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23 <h1 class="page-title">Namespace: defaults</h1>
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24 <h2 class="ancestors">Ancestry: <span class="ancestors"><a href="DataTable.html">DataTable</a>.</span> ยป defaults</h2>
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35 <li><a href="#top">Overview</a></li>
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36 <li><a href="#summary">Summary</a><div><table cellpadding="5" border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td>Classes (0)</td><td><a href="#summary_namespaces">Namespaces (3)</a></td></tr><tr><td>Properties (0)</td><td><a href="#summary_properties_static">Static properties (58)</a></td></tr><tr><td>Methods (0)</td><td>Static methods (0)</td></tr><tr><td>Events (0)</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table></div></li><li><a href="#details">Details</a><div><table cellpadding="5" border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td>Properties (0)</td><td><a href="#summary_properties_static">Static properties (58)</a></td></tr><tr><td>Methods (0)</td><td>Static methods (0)</td></tr><tr><td>Events (0)</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table></div></li></ul>
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55 <p>Initialisation options that can be given to DataTables at initialisation
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63 <div class="doc_summary">
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64 <a name="summary"></a>
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65 <h2>Summary</h2>
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67 <div class="doc_group"><a name="summary_namespaces"></a><h3 class="subsection-title">Namespaces</h3>
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68 <dl>
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69 <dt class="even"><span class="type-name"><a href="DataTable.defaults.columns.html">columns</a></span></dt><dd class="even"><p>Column options that can be given to DataTables at initialisation time.</p></dd><dt class="odd"><span class="type-name"><a href="DataTable.defaults.oLanguage.html">oLanguage</a></span></dt><dd class="odd"><p>All strings that DataTables uses in the user interface that it creates
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70 are defined in this object, allowing you to modified them individually or
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71 completely replace them all as required.</p></dd><dt class="even"><span class="type-name"><a href="DataTable.defaults.oSearch.html">oSearch</a></span></dt><dd class="even"><p>This parameter allows you to have define the global filtering state at
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72 initialisation time. As an object the "sSearch" parameter must be
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73 defined, but all other parameters are optional. When "bRegex" is true,
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74 the search string will be treated as a regular expression, when false
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75 (default) it will be treated as a straight string. When "bSmart"
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76 DataTables will use it's smart filtering methods (to word match at
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77 any point in the data), when false this will not be done.</p></dd>
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78 </dl></div><div class="doc_group"><a name="summary_properties_static"></a><h3 class="subsection-title">Properties - static</h3>
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81 <dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aaData">aaData</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :array</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>An array of data to use for the table, passed in at initialisation which
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82 will be used in preference to any data which is already in the DOM. This is
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83 particularly useful for constructing tables purely in Javascript, for
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84 example with a custom Ajax call.</p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aaSorting">aaSorting</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :array</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>If sorting is enabled, then DataTables will perform a first pass sort on
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85 initialisation. You can define which column(s) the sort is performed upon,
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86 and the sorting direction, with this variable. The aaSorting array should
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87 contain an array for each column to be sorted initially containing the
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88 column's index and a direction string ('asc' or 'desc').</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aaSortingFixed">aaSortingFixed</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :array</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>This parameter is basically identical to the aaSorting parameter, but
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89 cannot be overridden by user interaction with the table. What this means
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90 is that you could have a column (visible or hidden) which the sorting will
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91 always be forced on first - any sorting after that (from the user) will
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92 then be performed as required. This can be useful for grouping rows
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93 together.</p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aLengthMenu">aLengthMenu</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :array</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>This parameter allows you to readily specify the entries in the length drop
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94 down menu that DataTables shows when pagination is enabled. It can be
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95 either a 1D array of options which will be used for both the displayed
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96 option and the value, or a 2D array which will use the array in the first
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97 position as the value, and the array in the second position as the
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98 displayed options (useful for language strings such as 'All').</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aoColumnDefs">aoColumnDefs</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"></span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Very similar to aoColumns, aoColumnDefs allows you to target a specific
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99 column, multiple columns, or all columns, using the aTargets property of
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100 each object in the array. This allows great flexibility when creating
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101 tables, as the aoColumnDefs arrays can be of any length, targeting the
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102 columns you specifically want. aoColumnDefs may use any of the column
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103 options available: <a href="DataTable.defaults.columns.html">DataTable.defaults.columns</a>, but it <em>must</em>
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104 have aTargets defined in each object in the array. Values in the aTargets
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105 array may be:
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106 <ul>
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107 <li>a string - class name will be matched on the TH for the column</li>
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108 <li>0 or a positive integer - column index counting from the left</li>
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109 <li>a negative integer - column index counting from the right</li>
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110 <li>the string "_all" - all columns (i.e. assign a default)</li>
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111 </ul></p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aoColumns">aoColumns</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"></span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>The aoColumns option in the initialisation parameter allows you to define
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112 details about the way individual columns behave. For a full list of
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113 column options that can be set, please see
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114 <a href="DataTable.defaults.columns.html">DataTable.defaults.columns</a>. Note that if you use aoColumns to
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115 define your columns, you must have an entry in the array for every single
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116 column that you have in your table (these can be null if you don't which
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117 to specify any options).</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aoSearchCols">aoSearchCols</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :array</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Basically the same as oSearch, this parameter defines the individual column
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118 filtering state at initialisation time. The array must be of the same size
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119 as the number of columns, and each element be an object with the parameters
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120 "sSearch" and "bEscapeRegex" (the latter is optional). 'null' is also
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121 accepted and the default will be used.</p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#asStripeClasses">asStripeClasses</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :array</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>An array of CSS classes that should be applied to displayed rows. This
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122 array may be of any length, and DataTables will apply each class
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123 sequentially, looping when required.</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bAutoWidth">bAutoWidth</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Enable or disable automatic column width calculation. This can be disabled
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124 as an optimisation (it takes some time to calculate the widths) if the
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125 tables widths are passed in using aoColumns.</p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bDeferRender">bDeferRender</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Deferred rendering can provide DataTables with a huge speed boost when you
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126 are using an Ajax or JS data source for the table. This option, when set to
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127 true, will cause DataTables to defer the creation of the table elements for
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128 each row until they are needed for a draw - saving a significant amount of
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129 time.</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bDestroy">bDestroy</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Replace a DataTable which matches the given selector and replace it with
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130 one which has the properties of the new initialisation object passed. If no
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131 table matches the selector, then the new DataTable will be constructed as
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132 per normal.</p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bFilter">bFilter</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Enable or disable filtering of data. Filtering in DataTables is "smart" in
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133 that it allows the end user to input multiple words (space separated) and
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134 will match a row containing those words, even if not in the order that was
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135 specified (this allow matching across multiple columns). Note that if you
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136 wish to use filtering in DataTables this must remain 'true' - to remove the
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137 default filtering input box and retain filtering abilities, please use
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138 <a href="DataTable.defaults.html#sDom">DataTable.defaults.sDom</a>.</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bInfo">bInfo</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Enable or disable the table information display. This shows information
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139 about the data that is currently visible on the page, including information
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140 about filtered data if that action is being performed.</p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bJQueryUI">bJQueryUI</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Enable jQuery UI ThemeRoller support (required as ThemeRoller requires some
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141 slightly different and additional mark-up from what DataTables has
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142 traditionally used).</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bLengthChange">bLengthChange</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Allows the end user to select the size of a formatted page from a select
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143 menu (sizes are 10, 25, 50 and 100). Requires pagination (bPaginate).</p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bPaginate">bPaginate</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Enable or disable pagination.</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bProcessing">bProcessing</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Enable or disable the display of a 'processing' indicator when the table is
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144 being processed (e.g. a sort). This is particularly useful for tables with
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145 large amounts of data where it can take a noticeable amount of time to sort
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146 the entries.</p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bRetrieve">bRetrieve</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Retrieve the DataTables object for the given selector. Note that if the
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147 table has already been initialised, this parameter will cause DataTables
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148 to simply return the object that has already been set up - it will not take
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149 account of any changes you might have made to the initialisation object
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150 passed to DataTables (setting this parameter to true is an acknowledgement
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151 that you understand this). bDestroy can be used to reinitialise a table if
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152 you need.</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bScrollAutoCss">bScrollAutoCss</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Indicate if DataTables should be allowed to set the padding / margin
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153 etc for the scrolling header elements or not. Typically you will want
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154 this.</p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bScrollCollapse">bScrollCollapse</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>When vertical (y) scrolling is enabled, DataTables will force the height of
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155 the table's viewport to the given height at all times (useful for layout).
