legacy.datatables.netDataTables (table plug-in for jQuery)

DataTables Usage Examples Styling API Development Editor Extras Plug-ins Blog FAQs Forums Purchase Download Support This site contains the legacy documentation for DataTables v1.9 and earlier for reference only. DataTables 1.10 is the current release and is now available . DataTables is a plug-in for the jQuery Javascript library. It is a highly flexible tool, based upon the foundations of progressive enhancement, which will add advanced interaction controls to any HTML table. Key features: Variable length pagination On-the-fly filtering Multi-column sorting with data type detection Smart handling of column widths Display data from almost any data source DOM , Javascript array , Ajax file and server-side processing (PHP, C#, Perl, Ruby, AIR, Gears etc) Scrolling options for table viewport Fully internationalisable jQuery UI ThemeRoller support Rock solid - backed by a suite of 2900 unit tests Wide variety of plug-ins inc. Editor , TableTools , FixedColumns and more It's free! State saving Hidden columns Dynamic creation of tables Ajax auto loading of data Custom DOM positioning Single column filtering Alternative pagination types Non-destructive DOM interaction Sorting column(s) highlighting Advanced data source options Commercial support available Fully accessible for screenreaders / keyboard access Sensible file size: 70K minified, 20K gzip'd Extensive plug-in support Sorting, type detection, API functions, pagination and filtering Fully themeable by CSS Solid documentation 130+ pre-built examples So how easy is it to use DataTables? Take a peek at the code below, a single function call to initialise the table is all it takes: /* * Example init */ $(document).ready(function(){ $('#example').dataTable(); }); An example of DataTables in action is shown below with a table of CSS browser grading as used by Conditional-CSS . Example Rendering engine Browser Platform(s) Engine version CSS grade Trident Internet Explorer 4.0 Win 95+ 4 X Trident Internet Explorer 5.0 Win 95+ 5 C Trident Internet Explorer 5.5 Win 95+ 5.5 A Trident Internet Explorer 6 Win 98+ 6 A Trident Internet Explorer 7 Win XP SP2+ 7 A Trident AOL browser (AOL desktop) Win XP 6 A Gecko Firefox 1.0 Win 98+ / OSX.2+ 1.7 A Gecko Firefox 1.5 Win 98+ / OSX.2+ 1.8 A Gecko Firefox 2.0 Win 98+ / OSX.2+ 1.8 A Gecko Firefox 3.0 Win 2k+ / OSX.3+ 1.9 A Gecko Camino 1.0 OSX.2+ 1.8 A Gecko Camino 1.5 OSX.3+ 1.8 A Gecko Netscape 7.2 Win 95+ / Mac OS 8.6-9.2 1.7 A Gecko Netscape Browser 8 Win 98SE+ 1.7 A Gecko Netscape Navigator 9 Win 98+ / OSX.2+ 1.8 A Gecko Mozilla 1.0 Win 95+ / OSX.1+ 1 A Gecko Mozilla 1.1 Win 95+ / OSX.1+ 1.1 A Gecko Mozilla 1.2 Win 95+ / OSX.1+ 1.2 A Gecko Mozilla 1.3 Win 95+ / OSX.1+ 1.3 A Gecko Mozilla 1.4 Win 95+ / OSX.1+ 1.4 A Gecko Mozilla 1.5 Win 95+ / OSX.1+ 1.5 A Gecko Mozilla 1.6 Win 95+ / OSX.1+ 1.6 A Gecko Mozilla 1.7 Win 98+ / OSX.1+ 1.7 A Gecko Mozilla 1.8 Win 98+ / OSX.1+ 1.8 A Gecko Seamonkey 1.1 Win 98+ / OSX.2+ 1.8 A Gecko Epiphany 2.20 Gnome 1.8 A Webkit Safari 1.2 OSX.3 125.5 A Webkit Safari 1.3 OSX.3 312.8 A Webkit Safari 2.0 OSX.4+ 419.3 A Webkit Safari 3.0 OSX.4+ 522.1 A Webkit Google Chrome 1.0 Win XP+ 525 A Webkit OmniWeb 5.5 OSX.4+ 420 A Webkit iPod Touch / iPhone iPod 420.1 A Webkit S60 S60 413 A Presto Opera 7.0 Win 95+ / OSX.1+ - A Presto Opera 7.5 Win 95+ / OSX.2+ - A Presto Opera 8.0 Win 95+ / OSX.2+ - A Presto Opera 8.5 Win 95+ / OSX.2+ - A Presto Opera 9.0 Win 95+ / OSX.3+ - A Presto Opera 9.2 Win 88+ / OSX.3+ - A Presto Opera 9.5 Win 88+ / OSX.3+ - A Presto Opera for Wii Wii - A Presto Nokia N800 N800 - A Presto Nintendo DS browser Nintendo DS 8.5 C/A KHTML Konqureror 3.1 KDE 3.1 3.1 C KHTML Konqureror 3.3 KDE 3.3 3.3 A KHTML Konqureror 3.5 KDE 3.5 3.5 A Tasman Internet Explorer 4.5 Mac OS 8-9 - X Tasman Internet Explorer 5.1 Mac OS 7.6-9 1 C Tasman Internet Explorer 5.2 Mac OS 8-X 1 C Misc NetFront 3.1 Embedded devices - C Misc NetFront 3.4 Embedded devices - A Misc Dillo 0.8 Embedded devices - X Misc Links Text only - X Misc Lynx Text only - X Misc IE Mobile Windows Mobile 6 - C Misc PSP browser PSP - C Other browsers All others - - U DataTables blog DataTables 1.10.0 release candidate DataTables 1.10 beta HTML 5 Clipboard and File APIs JS Bin update Introducing Editor - editing for DataTables Orthogonal data DataTables debugger Twitter Bootstrap 2 Microsoft CDN localStorage for state saving Twitter Bootstrap Site updates - JS Bin and more Getting started with DataTables: First steps Creating feature plug-ins DataTables support Drill-down rows Introducing Scroller - Virtual Scrolling for DataTables DataTables 1.8 Inline editing Creating beautiful and functional tables with DataTables Extended data source options with DataTables DataTables around the web CodeIgniter 4 server-side processing A new server-side processing library for CodeIgniter 4 from Samson Luvanda. It carries an MIT license and is easy to setup and configure. Retriving data with joins in .NET 5 A really interesting and detailed article from Jordan Nash showing how to use joined data in .NET 5 with Entity Framework and then displaying it in DataTables. Column resizing plug-in Daniel Hobi has created a new column resizing plug-in for DataTables ( source is available ) which works very smoothly. Excel export styling examples Button's Excel export does over styling options, but it isn't particularly trivial to use. Thankfully Paul Jones has put together an excellent resource to help with this though! It shows the code to use for a set of Excel export examples. ThemeForest themes with DataTables If you are looking for a quick way of creating stylish looking tables, integrated with the rest of your site, then there are a number of themes available on ThemeForest with DataTables support. They are listed here. More... 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