Should we allow for grey-background table headers/sticky columns?

[jpuzz0]

This design from Openshift AI introduces an idea/use-case not yet documented in Patternfly for tables.

After discussing more with @yannnz & @xianli123 (designers of this Openshift AI feature), we landed on a slight variation to the original design:

Where the grey color being used here is pf-v5-u-background-color-200, which differs from the grey color used when applying isStriped to Tr components.

A different question that could override the title of this discussion would be: Does this conflict with PF design guidelines or desired guidelines for the use-case of comparing data in a table, and if this isn't what PF would recommend for comparison of data, should we formally define this in PF's documentation with guidelines/examples?

[nicolethoen]

@andrew-ronaldson @srambach @mattnolting

[mattnolting]

Yes, I believe we should.

• Supports alternative use cases
• Adds flexibility to table cell styling