Editing Help:Table (section)

=== Overflowing tables ===
{{hatnote|Note: [[Template:Sticky table start]] does the same thing, and also shortens the table vertically too via a vertical [[scrollbar]]. Such a scroll box is a problem though if the sticky headers are too large. In some cases, only a horizontal scrollbar (as below) may be desired. In that case [[Template:Sticky header]] may be preferred as long as the top sticky header is not too tall. The overflow code below can not be used with it, or sticky will not work. {{t|Sticky header}} scrolling is via the whole page, not just for the table.}}

A horizontal scrollbar for the whole page shows up for any wikitable that is too wide for the screen. To create a scrollbar just for the table the following code may be used. Place the following code above a wikitable initialization:

<syntaxhighlight lang="html" highlight="2" class=gridbox>
<div class="overflowbugx" style="overflow-x:auto;">
</syntaxhighlight>

Then, after the closing bracket for the wikitable, place the following code:
<syntaxhighlight lang="html" highlight="2" class=gridbox>
</div>
</syntaxhighlight>

This will prevent the table from causing the entire page to scroll when scrolling through the table horizontally.