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156 However, this can look odd when filtering data down to a small data set,
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157 and the footer is left "floating" further down. This parameter (when
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158 enabled) will cause DataTables to collapse the table's viewport down when
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159 the result set will fit within the given Y height.</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bScrollInfinite">bScrollInfinite</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Enable infinite scrolling for DataTables (to be used in combination with
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160 sScrollY). Infinite scrolling means that DataTables will continually load
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161 data as a user scrolls through a table, which is very useful for large
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162 dataset. This cannot be used with pagination, which is automatically
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163 disabled. Note - the Scroller extra for DataTables is recommended in
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164 in preference to this option.</p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bServerSide">bServerSide</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Configure DataTables to use server-side processing. Note that the
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165 sAjaxSource parameter must also be given in order to give DataTables a
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166 source to obtain the required data for each draw.</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bSort">bSort</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Enable or disable sorting of columns. Sorting of individual columns can be
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167 disabled by the "bSortable" option for each column.</p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bSortCellsTop">bSortCellsTop</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Allows control over whether DataTables should use the top (true) unique
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168 cell that is found for a single column, or the bottom (false - default).
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169 This is useful when using complex headers.</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bSortClasses">bSortClasses</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Enable or disable the addition of the classes 'sorting_1', 'sorting_2' and
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170 'sorting_3' to the columns which are currently being sorted on. This is
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171 presented as a feature switch as it can increase processing time (while
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172 classes are removed and added) so for large data sets you might want to
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173 turn this off.</p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bStateSave">bStateSave</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Enable or disable state saving. When enabled a cookie will be used to save
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174 table display information such as pagination information, display length,
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175 filtering and sorting. As such when the end user reloads the page the
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176 display display will match what thy had previously set up.</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnCookieCallback">fnCookieCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Customise the cookie and / or the parameters being stored when using
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177 DataTables with state saving enabled. This function is called whenever
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178 the cookie is modified, and it expects a fully formed cookie string to be
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179 returned. Note that the data object passed in is a Javascript object which
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180 must be converted to a string (JSON.stringify for example).</p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnCreatedRow">fnCreatedRow</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>This function is called when a TR element is created (and all TD child
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181 elements have been inserted), or registered if using a DOM source, allowing
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182 manipulation of the TR element (adding classes etc).</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnDrawCallback">fnDrawCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>This function is called on every 'draw' event, and allows you to
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183 dynamically modify any aspect you want about the created DOM.</p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnFooterCallback">fnFooterCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Identical to fnHeaderCallback() but for the table footer this function
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184 allows you to modify the table footer on every 'draw' even.</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnFormatNumber">fnFormatNumber</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>When rendering large numbers in the information element for the table
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185 (i.e. "Showing 1 to 10 of 57 entries") DataTables will render large numbers
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186 to have a comma separator for the 'thousands' units (e.g. 1 million is
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187 rendered as "1,000,000") to help readability for the end user. This
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188 function will override the default method DataTables uses.</p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnHeaderCallback">fnHeaderCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>This function is called on every 'draw' event, and allows you to
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189 dynamically modify the header row. This can be used to calculate and
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190 display useful information about the table.</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnInfoCallback">fnInfoCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>The information element can be used to convey information about the current
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191 state of the table. Although the internationalisation options presented by
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192 DataTables are quite capable of dealing with most customisations, there may
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193 be times where you wish to customise the string further. This callback
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194 allows you to do exactly that.</p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnInitComplete">fnInitComplete</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Called when the table has been initialised. Normally DataTables will
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195 initialise sequentially and there will be no need for this function,
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196 however, this does not hold true when using external language information
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197 since that is obtained using an async XHR call.</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnPreDrawCallback">fnPreDrawCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Called at the very start of each table draw and can be used to cancel the
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198 draw by returning false, any other return (including undefined) results in
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199 the full draw occurring).</p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnRowCallback">fnRowCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>This function allows you to 'post process' each row after it have been
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200 generated for each table draw, but before it is rendered on screen. This
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201 function might be used for setting the row class name etc.</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnServerData">fnServerData</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>This parameter allows you to override the default function which obtains
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202 the data from the server ($.getJSON) so something more suitable for your
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203 application. For example you could use POST data, or pull information from
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204 a Gears or AIR database.</p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnServerParams">fnServerParams</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>It is often useful to send extra data to the server when making an Ajax
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205 request - for example custom filtering information, and this callback
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206 function makes it trivial to send extra information to the server. The
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207 passed in parameter is the data set that has been constructed by
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208 DataTables, and you can add to this or modify it as you require.</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnStateLoad">fnStateLoad</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Load the table state. With this function you can define from where, and how, the
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209 state of a table is loaded. By default DataTables will load from its state saving
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210 cookie, but you might wish to use local storage (HTML5) or a server-side database.</p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnStateLoaded">fnStateLoaded</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Callback that is called when the state has been loaded from the state saving method
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211 and the DataTables settings object has been modified as a result of the loaded state.</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnStateLoadParams">fnStateLoadParams</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Callback which allows modification of the saved state prior to loading that state.
