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The scrollbar only appears if the table is actually wider than the page. This template allows up to 30 row headers passed as parameters to its {{Scrolling table/top}} subtemplate, for convenience. Extra row headers can be added using regular table syntax, between the {{Scrolling table/top}} and the {{Scrolling table/mid}} subtemplates
Help:Table/Advanced § Scrolling tables with sticky column and row headers {{sticky header}} - Makes column headers stick to the top of the page while scrolling through table data. {} – Can be used to help narrow columns by adding a soft hyphen to a word to allow it to wrap. Help:Table#Colors in tables; More template styles for tables:
The scrolling and sticky headers work in cell phones, too. Widest scrolling tables are on top of the list below. Narrow your browser window until you see a horizontal scroll bar. Drag it left and right to see the sticky row headers that stay visible. Template:2020 monthly cumulative COVID-19 death totals by country; Template:2021 2nd half.
The table's horizontal scroll doesn't work with this template, so wide tables span outside of the main content area making the entire page wider and requiring you to instead horizontally scroll the entire page. Zooming out to see the entire table makes the headers sticky, but also makes the text smaller and less readable the wider the table is.
There are several advanced table formatting techniques to improve the display or editing of wikitables in Wikipedia. Most of the tips involve use of standard text-editors. While some special software packages exist, to allow customized editing, they are typically not available when travelling to other computers for wiki-editin
The table above (even if some more columns are added) maintains one line per country for narrower browser and screen widths. So it is therefore more readable and scannable in long country tables. The table format below can greatly increase in number of lines, and require more vertical scrolling, especially if more columns are added.
Examples of horizontal and vertical scrollbars around a text box Examples of vertical scrollbar at right end of Wikipedia home page. A scrollbar is an interaction technique or widget in which continuous text, pictures, or any other content can be scrolled in a predetermined direction (up, down, left, or right) on a computer display, window, or viewport so that all of the content can be viewed ...
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