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FixedHeader Bug when table has caption tag

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontend

Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue with a table containing a caption tag, then trace the FixedHeader entry point that processes the table header. Confirm the fix by showing that the column header appears only once when the table includes a caption.

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Description

From DataTables issue #28:

There is a bug in FixedHeader Extension when the wrapper table has
tag, the column header is duplicated.

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