Title: Static Table Header? Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Static Table Header? * Resolved [syncmaster913n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/syncmaster913n/) * (@syncmaster913n) * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-table-header/) * Hi Tobias, * Thank you for being so helpful in all your replies. I hope you can help me too šŸ™‚ * Basically I would like to make a part of a table (the top 3 rows) FIXED, so that when someone scrolls the page down and those top three rows reach the top of the page, they stop there (remain visible at the top of the page) while the remainder of the page keeps scrolling up. This is for a comparison chart where the top 3 rows contain information regarding the product that are being compared, so I would like the reader to constantly be aware of which products he is currently reading the specs for (which is difficult if the product names at the top of the table move out of sight). * Is there any way I could easily do this with custom CSS code and overflow:auto? Iā€™m pretty new to CSS but if you can point me in the right direction Iā€™m sure I can handle it. * Thanks! * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tablepress/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tablepress/) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 22 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-table-header/page/2/?output_format=md) [ā†’](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-table-header/page/2/?output_format=md) * Plugin Author [Tobias BƤthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * (@tobiasbg) * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-table-header/#post-3792006) * Hi, * thanks for your question. * For this, you can use the TablePress DataTables FixedHeader Extension from [http://tablepress.org/extensions/datatables-fixedheader/](http://tablepress.org/extensions/datatables-fixedheader/) That will fix the table head at the top of the page during scrolling. * However, this solution does only support one head row. Multiple head rows are not supported by TablePress as of now though, sorry. * Regards, Tobias * Thread Starter [syncmaster913n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/syncmaster913n/) * (@syncmaster913n) * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-table-header/#post-3792008) * Hi Tobias, * Thanks a lot! * Will this plugin allow me to set a static header even if I have unchecked theā€œ Make first row the header of this tableā€ option? * Plugin Author [Tobias BƤthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * (@tobiasbg) * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-table-header/#post-3792009) * Hi, * no, this Extension requires that checkbox to be checked, as it can only transform that header row into a fixed header. * Regards, Tobias * Thread Starter [syncmaster913n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/syncmaster913n/) * (@syncmaster913n) * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-table-header/#post-3792044) * hi Tobias, * Thanks, I installed the plugin and it generally works fine, however Iā€™m facing one strange issue; basically when the FixedHeader plugin is activated, it seems like the top row (the header) is getting duplicated, with one row going over the other. So basically for some reason there are TWO header rows, with one covering the upper half of the other. When I disable the FixedHeader plugin (or change the table shortcut back to [table id=1 /]) everything goes back to normal. * Have you experienced anything similar in the past? * Plugin Author [Tobias BƤthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * (@tobiasbg) * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-table-header/#post-3792066) * Hi, * that is correct, and itā€™s the intended behavior. Basically, this has technical reason, as a sticky header is only possible by duplicating the actual header. However, this should be invisible to the user, as they should be right on top of each other. As you can see them, this means that thereā€™s some CSS not being picked up by the copy. We should be able to fix this with some ā€œCustom CSSā€. To find that, Iā€™d need to see this though, so please post a link to the page with the table where this happens. * Regards, Tobias * Thread Starter [syncmaster913n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/syncmaster913n/) * (@syncmaster913n) * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-table-header/#post-3792071) * Hi Tobias, * Thanks ā€“ hereā€™s a link. Itā€™s shortened and set to expire within 50 minutes from now as I do not want the website to remain live, hope thatā€™s OK: * [http://temporaryurl.scripteen.com/ah](http://temporaryurl.scripteen.com/ah) * Plugin Author [Tobias BƤthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * (@tobiasbg) * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-table-header/#post-3792083) * Hi, * thanks for the link! * Please try adding this to the ā€œCustom CSSā€ textarea on the ā€œPlugin Optionsā€ screen of TablePress: * ``` .tablepress thead th, .tablepress tfoot th { line-height: normal; } ``` * Regards, Tobias * Thread Starter [syncmaster913n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/syncmaster913n/) * (@syncmaster913n) * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-table-header/#post-3792085) * Oh and in case it helps, here is my Custom CSS for the table: * _[CSS moderated. All that is needed is a link to your site.]_ * Plugin Author [Tobias BƤthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * (@tobiasbg) * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-table-header/#post-3792086) * Hi, * no, no need to post your ā€œCustom CSSā€ here, I can see that in the page šŸ™‚ * Regards, Tobias * Thread Starter [syncmaster913n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/syncmaster913n/) * (@syncmaster913n) * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-table-header/#post-3792087) * Man, you rock!!! the problem is immediately fixed šŸ™‚ * Thanks a lot!! * Plugin Author [Tobias BƤthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * (@tobiasbg) * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-table-header/#post-3792088) * Hi again, * in fact, please combine everything that starts with * ``` .tablepress thead th, .tablepress tfoot th { ``` * into one block: * ``` .tablepress thead th, .tablepress tfoot th { text-align: center; vertical-align: text-top; background-color: white; line-height: normal; } ``` * Regards, Tobias * Thread Starter [syncmaster913n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/syncmaster913n/) * (@syncmaster913n) * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-table-header/#post-3792089) * Made a tiny Donation as an expression of my appreciation. Keep it up man! * Thread Starter [syncmaster913n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/syncmaster913n/) * (@syncmaster913n) * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-table-header/#post-3792092) * Done! * Thank you again šŸ™‚ * Plugin Author [Tobias BƤthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * (@tobiasbg) * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-table-header/#post-3792093) * Hi, * great to hear that this helped! šŸ™‚ And thanks for the donation! * Best wishes, Tobias * P.S.: In case you havenā€™t, please [rate TablePress](http://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/tablepress) here in the plugin directory. Thanks! * Thread Starter [syncmaster913n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/syncmaster913n/) * (@syncmaster913n) * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-table-header/#post-3792095) * Well itā€™s hard to give it anything less than five stars to be honest šŸ™‚ Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 22 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-table-header/page/2/?output_format=md) [ā†’](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-table-header/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ā€˜Static Table Header?ā€™ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/tablepress/assets/icon.svg?rev=3192944) * [TablePress - Tables in WordPress made easy](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tablepress/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tablepress/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tablepress/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tablepress/reviews/) * 22 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Tobias BƤthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * Last activity: [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-table-header/page/2/#post-3792148) * Status: resolved