position on table columns

by Bianca Kuehweidner

HTML

<div class="outer">
  <div class="inner">
    <table>
        <tr>
          <th class="col1">Header A</th>
           <th class="col2">Header A</th>
             <th class="col3">Header A</th>
                <th class="col4">Header A</th>
          
          <td>col 2 - A (WITH LONGER CONTENT)</td>
          <td>col 3 - A</td>
          <td>col 4 - A</td>
          <td>col 5 - A</td>
           <td>col 6 - B</td>
          <td>col 7 - B</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
           <th class="col1">Header B</th>
            <th class="col2">Header B</th>
              <th class="col3">Header B</th>
                <th class="col4">Header B</th>
        
          <td>col 2 - B</td>
          <td>col 3 - B</td>
          <td>col 4 - B</td>
          <td>col 5 - B</td>
            <td>col 6 - B</td>
          <td>col 7 - B</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
           <th class="col1">Header C</th>
            <th class="col2">Header C</th>
               <th class="col3">Header C</th>
                <th class="col4">Header C</th>
        
          <td>col 2 - C</td>
          <td>col 3 - C</td>
          <td>col 4 - C</td>
          <td>col 5 - C</td>
           <td>col 6 - B</td>
          <td>col 7 - B</td>
        </tr>
    </table>
  </div>
</div>

CSS

table {
  table-layout: fixed; 
  width: 100%;
  *margin-left: -100px;/*ie7*/
}
td, th {
  vertical-align: top;
  border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
  padding:10px;
  width:100px;
}
.col1{
  position:absolute;
  *position: relative; /*ie7*/
  left:0; 
  width:100px;
}
.col2{
  position:absolute;
  *position: relative; /*ie7*/
  left:100px; 
  width:100px;
}
.col3{
  position:absolute;
  *position: relative; /*ie7*/
  left:200px; 
  width:100px;
}
.col4{
  position:absolute;
  *position: relative; /*ie7*/
  left:300px; 
  width:100px;
}
.outer {position:relative}
.inner {
  overflow-x:scroll;
  overflow-y:visible;
  width:500px; 
  margin-left:400px;
}