HTML Tables with Fixed Header on Scroll in CSS

CSS Web Development Front End Technology

By setting postion: sticky and top: 0, we can create a fixed header on a scroll in HTML tables.

Example

The following examples give us an idea of how to implement this −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div {
   color: white;
   display: flex;
   padding: 2%;
   background-color: rgba(190,155,150);
   height: 135px;
   overflow-y: scroll;
}
td,th,p {
   text-align: center;
   font-size: 1.25em;
}
table {
   padding: 3%;
   border-collapse: collapse;
   border: 2px ridge green;
}
th {
   top: 0;
   position: sticky;
   background: #e5d2f1;
   color: black;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>A </th>
<th>B </th>
<th>C </th>
<th>D </th>
<th>E </th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tr>
<td>Hey</td>
<td>Hey</td>
<td>Hey</td>
<td>Hey</td>
<td>Hey</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Demo</td>
<td>Demo</td>
<td>Demo</td>
<td>Demo</td>
<td>Demo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Yo</td>
<td>Yo</td>
<td>Yo</td>
<td>Yo</td>
<td>Yo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Demo</td>
<td>Demo</td>
<td>Demo</td>
<td>Demo</td>
<td>Demo</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>
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</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Output

This will produce the following result −

Example

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div {
   padding: 2%;
   height: 40px;
   overflow-y: scroll;
   box-shadow: inset 0 0 12px lightgreen;
}
tr th {
   background: #25f2f1;
}
table {
   text-align: center;
   position: relative;
   border-collapse: separated;
   width: 100%;
}
th {
   top: 0;
   position: sticky;
   background: white;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>A </th>
<th>B </th>
<th>C </th>
<th>D </th>
<th>E </th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tr>
<td>Hey</td>
<td>Hey</td>
<td>Hey</td>
<td>Hey</td>
<td>Hey</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Demo</td>
<td>Demo</td>
<td>Demo</td>
<td>Demo</td>
<td>Demo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Yo</td>
<td>Yo</td>
<td>Yo</td>
<td>Yo</td>
<td>Yo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Demo</td>
<td>Demo</td>
<td>Demo</td>
<td>Demo</td>
<td>Demo</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</body>
</html>