How to repeat table header on new page

[Steffen Heller]

Hello,

did anyone manage to create PDFs with long tables that extend over several pages and have a table header on every new page?

I tried

thead {display: table-header-group;}

And on this page someone mentioned that for Flying Saucer this had to be added:

table {
-fs-table-paginate: paginate;
}

I tried PDF exports with both but nothing happened. When I create a PDF with the print function of the browser it works though.

[Erik Söderström]

Did anyone find an answer to this? I'm stuck trying to get repeating headers for our tables in our PDF Exports from Confluence 5.4.

[Cheryl Schmelzer]

Has anyone been successful at getting table headers to repeat? Thank you.

[Steffen Heller]

I am also still interested (but also pretty certain that it doesn't work). Just tried again with .wiki-content .table-wrap .confluenceTable thead { display: table-header-group; } .wiki-content .table-wrap table { -fs-table-paginate: paginate; }

[Sean Curtis]

I'm guessing this is for Confluence? If so does the markup use a and elements? I remember seeing elements styled as heading rows. If they are cells then check if their surrounding has a class relating to it being a heading row as opposed to a content row. If it does then try adding display: table-header-group; to it.

[Steffen Heller]

Well, the heading of the table is surrounded by a <thead> element and the header cells are <th>. But when I add the "display: table-header-group" to any of these element it has no effect.

I suppose it is not working with flying saucer. But proof of the opposite would be more than welcome.

@Sean: The following sentence I do not understand. Is there a word missing perhaps?

If so does the markup use a and elements?

[Sean Curtis]

I will have a play when I'm at work tomorrow. Not sure if keeping the thead at the top is default browser behavior or not. Printing to PDF is probably different too.

[Sean Curtis]

Sorry it looks like HTML chars are removed. It was thead and td