How to add a scrollbar to an HTML5 table?

css, html

Solution

If you have heading to your table columns and you don't want to scroll those headings then this solution could help you:

This solution needs `thead` and `tbody` tags inside `table` element.

table.tableSection {
    display: table;
    width: 100%;
}
table.tableSection thead, table.tableSection tbody {
    float: left;
    width: 100%;
}
table.tableSection tbody {
    overflow: auto;
    height: 150px;
}
table.tableSection tr {
    width: 100%;
    display: table;
    text-align: left;
}
table.tableSection th, table.tableSection td {
    width: 33%;
}

Working fiddle

With comments

Note: If you are sure that the vertical scrollbar is always present, then you can use css3 calc property to make the thead cells align with the tbody cells.

table.tableSection thead {
    padding-right:18px;   /* 18px is approx. value of width of scroll bar */
    width: calc(100% - 18px);
}

You can do the same by detecting presence of scrollbar using javascript and applying the above styles.

Problem

I have an table in HTML5 that I would like to add a scrollbar to. I want the table to show ten rows and then the user can scroll down to see other songs. How can I add the scrollbar? Here is my code for the table in HTML5: ``` <table id="my_table" table border="5"> <tr> <th>URL</th> </tr> <tr> <td>http://www.youtube.com/embed/evuSpI2Genw</td> </tr> <tr> <td>http://www.youtube.com/embed/evuSpI2Genw</td> </tr> </table> ``` Here is my CSS code: ``` #my_table { border-radius: 20px; background-color: transparent; color: black; width: 500px; text-align: center; } ```

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