FixedHeader example z-index order control

When you have two or more columns fixed on a table, there might be occasions when you which to have one column floating on top of another. This example shows how you can do that with the initialisation parameters zTop, zBottom, zLeft and zRight. In this example the left column is set to float on top of the header. The difference is subtle, but can be effective.

The default zIndexes are:

  • zTop: 104
  • zBottom: 103
  • zLeft: 102
  • zRight: 101

This example shows the left column being floated on top of the header.

NamePositionOfficeAgeStart dateSalary
NamePositionOfficeAgeStart dateSalary
Airi Satou Accountant Tokyo 33 2008/11/28 $162,700
Angelica Ramos Chief Executive Officer (CEO) London 47 2009/10/09 $1,200,000
Ashton Cox Junior Technical Author San Francisco 66 2009/01/12 $86,000
Bradley Greer Software Engineer London 41 2012/10/13 $132,000
Brenden Wagner Software Engineer San Francisco 28 2011/06/07 $206,850
Brielle Williamson Integration Specialist New York 61 2012/12/02 $372,000
Bruno Nash Software Engineer London 38 2011/05/03 $163,500
Caesar Vance Pre-Sales Support New York 21 2011/12/12 $106,450
Cara Stevens Sales Assistant New York 46 2011/12/06 $145,600
Cedric Kelly Senior Javascript Developer Edinburgh 22 2012/03/29 $433,060
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The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:

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$(document).ready(function() {
    var table = $('#example').DataTable();
 
    new $.fn.dataTable.FixedHeader( table, {
        left: true,
        zLeft: 105
    } );
} );

In addition to the above code, the following Javascript library files are loaded for use in this example:

NamePositionOfficeAgeStart dateSalary
Name
Airi Satou
Angelica Ramos
Ashton Cox
Bradley Greer
Brenden Wagner
Brielle Williamson
Bruno Nash
Caesar Vance
Cara Stevens
Cedric Kelly
Name