HTML Table with Fixed Header and Scrollable Body

Hi friends, In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an HTML table with fixed header and scrollable body using Datatables. The fixed header property helps us to view the header name at a fixed position against the table rows.

Actually, there are so many tutorials on this topic such as using bootstrap by sticky position or by CSS, etc. but the fact is that sometimes those tips and tricks might not work and sometimes it may work.

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Finally, I have got a solution for you that will work better. So, we can create an HTML table with a fixed header with the help of Datatables.

• Datatables provides HTML tables with various features such as searching the data among table rows or showing the number of table rows per page so that the data can be loaded quickly.
• It also provides the facility to sort the data in ascending or descending order just by clicking on the individual header fields of the HTML tables.
• It also helps us to set the scrollbar to move the table data horizontally.
• It also helps us to set the scrollbar to move the table data vertically.

Steps to create an HTML table with fixed header and…