HTML table pure CSS fixed header
This is a, slightly hackish, pure CSS implementation of a fixed table header.
It is implemented in HTML5 and CSS3 and is tested in FX 25, Chrome 31 and IE 10.
HTML
<section class="">
<div class="container">
<table class="fixed_headers">
<thead>
<tr class="header">
<th>
<div>Table attribute name</div>
</th>
<th>
<div>Table attribute name</div>
</th>
<th>
<div>Value</div>
</th>
<th>
<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>
<td>align</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>
<td>align</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>
<td>align</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>
<td>align</td>
</tr>
<tr>
...
CSS
.fixed_headers {
width: 750px;
table-layout: fixed;
border-collapse: collapse;
}
.fixed_headers th {
text-decoration: underline;
}
.fixed_headers th,
.fixed_headers td {
padding: 5px;
text-align: left;
}
.fixed_headers td:nth-child(1),
.fixed_headers th:nth-child(1) {
min-width: 200px;
}
.fixed_headers td:nth-child(2),
.fixed_headers th:nth-child(2) {
min-width: 200px;
}
.fixed_headers td:nth-child(3),
.fixed_headers th:nth-child(3) {
width: 350px;
}
.fixed_headers thead {
background-color: #333;
color: #FDFDFD;
}
.fixed_headers thead tr {
display: block;
position: relative;
}
.fixed_headers tbody {
display: block;
overflow: auto;
width: 100%;
height: 300px;
}
.fixed_headers tbody tr:nth-child(even) {
background-color: #DDD;
}
.old_ie_wrapper {
height: 300px;
width: 750px;
overflow-x: hidden;
overflow-y: auto;
}
.old_ie_wrapper tbody {
height: auto;
}