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212 This callback is called when the table is loading state from the stored data, but
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213 prior to the settings object being modified by the saved state. Note that for
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214 plug-in authors, you should use the 'stateLoadParams' event to load parameters for
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215 a plug-in.</p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnStateSave">fnStateSave</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Save the table state. This function allows you to define where and how the state
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216 information for the table is stored - by default it will use a cookie, but you
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217 might want to use local storage (HTML5) or a server-side database.</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnStateSaveParams">fnStateSaveParams</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Callback which allows modification of the state to be saved. Called when the table
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218 has changed state a new state save is required. This method allows modification of
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219 the state saving object prior to actually doing the save, including addition or
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220 other state properties or modification. Note that for plug-in authors, you should
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221 use the 'stateSaveParams' event to save parameters for a plug-in.</p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#iCookieDuration">iCookieDuration</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :int</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Duration of the cookie which is used for storing session information. This
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222 value is given in seconds.</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#iDeferLoading">iDeferLoading</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :int|array</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>When enabled DataTables will not make a request to the server for the first
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223 page draw - rather it will use the data already on the page (no sorting etc
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224 will be applied to it), thus saving on an XHR at load time. iDeferLoading
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225 is used to indicate that deferred loading is required, but it is also used
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226 to tell DataTables how many records there are in the full table (allowing
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227 the information element and pagination to be displayed correctly). In the case
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228 where a filtering is applied to the table on initial load, this can be
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229 indicated by giving the parameter as an array, where the first element is
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230 the number of records available after filtering and the second element is the
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231 number of records without filtering (allowing the table information element
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232 to be shown correctly).</p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#iDisplayLength">iDisplayLength</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :int</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Number of rows to display on a single page when using pagination. If
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233 feature enabled (bLengthChange) then the end user will be able to override
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234 this to a custom setting using a pop-up menu.</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#iDisplayStart">iDisplayStart</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :int</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Define the starting point for data display when using DataTables with
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235 pagination. Note that this parameter is the number of records, rather than
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236 the page number, so if you have 10 records per page and want to start on
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237 the third page, it should be "20".</p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#iScrollLoadGap">iScrollLoadGap</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :int</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>The scroll gap is the amount of scrolling that is left to go before
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238 DataTables will load the next 'page' of data automatically. You typically
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239 want a gap which is big enough that the scrolling will be smooth for the
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240 user, while not so large that it will load more data than need.</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#iTabIndex">iTabIndex</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :int</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>By default DataTables allows keyboard navigation of the table (sorting, paging,
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241 and filtering) by adding a tabindex attribute to the required elements. This
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242 allows you to tab through the controls and press the enter key to activate them.
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243 The tabindex is default 0, meaning that the tab follows the flow of the document.
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244 You can overrule this using this parameter if you wish. Use a value of -1 to
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245 disable built-in keyboard navigation.</p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sAjaxDataProp">sAjaxDataProp</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>By default DataTables will look for the property 'aaData' when obtaining
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246 data from an Ajax source or for server-side processing - this parameter
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247 allows that property to be changed. You can use Javascript dotted object
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248 notation to get a data source for multiple levels of nesting.</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sAjaxSource">sAjaxSource</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>You can instruct DataTables to load data from an external source using this
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249 parameter (use aData if you want to pass data in you already have). Simply
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250 provide a url a JSON object can be obtained from. This object must include
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251 the parameter 'aaData' which is the data source for the table.</p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sCookiePrefix">sCookiePrefix</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>This parameter can be used to override the default prefix that DataTables
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252 assigns to a cookie when state saving is enabled.</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sDom">sDom</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>This initialisation variable allows you to specify exactly where in the
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253 DOM you want DataTables to inject the various controls it adds to the page
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254 (for example you might want the pagination controls at the top of the
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255 table). DIV elements (with or without a custom class) can also be added to
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256 aid styling. The follow syntax is used:
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257 <ul>
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258 <li>The following options are allowed: <br />
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259 <ul>
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260 <li>'l' - Length changing</li
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261 <li>'f' - Filtering input</li>
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262 <li>'t' - The table!</li>
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263 <li>'i' - Information</li>
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264 <li>'p' - Pagination</li>
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265 <li>'r' - pRocessing</li>
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266 </ul>
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267 </li>
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268 <li>The following constants are allowed:
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269 <ul>
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270 <li>'H' - jQueryUI theme "header" classes ('fg-toolbar ui-widget-header ui-corner-tl ui-corner-tr ui-helper-clearfix')</li>
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271 <li>'F' - jQueryUI theme "footer" classes ('fg-toolbar ui-widget-header ui-corner-bl ui-corner-br ui-helper-clearfix')</li>
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272 </ul>
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273 </li>
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274 <li>The following syntax is expected:
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275 <ul>
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276 <li>'<' and '>' - div elements</li>
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277 <li>'<"class" and '>' - div with a class</li>
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278 <li>'<"#id" and '>' - div with an ID</li>
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279 </ul>
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280 </li>
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281 <li>Examples:
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282 <ul>
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283 <li>'<"wrapper"flipt>'</li>
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284 <li>'<lf<t>ip>'</li>
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285 </ul>
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286 </li>
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287 </ul></p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sPaginationType">sPaginationType</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>DataTables features two different built-in pagination interaction methods
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288 ('two_button' or 'full_numbers') which present different page controls to
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289 the end user. Further methods can be added using the API (see below).</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sScrollX">sScrollX</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Enable horizontal scrolling. When a table is too wide to fit into a certain
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290 layout, or you have a large number of columns in the table, you can enable
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291 x-scrolling to show the table in a viewport, which can be scrolled. This
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292 property can be any CSS unit, or a number (in which case it will be treated
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293 as a pixel measurement).</p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sScrollXInner">sScrollXInner</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>This property can be used to force a DataTable to use more width than it
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294 might otherwise do when x-scrolling is enabled. For example if you have a
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295 table which requires to be well spaced, this parameter is useful for
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296 "over-sizing" the table, and thus forcing scrolling. This property can by
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297 any CSS unit, or a number (in which case it will be treated as a pixel
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298 measurement).</p></dd><dt class=" even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sScrollY">sScrollY</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Enable vertical scrolling. Vertical scrolling will constrain the DataTable
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299 to the given height, and enable scrolling for any data which overflows the
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300 current viewport. This can be used as an alternative to paging to display
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301 a lot of data in a small area (although paging and scrolling can both be
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302 enabled at the same time). This property can be any CSS unit, or a number
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303 (in which case it will be treated as a pixel measurement).</p></dd><dt class=" odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sServerMethod">sServerMethod</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Set the HTTP method that is used to make the Ajax call for server-side
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304 processing or Ajax sourced data.</p></dd>
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305 </dl></div>
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306 </div>
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307
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308
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309
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310
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311 <div class="doc_details">
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312 <a name="details"></a>
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313 <h2>Details</h2>
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314 <div class="doc_group"><a name="details_properties"></a><h3 class="subsection-title">Properties - static</h3>
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315 <dl>
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316 <dt class=" even"><a name="aaData"></a><a name="aaData_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aaData">aaData</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :array</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>An array of data to use for the table, passed in at initialisation which
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317 will be used in preference to any data which is already in the DOM. This is
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318 particularly useful for constructing tables purely in Javascript, for
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319 example with a custom Ajax call.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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320
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321 </dl>
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322 <h5>Examples</h5>
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323 <div class="example-code">
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324 <pre class="brush: js"> // Using a 2D array data source
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325 $(document).ready( function () {
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326 $('#example').dataTable( {
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327 "aaData": [
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328 ['Trident', 'Internet Explorer 4.0', 'Win 95+', 4, 'X'],
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329 ['Trident', 'Internet Explorer 5.0', 'Win 95+', 5, 'C'],
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330 ],
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331 "aoColumns": [
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332 { "sTitle": "Engine" },
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333 { "sTitle": "Browser" },
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334 { "sTitle": "Platform" },
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335 { "sTitle": "Version" },
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336 { "sTitle": "Grade" }
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337 ]
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338 } );
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339 } );
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340
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341 </pre>
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342 </div>
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343
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344 <div class="example-code">
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345 <pre class="brush: js"> // Using an array of objects as a data source (mData)
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346 $(document).ready( function () {
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347 $('#example').dataTable( {
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348 "aaData": [
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349 {
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350 "engine": "Trident",
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351 "browser": "Internet Explorer 4.0",
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352 "platform": "Win 95+",
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353 "version": 4,
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354 "grade": "X"
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355 },
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356 {
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357 "engine": "Trident",
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358 "browser": "Internet Explorer 5.0",
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359 "platform": "Win 95+",
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360 "version": 5,
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361 "grade": "C"
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362 }
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363 ],
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364 "aoColumns": [
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365 { "sTitle": "Engine", "mData": "engine" },
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366 { "sTitle": "Browser", "mData": "browser" },
