DataTables Table plug-in for jQuery
DataTables is a plug-in for the jQuery Javascript library. It is a highly flexible tool, based upon the foundations of progressive enhancement, and will add advanced interaction controls to any HTML table.
- Pagination, instant search and multi-column ordering
- Supports almost any data source:
- Easily theme-able: DataTables, jQuery UI, Bootstrap, Foundation
- Wide variety of extensions inc. Editor, Buttons, FixedColumns and more
- Extensive options and a beautiful, expressive API
- Fully internationalisable
- Professional quality: backed by a suite of 2900+ unit tests
- Free open source software (MIT license)! Commercial support available.
- Scrolling options for table viewport
- Smart handling of column widths
- 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: 78K minified, 26K gzip'd
- Extensive plug-in support
- Sorting, type detection, API functions, pagination and filtering
- Solid documentation and interface reference
- 130+ pre-built examples
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!
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#myTable').DataTable();
});
Getting started with DataTables is as simple as including two files in your web-site, the CSS styling and the DataTables script itself. These two files are available on the DataTables CDN:
An example of DataTables in action is shown below.
Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary |
Tiger Nixon | System Architect | Edinburgh | 61 | 2011/04/25 | $320,800 |
Garrett Winters | Accountant | Tokyo | 63 | 2011/07/25 | $170,750 |
Ashton Cox | Junior Technical Author | San Francisco | 66 | 2009/01/12 | $86,000 |
Cedric Kelly | Senior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 22 | 2012/03/29 | $433,060 |
Airi Satou | Accountant | Tokyo | 33 | 2008/11/28 | $162,700 |
Brielle Williamson | Integration Specialist | New York | 61 | 2012/12/02 | $372,000 |
Herrod Chandler | Sales Assistant | San Francisco | 59 | 2012/08/06 | $137,500 |
Rhona Davidson | Integration Specialist | Tokyo | 55 | 2010/10/14 | $327,900 |
Colleen Hurst | Javascript Developer | San Francisco | 39 | 2009/09/15 | $205,500 |
Sonya Frost | Software Engineer | Edinburgh | 23 | 2008/12/13 | $103,600 |
Jena Gaines | Office Manager | London | 30 | 2008/12/19 | $90,560 |
Quinn Flynn | Support Lead | Edinburgh | 22 | 2013/03/03 | $342,000 |
Charde Marshall | Regional Director | San Francisco | 36 | 2008/10/16 | $470,600 |
Haley Kennedy | Senior Marketing Designer | London | 43 | 2012/12/18 | $313,500 |
Tatyana Fitzpatrick | Regional Director | London | 19 | 2010/03/17 | $385,750 |
Michael Silva | Marketing Designer | London | 66 | 2012/11/27 | $198,500 |
Paul Byrd | Chief Financial Officer (CFO) | New York | 64 | 2010/06/09 | $725,000 |
Gloria Little | Systems Administrator | New York | 59 | 2009/04/10 | $237,500 |
Bradley Greer | Software Engineer | London | 41 | 2012/10/13 | $132,000 |
Dai Rios | Personnel Lead | Edinburgh | 35 | 2012/09/26 | $217,500 |
Jenette Caldwell | Development Lead | New York | 30 | 2011/09/03 | $345,000 |
Yuri Berry | Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) | New York | 40 | 2009/06/25 | $675,000 |
Caesar Vance | Pre-Sales Support | New York | 21 | 2011/12/12 | $106,450 |
Doris Wilder | Sales Assistant | Sidney | 23 | 2010/09/20 | $85,600 |
Angelica Ramos | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) | London | 47 | 2009/10/09 | $1,200,000 |
Gavin Joyce | Developer | Edinburgh | 42 | 2010/12/22 | $92,575 |
Jennifer Chang | Regional Director | Singapore | 28 | 2010/11/14 | $357,650 |
Brenden Wagner | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 28 | 2011/06/07 | $206,850 |
Fiona Green | Chief Operating Officer (COO) | San Francisco | 48 | 2010/03/11 | $850,000 |
Shou Itou | Regional Marketing | Tokyo | 20 | 2011/08/14 | $163,000 |
Michelle House | Integration Specialist | Sidney | 37 | 2011/06/02 | $95,400 |
Suki Burks | Developer | London | 53 | 2009/10/22 | $114,500 |
Prescott Bartlett | Technical Author | London | 27 | 2011/05/07 | $145,000 |
Gavin Cortez | Team Leader | San Francisco | 22 | 2008/10/26 | $235,500 |
Martena Mccray | Post-Sales support | Edinburgh | 46 | 2011/03/09 | $324,050 |
Unity Butler | Marketing Designer | San Francisco | 47 | 2009/12/09 | $85,675 |
Howard Hatfield | Office Manager | San Francisco | 51 | 2008/12/16 | $164,500 |
Hope Fuentes | Secretary | San Francisco | 41 | 2010/02/12 | $109,850 |
Vivian Harrell | Financial Controller | San Francisco | 62 | 2009/02/14 | $452,500 |
Timothy Mooney | Office Manager | London | 37 | 2008/12/11 | $136,200 |
Jackson Bradshaw | Director | New York | 65 | 2008/09/26 | $645,750 |
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 |
DataTables blog
DataTables around the web
Column resizing extension
Steven Masala has created and published a column resizing extension for DataTables which works really nicely. This is a popular feature request, so I'm sure feedback will be welcome.
Typeahead search
Another great article from Michael Ryvkin - this time discussing how to create a typeahead / autocomplete search input for DataTables.
Screencast: Ruby on Rails with DataTables
The Drifting Ruby blog this week features a screencast on how to create a server-side processing DataTable with Ruby on Rails
Submitting data from a form in a DataTable
Michael Ryvkin discusses a relatively common question about DataTables in this article: How to submit data from a form that is embedded in the table, with paging enabled.
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 which use DataTables.
Please let me know if you have any DataTables related news, which I can add here!
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Used by
Just some of the companies and organisations using DataTables.