Constraints for sticky headings

Anne EQS

This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: Tables

Sticky table headings in view mode

In some instances table header rows will stick to the top when you're viewing a page, making those really long tables easier to read. There are a few exceptions though. Table headers aren't sticky when:

• the space is using the documentation theme
• your table is inside a page layout (columns and sections)
• your table has no header row or there are cells in the top row that aren't marked as headers
• your table has a header column, instead of a header row, and scrolls horizontally
• your table is inside another table, or has another table inside, with its own header row
• your table only has one column.

Atlassian, are there any plans to change these constraints?

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Michael Harris_l0bz15

Additional areas outside of view mode where stickiness would be desirable!

• you are in the Edit mode
  Use Case: While editing long tables, I as user need to see the column headings for data entry. (Referring to data in previously entered rows is not always adequate as some cells may be empty.)
• you are in the Preview mode
  I, as a user, think that after editing a table, something I have done has disabled the stickiness and I drop my changes.