Table scroll — horizontal and vertical

Bootstrap table scroll

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For the tables with at huge amount of data you can use scroll functionality, as an alternative for pagination.

Scrolling functionality works vertically (y-axis) and horizontally (x-axis).

Depending on the type of table you use (DataTables or a simple static table) there are two different solutions.

To start working with our tables see the "Getting Started" tab on this page.

Note: This integration is available from version 4.5.7 (released 16.07.2018).


Static table vertical scroll

More scroll options for static tables can be found in the Table Responsive documentation.

# First Last Handle
1 Mark Otto @mdo
2 Jacob Thornton @fat
3 Larry the Bird @twitter
4 Mark Otto @mdo
5 Jacob Thornton @fat
6 Larry the Bird @twitter
        
            

        <div class="table-wrapper-scroll-y my-custom-scrollbar">

          <table class="table table-bordered table-striped mb-0">
            <thead>
              <tr>
                <th scope="col">#</th>
                <th scope="col">First</th>
                <th scope="col">Last</th>
                <th scope="col">Handle</th>
              </tr>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
              <tr>
                <th scope="row">1</th>
                <td>Mark</td>
                <td>Otto</td>
                <td>@mdo</td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <th scope="row">2</th>
                <td>Jacob</td>
                <td>Thornton</td>
                <td>@fat</td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <th scope="row">3</th>
                <td>Larry</td>
                <td>the Bird</td>
                <td>@twitter</td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <th scope="row">4</th>
                <td>Mark</td>
                <td>Otto</td>
                <td>@mdo</td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <th scope="row">5</th>
                <td>Jacob</td>
                <td>Thornton</td>
                <td>@fat</td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <th scope="row">6</th>
                <td>Larry</td>
                <td>the Bird</td>
                <td>@twitter</td>
              </tr>
            </tbody>
          </table>

        </div>

      
        
    
        
            

        .my-custom-scrollbar {
        position: relative;
        height: 200px;
        overflow: auto;
        }
        .table-wrapper-scroll-y {
        display: block;
        }

      
        
    

Datatable vertical scroll

Name Position Office Age Start date Salary
Tiger Nixon System Architect Edinburgh 61 2011/04/25 $320,800
Garrett Winters Accountant Tokyo 63 2011/07/25 $170,750
Ashton Cox Junior Technical Author San Francisco 66 2009/01/12 $86,000
Cedric Kelly Senior Javascript Developer Edinburgh 22 2012/03/29 $433,060
Airi Satou Accountant Tokyo 33 2008/11/28 $162,700
Brielle Williamson Integration Specialist New York 61 2012/12/02 $372,000
Herrod Chandler Sales Assistant San Francisco 59 2012/08/06 $137,500
Rhona Davidson Integration Specialist Tokyo 55 2010/10/14 $327,900
Colleen Hurst Javascript Developer San Francisco 39 2009/09/15 $205,500
Name Position Office Age Start date Salary

To enable y-scrolling simply set the scrollY parameter to be whatever you want the container wrapper's height to be (any CSS measurement is acceptable, or just a number which is treated as pixels).

Note also that the scrollCollapse option is enabled in this example. This will have the container match the height of the rows shown in the table if that height is smaller than that given height by the scrollY.

        
            

