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HTML table with vertical scroll inside tbody (source: https://jsfiddle.net/hashem/CrSpu/555/)
table.scroll {
/* width: 100%; */ /* Optional */
/* border-collapse: collapse; */
border-spacing: 0;
border: 2px solid black;
}
table.scroll tbody,
table.scroll thead { display: block; }
thead tr th {
height: 30px;
line-height: 30px;
/* text-align: left; */
}
table.scroll tbody {
height: 100px;
overflow-y: auto;
overflow-x: hidden;
}
tbody { border-top: 2px solid black; }
tbody td, thead th {
/* width: 20%; */ /* Optional */
border-right: 1px solid black;
/* white-space: nowrap; */
}
tbody td:last-child, thead th:last-child {
border-right: none;
}
<table class="scroll">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Head 1</th>
<th>Head 2</th>
<th>Head 3</th>
<th>Head 4</th>
<th>Head 5</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Content 1</td>
<td>Content 2</td>
<td>Content 3</td>
<td>Content 4</td>
<td>Content 5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Content 1</td>
<td>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</td>
<td>Content 3</td>
<td>Content 4</td>
<td>Content 5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Content 1</td>
<td>Content 2</td>
<td>Content 3</td>
<td>Content 4</td>
<td>Content 5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Content 1</td>
<td>Content 2</td>
<td>Content 3</td>
<td>Content 4</td>
<td>Content 5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Content 1</td>
<td>Content 2</td>
<td>Content 3</td>
<td>Content 4</td>
<td>Content 5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Content 1</td>
<td>Content 2</td>
<td>Content 3</td>
<td>Content 4</td>
<td>Content 5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Content 1</td>
<td>Content 2</td>
<td>Content 3</td>
<td>Content 4</td>
<td>Content 5</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
// Change the selector if needed
var $table = $('table.scroll'),
$bodyCells = $table.find('tbody tr:first').children(),
colWidth;
// Adjust the width of thead cells when window resizes
$(window).resize(function() {
// Get the tbody columns width array
colWidth = $bodyCells.map(function() {
return $(this).width();
}).get();
// Set the width of thead columns
$table.find('thead tr').children().each(function(i, v) {
$(v).width(colWidth[i]);
});
}).resize(); // Trigger resize handler
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