Sticky Headers

No JS, just CSS

by David Kyle

HTML

<div class="content-wrapper">

<div class="wrapper">
  <div class="table scroll">
    <div class="thead">
      <div class="tr">
        <div class="th">ID</div>
        <div class="th">Name</div>
        <div class="th">Birth Date</div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="tbody">
      <div class="tr">
        <div class="td">1</div>
        <div class="td">John Smith</div>
        <div class="td">8/23/76</div>
      </div>
      <div class="tr">
        <div class="td">1</div>
        <div class="td">John Smith</div>
        <div class="td">8/23/76</div>
      </div>
      <div class="tr">
        <div class="td">1</div>
        <div class="td">John Smith</div>
        <div class="td">8/23/76</div>
      </div>
      <div class="tr">
        <div class="td">1</div>
        <div class="td">John Smith</div>
        <div class="td">8/23/76</div>
      </div>
      <div class="tr">
        <div class="td">1</div>
        <div class="td">John Smith</div>
        <div class="td">8/23/76</div>
      </div>
      <div class="tr">
        <div class="td">1</div>
        <div class="td">John Smith</div>
        <div class="td">8/23/76</div>
      </div>
      <div class="tr">
        <div class="td">1</div>
        <div class="td">John Smith</div>
        <div class="td">8/23/76</div>
      </div>
      <div class="tr">
        <div class="td">1</div>
        <div class="td">John Smith</div>
        <div class="td">8/23/76</div>
      </div>
      <div class="tr">
        <div class="td">1</div>
        <div class="td">John Smith</div>
        <div class="td">8/23/76</div>
      </div>
      <div class="tr">
        <div class="td">1</div>
        <div class="td">John Smith</div>
        <div class="td">8/23/76</div>
      </div>
      <div class="tr">
        <div class="td">1</div>
        <div class="td">John Smith</div>
        <div class="td">8/23/76</div>
      </div>
      <div class="tr">
        <div class="td">1</div>
        <div class="td">John...

CSS

body {
  font-size: small;
  font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
  color: #121212;
  background-color: #ffffff;
  padding: 0px;
  margin: 0px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: flex-start;
}

.content-wrapper {
  z-index: 2;
  padding: 0px auto;
  max-height: 500px;
}

.wrapper {
  margin: 20px auto;
  width: 50%;
  align-content: center;
  background-color: #ffffff;
}

.wrapper .table {
  display: table;
  border: solid 1px #232323;
  border-collapse: collapse;
}

.wrapper .table .thead {
  display: table-header-group;
}

.wrapper .thead div.th {
  top: 0px;
  position: -webkit-sticky;
  position: -moz-sticky;
  position: -ms-sticky;
  position: -o-sticky;
  position: sticky;
  box-shadow: 1px 1px 0 #000;
  z-index: 1;
  overflow: auto;
}

.wrapper .thead .th {
  background-color: #87b3dd;
  border: solid 1px #232323;
  display: table-cell;
  border-collapse: collapse;
  text-align: center;
  font-weight: bold;
}

.wrapper .tbody {
  display: table-row-group;
  z-index: 0;
  overflow: scroll;
}

.wrapper .tr {
  display: table-row;
}

.wrapper .td {
  display: table-cell;
}

.wrapper .thead .th,
.wrapper .tbody .td {
  margin: 0px;
  padding: 1px 3px;
}

.wrapper .tbody .tr {
  background-color: #ffffff;
}

.wrapper .tbody .tr:nth-child(2n-1) {
  background-color: #cdcdcd;
}

@media screen and (-ms-high-contrast: active),
(-ms-high-contrast: none) {

  /*IE Fixes*/
  .scroll .thead .tr:after {
    content: '';
    overflow-y: scroll;
    visibility: hidden;
  }

  .scroll .thead .th {
    flex: 1 auto;
    display: block;
  }

  .scroll .tbody {
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
    overflow-y: auto;
    height: auto;
    max-height: 200px;
  }

  .scroll .thead .tr,
  .scroll .tbody .tr {
    display: flex;
  }

  .scroll .tbody .tr .td {
    flex: 1 auto;
    word-wrap: break;
  }
}