Scrolling Table Fluid Width and Height
HTML
<body>
<div class="scrollingtable">
<div>
<div>
<table>
<caption>Top Caption</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th><div label="Column 1"></div></th>
<th><div label="Column 2"></div></th>
<th><div label="Column 3"></div></th>
<th>
<!--more versatile way of doing column label; requires 2 identical copies of label-->
<div><div>Column 4</div><div>Column 4</div></div>
</th>
<th class="scrollbarhead"></th> <!--ALWAYS ADD THIS EXTRA CELL AT END OF HEADER ROW-->
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Lorem ipsum</td><td>Dolor</td><td>Sit</td><td>Amet consectetur</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lorem ipsum</td><td>Dolor</td><td>Sit</td><td>Amet consectetur</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
Faux bottom caption
</div>
</div>
</body>
<!--[if lte IE 9]><style>.scrollingtable > div > div > table {margin-right: 17px;}</style><![endif]-->
CSS
/*the following html and body rule sets are required only if using a % width or height*/
html {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
body {
box-sizing: border-box;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0 20px 0 20px;
text-align: center;
background: white;
}
.scrollingtable {
box-sizing: border-box;
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: middle;
overflow: hidden;
width: auto; /*if you want a fixed width, set it here, else set to auto*/
min-width: /*0*/100%; /*if you want a % width, set it here, else set to 0*/
height: /*188px*/100%; /*set table height here; can be fixed value or %*/
min-height: /*0*/104px; /*if using % height, make this large enough to fit scrollbar arrows + caption + thead*/
font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif;
font-size: 15px;
line-height: 20px;
padding: 20px 0 20px 0; /*need enough padding to make room for caption(s)*/
text-align: left;
}
.scrollingtable * {box-sizing: border-box;}
.scrollingtable > div {
position: relative;
border-top: 1px solid black;
height: 100%;
padding-top: 20px; /*this determines column header height*/
}
.scrollingtable > div:before {
top: 0;
background: cornflowerblue; /*header row background color*/
}
.scrollingtable > div:before,
.scrollingtable > div > div:after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
z-index: -1;
width: 100%;
height: 50%;
left: 0;
}
.scrollingtable > div > div {
min-height: /*0*/43px; /*if using % height, make this large enough to fit scrollbar arrows*/
max-height: 100%;
overflow: /*scroll*/auto; /*set to auto if using fixed or % width; else scroll*/
overflow-x: hidden;
border: 1px solid black; /*border around table body*/
}
.scrollingtable > div > div:after {background: white;} /*match page background color*/
.scrollingtable > div > div > table {
width: 100%;
border-spacing: 0;
margin-top: -20px; /*inverse of column header height*/
margin-right: 17px; /*uncomment if using % width*/
}
.scrollingtable > div > div > table > caption {
position:...
JavaScript
/* THIS JAVASCRIPT JUST ADDS ROWS FOR TESTING PURPOSES */
(function() {
for(var n=8, r=document.querySelector("tbody>tr"), p=r.parentNode; n--; p.appendChild(r.cloneNode(true)));
})();