JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by Ratan Paul
HTML
<script src="http://rommelsantor.com/jquery/thfloat/jquery.thfloat-0.7.2.min.js"></script>
<div id="topsection">Fixed header section</div>
<br />
<div id="table-container">
<table id="maintable">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Col 1</th>
<th>Col 2</th>
<th>Col 3</th>
<th>Col 4</th>
<th>Col 5</th>
<th>Col 6</th>
<th>Col 7</th>
<th>Col 8</th>
<th>Col 9</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>This is a long column</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>This is a much longer column with lots of information</td>
<td>info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
<td>info</td>
...
CSS
body {
margin: 0px;
background-color: white;
}
table {
border-spacing: 0px;
}
thead tr {
background-color: #c0c0c0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
thead th {
border: 1px solid black;
padding-left: 5px;
padding-right: 5px;
}
tr {
background-color: #fff;
border: 1px solid black;
}
table tr:nth-child(even) {
background-color: #eeeeee;
}
td {
border: 1px solid black;
font-family: Arial;
font-size: 10pt;
word-wrap: break-word;
padding-left: 3px;
padding-right: 3px;
text-align: center;
}
tfoot tr {
background-color: #c0c0c0;
}
#topsection {
background-color: white;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
margin: 0px;
height: 130px;
width: 100%;
padding: 0px;
}
#table-container {
background-color: white;
position: absolute;
top: 130px;
right: 0px;
bottom: 0px;
left: 0px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
overflow: auto;
width: 100%;
}
JavaScript
$("#maintable").thfloat({
attachment : "#table-container",
noprint : false
});