        <table id="dtVerticalScrollExample" class="table table-striped table-bordered table-sm" cellspacing="0"
          width="100%">
          <thead>
            <tr>
              <th class="th-sm">Name
              </th>
              <th class="th-sm">Position
              </th>
              <th class="th-sm">Office
              </th>
              <th class="th-sm">Age
              </th>
              <th class="th-sm">Start date
              </th>
              <th class="th-sm">Salary
              </th>
            </tr>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
            <tr>
              <td>Tiger Nixon</td>
              <td>System Architect</td>
              <td>Edinburgh</td>
              <td>61</td>
              <td>2011/04/25</td>
              <td>$320,800</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Garrett Winters</td>
              <td>Accountant</td>
              <td>Tokyo</td>
              <td>63</td>
              <td>2011/07/25</td>
              <td>$170,750</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Ashton Cox</td>
              <td>Junior Technical Author</td>
              <td>San Francisco</td>
              <td>66</td>
              <td>2009/01/12</td>
              <td>$86,000</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Cedric Kelly</td>
              <td>Senior Javascript Developer</td>
              <td>Edinburgh</td>
              <td>22</td>
              <td>2012/03/29</td>
              <td>$433,060</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Airi Satou</td>
              <td>Accountant</td>
              <td>Tokyo</td>
              <td>33</td>
              <td>2008/11/28</td>
              <td>$162,700</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Brielle Williamson</td>
              <td>Integration Specialist</td>
              <td>New York</td>
              <td>61</td>
              <td>2012/12/02</td>
              <td>$372,000</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Herrod Chandler</td>
              <td>Sales Assistant</td>
              <td>San Francisco</td>
              <td>59</td>
              <td>2012/08/06</td>
              <td>$137,500</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Rhona Davidson</td>
              <td>Integration Specialist</td>
              <td>Tokyo</td>
              <td>55</td>
              <td>2010/10/14</td>
              <td>$327,900</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Colleen Hurst</td>
              <td>Javascript Developer</td>
              <td>San Francisco</td>
              <td>39</td>
              <td>2009/09/15</td>
              <td>$205,500</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Sonya Frost</td>
              <td>Software Engineer</td>
              <td>Edinburgh</td>
              <td>23</td>
              <td>2008/12/13</td>
              <td>$103,600</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Jena Gaines</td>
              <td>Office Manager</td>
              <td>London</td>
              <td>30</td>
              <td>2008/12/19</td>
              <td>$90,560</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Quinn Flynn</td>
              <td>Support Lead</td>
              <td>Edinburgh</td>
              <td>22</td>
              <td>2013/03/03</td>
              <td>$342,000</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Charde Marshall</td>
              <td>Regional Director</td>
              <td>San Francisco</td>
              <td>36</td>
              <td>2008/10/16</td>
              <td>$470,600</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Haley Kennedy</td>
              <td>Senior Marketing Designer</td>
              <td>London</td>
              <td>43</td>
              <td>2012/12/18</td>
              <td>$313,500</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Tatyana Fitzpatrick</td>
              <td>Regional Director</td>
              <td>London</td>
              <td>19</td>
              <td>2010/03/17</td>
              <td>$385,750</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Michael Silva</td>
              <td>Marketing Designer</td>
              <td>London</td>
              <td>66</td>
              <td>2012/11/27</td>
              <td>$198,500</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Paul Byrd</td>
              <td>Chief Financial Officer (CFO)</td>
              <td>New York</td>
              <td>64</td>
              <td>2010/06/09</td>
              <td>$725,000</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Gloria Little</td>
              <td>Systems Administrator</td>
              <td>New York</td>
              <td>59</td>
              <td>2009/04/10</td>
              <td>$237,500</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Bradley Greer</td>
              <td>Software Engineer</td>
              <td>London</td>
              <td>41</td>
              <td>2012/10/13</td>
              <td>$132,000</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Dai Rios</td>
              <td>Personnel Lead</td>
              <td>Edinburgh</td>
              <td>35</td>
              <td>2012/09/26</td>
              <td>$217,500</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Jenette Caldwell</td>
              <td>Development Lead</td>
              <td>New York</td>
              <td>30</td>
              <td>2011/09/03</td>
              <td>$345,000</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Yuri Berry</td>
              <td>Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)</td>
              <td>New York</td>
              <td>40</td>
              <td>2009/06/25</td>
              <td>$675,000</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Caesar Vance</td>
              <td>Pre-Sales Support</td>
              <td>New York</td>
              <td>21</td>
              <td>2011/12/12</td>
              <td>$106,450</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Doris Wilder</td>
              <td>Sales Assistant</td>
              <td>Sidney</td>
              <td>23</td>
              <td>2010/09/20</td>
              <td>$85,600</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Angelica Ramos</td>
              <td>Chief Executive Officer (CEO)</td>
              <td>London</td>
              <td>47</td>
              <td>2009/10/09</td>
              <td>$1,200,000</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Gavin Joyce</td>
              <td>Developer</td>
              <td>Edinburgh</td>
              <td>42</td>
              <td>2010/12/22</td>
              <td>$92,575</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Jennifer Chang</td>
              <td>Regional Director</td>
              <td>Singapore</td>
              <td>28</td>
              <td>2010/11/14</td>
              <td>$357,650</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Brenden Wagner</td>
              <td>Software Engineer</td>
              <td>San Francisco</td>
              <td>28</td>
              <td>2011/06/07</td>
