Re: Vertical analogue to table-header-group

Ian,

You say this can be done now (fixed columns), but I haven't been able to find a way. Can you elaborate on what the
code should look like? I've only been able to get this to work for rows, as demonstrated in this test page:

http://www.petesguide.com/WebStandards/tests/tables/HeadersFootersScrolling.html

(Note: Only Mozilla actually adds the vertical scroll bar.)

> > The CSS constructs "display: table-header-group" and "display: table-footer-group" ...
> > 
> > Has the CSS WG considered an analogue to this property for table *columns*?
> 
> In practice, though, it won't do what you are asking for. CSS doesn't actually 
> use the header and footer groups to control where the header and footer rows 
> repeat, only the order in which they appear in the flow. Repeating on a 
> continuous medium would be done using overflow:scroll on the body group that 
> they sandwich, and means that what you are asking for can already be done in 
> CSS2. Repeating of table rows (columns) on a paged medium is currently under- 
> defined in CSS2.

Received on Friday, 3 May 2002 18:35:45 UTC