DataTables VS floatThead

Compare DataTables vs floatThead and see what are their differences.

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DataTables floatThead
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7,276 1,222
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1.8 1.3
over 2 years ago about 1 year ago
CSS JavaScript
MIT License MIT License
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DataTables

Posts with mentions or reviews of DataTables. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-06-24.

floatThead

Posts with mentions or reviews of floatThead. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-08-19.
  • PNG File Chunk Inspector
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Aug 2021
    For anyone who wants to implement this, please _don't_ implement it like the GIF. <https://github.com/mkoryak/floatThead/blob/master/README.md> Instead, do what mobile web browsers do, where the header is automatically revealed and overlaid onto the content when scrolling up. On desktop, you can make it so the headers are also revealed when mousing around over the relevant data. But indiscriminately reducing the size of the viewport by going sticky is incredibly annoying.
  • What is the best library for handling tables and having fixed columns and/or headers
    1 project | /r/webdev | 10 Jun 2021
    I've used float.Thead, but it does not offer fixed columns, and doesn't have any sorting functionality.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing DataTables and floatThead you can also consider the following projects:

Tabulator - Interactive Tables and Data Grids for JavaScript

gridjs - Advanced table plugin

FooTable V3 - jQuery plugin to make HTML tables responsive

jTable - A JQuery plugin to create AJAX based CRUD tables.

flexboxgrid - Grid based on CSS3 flexbox

Masonry - :love_hotel: Cascading grid layout plugin

Freewall - Freewall is a cross-browser and responsive jQuery plugin to help you create grid, image and masonry layouts for desktop, mobile, and tablet...

Isotope - :revolving_hearts: Filter & sort magical layouts

Packery - :bento: Gapless, draggable grid layouts