This example shows FixedHeader operating with a wide table that causes the page to scroll horizontally (note you may need to resize your browser window for page scrolling to occur, particularly if you have a large monitor!
No additional initialisation is required, FixedHeader will automatically correctly position the fixed header and footer (if used) of the table.
| First name | Last name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary | Extn. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airi | Satou | Accountant | Tokyo | 33 | 2008/11/28 | $162,700 | 5407 | a.satou@datatables.net |
| Angelica | Ramos | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) | London | 47 | 2009/10/09 | $1,200,000 | 5797 | a.ramos@datatables.net |
| Ashton | Cox | Junior Technical Author | San Francisco | 66 | 2009/01/12 | $86,000 | 1562 | a.cox@datatables.net |
| Bradley | Greer | Software Engineer | London | 41 | 2012/10/13 | $132,000 | 2558 | b.greer@datatables.net |
| Brenden | Wagner | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 28 | 2011/06/07 | $206,850 | 1314 | b.wagner@datatables.net |
| Brielle | Williamson | Integration Specialist | New York | 61 | 2012/12/02 | $372,000 | 4804 | b.williamson@datatables.net |
| Bruno | Nash | Software Engineer | London | 38 | 2011/05/03 | $163,500 | 6222 | b.nash@datatables.net |
| Caesar | Vance | Pre-Sales Support | New York | 21 | 2011/12/12 | $106,450 | 8330 | c.vance@datatables.net |
| Cara | Stevens | Sales Assistant | New York | 46 | 2011/12/06 | $145,600 | 3990 | c.stevens@datatables.net |
| Cedric | Kelly | Senior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 22 | 2012/03/29 | $433,060 | 6224 | c.kelly@datatables.net |
The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:
1 2 3 4 5 | $(document).ready(function() { $('#example').DataTable( { fixedHeader: true } );} ); |
In addition to the above code, the following Javascript library files are loaded for use in this example:
The HTML shown below is the raw HTML table element, before it has been enhanced by DataTables:
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528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 | <table id="example" class="display nowrap" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <thead> <tr> <th>First name</th> <th>Last name</th> <th>Position</th> <th>Office</th> <th>Age</th> <th>Start date</th> <th>Salary</th> <th>Extn.</th> <th>E-mail</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Tiger</td> <td>Nixon</td> <td>System Architect</td> <td>Edinburgh</td> <td>61</td> <td>2011/04/25</td> <td>$320,800</td> <td>5421</td> <td>t.nixon@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Garrett</td> <td>Winters</td> <td>Accountant</td> <td>Tokyo</td> <td>63</td> <td>2011/07/25</td> <td>$170,750</td> <td>8422</td> <td>g.winters@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ashton</td> <td>Cox</td> <td>Junior Technical Author</td> <td>San Francisco</td> <td>66</td> <td>2009/01/12</td> <td>$86,000</td> <td>1562</td> <td>a.cox@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Cedric</td> <td>Kelly</td> <td>Senior Javascript Developer</td> <td>Edinburgh</td> <td>22</td> <td>2012/03/29</td> <td>$433,060</td> <td>6224</td> <td>c.kelly@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Airi</td> <td>Satou</td> <td>Accountant</td> <td>Tokyo</td> <td>33</td> <td>2008/11/28</td> <td>$162,700</td> <td>5407</td> <td>a.satou@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Brielle</td> <td>Williamson</td> <td>Integration Specialist</td> <td>New York</td> <td>61</td> <td>2012/12/02</td> <td>$372,000</td> <td>4804</td> <td>b.williamson@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Herrod</td> <td>Chandler</td> <td>Sales Assistant</td> <td>San Francisco</td> <td>59</td> <td>2012/08/06</td> <td>$137,500</td> <td>9608</td> <td>h.chandler@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Rhona</td> <td>Davidson</td> <td>Integration Specialist</td> <td>Tokyo</td> <td>55</td> <td>2010/10/14</td> <td>$327,900</td> <td>6200</td> <td>r.davidson@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Colleen</td> <td>Hurst</td> <td>Javascript Developer</td> <td>San Francisco</td> <td>39</td> <td>2009/09/15</td> <td>$205,500</td> <td>2360</td> <td>c.hurst@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sonya</td> <td>Frost</td> <td>Software Engineer</td> <td>Edinburgh</td> <td>23</td> <td>2008/12/13</td> <td>$103,600</td> <td>1667</td> <td>s.frost@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jena</td> <td>Gaines</td> <td>Office Manager</td> <td>London</td> <td>30</td> <td>2008/12/19</td> <td>$90,560</td> <td>3814</td> <td>j.gaines@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Quinn</td> <td>Flynn</td> <td>Support Lead</td> <td>Edinburgh</td> <td>22</td> <td>2013/03/03</td> <td>$342,000</td> <td>9497</td> <td>q.flynn@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Charde</td> <td>Marshall</td> <td>Regional Director</td> <td>San