              <td>$206,850</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Fiona Green</td>
              <td>Chief Operating Officer (COO)</td>
              <td>San Francisco</td>
              <td>48</td>
              <td>2010/03/11</td>
              <td>$850,000</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Shou Itou</td>
              <td>Regional Marketing</td>
              <td>Tokyo</td>
              <td>20</td>
              <td>2011/08/14</td>
              <td>$163,000</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Michelle House</td>
              <td>Integration Specialist</td>
              <td>Sidney</td>
              <td>37</td>
              <td>2011/06/02</td>
              <td>$95,400</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Suki Burks</td>
              <td>Developer</td>
              <td>London</td>
              <td>53</td>
              <td>2009/10/22</td>
              <td>$114,500</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Prescott Bartlett</td>
              <td>Technical Author</td>
              <td>London</td>
              <td>27</td>
              <td>2011/05/07</td>
              <td>$145,000</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Gavin Cortez</td>
              <td>Team Leader</td>
              <td>San Francisco</td>
              <td>22</td>
              <td>2008/10/26</td>
              <td>$235,500</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Martena Mccray</td>
              <td>Post-Sales support</td>
              <td>Edinburgh</td>
              <td>46</td>
              <td>2011/03/09</td>
              <td>$324,050</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Unity Butler</td>
              <td>Marketing Designer</td>
              <td>San Francisco</td>
              <td>47</td>
              <td>2009/12/09</td>
              <td>$85,675</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Howard Hatfield</td>
              <td>Office Manager</td>
              <td>San Francisco</td>
              <td>51</td>
              <td>2008/12/16</td>
              <td>$164,500</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Hope Fuentes</td>
              <td>Secretary</td>
              <td>San Francisco</td>
              <td>41</td>
              <td>2010/02/12</td>
              <td>$109,850</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Vivian Harrell</td>
              <td>Financial Controller</td>
              <td>San Francisco</td>
              <td>62</td>
              <td>2009/02/14</td>
              <td>$452,500</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Timothy Mooney</td>
              <td>Office Manager</td>
              <td>London</td>
              <td>37</td>
              <td>2008/12/11</td>
              <td>$136,200</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Jackson Bradshaw</td>
              <td>Director</td>
              <td>New York</td>
              <td>65</td>
              <td>2008/09/26</td>
              <td>$645,750</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Olivia Liang</td>
              <td>Support Engineer</td>
              <td>Singapore</td>
              <td>64</td>
              <td>2011/02/03</td>
              <td>$234,500</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Bruno Nash</td>
              <td>Software Engineer</td>
              <td>London</td>
              <td>38</td>
              <td>2011/05/03</td>
              <td>$163,500</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Sakura Yamamoto</td>
              <td>Support Engineer</td>
              <td>Tokyo</td>
              <td>37</td>
              <td>2009/08/19</td>
              <td>$139,575</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Thor Walton</td>
              <td>Developer</td>
              <td>New York</td>
              <td>61</td>
              <td>2013/08/11</td>
              <td>$98,540</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Finn Camacho</td>
              <td>Support Engineer</td>
              <td>San Francisco</td>
              <td>47</td>
              <td>2009/07/07</td>
              <td>$87,500</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Serge Baldwin</td>
              <td>Data Coordinator</td>
              <td>Singapore</td>
              <td>64</td>
              <td>2012/04/09</td>
              <td>$138,575</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Zenaida Frank</td>
              <td>Software Engineer</td>
              <td>New York</td>
              <td>63</td>
              <td>2010/01/04</td>
              <td>$125,250</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Zorita Serrano</td>
              <td>Software Engineer</td>
              <td>San Francisco</td>
              <td>56</td>
              <td>2012/06/01</td>
              <td>$115,000</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Jennifer Acosta</td>
              <td>Junior Javascript Developer</td>
              <td>Edinburgh</td>
              <td>43</td>
              <td>2013/02/01</td>
              <td>$75,650</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Cara Stevens</td>
              <td>Sales Assistant</td>
              <td>New York</td>
              <td>46</td>
              <td>2011/12/06</td>
              <td>$145,600</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Hermione Butler</td>
              <td>Regional Director</td>
              <td>London</td>
              <td>47</td>
              <td>2011/03/21</td>
              <td>$356,250</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Lael Greer</td>
              <td>Systems Administrator</td>
              <td>London</td>
              <td>21</td>
              <td>2009/02/27</td>
              <td>$103,500</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Jonas Alexander</td>
              <td>Developer</td>
              <td>San Francisco</td>
              <td>30</td>
              <td>2010/07/14</td>
              <td>$86,500</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Shad Decker</td>
              <td>Regional Director</td>
              <td>Edinburgh</td>
              <td>51</td>
              <td>2008/11/13</td>
              <td>$183,000</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Michael Bruce</td>
              <td>Javascript Developer</td>
              <td>Singapore</td>
              <td>29</td>
              <td>2011/06/27</td>
              <td>$183,000</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Donna Snider</td>
              <td>Customer Support</td>
              <td>New York</td>
              <td>27</td>
              <td>2011/01/25</td>
              <td>$112,000</td>
            </tr>
          </tbody>
          <tfoot>
            <tr>
              <th>Name
              </th>
              <th>Position
              </th>
              <th>Office
              </th>
              <th>Age
              </th>
              <th>Start date
              </th>
              <th>Salary
              </th>
            </tr>
          </tfoot>
        </table>

