simple fixed table header jquery plugin

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Copyright (c) 2011 Jim Schubert

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example.html

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.1/jquery.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript">
(function($) { 
	$.fn.fixedHeader = function(options) {
		var settings = { 
			selector: 'thead:first',
			cssClass: 'fixed',
			fixTo: 0
		};
		
		var _fixHeader = function(obj) { 
			var header = $(obj.selector, obj.elem);
			if(header) {
				var parent =  header.parents('table:first') || header.parent();
				(parent && parent.css({ borderCollapse: 'collapse'}) );
				
				var data = header.data('fixedHeader') || header.data('fixedHeader', { 
						top: header.offset().top,
						width: parent.find('tr:eq(1)').width(),
						cells: parent.find('tr:eq(1) > td'),
						processed: false
					});
				var top = data.top - $(document).scrollTop();
				if( top < 0 ) {
					header.addClass(obj.css);	
					if(!data.processed){
						header.width(data.width);
						for(var i = 0; i<data.cells.length;i++) {
							$('th:eq('+i+')', header).width($(data.cells[i]).width());
						}
					}
					
				} else { 
					header.removeClass(obj.css); 
				}
			}		
		};
		return this.each(function() {
			var self = this;
			if("object" === typeof options) {
				$.extend(settings, options);
			}
			if($(self).parents('table:first')){
				$(window).bind('scroll.fixedHeader', function() {
					_fixHeader({ 
						elem: self,
						selector: settings.selector,
						css: settings.cssClass,
						top: settings.fixTo
					});
				});
			}
		});
	};
})(jQuery);

$(function() {
	var table = $('#example');
	for(var i = 1; i < 50; i++) {
		var row = $('<tr><td>first_'+i+'</td><td>second_'+i+'</td><td>third_'+i+'</td><td>fourth_'+i+'</td></tr>');
		$('tbody', table).append(row);
	}
	$('thead:not(thead:eq(0))').remove();
	table.fixedHeader();
});
</script>

<style type="text/css">
.fixed { position:fixed; background:white; border-bottom:1px dotted black;}
</style>

<table id="example">
<thead>
<tr>
	<th>First</th>
	<th>Second</th>
	<th>Third</th>
	<th>Fourth</th>
</tr>
<thead>
<tbody></tbody>
</table>

<div id="scrollTop">

</div>

jquery.fixedheader.js

(function($) { 
	$.fn.fixedHeader = function(options) {
		var settings = { 
			selector: 'thead:first',
			cssClass: 'fixed',
			fixTo: 0
		};
		
		var _fixHeader = function(obj) { 
			var header = $(obj.selector, obj.elem);
			if(header) {
				var parent =  header.parents('table:first') || header.parent();
				(parent && parent.css({ borderCollapse: 'collapse'}) );
				
				var data = header.data('fixedHeader') || header.data('fixedHeader', { 
						top: header.offset().top,
						width: parent.find('tr:eq(1)').width(),
						cells: parent.find('tr:eq(1) > td'),
						processed: false
					});
				var top = data.top - $(document).scrollTop();
				if( top < 0 ) {
					header.addClass(obj.css);	
					if(!data.processed){
						header.width(data.width);
						for(var i = 0; i<data.cells.length;i++) {
							$('th:eq('+i+')', header).width($(data.cells[i]).width());
						}
					}
					
				} else { 
					header.removeClass(obj.css); 
				}
			}		
		};
		return this.each(function() {
			var self = this;
			if("object" === typeof options) {
				$.extend(settings, options);
			}
			if($(self).parents('table:first')){
				$(window).bind('scroll.fixedHeader', function() {
					_fixHeader({ 
						elem: self,
						selector: settings.selector,
						css: settings.cssClass,
						top: settings.fixTo
					});
				});
			}
		});
	};
})(jQuery);

My contribution:

https://gist.github.com/0x3333/c10035a9e6efdf54f464