Francisco</td> <td>36</td> <td>2008/10/16</td> <td>$470,600</td> <td>6741</td> <td>c.marshall@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Haley</td> <td>Kennedy</td> <td>Senior Marketing Designer</td> <td>London</td> <td>43</td> <td>2012/12/18</td> <td>$313,500</td> <td>3597</td> <td>h.kennedy@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tatyana</td> <td>Fitzpatrick</td> <td>Regional Director</td> <td>London</td> <td>19</td> <td>2010/03/17</td> <td>$385,750</td> <td>1965</td> <td>t.fitzpatrick@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Michael</td> <td>Silva</td> <td>Marketing Designer</td> <td>London</td> <td>66</td> <td>2012/11/27</td> <td>$198,500</td> <td>1581</td> <td>m.silva@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Paul</td> <td>Byrd</td> <td>Chief Financial Officer (CFO)</td> <td>New York</td> <td>64</td> <td>2010/06/09</td> <td>$725,000</td> <td>3059</td> <td>p.byrd@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Gloria</td> <td>Little</td> <td>Systems Administrator</td> <td>New York</td> <td>59</td> <td>2009/04/10</td> <td>$237,500</td> <td>1721</td> <td>g.little@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bradley</td> <td>Greer</td> <td>Software Engineer</td> <td>London</td> <td>41</td> <td>2012/10/13</td> <td>$132,000</td> <td>2558</td> <td>b.greer@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dai</td> <td>Rios</td> <td>Personnel Lead</td> <td>Edinburgh</td> <td>35</td> <td>2012/09/26</td> <td>$217,500</td> <td>2290</td> <td>d.rios@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jenette</td> <td>Caldwell</td> <td>Development Lead</td> <td>New York</td> <td>30</td> <td>2011/09/03</td> <td>$345,000</td> <td>1937</td> <td>j.caldwell@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Yuri</td> <td>Berry</td> <td>Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)</td> <td>New York</td> <td>40</td> <td>2009/06/25</td> <td>$675,000</td> <td>6154</td> <td>y.berry@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Caesar</td> <td>Vance</td> <td>Pre-Sales Support</td> <td>New York</td> <td>21</td> <td>2011/12/12</td> <td>$106,450</td> <td>8330</td> <td>c.vance@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Doris</td> <td>Wilder</td> <td>Sales Assistant</td> <td>Sidney</td> <td>23</td> <td>2010/09/20</td> <td>$85,600</td> <td>3023</td> <td>d.wilder@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Angelica</td> <td>Ramos</td> <td>Chief Executive Officer (CEO)</td> <td>London</td> <td>47</td> <td>2009/10/09</td> <td>$1,200,000</td> <td>5797</td> <td>a.ramos@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Gavin</td> <td>Joyce</td> <td>Developer</td> <td>Edinburgh</td> <td>42</td> <td>2010/12/22</td> <td>$92,575</td> <td>8822</td> <td>g.joyce@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jennifer</td> <td>Chang</td> <td>Regional Director</td> <td>Singapore</td> <td>28</td> <td>2010/11/14</td> <td>$357,650</td> <td>9239</td> <td>j.chang@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Brenden</td> <td>Wagner</td> <td>Software Engineer</td> <td>San Francisco</td> <td>28</td> <td>2011/06/07</td> <td>$206,850</td> <td>1314</td> <td>b.wagner@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Fiona</td> <td>Green</td> <td>Chief Operating Officer (COO)</td> <td>San Francisco</td> <td>48</td> <td>2010/03/11</td> <td>$850,000</td> <td>2947</td> <td>f.green@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Shou</td> <td>Itou</td> <td>Regional Marketing</td> <td>Tokyo</td> <td>20</td> <td>2011/08/14</td> <td>$163,000</td> <td>8899</td> <td>s.itou@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Michelle</td> <td>House</td> <td>Integration Specialist</td> <td>Sidney</td> <td>37</td> <td>2011/06/02</td> <td>$95,400</td> <td>2769</td> <td>m.house@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Suki</td> <td>Burks</td> <td>Developer</td> <td>London</td> <td>53</td> <td>2009/10/22</td> <td>$114,500</td> <td>6832</td> <td>s.burks@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Prescott</td> <td>Bartlett</td> <td>Technical Author</td> <td>London</td> <td>27</td> <td>2011/05/07</td> <td>$145,000</td> <td>3606</td> <td>p.bartlett@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Gavin</td> <td>Cortez</td> <td>Team Leader</td> <td>San Francisco</td> <td>22</td> <td>2008/10/26</td> <td>$235,500</td> <td>2860</td> <td>g.cortez@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Martena</td> <td>Mccray</td> <td>Post-Sales support</td> <td>Edinburgh</td> <td>46</td> <td>2011/03/09</td> <td>$324,050</td> <td>8240</td> <td>m.mccray@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Unity</td> <td>Butler</td> <td>Marketing Designer</td> <td>San Francisco</td> <td>47</td> <td>2009/12/09</td> <td>$85,675</td> <td>5384</td> <td>u.butler@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Howard</td> <td>Hatfield</td> <td>Office Manager</td> <td>San Francisco</td> <td>51</td> <td>2008/12/16</td> <td>$164,500</td> <td>7031</td> <td>h.hatfield@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Hope</td> <td>Fuentes</td> <td>Secretary</td> <td>San