Notes

In v2.18.0
- Nested tables with CSS sticky headers now stack; except in Internet Explorer (IE)!
  - In IE, the widget only correctly calculates the sticky header position of the first nested table; it's an elusive bug and may take some time to fix it.
  - In IE, sometimes the entire nested table shrinks or expands when the sticky header becomes fixed.
  - Currently, I would not recommend using this css widget for nested tables in IE until this problem is resolved.
- Removed cssStickyHeaders_zIndex option since it's not doing anything anymore; the position: relative setting is not required (maybe even ignored) when the transform is applied.
This demo uses the CSS Sticky Headers widget which uses CSS transforms to reposition the table head.
CSS transforms are supported by most modern browsers (not IE8 and older).
The jQuery UI themed table does not stick to the top of the page due to the extra padding. Adjust the cssStickyHeaders_offset option as desired. I didn't bother in this demo because it includes more than just the jQuery UI theme.
This widget will not work with the original tablesorter, but works optimally with tablesorter v2.8+ (Added v2.14.1; Updated v2.18.0)

Change log

v2.18.0:
- Nested css sticky headers now stack; except in IE
- Removed cssStickyHeaders_zIndex because the headers are not positioned.
v2.16.4:
- Added the cssStickyHeaders_filteredToTop option.
  - When true the table top will scroll into view after being filtered.
  - This is done because if the sticky header is active, and a filter results in say only one row, the table will scroll up out of the browser viewport.
  - If set to false, no scrolling is done.
v2.14.4:
- Added cssStickyHeaders_attachTo (default set to null). Setting this option with either a jQuery selector string (".wrapper") or jQuery object ($(".wrapper")) to attach the sticky header to this element - see the second example below.
- Removed cssStickyHeaders_offsetX option.
- Renamed cssStickyHeaders_offsetY to cssStickyHeaders_offset as the horizontal offset is not required.
v2.14.1: Created css Sticky Headers widget

CSS

Javascript

Demo

Choose Theme:

Attach sticky header to browser window

Student Grades
Name	Major	Sex	English	Japanese	Calculus	Geometry
Name	Major	Sex	English	Japanese	Calculus	Geometry
Student01	Languages	male	80	70	75	80
Student02	Mathematics	male	90	88	100	90
Student03	Languages	female	85	95	80	85
Student04	Languages	male	60	55	100	100
Student05	Languages	female	68	80	95	80
Student06	Mathematics	male	100	99	100	90
Student07	Mathematics	male	85	68	90	90
Student08	Languages	male	100	90	90	85
Student09	Mathematics	male	80	50	65	75
Student10	Languages	male	85	100	100	90
Student11	Languages	male	86	85	100	100
Student12	Mathematics	female	100	75	70	85
Student13	Languages	female	100	80	100	90
Student14	Languages	female	50	45	55	90
Student15	Languages	male	95	35	100	90
Student16	Languages	female	100	50	30	70
Student17	Languages	female	80	100	55	65
Student18	Mathematics	male	30	49	55	75
Student19	Languages	male	68	90	88	70
Student20	Mathematics	male	40	45	40	80
Student21	Languages	male	50	45	100	100
Student22	Mathematics	male	100	99	100	90
Student23	Languages	female	85	80	80	80
student23	Mathematics	male	82	77	0	79
student24	Languages	female	100	91	13	82
student25	Mathematics	male	22	96	82	53
student26	Languages	female	37	29	56	59
student27	Mathematics	male	86	82	69	23
student28	Languages	female	44	25	43	1
student29	Mathematics	male	77	47	22	38
student30	Languages	female	19	35	23	10
student31	Mathematics	male	90	27	17	50
student32	Languages	female	60	75	33	38
student33	Mathematics	male	4	31	37	15
student34	Languages	female	77	97	81	44
student35	Mathematics	male	5	81	51	95
student36	Languages	female	70	61	70	94
student37	Mathematics	male	60	3	61	84
student38	Languages	female	63	39	0	11
student39	Mathematics	male	50	46	32	38
student40	Languages	female	51	75	25	3
student41	Mathematics	male	43	34	28	78
student42	Languages	female	11	89	60	95
student43	Mathematics	male	48	92	18	88
student44	Languages	female	82	2	59	73
student45	Mathematics	male	91	73	37	39
student46	Languages	female	4	8	12	10
student47	Mathematics	male	89	10	6	11
student48	Languages	female	90	32	21	18
student49	Mathematics	male	42	49	49	72
student50	Languages	female	56	37	67	54

