First cut

src/body-renderer.js

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export default class BodyRenderer {
         this.rowmanager = instance.rowmanager;
         this.cellmanager = instance.cellmanager;
         this.bodyScrollable = instance.bodyScrollable;
+        this.datatableWrapperLeft = instance.datatableWrapperLeft;
         this.log = instance.log;
         this.appendRemainingData = nextTick(this.appendRemainingData, this);
     }
@@ -20,6 +21,11 @@ export default class BodyRenderer {
         } else {
             this.renderBodyHTML();
         }
+        this.renderLeftColumns();
+    }
+
+    renderLeftColumns() {
+        $('.dt-scrollable', this.datatableWrapperLeft).innerHTML = this.getLeftBodyHTML();
     }
 
     renderBodyHTML() {
@@ -48,7 +54,7 @@ export default class BodyRenderer {
             this.clusterize = new Clusterize({
                 rows: initialData,
                 scrollElem: this.bodyScrollable,
-                contentElem: $('tbody', this.bodyScrollable),
+                contentElem: $('.dt-body', this.bodyScrollable),
                 callbacks: {
                     clusterChanged: () => this.restoreState()
                 },
@@ -106,6 +112,26 @@ export default class BodyRenderer {
         `;
     }
 
+    getLeftBodyHTML(rows) {
+        if (!rows) rows = this.datamanager.getRowsForView();
+
+        const columns = this.datamanager.getColumns();
+        const leftColumns = columns.filter(col => {
+            return (col.id === '_checkbox' || col.id === '_rowIndex' || col.fixed);
+        }).map(col => col.colIndex);
+
+        return `
+            <table class="dt-body">
+                <tbody>
+                    ${rows.map(row => {
+                        const leftRow = row.filter(cell => leftColumns.includes(cell.colIndex));
+                        return this.rowmanager.getRowHTML(leftRow, row.meta);
+                    }).join('')}
+                </tbody>
+            </table>
+        `;
+    }
+
     getNoDataHTML() {
         return `<div class="dt-scrollable__no-data">${this.options.noDataMessage}</div>`;
     }

src/columnmanager.js

@@ -17,22 +17,25 @@ export default class ColumnManager {
             'style',
             'wrapper',
             'rowmanager',
-            'bodyScrollable'
+            'bodyScrollable',
+            'datatableWrapperLeft'
         ]);
 
         this.bindEvents();
     }
 
     renderHeader() {
-        this.header.innerHTML = '<thead></thead>';
         this.refreshHeader();
+        this.refreshHeaderLeft();
     }
 
     refreshHeader() {
         const columns = this.datamanager.getColumns();
 
         // refresh html
-        $('thead', this.header).innerHTML = this.getHeaderHTML(columns);
+        this.header.innerHTML = `
+            <thead>${this.getHeaderHTML(columns)}</thead>
+        `;
 
         this.$filterRow = $('.dt-row[data-is-filter]', this.header);
         if (this.$filterRow) {
@@ -43,6 +46,16 @@ export default class ColumnManager {
         this.bindMoveColumn();
     }
 
+    refreshHeaderLeft() {
+        let columns = this.datamanager.getColumns();
+
+        const leftColumns = columns.filter(col => {
+            return (col.id === '_checkbox' || col.id === '_rowIndex' || col.fixed);
+        });
+
+        $('.dt-header', this.datatableWrapperLeft).innerHTML = this.getHeaderHTML(leftColumns);
+    }
+
     getHeaderHTML(columns) {
         let html = this.rowmanager.getRowHTML(columns, {
             isHeader: 1
@@ -315,8 +328,13 @@ export default class ColumnManager {
             $column = this.header.querySelector(selector);
             this.$columnMap[colIndex] = $column;
         }
-
         $column.style.width = width + 'px';
+
+        // fixed left column
+        const $leftColumn = $(selector, this.datatableWrapperLeft);
+        if ($leftColumn) {
+            $leftColumn.style.width = width + 'px';
+        }
     }
 
     getColumnMinWidth(colIndex) {

src/datatable.js

@@ -68,9 +68,17 @@ class DataTable {
     prepareDom() {
         this.wrapper.innerHTML = `
             <div class="datatable">
-                <table class="dt-header">
-                </table>
-                <div class="dt-scrollable">
+                <div class="datatable-main">
+                    <table class="dt-header">
+                    </table>
+                    <div class="dt-scrollable">
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+                <div class="datatable-left">
+                    <table class="dt-header">
+                    </table>
+                    <div class="dt-scrollable">
+                    </div>
                 </div>
                 <div class="dt-freeze">
                     <span class="dt-freeze__message">
@@ -83,11 +91,12 @@ class DataTable {
         `;
 
         this.datatableWrapper = $('.datatable', this.wrapper);
-        this.header = $('.dt-header', this.wrapper);
-        this.bodyScrollable = $('.dt-scrollable', this.wrapper);
-        this.freezeContainer = $('.dt-freeze', this.wrapper);
-        this.toastMessage = $('.dt-toast', this.wrapper);
-        this.pasteTarget = $('.dt-paste-target', this.wrapper);
+        this.datatableWrapperLeft = $('.datatable-left', this.wrapper);
+        this.header = $('.dt-header', this.datatableWrapper);
+        this.bodyScrollable = $('.dt-scrollable', this.datatableWrapper);
+        this.freezeContainer = $('.dt-freeze', this.datatableWrapper);
+        this.toastMessage = $('.dt-toast', this.datatableWrapper);
+        this.pasteTarget = $('.dt-paste-target', this.datatableWrapper);
     }
 
