I use a standard org-mode table to store a lot of my own personal data. However, the tables have gotten quite large.
I need a way to have the top row stay visible.
Can I set this with header-line-format or something similar?
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This question on stackoverflow has two suggestions, including using elisp to set the header-line-format to the first line of the table.
It also suggests splitting the window horizontally and keeping the header in the upper window as a hackish workaround.
To use the code, add it to org-mode-hook as follows
(add-hook 'org-mode-hook (lambda() (setq-local header-line-format (list '(:eval (save-excursion (org-table-goto-line 1) (substring (thing-at-point 'line t) 0 -1))))))) 
- I read that question, but how do I set it for each different document? Each header will be at a different line for each document with a table.Adam Thompson– Adam Thompson2015-12-09 01:57:43 +00:00Commented Dec 9, 2015 at 1:57
- 1@Adam Which method are you using? The code should recognize which table you're in and do the right thing.user2699– user26992015-12-10 00:24:24 +00:00Commented Dec 10, 2015 at 0:24
- @usere2699 I tried to paste the code from the post you linked into my .init.el but nothing is different when I go into a file with an org-table and scroll past the header. I'm running emacs from the OS X terminal if that makes any difference.Adam Thompson– Adam Thompson2015-12-10 06:31:21 +00:00Commented Dec 10, 2015 at 6:31
- 1@Adam, copying it into your init file won't do much (as you found), it has to be called when org-mode is started. I've added an example.user2699– user26992015-12-10 21:48:23 +00:00Commented Dec 10, 2015 at 21:48
- ah! Thank you! I see the header-line now but when I scroll down past the header of my table nothing appears in the header-line.Adam Thompson– Adam Thompson2015-12-11 04:17:43 +00:00Commented Dec 11, 2015 at 4:17
There is a package on Melpa that may be useful: orgtbl-show-header
- Please provide a little more information on the package and a link.Dan– Dan2016-05-01 20:55:57 +00:00Commented May 1, 2016 at 20:55