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    This is an example of sticky header with left 2-coloumns fixed and horizontal scroll.
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    Especially this solution fixes the breaking of column & header alignments, and fixes the smooth scrolling on all the devices. (Good to have solution if you want to avoid vertical scrolling of table.)
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<table id="example" class="stripe row-border order-column cell-border" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>First name</th>
      <th>Last name</th>
      <th>Position</th>
      <th>Office</th>
      <th>Age</th>
      <th>Start date</th>
      <th>Salary</th>
      <th>Extn.</th>
      <th>E-mail</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>Tiger</td>
      <td>Nixon</td>
      <td>System Architect</td>
      <td>Edinburgh</td>
      <td>61</td>
      <td>2011/04/25</td>
      <td>$320,800</td>
      <td>5421</td>
      <td>t.nixon@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Garrett</td>
      <td>Winters</td>
      <td>Accountant</td>
      <td>Tokyo</td>
      <td>63</td>
      <td>2011/07/25</td>
      <td>$170,750</td>
      <td>8422</td>
      <td>g.winters@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Ashton</td>
      <td>Cox</td>
      <td>Junior Technical Author</td>
      <td>San Francisco</td>
      <td>66</td>
      <td>2009/01/12</td>
      <td>$86,000</td>
      <td>1562</td>
      <td>a.cox@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cedric</td>
      <td>Kelly</td>
      <td>Senior Javascript Developer</td>
      <td>Edinburgh</td>
      <td>22</td>
      <td>2012/03/29</td>
      <td>$433,060</td>
      <td>6224</td>
      <td>c.kelly@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Airi</td>
      <td>Satou</td>
      <td>Accountant</td>
      <td>Tokyo</td>
      <td>33</td>
      <td>2008/11/28</td>
      <td>$162,700</td>
      <td>5407</td>
      <td>a.satou@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Brielle</td>
      <td>Williamson</td>
      <td>Integration Specialist</td>
      <td>New York</td>
      <td>61</td>
      <td>2012/12/02</td>
      <td>$372,000</td>
      <td>4804</td>
      <td>b.williamson@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Herrod</td>
      <td>Chandler</td>
      <td>Sales Assistant</td>
      <td>San Francisco</td>
      <td>59</td>
      <td>2012/08/06</td>
      <td>$137,500</td>
      <td>9608</td>
      <td>h.chandler@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Rhona</td>
      <td>Davidson</td>
      <td>Integration Specialist</td>
      <td>Tokyo</td>
      <td>55</td>
      <td>2010/10/14</td>
      <td>$327,900</td>
      <td>6200</td>
      <td>r.davidson@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Colleen</td>
      <td>Hurst</td>
      <td>Javascript Developer</td>
      <td>San Francisco</td>
      <td>39</td>
      <td>2009/09/15</td>
      <td>$205,500</td>
      <td>2360</td>
      <td>c.hurst@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Sonya</td>
      <td>Frost</td>
      <td>Software Engineer</td>
      <td>Edinburgh</td>
      <td>23</td>
      <td>2008/12/13</td>
      <td>$103,600</td>
      <td>1667</td>
      <td>s.frost@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Jena</td>
      <td>Gaines</td>
      <td>Office Manager</td>
      <td>London</td>
      <td>30</td>
      <td>2008/12/19</td>
      <td>$90,560</td>
      <td>3814</td>
      <td>j.gaines@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Quinn</td>
      <td>Flynn</td>
      <td>Support Lead</td>
      <td>Edinburgh</td>
      <td>22</td>
      <td>2013/03/03</td>
      <td>$342,000</td>
      <td>9497</td>
      <td>q.flynn@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Charde</td>
      <td>Marshall</td>
      <td>Regional Director</td>
      <td>San Francisco</td>
      <td>36</td>
      <td>2008/10/16</td>
      <td>$470,600</td>
      <td>6741</td>
      <td>c.marshall@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Haley</td>
      <td>Kennedy</td>
      <td>Senior Marketing Designer</td>
      <td>London</td>
      <td>43</td>
      <td>2012/12/18</td>
      <td>$313,500</td>
      <td>3597</td>
      <td>h.kennedy@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Tatyana</td>
      <td>Fitzpatrick</td>
      <td>Regional Director</td>
      <td>London</td>
      <td>19</td>
      <td>2010/03/17</td>
      <td>$385,750</td>
      <td>1965</td>
      <td>t.fitzpatrick@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Michael</td>
      <td>Silva</td>
      <td>Marketing Designer</td>
      <td>London</td>
      <td>66</td>
      <td>2012/11/27</td>
      <td>$198,500</td>
      <td>1581</td>
      <td>m.silva@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Paul</td>
      <td>Byrd</td>
      <td>Chief Financial Officer (CFO)</td>
      <td>New York</td>
      <td>64</td>
      <td>2010/06/09</td>
      <td>$725,000</td>
      <td>3059</td>