      
        
    
        
            
        table.dataTable thead .sorting:after,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting:before,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_asc:after,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_asc:before,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_asc_disabled:after,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_asc_disabled:before,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_desc:after,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_desc:before,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_desc_disabled:after,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_desc_disabled:before {
        bottom: .5em;
        }
      
        
    
        
            

        $(document).ready(function () {
          $('#dtVerticalScrollExample').DataTable({
            "scrollY": "200px",
            "scrollCollapse": true,
          });
          $('.dataTables_length').addClass('bs-select');
        });

      
        
    

Datatable vertical dynamic height

This example shows a vertically scrolling DataTable that makes use of the CSS3 vh unit in order to dynamically resize the viewport based on the browser window height. The vh unit is effectively a percentage of the browser window height. So the 20vh used in this example is 20% of the window height. The viewport size will update dynamically as the window is resized.

Name Position Office Age Start date Salary
Tiger Nixon System Architect Edinburgh 61 2011/04/25 $320,800
Garrett Winters Accountant Tokyo 63 2011/07/25 $170,750
Ashton Cox Junior Technical Author San Francisco 66 2009/01/12 $86,000
Cedric Kelly Senior Javascript Developer Edinburgh 22 2012/03/29 $433,060
Airi Satou Accountant Tokyo 33 2008/11/28 $162,700
Brielle Williamson Integration Specialist New York 61 2012/12/02 $372,000
Herrod Chandler Sales Assistant San Francisco 59 2012/08/06 $137,500
Rhona Davidson Integration Specialist Tokyo 55 2010/10/14 $327,900
Name Position Office Age Start date Salary
        
            

        <table id="dtDynamicVerticalScrollExample" class="table table-striped table-bordered table-sm" cellspacing="0"
          width="100%">
          <thead>
            <tr>
              <th class="th-sm">Name
              </th>
              <th class="th-sm">Position
              </th>
              <th class="th-sm">Office
              </th>
              <th class="th-sm">Age
              </th>
              <th class="th-sm">Start date
              </th>
              <th class="th-sm">Salary
              </th>
            </tr>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
            <tr>
              <td>Tiger Nixon</td>
              <td>System Architect</td>
              <td>Edinburgh</td>
              <td>61</td>
              <td>2011/04/25</td>
              <td>$320,800</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Garrett Winters</td>
              <td>Accountant</td>
              <td>Tokyo</td>
              <td>63</td>
              <td>2011/07/25</td>
              <td>$170,750</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Ashton Cox</td>
              <td>Junior Technical Author</td>
              <td>San Francisco</td>
              <td>66</td>
              <td>2009/01/12</td>
              <td>$86,000</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Cedric Kelly</td>
              <td>Senior Javascript Developer</td>
              <td>Edinburgh</td>
              <td>22</td>
              <td>2012/03/29</td>
              <td>$433,060</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Airi Satou</td>
              <td>Accountant</td>
              <td>Tokyo</td>
              <td>33</td>
              <td>2008/11/28</td>
              <td>$162,700</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Brielle Williamson</td>
              <td>Integration Specialist</td>
              <td>New York</td>
              <td>61</td>
              <td>2012/12/02</td>
              <td>$372,000</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Herrod Chandler</td>
              <td>Sales Assistant</td>
              <td>San Francisco</td>
              <td>59</td>
              <td>2012/08/06</td>
              <td>$137,500</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Rhona Davidson</td>
              <td>Integration Specialist</td>
              <td>Tokyo</td>
              <td>55</td>
              <td>2010/10/14</td>
              <td>$327,900</td>
            </tr>
          </tbody>
          <tfoot>
            <tr>
              <th>Name
              </th>
              <th>Position
              </th>
              <th>Office
              </th>
              <th>Age
              </th>
              <th>Start date
              </th>
              <th>Salary
              </th>
            </tr>
          </tfoot>
        </table>
      
