TP</td>
        <td>23-03-2014 20:48:08</td>
        <td>11.3</td>
        <td>Raskrsnica kod pumpe<br></td>
        <td></td>
        <td>Prikaz</td>
        </tr>

    </tbody>
</table>

Style (CSS 3):

caption {
    display: block;
    line-height: 3em;
    width: 100%;
    -webkit-align-items: stretch;
    border: 1px solid #eee;
}

       .flexy {
            display: block;
            width: 90%;
            border: 1px solid #eee;
            max-height: 320px;
            overflow: auto;
        }

        .flexy thead {
            display: -webkit-flex;
            -webkit-flex-flow: row;
        }

        .flexy thead tr {
            padding-right: 15px;
            display: -webkit-flex;
            width: 100%;
            -webkit-align-items: stretch;
        }

        .flexy tbody {
            display: -webkit-flex;
            height: 100px;
            overflow: auto;
            -webkit-flex-flow: row wrap;
        }
        .flexy tbody tr{
            display: -webkit-flex;
            width: 100%;
        }

        .flexy tr td {
            width: 15%;
        }

Solution 5:

This work for me

Demo: jsfiddle

$(function() 
{
    Fixed_Header();
});

function Fixed_Header()
{
    $('.User_Table thead').css({'position': 'absolute'});
    $('.User_Table tbody tr:eq("2") td').each(function(index,e){
        $('.User_Table thead tr th:eq("'+index+'")').css({'width' : $(this).outerWidth() +"px" });
    });
    var Header_Height = $('.User_Table thead').outerHeight();
    $('.User_Table thead').css({'margin-top' : "-"+Header_Height+"px"});
    $('.User_Table').css({'margin-top' : Header_Height+"px"});
}