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367 { "sTitle": "Platform", "mData": "platform" },
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368 { "sTitle": "Version", "mData": "version" },
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369 { "sTitle": "Grade", "mData": "grade" }
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370 ]
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371 } );
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372 } );</pre>
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373 </div>
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374 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="aaSorting"></a><a name="aaSorting_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aaSorting">aaSorting</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :array</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>If sorting is enabled, then DataTables will perform a first pass sort on
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375 initialisation. You can define which column(s) the sort is performed upon,
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376 and the sorting direction, with this variable. The aaSorting array should
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377 contain an array for each column to be sorted initially containing the
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378 column's index and a direction string ('asc' or 'desc').</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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379
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380 </dl>
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381 <h5>Example</h5>
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382 <div class="example-code">
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383 <pre class="brush: js"> // Sort by 3rd column first, and then 4th column
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384 $(document).ready( function() {
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385 $('#example').dataTable( {
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386 "aaSorting": [[2,'asc'], [3,'desc']]
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387 } );
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388 } );
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389
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390 // No initial sorting
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391 $(document).ready( function() {
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392 $('#example').dataTable( {
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393 "aaSorting": []
|
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394 } );
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395 } );</pre>
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396 </div>
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397 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="aaSortingFixed"></a><a name="aaSortingFixed_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aaSortingFixed">aaSortingFixed</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :array</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>This parameter is basically identical to the aaSorting parameter, but
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398 cannot be overridden by user interaction with the table. What this means
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399 is that you could have a column (visible or hidden) which the sorting will
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400 always be forced on first - any sorting after that (from the user) will
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401 then be performed as required. This can be useful for grouping rows
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402 together.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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403
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404 </dl>
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405 <h5>Example</h5>
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406 <div class="example-code">
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407 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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408 $('#example').dataTable( {
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409 "aaSortingFixed": [[0,'asc']]
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410 } );
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411 } )</pre>
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412 </div>
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413 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="aLengthMenu"></a><a name="aLengthMenu_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aLengthMenu">aLengthMenu</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :array</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>This parameter allows you to readily specify the entries in the length drop
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414 down menu that DataTables shows when pagination is enabled. It can be
|
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415 either a 1D array of options which will be used for both the displayed
|
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416 option and the value, or a 2D array which will use the array in the first
|
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417 position as the value, and the array in the second position as the
|
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418 displayed options (useful for language strings such as 'All').</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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419
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420 </dl>
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421 <h5>Examples</h5>
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422 <div class="example-code">
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423 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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424 $('#example').dataTable( {
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425 "aLengthMenu": [[10, 25, 50, -1], [10, 25, 50, "All"]]
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426 } );
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427 } );
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428
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429 </pre>
|
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430 </div>
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431
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432 <div class="example-code">
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433 <pre class="brush: js"> // Setting the default display length as well as length menu
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434 // This is likely to be wanted if you remove the '10' option which
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435 // is the iDisplayLength default.
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436 $(document).ready( function() {
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437 $('#example').dataTable( {
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438 "iDisplayLength": 25,
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439 "aLengthMenu": [[25, 50, 100, -1], [25, 50, 100, "All"]]
|
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440 } );
|
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441 } );</pre>
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442 </div>
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443 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="aoColumnDefs"></a><a name="aoColumnDefs_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aoColumnDefs">aoColumnDefs</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"></span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Very similar to aoColumns, aoColumnDefs allows you to target a specific
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444 column, multiple columns, or all columns, using the aTargets property of
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445 each object in the array. This allows great flexibility when creating
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446 tables, as the aoColumnDefs arrays can be of any length, targeting the
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447 columns you specifically want. aoColumnDefs may use any of the column
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448 options available: <a href="DataTable.defaults.columns.html">DataTable.defaults.columns</a>, but it <em>must</em>
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449 have aTargets defined in each object in the array. Values in the aTargets
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450 array may be:
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451 <ul>
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452 <li>a string - class name will be matched on the TH for the column</li>
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453 <li>0 or a positive integer - column index counting from the left</li>
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454 <li>a negative integer - column index counting from the right</li>
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455 <li>the string "_all" - all columns (i.e. assign a default)</li>
|
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456 </ul></p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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457
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458 </dl>
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459 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="aoColumns"></a><a name="aoColumns_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aoColumns">aoColumns</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"></span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>The aoColumns option in the initialisation parameter allows you to define
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460 details about the way individual columns behave. For a full list of
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461 column options that can be set, please see
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462 <a href="DataTable.defaults.columns.html">DataTable.defaults.columns</a>. Note that if you use aoColumns to
|
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463 define your columns, you must have an entry in the array for every single
|
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464 column that you have in your table (these can be null if you don't which
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465 to specify any options).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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466
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467 </dl>
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468 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="aoSearchCols"></a><a name="aoSearchCols_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aoSearchCols">aoSearchCols</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :array</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Basically the same as oSearch, this parameter defines the individual column
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469 filtering state at initialisation time. The array must be of the same size
|
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470 as the number of columns, and each element be an object with the parameters
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471 "sSearch" and "bEscapeRegex" (the latter is optional). 'null' is also
|
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472 accepted and the default will be used.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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473
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474 </dl>
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475 <h5>Example</h5>
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476 <div class="example-code">
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477 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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478 $('#example').dataTable( {
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479 "aoSearchCols": [
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480 null,
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481 { "sSearch": "My filter" },
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482 null,
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483 { "sSearch": "^[0-9]", "bEscapeRegex": false }
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484 ]
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485 } );
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486 } )</pre>
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487 </div>
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488 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="asStripeClasses"></a><a name="asStripeClasses_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#asStripeClasses">asStripeClasses</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :array</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>An array of CSS classes that should be applied to displayed rows. This
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489 array may be of any length, and DataTables will apply each class
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490 sequentially, looping when required.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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491
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492 </dl>
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493 <h5>Example</h5>
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494 <div class="example-code">
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495 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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496 $('#example').dataTable( {
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497 "asStripeClasses": [ 'strip1', 'strip2', 'strip3' ]
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498 } );
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499 } )</pre>
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500 </div>
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501 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="bAutoWidth"></a><a name="bAutoWidth_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bAutoWidth">bAutoWidth</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Enable or disable automatic column width calculation. This can be disabled
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502 as an optimisation (it takes some time to calculate the widths) if the
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503 tables widths are passed in using aoColumns.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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504
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505 </dl>
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506 <h5>Example</h5>
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507 <div class="example-code">
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508 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function () {
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509 $('#example').dataTable( {
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510 "bAutoWidth": false
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511 } );
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512 } );</pre>
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513 </div>
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514 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="bDeferRender"></a><a name="bDeferRender_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bDeferRender">bDeferRender</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Deferred rendering can provide DataTables with a huge speed boost when you
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515 are using an Ajax or JS data source for the table. This option, when set to
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516 true, will cause DataTables to defer the creation of the table elements for
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517 each row until they are needed for a draw - saving a significant amount of
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518 time.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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519
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520 </dl>
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521 <h5>Example</h5>
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522 <div class="example-code">
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523 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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524 var oTable = $('#example').dataTable( {
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525 "sAjaxSource": "sources/arrays.txt",
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526 "bDeferRender": true
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527 } );
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528 } );</pre>
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529 </div>
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530 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="bDestroy"></a><a name="bDestroy_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bDestroy">bDestroy</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Replace a DataTable which matches the given selector and replace it with
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531 one which has the properties of the new initialisation object passed. If no
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532 table matches the selector, then the new DataTable will be constructed as
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533 per normal.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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534
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535 </dl>
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536 <h5>Example</h5>
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537 <div class="example-code">
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538 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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539 $('#example').dataTable( {
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540 "sScrollY": "200px",
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541 "bPaginate": false
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|
542 } );
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543
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544 // Some time later....