Francisco</td> <td>41</td> <td>2010/02/12</td> <td>$109,850</td> <td>6318</td> <td>h.fuentes@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Vivian</td> <td>Harrell</td> <td>Financial Controller</td> <td>San Francisco</td> <td>62</td> <td>2009/02/14</td> <td>$452,500</td> <td>9422</td> <td>v.harrell@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Timothy</td> <td>Mooney</td> <td>Office Manager</td> <td>London</td> <td>37</td> <td>2008/12/11</td> <td>$136,200</td> <td>7580</td> <td>t.mooney@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jackson</td> <td>Bradshaw</td> <td>Director</td> <td>New York</td> <td>65</td> <td>2008/09/26</td> <td>$645,750</td> <td>1042</td> <td>j.bradshaw@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Olivia</td> <td>Liang</td> <td>Support Engineer</td> <td>Singapore</td> <td>64</td> <td>2011/02/03</td> <td>$234,500</td> <td>2120</td> <td>o.liang@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bruno</td> <td>Nash</td> <td>Software Engineer</td> <td>London</td> <td>38</td> <td>2011/05/03</td> <td>$163,500</td> <td>6222</td> <td>b.nash@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sakura</td> <td>Yamamoto</td> <td>Support Engineer</td> <td>Tokyo</td> <td>37</td> <td>2009/08/19</td> <td>$139,575</td> <td>9383</td> <td>s.yamamoto@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Thor</td> <td>Walton</td> <td>Developer</td> <td>New York</td> <td>61</td> <td>2013/08/11</td> <td>$98,540</td> <td>8327</td> <td>t.walton@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Finn</td> <td>Camacho</td> <td>Support Engineer</td> <td>San Francisco</td> <td>47</td> <td>2009/07/07</td> <td>$87,500</td> <td>2927</td> <td>f.camacho@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Serge</td> <td>Baldwin</td> <td>Data Coordinator</td> <td>Singapore</td> <td>64</td> <td>2012/04/09</td> <td>$138,575</td> <td>8352</td> <td>s.baldwin@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Zenaida</td> <td>Frank</td> <td>Software Engineer</td> <td>New York</td> <td>63</td> <td>2010/01/04</td> <td>$125,250</td> <td>7439</td> <td>z.frank@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Zorita</td> <td>Serrano</td> <td>Software Engineer</td> <td>San Francisco</td> <td>56</td> <td>2012/06/01</td> <td>$115,000</td> <td>4389</td> <td>z.serrano@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jennifer</td> <td>Acosta</td> <td>Junior Javascript Developer</td> <td>Edinburgh</td> <td>43</td> <td>2013/02/01</td> <td>$75,650</td> <td>3431</td> <td>j.acosta@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Cara</td> <td>Stevens</td> <td>Sales Assistant</td> <td>New York</td> <td>46</td> <td>2011/12/06</td> <td>$145,600</td> <td>3990</td> <td>c.stevens@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Hermione</td> <td>Butler</td> <td>Regional Director</td> <td>London</td> <td>47</td> <td>2011/03/21</td> <td>$356,250</td> <td>1016</td> <td>h.butler@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lael</td> <td>Greer</td> <td>Systems Administrator</td> <td>London</td> <td>21</td> <td>2009/02/27</td> <td>$103,500</td> <td>6733</td> <td>l.greer@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jonas</td> <td>Alexander</td> <td>Developer</td> <td>San Francisco</td> <td>30</td> <td>2010/07/14</td> <td>$86,500</td> <td>8196</td> <td>j.alexander@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Shad</td> <td>Decker</td> <td>Regional Director</td> <td>Edinburgh</td> <td>51</td> <td>2008/11/13</td> <td>$183,000</td> <td>6373</td> <td>s.decker@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Michael</td> <td>Bruce</td> <td>Javascript Developer</td> <td>Singapore</td> <td>29</td> <td>2011/06/27</td> <td>$183,000</td> <td>5384</td> <td>m.bruce@datatables.net</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Donna</td> <td>Snider</td> <td>Customer Support</td> <td>New York</td> <td>27</td> <td>2011/01/25</td> <td>$112,000</td> <td>4226</td> <td>d.snider@datatables.net</td> </tr> </tbody></table> |
This example uses a little bit of additional CSS beyond what is loaded from the library files (below), in order to correctly display the table. The additional CSS used is shown below:
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The following CSS library files are loaded for use in this example to provide the styling of the table:
This table loads data by Ajax. The latest data that has been loaded is shown below. This data will update automatically as any additional data is loaded.
The script used to perform the server-side processing for this table is shown below. Please note that this is just an example script using PHP. Server-side processing scripts can be written in any language, using the protocol described in the DataTables documentation.
Please refer to the DataTables documentation for full information about its API properties and methods.
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