Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Control: block 944704 by -1 Package name : libjs-jquery-stickytableheaders Version : 0.1.24 Upstream Author : Jonas Mosbech URL : https://github.com/jmosbech/StickyTableHeaders License : MIT Programming Lang: JS Description : stick table headers to the top of a viewport when scrolling
StickyTableHeaders is a jQuery plugin that sticks table headers to the top of a viewport. When scrolling through a long vertical list it is easy for forget what header each column refers to. StickyTableHeaders solves this issue by keeping column headers visible at all times so that the user doesn't need to regularly scroll to the top of a table. Upstream demo: https://jsfiddle.net/jmosbech/stFcx/ I discovered this package while working on org-html-themes, which depends on StickyTableHeaders. Other than that, I am frequently frustrated by websites that exhibit the issue this software solves (eg: Wikipedia has this issue). While I'm generally sympathetic to the "nojs" approach to web browsing, I believe that most users of "nojs" would probably white-list StickyTableHeaders, because of how it dramatically enhances the experience of reading long tables. I am not aware of other packages that provide this functionality. Please consider packaging it soon! :-) Thank you, Nicholas
