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Please help me with...How to make a Table Header remain visible as I scroll down the table? I thought that I previously had that feature but don't have it now. I think it was available through User Preferences but can't find it there.

hydnjo (talk) 17:11, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi Hydnjo. This feature is turned on and off in Preferences>Gadgets>Testing_and_development. It is only designed to work in Safari and Firefox. Someguy1221 (talk) 21:17, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Someguy1221 for your response. I've had that box Make sure that headers of tables remain in view as long as the table is in view (requires Firefox v59 or Safari) checked off for some time now and I'm using Safari. It was working fine in the past but seems to have stopped working here (fixed by TheDJ). Any further suggestions? hydnjo (talk) 16:43, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

I will admit, that is an odd one. For me the gadget simply fudges the headers on that table, I wonder if it's something to do with the unusual header style. Anyway, I'd suggest this is a question for the technical error forum, or maybe ask the editor who wrote that gadget, @TheDJ:. Someguy1221 (talk) 20:54, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

Someguy1221 hydnjo maybe it's time to deprecate that thing. The browser vendors don't really seem interested in making progress on this functionality, so it's not likely to start working much better any time soon. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 08:18, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

well in this particular case, it mostly was due to the broken table definition. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 08:25, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

TheDJ thank you for the fix, it really is a useful feature that I would hate see go away. : ) hydnjo (talk) 16:25, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

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The Web team at the Wikimedia Foundation has been working on Vector 2022 for the past three years, collaborating with the English Misplaced Pages community as well as other wikis to ensure that the skin performs better qualitatively and quantitatively for readers and communities than the previous Vector skin. The goal of the new skin is to create a more welcoming and easier to use experience for readers and editors across the wiki. For more details, see our new FAQ.

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