Scroll table columns
HTML
<button id="left">←</button>
<button id="right">→</button>
<div id="table-wrapper">
<table border="1"colspan="0" width="100%" height="100%">
<thead >
<tr>
<th>Heading1</th>
<th>Heading2</th>
<th>Heading3</th>
<th>Heading4</th>
<th>Heading5</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1<br/>asdasdada</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>15</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2<br/>asdasdada<br/>asdasdada</td>
<td>22</td>
<td>23</td>
<td>24</td>
<td>25</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3<br/>asdasdada</td>
<td>32</td>
<td>33</td>
<td>34</td>
<td>35</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4<br/>asdasdada<br/>asdasdada<br/>asdasdada<br/>asdasdada<br/>asdasdada</td>
<td>42</td>
<td>43</td>
<td>44</td>
<td>45</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>5<br/>asdasdada</td>
<td>52</td>
<td>53</td>
<td>54</td>
<td>55</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
CSS
#table-wrapper {
width: 95%;
float: left;
overflow-x: scroll;
background: #ddd;
}
table {
background: #fff;
width: 1200px;
text-align: center;
overflow: hidden;
position: relative;
}
table thead tr th {
width: 15em;
}
table thead tr th:first-child,
table tbody tr td:first-child {
top: auto;
left: 0.5;
/*position: fixed;*/
width: 6em;
}
table thead tr th:nth-child(2),
table tbody tr td:nth-child(2) {
padding-left: 7em;
/*to show second column behind the first*/
}
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function() {
});