Re: Table header question

by "rudy" <r937(at)interlog.com>

Date:	Tue, 16 Jan 2001 12:37:50 -0500
To:	"Davies, Elizabeth H." <EHDavies(at)West.com>, "HWG-technique Mailing List (E-mail)" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
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> Is it possible to have the heading row follow or
> scroll down the page with the table? 

hi elizabeth

according to the w3c specs, you can get the rows to scroll --

  "Table rows may be grouped into a table head, table foot, 
    and one or more table body sections, using the THEAD, 
    TFOOT and TBODY elements, respectively. This division 
    enables user agents to support scrolling of table bodies
    independently of the table head and foot. When long tables 
    are printed, the table head and foot information may be 
    repeated on each page that contains table data."

      http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/tables.html#h-11.2.3

however, not all browsers support the complex table model

  "Internet Explorer is the only major browser to support this element 
   yet, but this element has been integrated in to HTML 4.0 and 
   increasing acceptance in other browsers in the future is very likely. 
   Because the Complex Table model is backward compatible with 
   the simple model, it is quite safe to use this. Be sure to preview the 
   result in a browser that only supports the simple model to make sure 
   it conveys information in the way you intend. 
  
     http://blooberry.com/indexdot/html/tagpages/t/thead.htm

hope that helps


rudy.ca

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