[voussoir]

I'm sure there are smarter ways to do some of the things I'm doing. Could you let me know what fancy tricks you're referring to, perhaps ::before and ::after with content properties?

These generator pages already rely on javascript to put our database data onto the page, whether by URL parameters or API calls, so once I'm in that mode, yeah I'm generating everything with article.innerHTML = '...' to get a bulk template on the page, and a series of createElement/append to make smaller elements like table rows.

[lofenfew]

I just did a quick search, so I don't claim to be an expert. The two main methods seem to be thead/tfoot and position:fixed. I didn't mean to imply that this are smarter/better, but they might be easier in certain conditions.

[voussoir]

Oh, I see, thanks. I did figure out that thead automatically repeats across pages, but I also had to repeat other stuff outside the table, like letterhead.

I also made this sample file that shows thead repeating, but since it's a single continuous table it doesn't preview very well and spills out of the 8.5x11 article element. I'm not sure how I would take advantage of the browser's automatic thead/tfoot repeat while also accurately previewing the result in the browser, especially with more elements below the table.

https://voussoir.net/writing/css_for_printing/sample_longtab...

But I'm open to suggestions that would spare me from splitting the table after a height threshold!