How to stick table header(thead) on top while scrolling down the table rows with fixed header(navbar) in bootstrap 3?
Solution 1
Use: https://github.com/mkoryak/floatThead
Docs: http://mkoryak.github.io/floatThead/examples/bootstrap3/
$(document).ready(function(){
$(".sticky-header").floatThead({top:50});
});
DEMO with 2 Tables and Fixed Header: http://jsbin.com/zuzuqe/1/
http://jsbin.com/zuzuqe/1/edit
HTML
<!-- Fixed navbar -->
<div class="navbar navbar-default navbar-fixed-top">
<div class="container">
<div class="navbar-header">
<button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse">
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
</button>
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Project name</a>
</div>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#about">About</a></li>
<li><a href="#contact">Contact</a></li>
<li class="dropdown">
<a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Dropdown <b class="caret"></b></a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li><a href="#">Action</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Another action</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Something else here</a></li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li class="dropdown-header">Nav header</li>
<li><a href="#">Separated link</a></li>
<li><a href="#">One more separated link</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<!--/.nav-collapse -->
</div>
</div>
<!-- Begin page content -->
<div class="container">
<div class="page-header">
<h1>Sticky footer with fixed navbar</h1>
</div>
<p class="lead">Pin a fixed-height footer to the bottom of the viewport in desktop browsers with this custom HTML and CSS. A fixed navbar has been added within <code>#wrap</code> with <code>padding-top: 60px;</code> on the <code>.container</code>.</p>
<table class="table table-striped sticky-header">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>#</th>
<th>First Name</th>
<th>Last Name</th>
<th>Username</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Mark</td>
<td>Otto</td>
<td>@mdo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Jacob</td>
<td>Thornton</td>
<td>@fat</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>Larry</td>
<td>the Bird</td>
<td>@twitter</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Mark</td>
<td>Otto</td>
<td>@mdo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Jacob</td>
<td>Thornton</td>
<td>@fat</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>Larry</td>
<td>the Bird</td>
<td>@twitter</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Mark</td>
<td>Otto</td>
<td>@mdo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Jacob</td>
<td>Thornton</td>
<td>@fat</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>Larry</td>
<td>the Bird</td>
<td>@twitter</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Mark</td>
<td>Otto</td>
<td>@mdo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Jacob</td>
<td>Thornton</td>
<td>@fat</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>Larry</td>
<td>the Bird</td>
<td>@twitter</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h3>Table 2</h3>
<table class="table table-striped sticky-header">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>#</th>
<th>New Table</th>
<th>Last Name</th>
<th>Username</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Mark</td>
<td>Otto</td>
<td>@mdo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Jacob</td>
<td>Thornton</td>
<td>@fat</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>Larry</td>
<td>the Bird</td>
<td>@twitter</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Mark</td>
<td>Otto</td>
<td>@mdo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Jacob</td>
<td>Thornton</td>
<td>@fat</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>Larry</td>
<td>the Bird</td>
<td>@twitter</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Mark</td>
<td>Otto</td>
<td>@mdo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Jacob</td>
<td>Thornton</td>
<td>@fat</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>Larry</td>
<td>the Bird</td>
<td>@twitter</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Mark</td>
<td>Otto</td>
<td>@mdo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Jacob</td>
<td>Thornton</td>
<td>@fat</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>Larry</td>
<td>the Bird</td>
<td>@twitter</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
CSS
body{
padding-top:50px;
}
table.floatThead-table {
border-top: none;
border-bottom: none;
background-color: #fff;
}
Solution 2
This can now be done without JS, just pure CSS. So, anyone trying to do this for modern browsers should look into using position: sticky
instead.
Currently, both Edge and Chrome have a bug where position: sticky
doesn't work on thead
or tr
elements, however it's possible to use it on th
elements, so all you need to do is just add this to your code:
th {
position: sticky;
top: 50px; /* 0px if you don't have a navbar, but something is required */
background: white;
}
Note: you'll need a background color for them, or you'll be able to see through the sticky title bar.
This has very good browser support.
