Datatables
Basic Data Table
DataTables has most features enabled by default, so all you need to do to use it with your own tables is to call the construction
function:
$().DataTable();.
| Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finn Camacho | Support Engineer | San Francisco | 47 | 2009/07/07 | $87,500 |
| Serge Baldwin | Data Coordinator | Singapore | 64 | 2012/04/09 | $138,575 |
| Zenaida Frank | Software Engineer | New York | 63 | 2010/01/04 | $125,250 |
| Zorita Serrano | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 56 | 2012/06/01 | $115,000 |
| Jennifer Acosta | Junior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 43 | 2013/02/01 | $75,650 |
| Cara Stevens | Sales Assistant | New York | 46 | 2011/12/06 | $145,600 |
| Hermione Butler | Regional Director | London | 47 | 2011/03/21 | $356,250 |
| Lael Greer | Systems Administrator | London | 21 | 2009/02/27 | $103,500 |
| Jonas Alexander | Developer | San Francisco | 30 | 2010/07/14 | $86,500 |
| Shad Decker | Regional Director | Edinburgh | 51 | 2008/11/13 | $183,000 |
| Michael Bruce | Javascript Developer | Singapore | 29 | 2011/06/27 | $183,000 |
| Donna Snider | Customer Support | New York | 27 | 2011/01/25 | $112,000 |
Buttons example
The Buttons extension for DataTables provides a common set of options, API methods and styling to display buttons on a page that will interact with a DataTable. The core library provides the based framework upon which plug-ins can built.
| Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger Nixon | System Architect | Edinburgh | 61 | 2011/04/25 | $320,800 |
| Jennifer Acosta | Junior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 43 | 2013/02/01 | $75,650 |
| Cara Stevens | Sales Assistant | New York | 46 | 2011/12/06 | $145,600 |
| Hermione Butler | Regional Director | London | 47 | 2011/03/21 | $356,250 |
| Lael Greer | Systems Administrator | London | 21 | 2009/02/27 | $103,500 |
| Jonas Alexander | Developer | San Francisco | 30 | 2010/07/14 | $86,500 |
| Shad Decker | Regional Director | Edinburgh | 51 | 2008/11/13 | $183,000 |
| Michael Bruce | Javascript Developer | Singapore | 29 | 2011/06/27 | $183,000 |
| Donna Snider | Customer Support | New York | 27 | 2011/01/25 | $112,000 |
State Saving
DataTables has the option of being able to save the state of a table (its paging position, ordering state etc) so that is can be restored when the user reloads a page, or comes back to the page after visiting a sub-page. This state saving ability is enabled by the stateSave option.
| Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger Nixon | System Architect | Edinburgh | 61 | 2011/04/25 | $320,800 |
| Zorita Serrano | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 56 | 2012/06/01 | $115,000 |
| Jennifer Acosta | Junior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 43 | 2013/02/01 | $75,650 |
| Cara Stevens | Sales Assistant | New York | 46 | 2011/12/06 | $145,600 |
| Hermione Butler | Regional Director | London | 47 | 2011/03/21 | $356,250 |
| Lael Greer | Systems Administrator | London | 21 | 2009/02/27 | $103,500 |
| Jonas Alexander | Developer | San Francisco | 30 | 2010/07/14 | $86,500 |
| Shad Decker | Regional Director | Edinburgh | 51 | 2008/11/13 | $183,000 |
| Michael Bruce | Javascript Developer | Singapore | 29 | 2011/06/27 | $183,000 |
| Donna Snider | Customer Support | New York | 27 | 2011/01/25 | $112,000 |
Multi item selection
This example shows the multi option. Note how a click on a row will toggle its selected state without effecting other rows, unlike the os and single options shown in other examples.
| Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger Nixon | System Architect | Edinburgh | 61 | 2011/04/25 | $320,800 |
| Serge Baldwin | Data Coordinator | Singapore | 64 | 2012/04/09 | $138,575 |
| Zenaida Frank | Software Engineer | New York | 63 | 2010/01/04 | $125,250 |
| Zorita Serrano | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 56 | 2012/06/01 | $115,000 |
| Jennifer Acosta | Junior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 43 | 2013/02/01 | $75,650 |
| Cara Stevens | Sales Assistant | New York | 46 | 2011/12/06 | $145,600 |
| Hermione Butler | Regional Director | London | 47 | 2011/03/21 | $356,250 |
| Lael Greer | Systems Administrator | London | 21 | 2009/02/27 | $103,500 |
| Jonas Alexander | Developer | San Francisco | 30 | 2010/07/14 | $86,500 |
| Shad Decker | Regional Director | Edinburgh | 51 | 2008/11/13 | $183,000 |
| Michael Bruce | Javascript Developer | Singapore | 29 | 2011/06/27 | $183,000 |
| Donna Snider | Customer Support | New York | 27 | 2011/01/25 | $112,000 |
Key Data Table
KeyTable provides Excel like cell navigation on any table. Events (focus, blur, action etc) can be assigned to individual cells, columns, rows or all cells.
| Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger Nixon | System Architect | Edinburgh | 61 | 2011/04/25 | $320,800 |
| Olivia Liang | Support Engineer | Singapore | 64 | 2011/02/03 | $234,500 |
| Bruno Nash | Software Engineer | London | 38 | 2011/05/03 | $163,500 |
| Sakura Yamamoto | Support Engineer | Tokyo | 37 | 2009/08/19 | $139,575 |
| Thor Walton | Developer | New York | 61 | 2013/08/11 | $98,540 |
| Finn Camacho | Support Engineer | San Francisco | 47 | 2009/07/07 | $87,500 |
| Serge Baldwin | Data Coordinator | Singapore | 64 | 2012/04/09 | $138,575 |
| Zenaida Frank | Software Engineer | New York | 63 | 2010/01/04 | $125,250 |
| Zorita Serrano | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 56 | 2012/06/01 | $115,000 |
| Jennifer Acosta | Junior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 43 | 2013/02/01 | $75,650 |
| Cara Stevens | Sales Assistant | New York | 46 | 2011/12/06 | $145,600 |
| Hermione Butler | Regional Director | London | 47 | 2011/03/21 | $356,250 |
| Lael Greer | Systems Administrator | London | 21 | 2009/02/27 | $103,500 |
| Jonas Alexander | Developer | San Francisco | 30 | 2010/07/14 | $86,500 |
| Shad Decker | Regional Director | Edinburgh | 51 | 2008/11/13 | $183,000 |
| Michael Bruce | Javascript Developer | Singapore | 29 | 2011/06/27 | $183,000 |
| Donna Snider | Customer Support | New York | 27 | 2011/01/25 | $112,000 |
Complex headers with column visibility
Complex headers (using colspan / rowspan) can be used to group columns of similar information in DataTables, creating a very powerful visual effect.
| Name | HR Information | Contact | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Salary | Office | Extn. | ||
| Tiger Nixon | System Architect | $320,800 | Edinburgh | 5421 | t.nixon@datatables.net |
| Finn Camacho | Support Engineer | $87,500 | San Francisco | 2927 | f.camacho@datatables.net |
| Serge Baldwin | Data Coordinator | $138,575 | Singapore | 8352 | s.baldwin@datatables.net |
| Zenaida Frank | Software Engineer | $125,250 | New York | 7439 | z.frank@datatables.net |
| Zorita Serrano | Software Engineer | $115,000 | San Francisco | 4389 | z.serrano@datatables.net |
| Jennifer Acosta | Junior Javascript Developer | $75,650 | Edinburgh | 3431 | j.acosta@datatables.net |
| Cara Stevens | Sales Assistant | $145,600 | New York | 3990 | c.stevens@datatables.net |
| Hermione Butler | Regional Director | $356,250 | London | 1016 | h.butler@datatables.net |
| Lael Greer | Systems Administrator | $103,500 | London | 6733 | l.greer@datatables.net |
| Jonas Alexander | Developer | $86,500 | San Francisco | 8196 | j.alexander@datatables.net |
| Shad Decker | Regional Director | $183,000 | Edinburgh | 6373 | s.decker@datatables.net |
| Michael Bruce | Javascript Developer | $183,000 | Singapore | 5384 | m.bruce@datatables.net |
| Donna Snider | Customer Support | $112,000 | New York | 4226 | d.snider@datatables.net |
| Name | Position | Salary | Office | Extn. | |