Attach sticky header to its parent

Student Grades
Account #	First Name	Last Name	Age	Total	Discount	Diff
A43	Peter	Parker	28	9.99	20.3%	+3
A255	John	Hood	33	19.99	25.1%	-7
A33	Clark	Kent	18	15.49	44.2%	-13
A11	Bruce	Almighty	45	153.19	44%	+19
A102	Bruce	Evans	56	153.19	23%	+9
A23	Mike	Peters	22	5.69	20.3%	+2
A55	Leslie	Kent	33	15.99	25.1%	-3
A3	Frank	Mint	44	12.59	44.2%	-12
A21	Joe	Thomas	45	15.25	44%	+12
A12	Tess	Evans	66	13.59	23%	+4
A21	Peter	Dunn	12	2.99	21.1%	+2
A33	Harry	Jones	13	19.49	22.2%	-6
A13	John	James	16	13.89	42.1%	-13
A71	Nick	Parker	45	13.89	44%	+29
A21	Charles	Dunn	19	15.49	22%	+3

Main table header

Main table - row 1

Main table - row 2

Header for the nested table 1

Second header row for nested table 1

data in the nested table 1 - row 1

data in the nested table 1 - row 2

data in the nested table 1 - row 3

data in the nested table 1 - row 4

data in the nested table 1 - row 5

Nested table 2 caption
Header for the nested table 2
Second header row for nested table 2
data in the nested table 2 - row 1
data in the nested table 2 - row 2
data in the nested table 2 - row 3
data in the nested table 2 - row 4
data in the nested table 2 - row 5
data in the nested table 2 - row 6
data in the nested table 2 - row 7
data in the nested table 2 - row 8
data in the nested table 2 - row 9
data in the nested table 2 - row 10
data in the nested table 2 - row 11
data in the nested table 2 - row 12
data in the nested table 2 - row 13
data in the nested table 2 - row 14
data in the nested table 2 - row 15
data in the nested table 2 - row 16
data in the nested table 2 - row 17
data in the nested table 2 - row 18
data in the nested table 2 - row 19
data in the nested table 2 - row 20

data in the nested table 1 - row 6

data in the nested table 1 - row 7

data in the nested table 1 - row 8

data in the nested table 1 - row 9

data in the nested table 1 - row 10

data in the nested table 1 - row 11

data in the nested table 1 - row 12

data in the nested table 1 - row 13

data in the nested table 1 - row 14

data in the nested table 1 - row 15

data in the nested table 1 - row 16

data in the nested table 1 - row 17

data in the nested table 1 - row 18

data in the nested table 1 - row 19

data in the nested table 1 - row 20

Main table - row 3

Nested table 3 caption
Header for the nested table 3
data in the nested table 3 - row 1
data in the nested table 3 - row 2
data in the nested table 3 - row 3
data in the nested table 3 - row 4
data in the nested table 3 - row 5
data in the nested table 3 - row 6
data in the nested table 3 - row 7
data in the nested table 3 - row 8
data in the nested table 3 - row 9
data in the nested table 3 - row 10
data in the nested table 3 - row 11
data in the nested table 3 - row 12
data in the nested table 3 - row 13
data in the nested table 3 - row 14
data in the nested table 3 - row 15
data in the nested table 3 - row 16
data in the nested table 3 - row 17
data in the nested table 3 - row 18
data in the nested table 3 - row 19
data in the nested table 3 - row 20

Main table - row 4

tablesorter

CSS Sticky Header Widget