        
    
        
            

        $(document).ready(function () {
          $('#dtDynamicVerticalScrollExample').DataTable({
            "scrollY": "50vh",
            "scrollCollapse": true,
          });
          $('.dataTables_length').addClass('bs-select');
        });

      
        
    
        
            
        table.dataTable thead .sorting:after,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting:before,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_asc:after,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_asc:before,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_asc_disabled:after,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_asc_disabled:before,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_desc:after,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_desc:before,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_desc_disabled:after,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_desc_disabled:before {
        bottom: .5em;
        }
      
        
    

Datatable horizontal scroll

First name Last name Position Office Age Start date Salary Extn. E-mail
Tiger Nixon System Architect Edinburgh 61 2011/04/25 $320,800 5421 t.nixon@datatables.net
Garrett Winters Accountant Tokyo 63 2011/07/25 $170,750 8422 g.winters@datatables.net
Ashton Cox Junior Technical Author San Francisco 66 2009/01/12 $86,000 1562 a.cox@datatables.net
Cedric Kelly Senior Javascript Developer Edinburgh 22 2012/03/29 $433,060 6224 c.kelly@datatables.net

DataTables has the ability to show tables with horizontal scrolling, which is very useful for when you have a wide table, but want to constrain it to a limited horizontal display area. To enable x-scrolling simply set the scrollX parameter to be whatever you want the container wrapper's width to be (this should be 100% in almost all cases with the width being constrained by the container element).

        
            

        <table id="dtHorizontalExample" class="table table-striped table-bordered table-sm" cellspacing="0"
          width="100%">
          <thead>
            <tr>
              <th>First name</th>
              <th>Last name</th>
              <th>Position</th>
              <th>Office</th>
              <th>Age</th>
              <th>Start date</th>
              <th>Salary</th>
              <th>Extn.</th>
              <th>E-mail</th>
            </tr>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
            <tr>
              <td>Tiger</td>
              <td>Nixon</td>
              <td>System Architect</td>
              <td>Edinburgh</td>
              <td>61</td>
              <td>2011/04/25</td>
              <td>$320,800</td>
              <td>5421</td>
              <td>t.nixon@datatables.net</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Garrett</td>
              <td>Winters</td>
              <td>Accountant</td>
              <td>Tokyo</td>
              <td>63</td>
              <td>2011/07/25</td>
              <td>$170,750</td>
              <td>8422</td>
              <td>g.winters@datatables.net</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Ashton</td>
              <td>Cox</td>
              <td>Junior Technical Author</td>
              <td>San Francisco</td>
              <td>66</td>
              <td>2009/01/12</td>
              <td>$86,000</td>
              <td>1562</td>
              <td>a.cox@datatables.net</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Cedric</td>
              <td>Kelly</td>
              <td>Senior Javascript Developer</td>
              <td>Edinburgh</td>
              <td>22</td>
              <td>2012/03/29</td>
              <td>$433,060</td>
              <td>6224</td>
              <td>c.kelly@datatables.net</td>
            </tr>
          </tbody>
        </table>

      
        
    
        
            

        $(document).ready(function () {
          $('#dtHorizontalExample').DataTable({
            "scrollX": true
          });
          $('.dataTables_length').addClass('bs-select');
        });

      
        
    
        
            

        .dtHorizontalExampleWrapper {
          max-width: 600px;
          margin: 0 auto;
        }
        #dtHorizontalExample th, td {
          white-space: nowrap;
        }

        table.dataTable thead .sorting:after,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting:before,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_asc:after,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_asc:before,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_asc_disabled:after,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_asc_disabled:before,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_desc:after,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_desc:before,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_desc_disabled:after,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_desc_disabled:before {
         bottom: .5em;
        }

