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Rotate HTML header in table
.table-header-rotated th.row-header{
width: auto;
}
.table-header-rotated td{
width: 40px;
border-top: 1px solid #dddddd;
border-left: 1px solid #dddddd;
border-right: 1px solid #dddddd;
vertical-align: middle;
text-align: center;
}
.table-header-rotated th.rotate-45{
height: 80px;
width: 40px;
min-width: 40px;
max-width: 40px;
position: relative;
vertical-align: bottom;
padding: 0;
font-size: 12px;
line-height: 0.8;
}
.table-header-rotated th.rotate-45 > div{
position: relative;
top: 0px;
left: 40px; /* 80 * tan(45) / 2 = 40 where 80 is the height on the cell and 45 is the transform angle*/
height: 100%;
-ms-transform:skew(-45deg,0deg);
-moz-transform:skew(-45deg,0deg);
-webkit-transform:skew(-45deg,0deg);
-o-transform:skew(-45deg,0deg);
transform:skew(-45deg,0deg);
overflow: hidden;
border-left: 1px solid #dddddd;
border-right: 1px solid #dddddd;
border-top: 1px solid #dddddd;
}
.table-header-rotated th.rotate-45 span {
-ms-transform:skew(45deg,0deg) rotate(315deg);
-moz-transform:skew(45deg,0deg) rotate(315deg);
-webkit-transform:skew(45deg,0deg) rotate(315deg);
-o-transform:skew(45deg,0deg) rotate(315deg);
transform:skew(45deg,0deg) rotate(315deg);
position: absolute;
bottom: 30px; /* 40 cos(45) = 28 with an additional 2px margin*/
left: -25px; /*Because it looked good, but there is probably a mathematical link here as well*/
display: inline-block;
width: 85px; /* 80 / cos(45) - 40 cos (45) = 85 where 80 is the height of the cell, 40 the width of the cell and 45 the transform angle*/
text-align: left;
/* white-space: nowrap; *//*whether to display in one line or not*/
}
<div class="scrollable-table">
<table class="table table-striped table-header-rotated">
<thead>
<tr>
<!-- First column header is not rotated -->
<th></th>
<!-- Following headers are rotated -->
<th class="column criterion rotate-45"><div><span>Column header 1</span></div></th>
<th class="column criterion rotate-45"><div><span>Column header 2</span></div></th>
<th class="column criterion rotate-45"><div><span>Column header 3</span></div></th>
<th class="column criterion rotate-45"><div><span>Column header 4</span></div></th>
<th class="column criterion rotate-45"><div><span>Column header 5</span></div></th>
<th class="column criterion rotate-45"><div><span>Column header 6</span></div></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="row-header">Row header 1</th>
<td><input checked="checked" name="column1[]" type="radio" value="row1-column1"></td>
<td><input checked="checked" name="column2[]" type="radio" value="row1-column2"></td>
<td><input name="column3[]" type="radio" value="row1-column3"></td>
<td><input name="column4[]" type="radio" value="row1-column4"></td>
<td><input name="column5[]" type="radio" value="row1-column5"></td>
<td><input name="column6[]" type="radio" value="row1-column6"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="row-header">Row header 2</th>
<td><input name="column1[]" type="radio" value="row2-column1"></td>
<td><input name="column2[]" type="radio" value="row2-column2"></td>
<td><input checked="checked" name="column3[]" type="radio" value="row2-column3"></td>
<td><input checked="checked" name="column4[]" type="radio" value="row2-column4"></td>
<td><input name="column5[]" type="radio" value="row2-column5"></td>
<td><input name="column6[]" type="radio" value="row2-column6"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="row-header">Row header 3</th>
<td><input name="column1[]" type="radio" value="row3-column1"></td>
<td><input name="column2[]" type="radio" value="row3-column2"></td>
<td><input name="column3[]" type="radio" value="row3-column3"></td>
<td><input name="column4[]" type="radio" value="row3-column4"></td>
<td><input checked="checked" name="column5[]" type="radio" value="row3-column5"></td>
<td><input checked="checked" name="column6[]" type="radio" value="row3-column6"></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
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fcafra commented Dec 6, 2016

@jbonney

Great.... Thank's for this.
It's possible to fixed thead and make tbody scrollable ?

@uladzimir-miadzinski
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@fcafra, yes, you can use stickytableheaders.js https://github.com/jmosbech/StickyTableHeaders

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