CSS-Only Sticky Table Headers In Chrome

Question

I have the following Sass snippet in which I want the to float as the table scrolls. This works properly in Safari, but not in Chrome Versio

Answer 1

For somebody, who is still looking for a solution and isn't satisfied with the accepted one.

1) Use sticky-top class on th element.

2) With own class

th.sticky-header {
  position: sticky;
  top: 0;
  z-index: 10;
  /*To not have transparent background.
  background-color: white;*/
}

<table class="table">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th class="sticky-header">1</th>
      <th class="sticky-header">2</th>
      <th class="sticky-header">3</th>
      <th class="sticky-header">4</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>1</td>
      <td>2</td>
      <td>3</td>
      <td>4</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>1</td>
      <td>2</td>
      <td>3</td>
      <td>4</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>1</td>
      <td>2</td>
      <td>3</td>
      <td>4</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

Answer 2

You set the sticky position on the header table-cell instead of table-row.

.td.header {
  position: sticky;
  top:0px;
}

Check out this jsfiddle for simple example.

Answer 3

https://jsfiddle.net/y9cwnb81/4/

div.table {
  width: 100%;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr;
  grid-template-rows: 1fr auto;

  grid-template-areas:
    "header header header"
    "content content content";
}

.header {
  grid: 1fr/1fr;
}

.content {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr;
  grid-template-rows: auto;
  grid-area: content;
  height: 200px;
  overflow-y: scroll;
}

.content div {
  grid: auto-flow 1fr / repeat(auto-fill);
}

<!-- Here is the table code -->

<div class="table">
  <div class="header">Name</div>
  <div class="header">Color</div>
  <div class="header">Description</div>
  <div class="content">
    <div>Apple</div>
    <div>Red</div>
    <div>These are red asd,mas, da,msnd asndm,asndm,asndbansbdansmbdmnasbd.</div>

    <div>Apple</div>
    <div>Red</div>
    <div>These are red asd.</div>

    <div>Apple</div>
    <div>Red</div>
    <div>These are red asd.</div>

    <div>Apple</div>
    <div>Red</div>
    <div>These are red asd.</div>

    <div>Apple</div>
    <div>Red</div>
    <div>These are red asd.</div>

    <div>Apple</div>
    <div>Red</div>
    <div>These are red asd.</div>

    <div>Apple</div>
    <div>Red</div>
    <div>These are red asd.</div>

    <div>Apple</div>
    <div>Red</div>
    <div>These are red asd.</div>

    <div>Apple</div>
    <div>Red</div>
    <div>These are red asd.</div>

    <div>Apple</div>
    <div>Red</div>
    <div>These are red asd.</div>

    <div>Apple</div>
    <div>Red</div>
    <div>These are red asd.</div>
  </div>
</div>

Here is an example using CSS GRID to have sticky headers only with CSS, no javascript required.

Answer 4

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:

.table {
  thead tr:nth-child(1) th{
    background: white;
    position: sticky;
    top: 0;
    z-index: 10;
  }
}

Also this will work.

.table {
    position: sticky;
    top: 0;
    z-index: 10;
}

You can move header to separate layout. For example:

<table class="table">
    <thead>
    <tr>
        <th>1</th>
        <th>2</th>
        <th>3</th>
        <th>4</th>
    </tr>
    </thead>
</table>
<table>
    <tbody>
    <tr>
        <td>1</td>
        <td>2</td>
        <td>3</td>
        <td>4</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>1</td>
        <td>2</td>
        <td>3</td>
        <td>4</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>1</td>
        <td>2</td>
        <td>3</td>
        <td>4</td>
    </tr>
</table>