      <td>p.byrd@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Gloria</td>
      <td>Little</td>
      <td>Systems Administrator</td>
      <td>New York</td>
      <td>59</td>
      <td>2009/04/10</td>
      <td>$237,500</td>
      <td>1721</td>
      <td>g.little@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Bradley</td>
      <td>Greer</td>
      <td>Software Engineer</td>
      <td>London</td>
      <td>41</td>
      <td>2012/10/13</td>
      <td>$132,000</td>
      <td>2558</td>
      <td>b.greer@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Dai</td>
      <td>Rios</td>
      <td>Personnel Lead</td>
      <td>Edinburgh</td>
      <td>35</td>
      <td>2012/09/26</td>
      <td>$217,500</td>
      <td>2290</td>
      <td>d.rios@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Jenette</td>
      <td>Caldwell</td>
      <td>Development Lead</td>
      <td>New York</td>
      <td>30</td>
      <td>2011/09/03</td>
      <td>$345,000</td>
      <td>1937</td>
      <td>j.caldwell@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Yuri</td>
      <td>Berry</td>
      <td>Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)</td>
      <td>New York</td>
      <td>40</td>
      <td>2009/06/25</td>
      <td>$675,000</td>
      <td>6154</td>
      <td>y.berry@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Caesar</td>
      <td>Vance</td>
      <td>Pre-Sales Support</td>
      <td>New York</td>
      <td>21</td>
      <td>2011/12/12</td>
      <td>$106,450</td>
      <td>8330</td>
      <td>c.vance@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Doris</td>
      <td>Wilder</td>
      <td>Sales Assistant</td>
      <td>Sidney</td>
      <td>23</td>
      <td>2010/09/20</td>
      <td>$85,600</td>
      <td>3023</td>
      <td>d.wilder@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Angelica</td>
      <td>Ramos</td>
      <td>Chief Executive Officer (CEO)</td>
      <td>London</td>
      <td>47</td>
      <td>2009/10/09</td>
      <td>$1,200,000</td>
      <td>5797</td>
      <td>a.ramos@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Gavin</td>
      <td>Joyce</td>
      <td>Developer</td>
      <td>Edinburgh</td>
      <td>42</td>
      <td>2010/12/22</td>
      <td>$92,575</td>
      <td>8822</td>
      <td>g.joyce@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Jennifer</td>
      <td>Chang</td>
      <td>Regional Director</td>
      <td>Singapore</td>
      <td>28</td>
      <td>2010/11/14</td>
      <td>$357,650</td>
      <td>9239</td>
      <td>j.chang@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Brenden</td>
      <td>Wagner</td>
      <td>Software Engineer</td>
      <td>San Francisco</td>
      <td>28</td>
      <td>2011/06/07</td>
      <td>$206,850</td>
      <td>1314</td>
      <td>b.wagner@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Fiona</td>
      <td>Green</td>
      <td>Chief Operating Officer (COO)</td>
      <td>San Francisco</td>
      <td>48</td>
      <td>2010/03/11</td>
      <td>$850,000</td>
      <td>2947</td>
      <td>f.green@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Shou</td>
      <td>Itou</td>
      <td>Regional Marketing</td>
      <td>Tokyo</td>
      <td>20</td>
      <td>2011/08/14</td>
      <td>$163,000</td>
      <td>8899</td>
      <td>s.itou@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Michelle</td>
      <td>House</td>
      <td>Integration Specialist</td>
      <td>Sidney</td>
      <td>37</td>
      <td>2011/06/02</td>
      <td>$95,400</td>
      <td>2769</td>
      <td>m.house@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Suki</td>
      <td>Burks</td>
      <td>Developer</td>
      <td>London</td>
      <td>53</td>
      <td>2009/10/22</td>
      <td>$114,500</td>
      <td>6832</td>
      <td>s.burks@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Prescott</td>
      <td>Bartlett</td>
      <td>Technical Author</td>
      <td>London</td>
      <td>27</td>
      <td>2011/05/07</td>
      <td>$145,000</td>
      <td>3606</td>
      <td>p.bartlett@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Gavin</td>
      <td>Cortez</td>
      <td>Team Leader</td>
      <td>San Francisco</td>
      <td>22</td>
      <td>2008/10/26</td>
      <td>$235,500</td>
      <td>2860</td>
      <td>g.cortez@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Martena</td>
      <td>Mccray</td>
      <td>Post-Sales support</td>
      <td>Edinburgh</td>
      <td>46</td>
      <td>2011/03/09</td>
      <td>$324,050</td>
      <td>8240</td>
      <td>m.mccray@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Unity</td>
      <td>Butler</td>
      <td>Marketing Designer</td>
      <td>San Francisco</td>
      <td>47</td>
      <td>2009/12/09</td>
      <td>$85,675</td>
      <td>5384</td>
      <td>u.butler@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Howard</td>
      <td>Hatfield</td>
      <td>Office Manager</td>
      <td>San Francisco</td>
      <td>51</td>
      <td>2008/12/16</td>
      <td>$164,500</td>
      <td>7031</td>
