Posted by Alan Searle on 10/20/07 19:40

Jonathan N. Little wrote:
> Alan Searle wrote:
>> I implemented the scrolling tbody solution and, yippee, it worked
>> perfectly ... under Firefox. Here is the URL ...
>>
>> http://alse.load4.net/tabletest/table_test03.html
>>
>> But under IE (6.0 SP1), it all goes haywire.

> You've triggered quirks mode, all bets are off!

'quirks mode'? What does this mean? Are you saying that it simply
won't work under IE ?

> What are you really
> trying to do here. Put up a page with some content that relates to what
> you are trying to accomplish, there might be a different approach that
> we better suit.

My aim is very simple: I have reporting data that is in a simple table
format but is so long that I really need to have static headers so that
the reader continues to see the column titles as he/she scrolls down.
There is no fancy presentation. It is as simple as that. I am working
with client data so I can't post the original content and, anyway, I
don't think that would help much because this is a fundamental question
about whether a scrollable table is possible under IE?

My first attempt was to divide up the page (with div tags) and make one
half scrollable. That worked OK but in some cases (where long text was
involved) the column widths distorted and dropped out of sync with the
headers.

Then I was told about the tbody syntax which seemed to be exactly what I
need. But now this seems to be problematic with IE.

This can probably be done with a script language (javascript) or with
plug-ins but this would complicate it and what I really need is simple
HTML (or CSS) synatax that will give me a scrollable table with a fixed
header.

I really hope that someone can help me with this?

Regards and many thanks,
Alan Searle.

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