How to prevent bootstrap table from growing my container

Question

Codepen Example: https://codepen.io/anthonyhvelazquez/pen/oNjPrgQ

<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-light">
  <a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Navbar</a>
  <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarSupportedContent" aria-controls="navbarSupportedContent" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
    <span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
  </button>

  <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarSupportedContent">
    <ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
      <li class="nav-item active">
        <a class="nav-link" href="#">Home <span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>
      </li>
      <li class="nav-item">
        <a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
      </li>
      <li class="nav-item dropdown">
        <a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="#" id="navbarDropdown" role="button" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
          Dropdown
        </a>
        <div class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdown">
          <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
          <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a>
          <div class="dropdown-divider"></div>
          <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="nav-item">
        <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#">Disabled</a>
      </li>
    </ul>

  </div>
</nav>
<div class="container-fluid">
  <div class="row justify-content-center">
    <div class="col-md-3">
      <div class="content h-100" style="background: red">
        Left Side Navigation
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="col-md-9">
      <div class="table-responsive">
                    <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-hover">
                        <thead>
                            <tr>
                                <th>Sheet Name</th>
                            </tr>
                        </thead>
                        <tbody>
                          <tr>
                            <td>Filler</td>
                          </tr>
                          <tr>
                            <td>Filler</td>
                          </tr>
                          <tr>
                            <td>Filler</td>
                          </tr>
                          <tr>
                            <td>Filler</td>
                          </tr>
                          <tr>
                            <td>Filler</td>
                          </tr>
                          <tr>
                            <td>Filler</td>
                          </tr>
                          <tr>
                            <td>Filler</td>
                          </tr>
                      </tbody>
        </table>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

I am trying to create a page that has a left navigation panel and a table on the right side. Now that I have that setup, I want to modify my table so that it doesnt force my container to grow past a certain height.

• Specifically I want the container to be (the height of the screen - the navbar) at all times whether the content under or overfills the container.

• The table show grow to the size of the container even if the table contents are not enough to fill in the height

• Once the table surpasses the limit of the container, it should have a vertical scroll with sticky table headers at the top

Any advice on how to get this outcome or is there a more responsive approach?

Answer 1

I think you can first get the viewport dimension, and use that to minus the navbar's height.

To make the table header sticky, you can use css style

.table-wrapper-scroll-y {
  display: block;

}

.tableFixHead td {
  padding: 8px 16px;

}

.tableFixHead th {
  position: sticky;
  top: 0;
}