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545 $('#example').dataTable( {
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|
546 "bFilter": false,
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|
547 "bDestroy": true
|
|
548 } );
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|
549 } );</pre>
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550 </div>
|
|
551 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="bFilter"></a><a name="bFilter_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bFilter">bFilter</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Enable or disable filtering of data. Filtering in DataTables is "smart" in
|
|
552 that it allows the end user to input multiple words (space separated) and
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|
553 will match a row containing those words, even if not in the order that was
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|
554 specified (this allow matching across multiple columns). Note that if you
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555 wish to use filtering in DataTables this must remain 'true' - to remove the
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|
556 default filtering input box and retain filtering abilities, please use
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|
557 <a href="DataTable.defaults.html#sDom">DataTable.defaults.sDom</a>.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
558
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559 </dl>
|
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560 <h5>Example</h5>
|
|
561 <div class="example-code">
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562 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function () {
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563 $('#example').dataTable( {
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564 "bFilter": false
|
|
565 } );
|
|
566 } );</pre>
|
|
567 </div>
|
|
568 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="bInfo"></a><a name="bInfo_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bInfo">bInfo</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Enable or disable the table information display. This shows information
|
|
569 about the data that is currently visible on the page, including information
|
|
570 about filtered data if that action is being performed.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
571
|
|
572 </dl>
|
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573 <h5>Example</h5>
|
|
574 <div class="example-code">
|
|
575 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function () {
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|
576 $('#example').dataTable( {
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|
577 "bInfo": false
|
|
578 } );
|
|
579 } );</pre>
|
|
580 </div>
|
|
581 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="bJQueryUI"></a><a name="bJQueryUI_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bJQueryUI">bJQueryUI</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Enable jQuery UI ThemeRoller support (required as ThemeRoller requires some
|
|
582 slightly different and additional mark-up from what DataTables has
|
|
583 traditionally used).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
584
|
|
585 </dl>
|
|
586 <h5>Example</h5>
|
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587 <div class="example-code">
|
|
588 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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|
589 $('#example').dataTable( {
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|
590 "bJQueryUI": true
|
|
591 } );
|
|
592 } );</pre>
|
|
593 </div>
|
|
594 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="bLengthChange"></a><a name="bLengthChange_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bLengthChange">bLengthChange</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Allows the end user to select the size of a formatted page from a select
|
|
595 menu (sizes are 10, 25, 50 and 100). Requires pagination (bPaginate).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
596
|
|
597 </dl>
|
|
598 <h5>Example</h5>
|
|
599 <div class="example-code">
|
|
600 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function () {
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|
601 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
602 "bLengthChange": false
|
|
603 } );
|
|
604 } );</pre>
|
|
605 </div>
|
|
606 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="bPaginate"></a><a name="bPaginate_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bPaginate">bPaginate</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Enable or disable pagination.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
607
|
|
608 </dl>
|
|
609 <h5>Example</h5>
|
|
610 <div class="example-code">
|
|
611 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function () {
|
|
612 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
613 "bPaginate": false
|
|
614 } );
|
|
615 } );</pre>
|
|
616 </div>
|
|
617 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="bProcessing"></a><a name="bProcessing_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bProcessing">bProcessing</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Enable or disable the display of a 'processing' indicator when the table is
|
|
618 being processed (e.g. a sort). This is particularly useful for tables with
|
|
619 large amounts of data where it can take a noticeable amount of time to sort
|
|
620 the entries.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
621
|
|
622 </dl>
|
|
623 <h5>Example</h5>
|
|
624 <div class="example-code">
|
|
625 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function () {
|
|
626 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
627 "bProcessing": true
|
|
628 } );
|
|
629 } );</pre>
|
|
630 </div>
|
|
631 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="bRetrieve"></a><a name="bRetrieve_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bRetrieve">bRetrieve</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Retrieve the DataTables object for the given selector. Note that if the
|
|
632 table has already been initialised, this parameter will cause DataTables
|
|
633 to simply return the object that has already been set up - it will not take
|
|
634 account of any changes you might have made to the initialisation object
|
|
635 passed to DataTables (setting this parameter to true is an acknowledgement
|
|
636 that you understand this). bDestroy can be used to reinitialise a table if
|
|
637 you need.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
638
|
|
639 </dl>
|
|
640 <h5>Example</h5>
|
|
641 <div class="example-code">
|
|
642 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
643 initTable();
|
|
644 tableActions();
|
|
645 } );
|
|
646
|
|
647 function initTable ()
|
|
648 {
|
|
649 return $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
650 "sScrollY": "200px",
|
|
651 "bPaginate": false,
|
|
652 "bRetrieve": true
|
|
653 } );
|
|
654 }
|
|
655
|
|
656 function tableActions ()
|
|
657 {
|
|
658 var oTable = initTable();
|
|
659 // perform API operations with oTable
|
|
660 }</pre>
|
|
661 </div>
|
|
662 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="bScrollAutoCss"></a><a name="bScrollAutoCss_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bScrollAutoCss">bScrollAutoCss</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Indicate if DataTables should be allowed to set the padding / margin
|
|
663 etc for the scrolling header elements or not. Typically you will want
|
|
664 this.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
665
|
|
666 </dl>
|
|
667 <h5>Example</h5>
|
|
668 <div class="example-code">
|
|
669 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
670 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
671 "bScrollAutoCss": false,
|
|
672 "sScrollY": "200px"
|
|
673 } );
|
|
674 } );</pre>
|
|
675 </div>
|
|
676 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="bScrollCollapse"></a><a name="bScrollCollapse_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bScrollCollapse">bScrollCollapse</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>When vertical (y) scrolling is enabled, DataTables will force the height of
|
|
677 the table's viewport to the given height at all times (useful for layout).