      <td>h.hatfield@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Hope</td>
      <td>Fuentes</td>
      <td>Secretary</td>
      <td>San Francisco</td>
      <td>41</td>
      <td>2010/02/12</td>
      <td>$109,850</td>
      <td>6318</td>
      <td>h.fuentes@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Vivian</td>
      <td>Harrell</td>
      <td>Financial Controller</td>
      <td>San Francisco</td>
      <td>62</td>
      <td>2009/02/14</td>
      <td>$452,500</td>
      <td>9422</td>
      <td>v.harrell@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Timothy</td>
      <td>Mooney</td>
      <td>Office Manager</td>
      <td>London</td>
      <td>37</td>
      <td>2008/12/11</td>
      <td>$136,200</td>
      <td>7580</td>
      <td>t.mooney@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Jackson</td>
      <td>Bradshaw</td>
      <td>Director</td>
      <td>New York</td>
      <td>65</td>
      <td>2008/09/26</td>
      <td>$645,750</td>
      <td>1042</td>
      <td>j.bradshaw@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Olivia</td>
      <td>Liang</td>
      <td>Support Engineer</td>
      <td>Singapore</td>
      <td>64</td>
      <td>2011/02/03</td>
      <td>$234,500</td>
      <td>2120</td>
      <td>o.liang@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Bruno</td>
      <td>Nash</td>
      <td>Software Engineer</td>
      <td>London</td>
      <td>38</td>
      <td>2011/05/03</td>
      <td>$163,500</td>
      <td>6222</td>
      <td>b.nash@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Sakura</td>
      <td>Yamamoto</td>
      <td>Support Engineer</td>
      <td>Tokyo</td>
      <td>37</td>
      <td>2009/08/19</td>
      <td>$139,575</td>
      <td>9383</td>
      <td>s.yamamoto@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Thor</td>
      <td>Walton</td>
      <td>Developer</td>
      <td>New York</td>
      <td>61</td>
      <td>2013/08/11</td>
      <td>$98,540</td>
      <td>8327</td>
      <td>t.walton@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Finn</td>
      <td>Camacho</td>
      <td>Support Engineer</td>
      <td>San Francisco</td>
      <td>47</td>
      <td>2009/07/07</td>
      <td>$87,500</td>
      <td>2927</td>
      <td>f.camacho@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Serge</td>
      <td>Baldwin</td>
      <td>Data Coordinator</td>
      <td>Singapore</td>
      <td>64</td>
      <td>2012/04/09</td>
      <td>$138,575</td>
      <td>8352</td>
      <td>s.baldwin@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Zenaida</td>
      <td>Frank</td>
      <td>Software Engineer</td>
      <td>New York</td>
      <td>63</td>
      <td>2010/01/04</td>
      <td>$125,250</td>
      <td>7439</td>
      <td>z.frank@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Zorita</td>
      <td>Serrano</td>
      <td>Software Engineer</td>
      <td>San Francisco</td>
      <td>56</td>
      <td>2012/06/01</td>
      <td>$115,000</td>
      <td>4389</td>
      <td>z.serrano@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Jennifer</td>
      <td>Acosta</td>
      <td>Junior Javascript Developer</td>
      <td>Edinburgh</td>
      <td>43</td>
      <td>2013/02/01</td>
      <td>$75,650</td>
      <td>3431</td>
      <td>j.acosta@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cara</td>
      <td>Stevens</td>
      <td>Sales Assistant</td>
      <td>New York</td>
      <td>46</td>
      <td>2011/12/06</td>
      <td>$145,600</td>
      <td>3990</td>
      <td>c.stevens@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Hermione</td>
      <td>Butler</td>
      <td>Regional Director</td>
      <td>London</td>
      <td>47</td>
      <td>2011/03/21</td>
      <td>$356,250</td>
      <td>1016</td>
      <td>h.butler@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Lael</td>
      <td>Greer</td>
      <td>Systems Administrator</td>
      <td>London</td>
      <td>21</td>
      <td>2009/02/27</td>
      <td>$103,500</td>
      <td>6733</td>
      <td>l.greer@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Jonas</td>
      <td>Alexander</td>
      <td>Developer</td>
      <td>San Francisco</td>
      <td>30</td>
      <td>2010/07/14</td>
      <td>$86,500</td>
      <td>8196</td>
      <td>j.alexander@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Shad</td>
      <td>Decker</td>
      <td>Regional Director</td>
      <td>Edinburgh</td>
      <td>51</td>
      <td>2008/11/13</td>
      <td>$183,000</td>
      <td>6373</td>
      <td>s.decker@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Michael</td>
      <td>Bruce</td>
      <td>Javascript Developer</td>
      <td>Singapore</td>
      <td>29</td>
      <td>2011/06/27</td>
      <td>$183,000</td>
      <td>5384</td>
      <td>m.bruce@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Donna</td>
      <td>Snider</td>
      <td>Customer Support</td>
      <td>New York</td>
      <td>27</td>
      <td>2011/01/25</td>
      <td>$112,000</td>
      <td>4226</td>
      <td>d.snider@datatables.net</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>
​

