10 Best JavaScript Plugins For Sticky Table Header (2024 Update)

by jQueryScript,

Having a sticky table header is essential to providing a great user experience for large HTML tables that contain large size of data.

With a sticky table header plugin, you can make the table header (typically <thead> element) fixed on the top of the page (or its parent container) when scrolling down.

Here is a list of 10 best and open-source Vanilla JavaScript & jQuery Plugins to fix the position of the table header and make it always visible while scrolling.

Originally Published Oct 07 2020, updated Feb 29 2024

Table of contents:

Best jQuery Sticky Table Header Plugins

jQuery Plugin For Sticky Table Headers And Columns - RWD Freeze Table

A powerful yet easy-to-use jQuery plugin to make table columns and/or headers stay in place when scrolling.

jQuery Plugin For Sticky Table Headers And Columns - RWD Freeze Table

[Demo] [Download]


Create Tables With Fixed Headers, Footers, And Columns - jQuery Fixedheadertable.js

A tiny jQuery plugin developed to create HTML tables with fixed headers, footers, and columns.

Create Tables With Fixed Headers, Footers, And Columns - jQuery Fixedheadertable.js

[Demo] [Download]


jQuery Plugin To Fix Table header When Scrolling - floatThead

A jQuery sticky table header plugin that freezes your table thead element at top of the page/container when scrolling.

jQuery Plugin To Fix Table header When Scrolling - floatThead

[Demo] [Download]


jQuery Plugin For Fixed Table Header, Footer and Columns - TableHeadFixer

A lightweight jQuery plugin used to fix table headers/footers and or specified table columns while scrolling table vertically or horizontally.

jQuery Plugin For Fixed Table Header, Footer and Columns - TableHeadFixer

[Demo] [Download]


jQuery Plugin To Freeze Table Columns And/Or Rows On Scroll

Yet another jQuery plugin that allows freezing of a given number of rows and columns in your html table just like the Excel spreadsheet.

jQuery Plugin To Freeze Table Columns And/Or Rows On Scroll

[Demo] [Download]


Best Vanilla JS Sticky Table Header Libraries

Fix Table Header And Column In Pure JavaScript – fixed-table

A small and very easy-to-use JavaScript plugin that makes the header and first column of your HTML table sticky on horizontal and vertical scroll.

Fix Table Header And Column In Pure JavaScript – fixed-table

[Demo] [Download]


Freeze Table Rows And Columns With JavaScript – GridViewScroll.js

An easy-to-use JavaScript plugin which makes any number of table columns and rows to be fixed in place as you scroll.

Freeze Table Rows And Columns With JavaScript – GridViewScroll.js

[Demo] [Download]


Create Sticky Table Headers Using JavaScript – sticky-table.js

This sticky table header library supports all screen sizes. Table headers that stick to the top of your table as a user scrolls down. This library is for both desktop and mobile, it uses your content to calculate height so the headers can be shown correctly on all screen sizes.

Create Sticky Table Headers Using JavaScript – sticky-table.js

[Demo] [Download]


JavaScript Library For Fixed Table Rows And Columns – fixed_table.js

A pure JavaScript library that makes your large table scrollable with fixed rows and columns.

JavaScript Library For Fixed Table Rows And Columns – fixed_table.js

[Demo] [Download]


Lightweight JavaScript Library For Sticky Table Header – lrStickyHeader

An easy and lightweight JavaScript library that makes you table’s thead stick to the top of the webpage when scrolling down.

Lightweight JavaScript Library For Sticky Table Header – lrStickyHeader

[Demo] [Download]


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Seeking more jQuery plugins or JavaScript libraries to create sticky header in HTML tables? See jQuery Sticky Table Header and JavaScript Sticky Table Header sections for more details.

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