|
|
678 However, this can look odd when filtering data down to a small data set,
|
|
679 and the footer is left "floating" further down. This parameter (when
|
|
680 enabled) will cause DataTables to collapse the table's viewport down when
|
|
681 the result set will fit within the given Y height.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
682
|
|
683 </dl>
|
|
684 <h5>Example</h5>
|
|
685 <div class="example-code">
|
|
686 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
687 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
688 "sScrollY": "200",
|
|
689 "bScrollCollapse": true
|
|
690 } );
|
|
691 } );</pre>
|
|
692 </div>
|
|
693 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="bScrollInfinite"></a><a name="bScrollInfinite_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bScrollInfinite">bScrollInfinite</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Enable infinite scrolling for DataTables (to be used in combination with
|
|
694 sScrollY). Infinite scrolling means that DataTables will continually load
|
|
695 data as a user scrolls through a table, which is very useful for large
|
|
696 dataset. This cannot be used with pagination, which is automatically
|
|
697 disabled. Note - the Scroller extra for DataTables is recommended in
|
|
698 in preference to this option.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
699
|
|
700 </dl>
|
|
701 <h5>Example</h5>
|
|
702 <div class="example-code">
|
|
703 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
704 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
705 "bScrollInfinite": true,
|
|
706 "bScrollCollapse": true,
|
|
707 "sScrollY": "200px"
|
|
708 } );
|
|
709 } );</pre>
|
|
710 </div>
|
|
711 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="bServerSide"></a><a name="bServerSide_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bServerSide">bServerSide</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Configure DataTables to use server-side processing. Note that the
|
|
712 sAjaxSource parameter must also be given in order to give DataTables a
|
|
713 source to obtain the required data for each draw.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
714
|
|
715 </dl>
|
|
716 <h5>Example</h5>
|
|
717 <div class="example-code">
|
|
718 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function () {
|
|
719 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
720 "bServerSide": true,
|
|
721 "sAjaxSource": "xhr.php"
|
|
722 } );
|
|
723 } );</pre>
|
|
724 </div>
|
|
725 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="bSort"></a><a name="bSort_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bSort">bSort</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Enable or disable sorting of columns. Sorting of individual columns can be
|
|
726 disabled by the "bSortable" option for each column.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
727
|
|
728 </dl>
|
|
729 <h5>Example</h5>
|
|
730 <div class="example-code">
|
|
731 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function () {
|
|
732 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
733 "bSort": false
|
|
734 } );
|
|
735 } );</pre>
|
|
736 </div>
|
|
737 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="bSortCellsTop"></a><a name="bSortCellsTop_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bSortCellsTop">bSortCellsTop</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Allows control over whether DataTables should use the top (true) unique
|
|
738 cell that is found for a single column, or the bottom (false - default).
|
|
739 This is useful when using complex headers.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
740
|
|
741 </dl>
|
|
742 <h5>Example</h5>
|
|
743 <div class="example-code">
|
|
744 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
745 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
746 "bSortCellsTop": true
|
|
747 } );
|
|
748 } );</pre>
|
|
749 </div>
|
|
750 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="bSortClasses"></a><a name="bSortClasses_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bSortClasses">bSortClasses</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Enable or disable the addition of the classes 'sorting_1', 'sorting_2' and
|
|
751 'sorting_3' to the columns which are currently being sorted on. This is
|
|
752 presented as a feature switch as it can increase processing time (while
|
|
753 classes are removed and added) so for large data sets you might want to
|
|
754 turn this off.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
755
|
|
756 </dl>
|
|
757 <h5>Example</h5>
|
|
758 <div class="example-code">
|
|
759 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function () {
|
|
760 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
761 "bSortClasses": false
|
|
762 } );
|
|
763 } );</pre>
|
|
764 </div>
|
|
765 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="bStateSave"></a><a name="bStateSave_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bStateSave">bStateSave</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Enable or disable state saving. When enabled a cookie will be used to save
|
|
766 table display information such as pagination information, display length,
|
|
767 filtering and sorting. As such when the end user reloads the page the
|
|
768 display display will match what thy had previously set up.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
769
|
|
770 </dl>
|
|
771 <h5>Example</h5>
|
|
772 <div class="example-code">
|
|
773 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function () {
|
|
774 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
775 "bStateSave": true
|
|
776 } );
|
|
777 } );</pre>
|
|
778 </div>
|
|
779 </div></dd><dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnCookieCallback" class=" even"><a name="fnCookieCallback"></a><a name="fnCookieCallback_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnCookieCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Customise the cookie and / or the parameters being stored when using
|
|
780 DataTables with state saving enabled. This function is called whenever
|
|
781 the cookie is modified, and it expects a fully formed cookie string to be
|
|
782 returned. Note that the data object passed in is a Javascript object which
|
|
783 must be converted to a string (JSON.stringify for example).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
784
|
|
785 </dl>
|
|
786 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
|
|
787
|
|
788 <table class="params">
|
|
789 <thead>
|
|
790 <tr>
|
|
791 <th width="20"></th>
|
|
792 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
|
|
793 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
|
|
794 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
|
|
795 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
|
|
796 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
|
|
797 </tr>
|
|
798 </thead>
|
|
799
|
|
800 <tbody>
|
|
801 <tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">sName</td><td class="type type-param">string</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Name of the cookie defined by DataTables</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>2</div></td><td class="name">oData</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Data to be stored in the cookie</p></td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>3</div></td><td class="name">sExpires</td><td class="type type-param">string</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Cookie expires string</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>4</div></td><td class="name">sPath</td><td class="type type-param">string</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Path of the cookie to set</p></td></tr>
|
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802 </tbody>
|
|
803 </table><h5>Returns:</h5><p class="returns"><p>Cookie formatted string (which should be encoded by
|
|
804 using encodeURIComponent())</p></p><h5>Example:</h5>
|
|
805 <div class="example-code">
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|
806 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function () {
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|
807 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
808 "fnCookieCallback": function (sName, oData, sExpires, sPath) {
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|
809 // Customise oData or sName or whatever else here
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|
810 return sName + "="+JSON.stringify(oData)+"; expires=" + sExpires +"; path=" + sPath;
|
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811 }
|
|
812 } );
|
|
813 } );</pre>
|
|
814 </div>
|
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815 </div>
|
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816 <dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnCreatedRow" class=" odd"><a name="fnCreatedRow"></a><a name="fnCreatedRow_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnCreatedRow</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>This function is called when a TR element is created (and all TD child
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817 elements have been inserted), or registered if using a DOM source, allowing
|
|
818 manipulation of the TR element (adding classes etc).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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819
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820 </dl>
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|
821 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
|
|
822
|
|
823 <table class="params">
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|
824 <thead>
|
|
825 <tr>
|
|
826 <th width="20"></th>
|
|
827 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
|
|
828 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
|
|
829 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
|
|
830 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
|
|
831 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
|
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832 </tr>
|
|
833 </thead>
|
|
834
|
|
835 <tbody>
|
|
836 <tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">nRow</td><td class="type type-param">node</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>"TR" element for the current row</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>2</div></td><td class="name">aData</td><td class="type type-param">array</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Raw data array for this row</p></td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>3</div></td><td class="name">iDataIndex</td><td class="type type-param">int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>The index of this row in aoData</p></td></tr>
