HTML table with horizontal scrolling (first column fixed)
How about:
table {
table-layout: fixed;
width: 100%;
*margin-left: -100px; /*ie7*/
}
td, th {
vertical-align: top;
border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
padding: 10px;
width: 100px;
}
.fix {
position: absolute;
*position: relative; /*ie7*/
margin-left: -100px;
width: 100px;
}
.outer {
position: relative;
}
.inner {
overflow-x: scroll;
overflow-y: visible;
width: 400px;
margin-left: 100px;
}<div class="outer">
<div class="inner">
<table>
<tr>
<th class=fix></th>
<th>Col 1</th>
<th>Col 2</th>
<th>Col 3</th>
<th>Col 4</th>
<th class="fix">Col 5</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class=fix>Header A</th>
<td>col 1 - A</td>
<td>col 2 - A (WITH LONGER CONTENT)</td>
<td>col 3 - A</td>
<td>col 4 - A</td>
<td class=fix>col 5 - A</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class=fix>Header B</th>
<td>col 1 - B</td>
<td>col 2 - B</td>
<td>col 3 - B</td>
<td>col 4 - B</td>
<td class=fix>col 5 - B</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class=fix>Header C</th>
<td>col 1 - C</td>
<td>col 2 - C</td>
<td>col 3 - C</td>
<td>col 4 - C</td>
<td class=fix>col 5 - C</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>You can test it out in this jsbin: http://jsbin.com/uxecel/4/edit
I have a similar table styled like so:
<table style="width:100%; table-layout:fixed">
<tr>
<td style="width: 150px">Hello, World!</td>
<td>
<div>
<pre style="margin:0; overflow:scroll">My preformatted content</pre>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
Based on skube's approach, I found the minimal set of CSS I needed was:
.horizontal-scroll-except-first-column {
width: 100%;
overflow: auto;
}
.horizontal-scroll-except-first-column > table {
margin-left: 8em;
}
.horizontal-scroll-except-first-column > table > * > tr > th:first-child,
.horizontal-scroll-except-first-column > table > * > tr > td:first-child {
position: absolute;
width: 8em;
margin-left: -8em;
background: #ccc;
}
.horizontal-scroll-except-first-column > table > * > tr > th,
.horizontal-scroll-except-first-column > table > * > tr > td {
/* Without this, if a cell wraps onto two lines, the first column
* will look bad, and may need padding. */
white-space: nowrap;
}<div class="horizontal-scroll-except-first-column">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>FIXED</td> <td>22222</td> <td>33333</td> <td>44444</td> <td>55555</td> <td>66666</td> <td>77777</td> <td>88888</td> <td>99999</td> <td>AAAAA</td> <td>BBBBB</td> <td>CCCCC</td> <td>DDDDD</td> <td>EEEEE</td> <td>FFFFF</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>