Scrolling horizontally and vertically in an HTML table with a fixed left column

Looking to design an HTML table that has a set height limit, with the left side staying fixed while scrolling horizontally (and having the ability to scroll horizontally within the table body), but not staying fixed while scrolling vertically (the left side should be scrollable along with the rest of the table).

fixed    scrollable
  1     body content
  2     body content
  3     body content
  4     body content
  .          .
  .          .
  .          .

Came across this solution, which addresses horizontal scrolling. The issue I'm trying to resolve can be seen by adding height: 150px; to the div in Eamon Nerbonne's example on jsFiddle.

Is it possible to achieve this using only HTML and CSS?

htmlcssscrollhtml-table

Answer №1

After incorporating an additional div into Eamon Nerbonne's existing solution, I arrived at the following approach:

Updated jsFiddle

In essence, by introducing another parent div to manage the layout of the subordinate div, you might find success.

<div class="first">
    <div class="second">
        <table>
            <tr><td class="headcol">1</td><td class="long">QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM</td><td class="long">QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM</td></tr>
            <tr><td class="headcol">2</td><td class="long">QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM</td><td class="long">QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM</td></tr>
            <tr><td class="headcol">3</td><td class="long">QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM</td><td class="long">QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM</td></tr>
            <tr><td class="headcol">4</td><td class="long">QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM</td><td class="long">QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM</td></tr>
            <tr><td class="headcol">5</td><td class="long">QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM</td><td class="long">QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM</td></tr>
            <tr><td class="headcol">6</td><td class="long">QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM</td><td class="long">QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM</td></tr>
            <tr><td class="headcol">7</td><td class="long">QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM</td><td class="long">QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM</td></tr>
            <tr><td class="headcol">8</td><td class="long">QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM</td><td class="long">QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM</td></tr>
            <tr><td class="headcol">9</td><td class="long">QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM</td><td class="long">QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM</td></tr>
        </table>
    </div>
</div>

I applied styling to the outer div as shown below:

div.first {
    width: auto;
    overflow-y: scroll;
    overflow-x: hidden;
    height: 150px;     /* adjust this value based on your requirements */      
    padding-bottom: 1px;
    position: absolute;
    left:0;
    top:auto;
}

Answer №2

I came across this thread a little late, but I found it while searching for solutions myself. If you're using modern browsers now, I have a solution that utilizes CSS calc() to ensure widths align properly.

.table-fixed-left table,
.table-fixed-right table {
  border-collapse: collapse;
}
.table-fixed-right td,
.table-fixed-right th,
.table-fixed-left td,
.table-fixed-left th {
  border: 1px solid #ddd;
  padding: 5px 5px;
}
.table-fixed-left {
  width: 120px;
  float: left;
  position: fixed;
  overflow-x: scroll;
  white-space: nowrap;
  text-align: left;
  border: 1px solid #ddd;
  z-index: 2;
}
.table-fixed-right {
  width: calc(100% - 145px);
  right: 15px;
  position: fixed;
  overflow-x: scroll;
  border: 1px solid #ddd;
  white-space: nowrap;
}
.table-fixed-right td,
.table-fixed-right th {
  padding: 5px 10px;
}
<div class="table-fixed-left">
  <table>
    <tr>
      <th>Normal Header</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th>Header with additional line
        <br/>&nbsp;</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th>Normal Header</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th>Normal with additional line
        <br/>&nbsp;</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th>Normal Header</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th>Normal Header</th>
    </tr>
  </table>
</div>
<div class="table-fixed-right">
  <table>
    <tr>
      <th>Header</th>
      <th>Another header</th>
      <th>Header</th>
      <th>Header really really really really long</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Info Long</td>
      <td>Info
        <br/>with second line</td>
      <td>Info
        <br/>with second line</td>
      <td>Info Long</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Info Long</td>
      <td>Info Long</td>
      <td>Info Long</td>
      <td>Info Long</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Info
        <br/>with second line</td>
      <td>Info
        <br/>with second line</td>
      <td>Info
        <br/>with second line</td>
      <td>Info</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Info</td>
      <td>Info</td>
      <td>Info</td>
      <td>Info</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Info</td>
      <td>Info</td>
      <td>Info</td>
      <td>Info</td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</div>

For anyone in need, I hope this solution proves helpful!

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