When will FixedHeader allow complex headers?

LePatay

Hi,

As this (solved) discussion seems buried, I'm creating this topic.

https://datatables.net/forums/discussion/comment/158277/#Comment_161556
TL;DR: When there is an additional <tr> in the <thead>, with a <th colspan="≥ 2">, the width of the columns are messed up.

The best fix for this would be to remove this line from dataTables.fixedHeader.js:

itemDom.floating = $(dt.table().node().cloneNode(false))
     /* Remove this line
     .css('table-layout', 'fixed')
     */
     .attr('aria-hidden', 'true')

Is it going to be fixed anytime soon?
Thank you and sorry for this "duplicate" topic.

colin

Hi @LePatay ,

It is in our backlog, but it's not a priority for us right now, I'm afraid, so I can't give a time-frame for when the support will be added. It's fair to say it's highly unlikely it'll happen in the coming year.

Cheers,

Colin

LePatay

Thank you, Colin.

In the meantime, one can solve the problem with CSS:

table.dataTable.fixedHeader-floating {
    table-layout: initial;
}