Stickey Header?

  • Resolved happyknit

    (@happyknit)


    4 years, 4 months ago

    Hi, I just got TablePress and I am super impressed so far minus 1 issue (and assuming I can get this sorted I will happily donate! :)).

    Issue: I have a large table, and I have the formatting basically where I want it and I like the look now, but I need the header row to stay in view even when scrolling down… I found a code that almost does the trick (.tablepress thead {table-layout: above; position: fixed;) however when I use this two unintended things happen:

    #1 – it doesn’t keep the column widths the same as the main table it seems to scale them to match the cell content of only the header row so nothing lines up

    #2 – it stays fixed where the table originally loads… ie. because my table loads half way down the page, the header row stays stuck there at the bottom of the page and the table just scrolls behind it…

    what I really need is for the header row to #1 be the correct width to match the rest of the table, and #2 I need the header to scroll up along with the table until it reaches the top of the page and then hold there while you continue scrolling so that the header is always in view, but you can see the maximum amount of the spreadsheet too and it’s not only at the base of the page where it loads :)…

    It looks like you have an extension that should work @ https://tablepress.org/extensions/datatables-fixedheader/ according to other posts… however for some reason I can’t load that page… I can get to tablepress.org, but not any of it’s other pages… it keeps throwing an error “Unable to connect”… is that on my end? I have had issues connecting to .org websites in the past, but because it allows me to get to the main site I can’t figure out what the issue is…

    Any help you can give me on this would be extremely appreciated! I am new to wordpress and coding, but I am learning fast and doing my best!
    Thanks so much!
    ~Kristin

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  • Plugin Author Tobias B?thge

    (@tobiasbg)

    Hi,

    thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.

    Indeed, using the TablePress Extension from https://tablepress.org/extensions/datatables-fixedheader/ is the way to go here then.
    Unfortunately, I have no idea why you are having connection issues. I have not received similar reports about this, so that I can only assume that this is on your end.
    Can you maybe try a different web browser?

    Regards,
    Tobias

    Thread Starter happyknit

    (@happyknit)

    Unfortunately I have tried multiple different browsers… did ipconfig/release, then ipconfig/renew because I was told that might help…

    Nothing seems to be working… and it’s strange that tablepress.org loads, and I have had no issues with other sites… but I can’t load any of your sub pages…
    I will contact my computer guy to see what I am missing, but in the meantime is there any other way for me to get that plugin from you or is it only available for download through the page I can’t access?.. I don’t know how much you are charging for it, but would it be possible for me to do a paypal transfer for the cost and have you email me the plugin file and instructions for installing it? (I don’t even know if this would work or how big the file would be, but I really want to get this working :)!).

    Also could I get you to send me a list of what other addons are available for tablepress? such an awesome plugin and I love my spreadsheets, so there is a good chance I will get a few addons from you! ??

    Thanks so much for the prompt response!
    ~Kristin

    Plugin Author Tobias B?thge

    (@tobiasbg)

    Hi Kristin,

    sure, I can also email the Extension to you, no problem!
    Please drop me a link (the address is on https://tablepress.org/impressum/) and I will send it to you.

    Regards,
    Tobias

    Thread Starter happyknit

    (@happyknit)

    That would be amazing!! the only issue is I can’t access that page either… The only page I could load is the front one (tablepress.org), I haven’t been able to load any sub-pages… and now I can’t even get that one up :(…

    Plugin Author Tobias B?thge

    (@tobiasbg)

    Hi,

    ah, of course ?? Stupid me…
    Please email me at tobias at tablepress dot org then.

    Regards,
    Tobias

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