Demo with your code (HTML unaltered, above 5 lines of CSS added, all JS removed):
body {
padding-top:50px;
}
table.floatThead-table {
border-top: none;
border-bottom: none;
background-color: #fff;
}
th {
position: sticky;
top: 50px;
background: white;
}
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.0/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<!-- Fixed navbar -->
<div class="navbar navbar-default navbar-fixed-top">
<div class="container">
<div class="navbar-header">
<button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse"> <span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
</button> <a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Project name</a>
</div>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#about">About</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#contact">Contact</a>
</li>
<li class="dropdown"> <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Dropdown <b class="caret"></b></a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li><a href="#">Action</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Another action</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Something else here</a>
</li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li class="dropdown-header">Nav header</li>
<li><a href="#">Separated link</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#">One more separated link</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<!--/.nav-collapse -->
</div>
</div>
<!-- Begin page content -->
<div class="container">
<div class="page-header">
<h1>Sticky Table Headers</h1>
</div>
<p class="lead">If the page is tall and all of the table is visible, then it won't stick. Make your viewport short.</p>
<p class="lead">If the page is tall and all of the table is visible, then it won't stick. Make your viewport short.</p>
<p class="lead">If the page is tall and all of the table is visible, then it won't stick. Make your viewport short.</p>
<table class="table table-striped sticky-header">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>#</th>
<th>First Name</th>
<th>Last Name</th>
<th>Username</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Mark</td>
<td>Otto</td>
<td>@mdo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Jacob</td>
<td>Thornton</td>
<td>@fat</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>Larry</td>
<td>the Bird</td>
<td>@twitter</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Mark</td>
<td>Otto</td>
<td>@mdo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Jacob</td>
<td>Thornton</td>
<td>@fat</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>Larry</td>
<td>the Bird</td>
<td>@twitter</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Mark</td>
<td>Otto</td>
<td>@mdo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Jacob</td>
<td>Thornton</td>
<td>@fat</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>Larry</td>
<td>the Bird</td>
<td>@twitter</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Mark</td>
<td>Otto</td>
<td>@mdo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Jacob</td>
<td>Thornton</td>
<td>@fat</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>Larry</td>
<td>the Bird</td>
<td>@twitter</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="lead">If the page is tall and all of the table is visible, then it won't stick. Make your viewport short.</p>
<p class="lead">If the page is tall and all of the table is visible, then it won't stick. Make your viewport short.</p>
<p class="lead">If the page is tall and all of the table is visible, then it won't stick. Make your viewport short.</p>
<p class="lead">If the page is tall and all of the table is visible, then it won't stick. Make your viewport short.</p>
<p class="lead">If the page is tall and all of the table is visible, then it won't stick. Make your viewport short.</p>
<p class="lead">If the page is tall and all of the table is visible, then it won't stick. Make your viewport short.</p>
<p class="lead">If the page is tall and all of the table is visible, then it won't stick. Make your viewport short.</p>
<h3>Table 2</h3>
<table class="table table-striped sticky-header">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>#</th>
<th>New Table</th>
<th>Last Name</th>
<th>Username</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Mark</td>
<td>Otto</td>
<td>@mdo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Jacob</td>
<td>Thornton</td>
<td>@fat</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>Larry</td>
<td>the Bird</td>
<td>@twitter</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Mark</td>
<td>Otto</td>
<td>@mdo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Jacob</td>
<td>Thornton</td>
<td>@fat</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>Larry</td>
<td>the Bird</td>
<td>@twitter</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Mark</td>
<td>Otto</td>
<td>@mdo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Jacob</td>
<td>Thornton</td>
<td>@fat</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>Larry</td>
<td>the Bird</td>
<td>@twitter</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Mark</td>
<td>Otto</td>
<td>@mdo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Jacob</td>
<td>Thornton</td>
<td>@fat</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>Larry</td>
<td>the Bird</td>
<td>@twitter</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
Solution 3
You can do it easily with puse CSS without any kind of JS. you have to add position: sticky; top: 0; z-index:999;
in table th
. But this won't work on Chrome Browser but other browser. To work on chrome you have to add those code in table thead th
.table-fixed {
width: 100%;
}
/*This will work on every browser but Chrome Browser*/
.table-fixed thead {
position: sticky;
position: -webkit-sticky;
top: 0;
z-index: 999;
background-color: #000;
color: #fff;
}
/*This will work on every browser*/
.table-fixed thead th {
position: sticky;
position: -webkit-sticky;
top: 0;
z-index: 999;
background-color: #000;
color: #fff;
}
<table class="table-fixed">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Table Header 1</th>
<th>Table Header 2</th>
<th>Table Header 3</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
<td>Data</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Solution 4
Anyone looking for this functionality past 2018: it's much cleaner to do this with just CSS using position: sticky.
position: sticky doesn't work with some table elements (thead/tr) in Chrome. You can move sticky to tds/ths of tr you need to be sticky. Like this:
thead tr:nth-child(1) th {
background: white;
position: sticky;
top: 0;
z-index: 10;
}
Solution 5
I faced the same issue and as majority of the answers indicated, you have to apply position: sticky; and top: 0; ( mostly but can vary if there is a navbar which is fixed as well) to 'th' element. These properties do not apply to thead or tr.
One more thing, if it still doesn't work, you have to look for 'overflow' properties of the parent. If any parent component has an overflow set, i.e. overflow: hidden, then position: sticky just doesn't work. Make sure to remove all such parent properties. Chao!
Suresh Karia
All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost;
Updated on July 05, 2022Comments
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Suresh Karia almost 2 years
Bootstrap layout with
fixed-navbar
. Having table with so many rows in body.Issue? As i scroll the page navigation-bar will be there because it is fixed. as i scroll more i want table header to be fixed under navigation-bar and the content of table(table-body) scrolls without scroll bar!
Something like This - Codepen
**Fiddle ** Bootstrap table
Working Fiddle after referring to the answer!