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837 </tbody>
|
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838 </table><h5>Example:</h5>
|
|
839 <div class="example-code">
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840 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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841 $('#example').dataTable( {
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842 "fnCreatedRow": function( nRow, aData, iDataIndex ) {
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843 // Bold the grade for all 'A' grade browsers
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844 if ( aData[4] == "A" )
|
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845 {
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846 $('td:eq(4)', nRow).html( '<b>A</b>' );
|
|
847 }
|
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848 }
|
|
849 } );
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|
850 } );</pre>
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851 </div>
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852 </div>
|
|
853 <dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnDrawCallback" class=" even"><a name="fnDrawCallback"></a><a name="fnDrawCallback_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnDrawCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>This function is called on every 'draw' event, and allows you to
|
|
854 dynamically modify any aspect you want about the created DOM.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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855
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|
856 </dl>
|
|
857 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
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858
|
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859 <table class="params">
|
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860 <thead>
|
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861 <tr>
|
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862 <th width="20"></th>
|
|
863 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
|
|
864 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
|
|
865 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
|
|
866 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
|
|
867 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
|
|
868 </tr>
|
|
869 </thead>
|
|
870
|
|
871 <tbody>
|
|
872 <tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">oSettings</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>DataTables settings object</p></td></tr>
|
|
873 </tbody>
|
|
874 </table><h5>Example:</h5>
|
|
875 <div class="example-code">
|
|
876 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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|
877 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
878 "fnDrawCallback": function( oSettings ) {
|
|
879 alert( 'DataTables has redrawn the table' );
|
|
880 }
|
|
881 } );
|
|
882 } );</pre>
|
|
883 </div>
|
|
884 </div>
|
|
885 <dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnFooterCallback" class=" odd"><a name="fnFooterCallback"></a><a name="fnFooterCallback_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnFooterCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Identical to fnHeaderCallback() but for the table footer this function
|
|
886 allows you to modify the table footer on every 'draw' even.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
887
|
|
888 </dl>
|
|
889 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
|
|
890
|
|
891 <table class="params">
|
|
892 <thead>
|
|
893 <tr>
|
|
894 <th width="20"></th>
|
|
895 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
|
|
896 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
|
|
897 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
|
|
898 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
|
|
899 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
|
|
900 </tr>
|
|
901 </thead>
|
|
902
|
|
903 <tbody>
|
|
904 <tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">nFoot</td><td class="type type-param">node</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>"TR" element for the footer</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>2</div></td><td class="name">aData</td><td class="type type-param">array</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Full table data (as derived from the original HTML)</p></td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>3</div></td><td class="name">iStart</td><td class="type type-param">int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Index for the current display starting point in the
|
|
905 display array</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>4</div></td><td class="name">iEnd</td><td class="type type-param">int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Index for the current display ending point in the
|
|
906 display array</p></td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>5</div></td><td class="name">aiDisplay</td><td class="type type-param">array int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Index array to translate the visual position
|
|
907 to the full data array</p></td></tr>
|
|
908 </tbody>
|
|
909 </table><h5>Example:</h5>
|
|
910 <div class="example-code">
|
|
911 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
912 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
913 "fnFooterCallback": function( nFoot, aData, iStart, iEnd, aiDisplay ) {
|
|
914 nFoot.getElementsByTagName('th')[0].innerHTML = "Starting index is "+iStart;
|
|
915 }
|
|
916 } );
|
|
917 } )</pre>
|
|
918 </div>
|
|
919 </div>
|
|
920 <dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnFormatNumber" class=" even"><a name="fnFormatNumber"></a><a name="fnFormatNumber_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnFormatNumber</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>When rendering large numbers in the information element for the table
|
|
921 (i.e. "Showing 1 to 10 of 57 entries") DataTables will render large numbers
|
|
922 to have a comma separator for the 'thousands' units (e.g. 1 million is
|
|
923 rendered as "1,000,000") to help readability for the end user. This
|
|
924 function will override the default method DataTables uses.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
925
|
|
926 </dl>
|
|
927 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
|
|
928
|
|
929 <table class="params">
|
|
930 <thead>
|
|
931 <tr>
|
|
932 <th width="20"></th>
|
|
933 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
|
|
934 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
|
|
935 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
|
|
936 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
|
|
937 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
|
|
938 </tr>
|
|
939 </thead>
|
|
940
|
|
941 <tbody>
|
|
942 <tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">iIn</td><td class="type type-param">int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>number to be formatted</p></td></tr>
|
|
943 </tbody>
|
|
944 </table><h5>Returns:</h5><p class="returns"><p>formatted string for DataTables to show the number</p></p><h5>Example:</h5>
|
|
945 <div class="example-code">
|
|
946 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
947 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
948 "fnFormatNumber": function ( iIn ) {
|
|
949 if ( iIn < 1000 ) {
|
|
950 return iIn;
|
|
951 } else {
|
|
952 var
|
|
953 s=(iIn+""),
|
|
954 a=s.split(""), out="",
|
|
955 iLen=s.length;
|
|
956
|
|
957 for ( var i=0 ; i<iLen ; i++ ) {
|
|
958 if ( i%3 === 0 && i !== 0 ) {
|
|
959 out = "'"+out;
|
|
960 }
|
|
961 out = a[iLen-i-1]+out;
|
|
962 }
|
|
963 }
|
|
964 return out;
|
|
965 };
|
|
966 } );
|
|
967 } );</pre>
|
|
968 </div>
|
|
969 </div>
|
|
970 <dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnHeaderCallback" class=" odd"><a name="fnHeaderCallback"></a><a name="fnHeaderCallback_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnHeaderCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>This function is called on every 'draw' event, and allows you to
|
|
971 dynamically modify the header row. This can be used to calculate and
|
|
972 display useful information about the table.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
973
|
|
974 </dl>
|
|
975 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
|
|
976
|
|
977 <table class="params">
|
|
978 <thead>
|
|
979 <tr>
|
|
980 <th width="20"></th>
|
|
981 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
|
|
982 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
|
|
983 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
|
|
984 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
|
|
985 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
|
|
986 </tr>
|
|
987 </thead>
|
|
988
|
|
989 <tbody>
|
|
990 <tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">nHead</td><td class="type type-param">node</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>"TR" element for the header</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>2</div></td><td class="name">aData</td><td class="type type-param">array</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Full table data (as derived from the original HTML)</p></td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>3</div></td><td class="name">iStart</td><td class="type type-param">int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Index for the current display starting point in the
|
|
991 display array</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>4</div></td><td class="name">iEnd</td><td class="type type-param">int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Index for the current display ending point in the
|
|
992 display array</p></td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>5</div></td><td class="name">aiDisplay</td><td class="type type-param">array int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Index array to translate the visual position
|
|
993 to the full data array</p></td></tr>
|
|
994 </tbody>
|
|
995 </table><h5>Example:</h5>
|
|
996 <div class="example-code">
|
|
997 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
998 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
999 "fnHeaderCallback": function( nHead, aData, iStart, iEnd, aiDisplay ) {
|
|
1000 nHead.getElementsByTagName('th')[0].innerHTML = "Displaying "+(iEnd-iStart)+" records";
|
|
1001 }
|
|
1002 } );
|
|
1003 } )</pre>
|
|
1004 </div>
|
|
1005 </div>
|
|
1006 <dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnInfoCallback" class=" even"><a name="fnInfoCallback"></a><a name="fnInfoCallback_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnInfoCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>The information element can be used to convey information about the current
