[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#944826: RFP: libjs-jquery-stickytableheaders -- stick table headers to the top of a viewport when scrolling

[Nicholas D Steeves]

Dear JavaScript Team,

I would sincerely appreciate it if someone would take a look at this
RFP :-)

Please CC this bug for any replies.
Thanks!
Nicholas

On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 09:16:41PM -0500, Nicholas D Steeves wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Control: block 944704 by -1
> 
> Package name    : libjs-jquery-stickytableheaders
> Version         : 0.1.24
> Upstream Author : Jonas Mosbech
> URL             : https://github.com/jmosbech/StickyTableHeaders
> License         : MIT
> Programming Lang: JS
> Description     : stick table headers to the top of a viewport when scrolling
> 
> StickyTableHeaders is a jQuery plugin that sticks table headers to the
> top of a viewport.  When scrolling through a long vertical list it
> is easy for forget what header each column refers to.
> StickyTableHeaders solves this issue by keeping column headers visible
> at all times so that the user doesn't need to regularly scroll to the
> top of a table.
> 
> Upstream demo: https://jsfiddle.net/jmosbech/stFcx/
> 
> I discovered this package while working on org-html-themes, which
> depends on StickyTableHeaders.  Other than that, I am frequently
> frustrated by websites that exhibit the issue this software solves
> (eg: Wikipedia has this issue).  While I'm generally sympathetic to
> the "nojs" approach to web browsing, I believe that most users of
> "nojs" would probably white-list StickyTableHeaders, because of how it
> dramatically enhances the experience of reading long tables.  I am not
> aware of other packages that provide this functionality.
> 
> Please consider packaging it soon! :-)
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> Nicholas

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