How to add a scrollbar to an HTML5 table?
I have an table in HTML5 that I would like to add a scrollbar to. I want the table to show ten rows and then the user can scroll down to see other songs. How can I add the scrollbar?
Here is my code for the table in HTML5:
<table id="my_table" table border="5">
<tr>
<th>URL</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>http://www.youtube.com/embed/evuSpI2Genw</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>http://www.youtube.com/embed/evuSpI2Genw</td>
</tr>
</table>
Here is my CSS code:
#my_table {
border-radius: 20px;
background-color: transparent;
color: black;
width: 500px;
text-align: center;
}
Solution 1:
If you have heading to your table columns and you don't want to scroll those headings then this solution could help you:
This solution needs thead and tbody tags inside table element.
table.tableSection {
display: table;
width: 100%;
}
table.tableSection thead, table.tableSection tbody {
float: left;
width: 100%;
}
table.tableSection tbody {
overflow: auto;
height: 150px;
}
table.tableSection tr {
width: 100%;
display: table;
text-align: left;
}
table.tableSection th, table.tableSection td {
width: 33%;
}
Working fiddle
With comments
Note: If you are sure that the vertical scrollbar is always present, then you can use css3 calc property to make the thead cells align with the tbody cells.
table.tableSection thead {
padding-right:18px; /* 18px is approx. value of width of scroll bar */
width: calc(100% - 18px);
}
You can do the same by detecting presence of scrollbar using javascript and applying the above styles.
Solution 2:
Instead of assuming as fixed width columns.
CSS
table.tableSection {
display: table;
width: 100%;
}
table.tableSection thead,
table.tableSection tbody {
width: 100%;
}
table.tableSection thead {
overflow-y: scroll;
display: table;
table-layout: fixed;
width: calc(100% - 16px); /* assuming scrollbar width as 16px */
}
table.tableSection tbody {
overflow: auto;
height: 150px;
display: block;
}
table.tableSection tr {
width: 100%;
text-align: left;
display: table;
table-layout: fixed;
}
Working Fiddle
Solution 3:
This is technique I have used on a number of occasions. It is originally based on this fiddle with a number of modifications. It is also fluid and column widths can be fixed by adding a width style to the <th>.
/* this is for the main container of the table, also sets the height of the fixed header row */
.headercontainer {
position: relative;
border: 1px solid #222;
padding-top: 37px;
background: #000;
}
/* this is for the data area that is scrollable */
.tablecontainer {
overflow-y: auto;
height: 200px;
background: #fff;
}
/* remove default cell borders and ensures table width 100% of its container*/
.tablecontainer table {
border-spacing: 0;
width:100%;
}
/* add a thin border to the left of cells, but not the first */
.tablecontainer td + td {
border-left:1px solid #eee;
}
/* cell padding and bottom border */
.tablecontainer td, th {
border-bottom:1px solid #eee;
padding: 10px;
}
/* make the default header height 0 and make text invisible */
.tablecontainer th {
height: 0px;
padding-top: 0;
padding-bottom: 0;
line-height: 0;
visibility: hidden;
white-space: nowrap;
}
/* reposition the divs in the header cells and place in the blank area of the headercontainer */
.tablecontainer th div{
visibility: visible;
position: absolute;
background: #000;
color: #fff;
padding: 9px 10px;
top: 0;
margin-left: -10px;
line-height: normal;
border-left: 1px solid #222;
}
/* prevent the left border from above appearing in first div header */
th:first-child div{
border: none;
}
/* alternate colors for rows */
.tablecontainer tbody tr:nth-child(even){
background-color: #ddd;
}<div class="headercontainer">
<div class="tablecontainer">
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>
Table attribute name
<div>Table attribute name</div>
</th>
<th>
Value
<div>Value</div>
</th>
<th>
Description
<div>Description</div>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>align</td>
<td>left, center, right</td>
<td>Not supported in HTML5. Deprecated in HTML 4.01. Specifies the alignment of a table according to surrounding text</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>bgcolor</td>
<td>rgb(x,x,x), #xxxxxx, colorname</td>
<td>Not supported in HTML5. Deprecated in HTML 4.01. Specifies the background color for a table</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>border</td>
<td>1,""</td>
<td>Specifies whether the table cells should have borders or not</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>cellpadding</td>
<td>pixels</td>
<td>Not supported in HTML5. Specifies the space between the cell wall and the cell content</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>cellspacing</td>
<td>pixels</td>
<td>Not supported in HTML5. Specifies the space between cells</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>frame</td>
<td>void, above, below, hsides, lhs, rhs, vsides, box, border</td>
<td>Not supported in HTML5. Specifies which parts of the outside borders that should be visible</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>rules</td>
<td>none, groups, rows, cols, all</td>
<td>Not supported in HTML5. Specifies which parts of the inside borders that should be visible</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>summary</td>
<td>text</td>
<td>Not supported in HTML5. Specifies a summary of the content of a table</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>width</td>
<td>pixels, %</td>
<td>Not supported in HTML5. Specifies the width of a table</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>Also as a JSFiddle