     refresh(data, columns) {

src/rowmanager.js

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import {
     makeDataAttributeString,
     nextTick,
     ensureArray,
-    linkProperties
+    linkProperties,
+    throttle
 } from './utils';
 
 export default class RowManager {
@@ -14,7 +15,8 @@ export default class RowManager {
             'fireEvent',
             'wrapper',
             'bodyScrollable',
-            'bodyRenderer'
+            'bodyRenderer',
+            'datatableWrapperLeft'
         ]);
 
         this.bindEvents();
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ export default class RowManager {
 
     bindEvents() {
         this.bindCheckbox();
+        this.bindScrollSync();
     }
 
     bindCheckbox() {
@@ -55,6 +58,36 @@ export default class RowManager {
         });
     }
 
+    bindScrollSync() {
+        // $.on(this.wrapper, 'scroll', '.dt-scrollable', (e, $el) => {
+        //     console.log(e, $el);
+        // });
+
+        if (!this._$leftBodyScrollable) {
+            this._$leftBodyScrollable = $('.dt-scrollable', this.datatableWrapperLeft);
+        }
+
+        $.on(this.bodyScrollable, 'scroll', throttle((e) => {
+            console.log('main scrolled');
+            requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+                if (this._$leftBodyScrollable.scrollTop === this.bodyScrollable.scrollTop) {
+                    return;
+                }
+                this._$leftBodyScrollable.scrollTop = this.bodyScrollable.scrollTop;
+            });
+        }, 16));
+
+        $.on(this._$leftBodyScrollable, 'scroll', throttle((e) => {
+            console.log('left scrolled');
+            requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+                if (this._$leftBodyScrollable.scrollTop === this.bodyScrollable.scrollTop) {
+                    return;
+                }
+                this.bodyScrollable.scrollTop = this._$leftBodyScrollable.scrollTop;
+            });
+        }, 16));
+    }
+
     refreshRows() {
         this.instance.renderBody();
         this.instance.setDimensions();

src/style.css

@@ -25,16 +25,25 @@
 
 .datatable {
 	position: relative;
+}
+
+.datatable-main {
 	overflow: auto;
 }
 
+.datatable-left {
+	position: absolute;
+	left: 0;
+	top: 0;
+	z-index: 1;
+	background-color: white;
+}
+
 .dt-header {
 	border-collapse: collapse;
 	border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color);
 
-	position: absolute;
-	top: 0;
-	left: 0;
+	position: relative;
 	background-color: var(--cell-bg);
 }
 
@@ -257,3 +266,7 @@
 body.dt-resize {
 	cursor: col-resize;
 }
+
+.datatable-left [data-is-filter] {
+	display: none;
+}

src/style.js

@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ export default class Style {
         linkProperties(this, this.instance, [
             'options', 'datamanager', 'columnmanager',
             'header', 'bodyScrollable', 'datatableWrapper',
-            'getColumn'
+            'datatableWrapperLeft', 'getColumn'
         ]);
 
         this.scopeClass = 'dt-instance-' + instance.constructor.instances;
         instance.datatableWrapper.classList.add(this.scopeClass);
 
         const styleEl = document.createElement('style');
-        instance.wrapper.insertBefore(styleEl, instance.datatableWrapper);
+        document.head.appendChild(styleEl);
         this.styleEl = styleEl;
 
         this.bindResizeWindow();
@@ -102,15 +102,17 @@ export default class Style {
 
         this.setDefaultCellHeight();
         this.setBodyStyle();
+
+        this.setDatatableLeftStyle();
     }
 
     setHeaderStyle() {
         if (this.options.layout === 'fluid') {
             // setting width as 0 will ensure that the
             // header doesn't take the available space
-            $.style(this.header, {
-                width: 0
-            });
+            // $.style(this.header, {
+            //     width: 0
+            // });
         }
 
         $.style(this.header, {
@@ -291,17 +293,33 @@ export default class Style {
                 });
             }
 
-            $.style(this.bodyScrollable, {
-                marginTop: $.style(this.header, 'height') + 'px'
-            });
+            // $.style(this.bodyScrollable, {
+            //     marginTop: $.style(this.header, 'height') + 'px'
+            // });
 
-            $.style($('table', this.bodyScrollable), {
+            $.style($('.dt-body', this.bodyScrollable), {
                 margin: 0,
                 width: '100%'
             });
         });
     }
 
+    setDatatableLeftStyle() {
+        const wrapperWidth = $.style(this.datatableWrapperLeft, 'width');
+        $.style(this.datatableWrapperLeft, {
+            width: wrapperWidth + 'px',
+            overflow: 'hidden'
+        });
+
+        const scrollable = $('.dt-scrollable', this.datatableWrapperLeft);
+
+        const width = $.style(scrollable, 'width');
+        $.style(scrollable, {
+            width: (width + 20) + 'px',
+            paddingRight: '20px'
+        });
+    }
+
     getColumnHeaderElement(colIndex) {
         colIndex = +colIndex;
         if (colIndex < 0) return null;