HTML
<!-- Wrap all page content here --> <div id="wrap"> <!-- Fixed navbar --> <div class="navbar navbar-default navbar-fixed-top"> <div class="container"> <div class="navbar-header"> <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse"> <span class="icon-bar"></span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> </button> <a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Project name</a> </div> <div class="collapse navbar-collapse"> <ul class="nav navbar-nav"> <li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li> <li><a href="#about">About</a></li> <li><a href="#contact">Contact</a></li> <li class="dropdown"> <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Dropdown <b class="caret"></b></a> <ul class="dropdown-menu"> <li><a href="#">Action</a></li> <li><a href="#">Another action</a></li> <li><a href="#">Something else here</a></li> <li class="divider"></li> <li class="dropdown-header">Nav header</li> <li><a href="#">Separated link</a></li> <li><a href="#">One more separated link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div><!--/.nav-collapse --> </div> </div> <!-- Begin page content --> <div class="container"> <div class="page-header"> <h1>Sticky footer with fixed navbar</h1> </div> <p class="lead">Pin a fixed-height footer to the bottom of the viewport in desktop browsers with this custom HTML and CSS. A fixed navbar has been added within <code>#wrap</code> with <code>padding-top: 60px;</code> on the <code>.container</code>.</p> </div> <table class="table"> <thead> <tr> <th>#</th> <th>First Name</th> <th>Last Name</th> <th>Username</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Mark</td> <td>Otto</td> <td>@mdo</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Jacob</td> <td>Thornton</td> <td>@fat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Larry</td> <td>the Bird</td> <td>@twitter</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Mark</td> <td>Otto</td> <td>@mdo</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Jacob</td> <td>Thornton</td> <td>@fat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Larry</td> <td>the Bird</td> <td>@twitter</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Mark</td> <td>Otto</td> <td>@mdo</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Jacob</td> <td>Thornton</td> <td>@fat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Larry</td> <td>the Bird</td> <td>@twitter</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Mark</td> <td>Otto</td> <td>@mdo</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Jacob</td> <td>Thornton</td> <td>@fat</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Larry</td> <td>the Bird</td> <td>@twitter</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="container"> <p class="text-muted credit">Example courtesy <a href="http://martinbean.co.uk">Martin Bean</a> and <a href="http://ryanfait.com/sticky-footer/">Ryan Fait</a>.</p> </div> </div>
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Suresh Karia over 9 yearsAs i scroll the page navigation-bar will be there because it is fixed. as i scroll more i want table header to be fixed under navigation-bar and the content of table(table-body) scrolls without scroll bar!
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Suresh Karia over 9 yearslooks great! but not working in my fiddle! trying...! If you can please update my fiddle with your code!
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Christina over 9 yearsYou need to show the fiddle you tried to get work this is basic stuff. Link to an external resource of the script, loaded after jQuery, if you can't load the external resource, post the full script, then paste in the initialization and CSS. However, Fiddle is a really poor environment compared to JSBin.
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Suresh Karia over 9 yearsThank you for your answer it was helpful! See working Fiddle jsfiddle.net/DTcHh/1360
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Suresh Karia over 9 yearsThank you for the answer but i wanted this jsfiddle.net/DTcHh/1360 it is working now
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MD Ashik over 7 yearsIt's Working Great ,,, Take a look my jsfiddle.net/ashikjs
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LinusR over 7 yearsThank you. FYI, in the current version it appears the parameter is now simply called
top
instead ofscrollingTop
. It can be either an int, or a function. If a function, it is run again every timefloatThead('reflow')
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Alan De Smet over 5 yearsDoes "This will work on every browser" mean that I don't need the "This will work on every browser but Chrome Browser" version, or that I need both to support (nearly) everything and Chrome?
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Mulperi over 5 yearsWe dont need jQuery for this. -1
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Dzintars over 5 yearsI made some working example using this technique. Handling x/y scrolling. codepen.io/oswee/pen/xMQJVm
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ashleedawg about 5 years. . . voted down since, although it used to be a great answer, it's now out of date. There are much more simple ways to accomplish this.
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OsakaWebbie about 5 yearsNice thorough answer for current browsers.
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Claudiu Creanga almost 5 yearsthis doesn't work if you have overflow in the parents
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Verbe almost 5 yearsDoesn't work if the parent is a bootstrap responsive div
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Okku almost 5 yearsYou should be able to add different offsets for each row, no?
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Schpaencoder about 4 yearsWorks in Chrome but not in Safari
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Fusseldieb almost 4 yearsApplying
overflow: initial
on my table wrapper made it appear on top! That tip was increbily useful! Thanks! EDIT: On a further note, I had setoverflow-x: auto
earlier, that's whyinitial
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Suresh Karia almost 4 yearscan you please explain further how it will work? or convert this code to snipped where the user can see it working.
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Marcelo Silva almost 4 yearsI made an example here codepen.io/pen/?template=poyrbGw
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tirmey over 3 yearsThank you about the "thead bug" hint!
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Tim Daubenschütz almost 3 yearsYou @Fusseldieb are a true hero! After going through the whole internet for answers, your tip fixed my problem!
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Fusseldieb almost 3 years@TimDaubenschütz Happy to know it worked for you :)
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shamaseen almost 3 yearsI was having
overflow-x: hidden;
on the body, and that prevented it to work too!