I'm trying to make a CSS table that (for layout purposes) has a caption at the top and bottom.
Unfortunately, as far as I can tell, display: table-caption merges everything into a single space at the top. This means that only the "header" caption is actually displayed.
I've tried treating them as rows instead, but for some reason, their widths bind to that of the first table column. (Am I doing something wrong here?) The same happens if I make them regular divs with their widths set to 100%.
Is there another, perhaps more elegant way to have multiple table captions? Have I made some stupid error in my attempts that's screwing up the layout?
Since you're using CSS for layout (this is not tabular data) then there's no reason to use display:table-caption for the footer. Just make a regular div whose width is set to the same as the table (or fills a container that shrink-wraps the table).
Edit: Here's an updated example: http://jsfiddle.net/fCTpR/1/
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I have a table that contains 3 columns that need always stay at the left side and column that contains grid where each grid element represents one hour in day, so I need that column to be scrollable. I tried many suggested solutions, but most of them are using position absolute, which is a bad joke, since when I use it I lose advantage of table, e.g. height of row changes, those absolute positioned don't follow. And the other problem is that table consists of few Angular 2 components, it's not just plain html, which makes it harder. Is there any better solution than using position absolute?
Well, in the end I just went with this solution:
Fix and Scrollable table structure using html div
It still uses absolute columns and so fixed widths and margins, but well I can live that as long as it works. About Angular component elements representing row of table, I just gave display: table-row to it and simply put td tags inside, so no longer need to use tr.
I made this approach. I't will work for vertical and horizontal directions.
https://plnkr.co/edit/MWFJuiWsUoo39xbCwAKI?p=preview
onScrollA($evt) {
this.divC.nativeElement.scrollLeft = evt.srcElement.scrollLeft;
}
Maybe try with position: sticky; But without code, it is hard to see where the problem is.
I have a large table inside a scrollable div. The table contains a person's name, followed by his details. I need the first column of the table to stay fixed while scrolling horizontally, so that the person's name stays visible while look at his details. Similar to this: HTML table with horizontal scrolling (first column fixed)
However, my table is also very large in the y direction, so when I scroll down, the person's name should also scroll up with his details. This almost solves my problem, but not the vertical scrolling.
Please help!
I was trying to solve fixed column issue where a table is inside other DIV control. While solving that, I faced the same issue and found solution via setting up container at ScrollTop property on event of "onscroll". I applied below style to the container:
.floatingStyle
{
position:relative;
background-color:#829DC0;
top:0px;
}
You can look complete solution here: http://rajputyh.blogspot.in/2011/12/floatingfixed-table-header-in-html-page.html
There are few browser related issues which are also handled there.
For vertical scrolling the problem is keeping the headers and footer fixed. The best way to do this is to actually have three tables - one for headers, one for the data (in a scrollable DIV) and one for the footer. If the table column widths are fixed then that's all you need to do. If they aren't then you'll need to use JavaScript to adjust them. But there is a trick here - a table with AUTO column widths can't be guaranteed to use widths that you specify in JS, especially if a column is empty, or a header text item is quite long.
I've handled this by setting the headers width based on the data, finding if the browser resized and then changing the data widths. Once they are close I then set the table to FIXED mode for the final adjustment.
Have a look here:
http://hifi.goneill.co.nz/cd.php
Click on Jazz, Classical buttons etc to see the tables. Also read the technical notes page as it describes the coding and try out the Ajax version too.
For your fixed column you could do something similar: have two tables and use the offsetTop of one to set the scrollTop of the other. See how my table sets the top line when you sort on a column with empty rows, or saves and restores the current row in the Ajax version when swapping between tabs.
Maybe this has already been answered and I am searching incorrectly, but here is my problem. I have an MVC project where the view needs to look like a table. So, I am using a div with spans inside of it. My problem is that I need the data inside to be vertically centered. When I set my display to inline-block I cannot vertically align because some of the data may wrap and become two lines. So, this throws out using line-height. Then I tried to make my span display values to be table-cell. This works and I can use vertical-align:middle, however then I am unable to set a fixed width. And, I need this to look like a table, so the fixed width is required or else it looks horrible.
Here are my attempts thus far, and I know the css needs cleaned up, but I would rather fix this first atm.
http://jsfiddle.net/Scorpionb/ukMfX/ (The scrollbars cause the entire row to misalign)
http://jsfiddle.net/Scorpionb/QzFc3/(white-space:normal; and removed overflow to get rid of the scrollbars)
http://jsfiddle.net/Scorpionb/H6ATy/ (trying to treat it as a table)
Hopefully this makes sense, but I have run around so many circles now that I am losing track of what works and what does not. So, ask if you have any questions.
Also, this is an ASP MVC project, so I am tying each row of data to a form to be submitted and bound to a model
You should really be using tables for tabular content.
You might also benefit cleaning up your CSS by using shorthand CSS. Some useful ones to get you started:
font
border-width
My code for creating the data table looks like this:
myDataTable = new YAHOO.widget.ScrollingDataTable(
"containerDiv",
myColumnDefs,
myDataSource,
{height:"100px",width:"100%"}
);
That code produces a table that looks something like this:
(Screen shot not available anymore from external site)
http://drop.io/download/public/gfipf7axm6ydjsvuaiaf/296829ffb3ad115ecf1d9e13a607eaf2e2dc2788/Asset/37984293/v3/large_thumbnail
Notice how it creates an outer box stretching 100% just like I want it to, but the table itself does not stretch all the way 100%, instead it is only large enough to fit the contents of the table.
Please note that the outer box that stretches 100% is created by YUI when you run the above code, I didn't create that myself.
What I really need is just vertical scrolling and no horizontal scrolling. But YUI does not let you specify one or the other, you get both.
Is there a way to make the table stretch 100%? I didn't find anything about this issue in the YUI documentation, unless I have overlooked it.
Thanks for reading!
When you use a ScrollingDataTable and specify a width, the columns are not auto-sized. This makes sense when you think about it - the table must handle cases where there are too many columns to fit in the view, so it doesn't attempt to fit them.
Since it looks like you don't need horizontal scrolling, remove the width config attribute. To get the table to your desired width, you can try:
Specifying the width in css on the container div, rather than in the table config
Specifying column widths so they add up to the total width that you want.
I'm working on a web page where I have a dynamically generated table where certain columns should be of variable width (sizing to the text) and certain columns must always be a specific width. However, the table is inside of a containing div, and firefox is resizing the table such that it stays within the confines of the div. The trouble is, it resizes the columns that must remain a specific width.
Is there any way to force those columns to remain the same size, thus forcing the table to overflow from the div? The div has overflow: auto, which allows you to still see the table, and this is the effect that I am trying to achieve.
Thanks.
You might try styling it with overflow: visible; You could also try floating it, but that opens a whole other can of worms that you probably don't want.
I have several encounters with this problem, I couldn't find a best way to have what I want to display to be displayed/aligned to my needs. Especially so for width of the columns with dynamic text.
Instead of tackling it head-on, I use another approach. I tried to limit the number of characters (variable font-wdith still an issue, need to tweak around) to be displayed on a fixed width column. I'll then add tooltip (via title attribute or tooltip plugins) when mouseover those truncated text.
This is not a direct answer to your requirement, just offering another alternative.