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How to make a table within a resizable div scrollable, properly behave


I have a resizable and movable div using JQuery UI. I want a table inside it that scrolls vertically. Trying to set the table height to 100% basically does nothing, and absolute positioning with top and bottom of 0 doesn't work either. I have tried to put a separate div as a container and that has gotten me closer than anything, but it still does not behave properly.

Here is the fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/scottbeeson/KrP7v/1/

Here is the relevant CSS:

table {
    border-collapse: collapse;
    width: 100%; height: 100%;
}
#tableContainer {
    height: 100%; width: 100%;
    overflow-x: hidden;
    overflow-y: scroll;
}

And the basic HTML layout:

<div id="window">
    <div id="header">Draggable Header</div>
    <div id="tableContainer">
    <table>
        <thead>
            <tr>
                <td>Column 1</td>
                <td>Column 2</td>
            </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
            ...
        </tbody>
    </table>
    </div>
</div>

Solution

  • I think that this is what you want.

    http://jsfiddle.net/KrP7v/12/

    #window {
        width: 500px;
        height: 400px;
        min-width: 100px;
        min-height: 100px;
        border-bottom: 1px solid gray;
    }
    #header {
        height: 25px;
        line-height: 25px;
        background-color: gray;
        color: white;
        text-align: center;
    }
    table {
        min-height: 300px;
        height: 100%;
        width: 100%;
        border-collapse: collapse;
    }
    #tableContainer {
        position: absolute;
        top: 25px;
        bottom: 0px;
        left: 0px;
        right: 0px;
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
        overflow: auto;
    }
    td {
        padding: 5px;
        margin: 0px;
        border: 1px solid gray;
    }
    tr:last-child td {
        border-bottom: none;
    }