JavaScript

Module

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$(document).ready(function() {
  var table = $('#example').DataTable({
    scrollX: true,
    scrollCollapse: true,
    paging: false,
    fixedColumns: {
      leftColumns: 2
    }
  });
​
​
$(function() {
    // Check the initial Poistion of the Sticky Header
 var stickyHeaderTop = $('#example').offset().top;
 $(window).scroll(function() {
if ($(window).scrollTop() > stickyHeaderTop) {
  $('.dataTables_scrollHead, .DTFC_LeftHeadWrapper').css('transform', 'translateY(0%)');
  $('.DTFC_LeftHeadWrapper').css({position: 'fixed',top: '0px',zIndex: '1',left: 'auto'});
  $('.dataTables_scrollHead').css({position: 'fixed',top: '0px', zIndex: '1' });
  $('.DTFC_ScrollWrapper').css({height: ''});
 
 }
 else {
  $('.DTFC_LeftHeadWrapper, .DTFC_LeftHeadWrapper').css({position: 'relative',top: '0px'});
  $('.dataTables_scrollHead').css({position: 'relative', top: '0px'});
  $('.dataTables_scrollHead').css('transform', 'translateY(0%)');
      }
​
    });
  });
});
​

CSS

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th,
td {
  white-space: nowrap;
}
​
.paraContent {
  font-size: 38px;
  text-align: center;
}
​
table.DTFC_Cloned thead,
thead {
  background-color: #995c00
}
​

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