      
        
    

Datatable horizontal and vertical scroll

First name Last name Position Office Age Start date Salary Extn. E-mail
Tiger Nixon System Architect Edinburgh 61 2011/04/25 $320,800 5421 t.nixon@datatables.net
Garrett Winters Accountant Tokyo 63 2011/07/25 $170,750 8422 g.winters@datatables.net
Ashton Cox Junior Technical Author San Francisco 66 2009/01/12 $86,000 1562 a.cox@datatables.net
Cedric Kelly Senior Javascript Developer Edinburgh 22 2012/03/29 $433,060 6224 c.kelly@datatables.net
Airi Satou Accountant Tokyo 33 2008/11/28 $162,700 5407 a.satou@datatables.net
Brielle Williamson Integration Specialist New York 61 2012/12/02 $372,000 4804 b.williamson@datatables.net

In this example you can see DataTables performing both horizontal and vertical scrolling at the same time. Note also that pagination is enabled in this example, and the scrolling accounts for this.

        
            

        <table id="dtHorizontalVerticalExample" class="table table-striped table-bordered table-sm " cellspacing="0"
          width="100%">
          <thead>
            <tr>
              <th>First name</th>
              <th>Last name</th>
              <th>Position</th>
              <th>Office</th>
              <th>Age</th>
              <th>Start date</th>
              <th>Salary</th>
              <th>Extn.</th>
              <th>E-mail</th>
            </tr>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
            <tr>
              <td>Tiger</td>
              <td>Nixon</td>
              <td>System Architect</td>
              <td>Edinburgh</td>
              <td>61</td>
              <td>2011/04/25</td>
              <td>$320,800</td>
              <td>5421</td>
              <td>t.nixon@datatables.net</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Garrett</td>
              <td>Winters</td>
              <td>Accountant</td>
              <td>Tokyo</td>
              <td>63</td>
              <td>2011/07/25</td>
              <td>$170,750</td>
              <td>8422</td>
              <td>g.winters@datatables.net</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Ashton</td>
              <td>Cox</td>
              <td>Junior Technical Author</td>
              <td>San Francisco</td>
              <td>66</td>
              <td>2009/01/12</td>
              <td>$86,000</td>
              <td>1562</td>
              <td>a.cox@datatables.net</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Cedric</td>
              <td>Kelly</td>
              <td>Senior Javascript Developer</td>
              <td>Edinburgh</td>
              <td>22</td>
              <td>2012/03/29</td>
              <td>$433,060</td>
              <td>6224</td>
              <td>c.kelly@datatables.net</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Airi</td>
              <td>Satou</td>
              <td>Accountant</td>
              <td>Tokyo</td>
              <td>33</td>
              <td>2008/11/28</td>
              <td>$162,700</td>
              <td>5407</td>
              <td>a.satou@datatables.net</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Brielle</td>
              <td>Williamson</td>
              <td>Integration Specialist</td>
              <td>New York</td>
              <td>61</td>
              <td>2012/12/02</td>
              <td>$372,000</td>
              <td>4804</td>
              <td>b.williamson@datatables.net</td>
            </tr>
          </tbody>
        </table>

      
        
    
        
            

        $(document).ready(function () {
          $('#dtHorizontalVerticalExample').DataTable({
            "scrollX": true,
            "scrollY": 200,
          });
          $('.dataTables_length').addClass('bs-select');
        });

      
        
    
        
            

        .dtHorizontalVerticalExampleWrapper {
          max-width: 600px;
          margin: 0 auto;
        }
        #dtHorizontalVerticalExample th, td {
          white-space: nowrap;
        }
        table.dataTable thead .sorting:after,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting:before,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_asc:after,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_asc:before,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_asc_disabled:after,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_asc_disabled:before,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_desc:after,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_desc:before,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_desc_disabled:after,
        table.dataTable thead .sorting_desc_disabled:before {
          bottom: .5em;
        }

      
        
    

Advanced table options

For advanced table option, have a look at the specific documentation pages listed below.

Table sort

This functionality lets you sort the data of the tables according to any specific columns.

Table pagination

Pagination offers a simple navigation method, which lets you split a huge amount of content within the tables into smaller parts.

Table editable

Table editable allows you to edit existing data within the table and add new data to the table.

Table generator

Interactive tool for creating fully coded tables.