|
|
1007 state of the table. Although the internationalisation options presented by
|
|
1008 DataTables are quite capable of dealing with most customisations, there may
|
|
1009 be times where you wish to customise the string further. This callback
|
|
1010 allows you to do exactly that.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
1011
|
|
1012 </dl>
|
|
1013 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
|
|
1014
|
|
1015 <table class="params">
|
|
1016 <thead>
|
|
1017 <tr>
|
|
1018 <th width="20"></th>
|
|
1019 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
|
|
1020 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
|
|
1021 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
|
|
1022 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
|
|
1023 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
|
|
1024 </tr>
|
|
1025 </thead>
|
|
1026
|
|
1027 <tbody>
|
|
1028 <tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">oSettings</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>DataTables settings object</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>2</div></td><td class="name">iStart</td><td class="type type-param">int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Starting position in data for the draw</p></td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>3</div></td><td class="name">iEnd</td><td class="type type-param">int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>End position in data for the draw</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>4</div></td><td class="name">iMax</td><td class="type type-param">int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Total number of rows in the table (regardless of
|
|
1029 filtering)</p></td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>5</div></td><td class="name">iTotal</td><td class="type type-param">int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Total number of rows in the data set, after filtering</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>6</div></td><td class="name">sPre</td><td class="type type-param">string</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>The string that DataTables has formatted using it's
|
|
1030 own rules</p></td></tr>
|
|
1031 </tbody>
|
|
1032 </table><h5>Returns:</h5><p class="returns"><p>The string to be displayed in the information element.</p></p><h5>Example:</h5>
|
|
1033 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1034 <pre class="brush: js"> $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1035 "fnInfoCallback": function( oSettings, iStart, iEnd, iMax, iTotal, sPre ) {
|
|
1036 return iStart +" to "+ iEnd;
|
|
1037 }
|
|
1038 } );</pre>
|
|
1039 </div>
|
|
1040 </div>
|
|
1041 <dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnInitComplete" class=" odd"><a name="fnInitComplete"></a><a name="fnInitComplete_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnInitComplete</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Called when the table has been initialised. Normally DataTables will
|
|
1042 initialise sequentially and there will be no need for this function,
|
|
1043 however, this does not hold true when using external language information
|
|
1044 since that is obtained using an async XHR call.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
1045
|
|
1046 </dl>
|
|
1047 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
|
|
1048
|
|
1049 <table class="params">
|
|
1050 <thead>
|
|
1051 <tr>
|
|
1052 <th width="20"></th>
|
|
1053 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
|
|
1054 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
|
|
1055 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
|
|
1056 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
|
|
1057 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
|
|
1058 </tr>
|
|
1059 </thead>
|
|
1060
|
|
1061 <tbody>
|
|
1062 <tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">oSettings</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>DataTables settings object</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>2</div></td><td class="name">json</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>The JSON object request from the server - only
|
|
1063 present if client-side Ajax sourced data is used</p></td></tr>
|
|
1064 </tbody>
|
|
1065 </table><h5>Example:</h5>
|
|
1066 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1067 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1068 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1069 "fnInitComplete": function(oSettings, json) {
|
|
1070 alert( 'DataTables has finished its initialisation.' );
|
|
1071 }
|
|
1072 } );
|
|
1073 } )</pre>
|
|
1074 </div>
|
|
1075 </div>
|
|
1076 <dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnPreDrawCallback" class=" even"><a name="fnPreDrawCallback"></a><a name="fnPreDrawCallback_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnPreDrawCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Called at the very start of each table draw and can be used to cancel the
|
|
1077 draw by returning false, any other return (including undefined) results in
|
|
1078 the full draw occurring).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
1079
|
|
1080 </dl>
|
|
1081 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
|
|
1082
|
|
1083 <table class="params">
|
|
1084 <thead>
|
|
1085 <tr>
|
|
1086 <th width="20"></th>
|
|
1087 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
|
|
1088 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
|
|
1089 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
|
|
1090 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
|
|
1091 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
|
|
1092 </tr>
|
|
1093 </thead>
|
|
1094
|
|
1095 <tbody>
|
|
1096 <tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">oSettings</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>DataTables settings object</p></td></tr>
|
|
1097 </tbody>
|
|
1098 </table><h5>Returns:</h5><p class="returns"><p>False will cancel the draw, anything else (including no
|
|
1099 return) will allow it to complete.</p></p><h5>Example:</h5>
|
|
1100 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1101 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1102 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1103 "fnPreDrawCallback": function( oSettings ) {
|
|
1104 if ( $('#test').val() == 1 ) {
|
|
1105 return false;
|
|
1106 }
|
|
1107 }
|
|
1108 } );
|
|
1109 } );</pre>
|
|
1110 </div>
|
|
1111 </div>
|
|
1112 <dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnRowCallback" class=" odd"><a name="fnRowCallback"></a><a name="fnRowCallback_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnRowCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>This function allows you to 'post process' each row after it have been
|
|
1113 generated for each table draw, but before it is rendered on screen. This
|
|
1114 function might be used for setting the row class name etc.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
1115
|
|
1116 </dl>
|
|
1117 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
|
|
1118
|
|
1119 <table class="params">
|
|
1120 <thead>
|
|
1121 <tr>
|
|
1122 <th width="20"></th>
|
|
1123 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
|
|
1124 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
|
|
1125 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
|
|
1126 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
|
|
1127 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
|
|
1128 </tr>
|
|
1129 </thead>
|
|
1130
|
|
1131 <tbody>
|
|
1132 <tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">nRow</td><td class="type type-param">node</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>"TR" element for the current row</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>2</div></td><td class="name">aData</td><td class="type type-param">array</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Raw data array for this row</p></td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>3</div></td><td class="name">iDisplayIndex</td><td class="type type-param">int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>The display index for the current table draw</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>4</div></td><td class="name">iDisplayIndexFull</td><td class="type type-param">int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>The index of the data in the full list of
|
|
1133 rows (after filtering)</p></td></tr>
|
|
1134 </tbody>
|
|
1135 </table><h5>Example:</h5>
|
|
1136 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1137 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1138 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1139 "fnRowCallback": function( nRow, aData, iDisplayIndex, iDisplayIndexFull ) {
|
|
1140 // Bold the grade for all 'A' grade browsers
|
|
1141 if ( aData[4] == "A" )
|
|
1142 {
|
|
1143 $('td:eq(4)', nRow).html( '<b>A</b>' );
|
|
1144 }
|
|
1145 }
|
|
1146 } );
|
|
1147 } );</pre>
|
|
1148 </div>
|
|
1149 </div>
|
|
1150 <dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnServerData" class=" even"><a name="fnServerData"></a><a name="fnServerData_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnServerData</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>This parameter allows you to override the default function which obtains
|
|
1151 the data from the server ($.getJSON) so something more suitable for your
|
|
1152 application. For example you could use POST data, or pull information from
|
|
1153 a Gears or AIR database.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
1154
|
|
1155 </dl>
|
|
1156 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
|
|
1157
|
|
1158 <table class="params">
|
|
1159 <thead>
|
|
1160 <tr>
|
|
1161 <th width="20"></th>
|
|
1162 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
|
|
1163 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
|
|
1164 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
|
|
1165 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
|
|
1166 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
|
|
1167 </tr>
|
|
1168 </thead>
|
|
1169
|
|
1170 <tbody>
|
|
1171 <tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">sSource</td><td class="type type-param">string</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>HTTP source to obtain the data from (sAjaxSource)</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>2</div></td><td class="name">aoData</td><td class="type type-param">array</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>A key/value pair object containing the data to send
|
|
1172 to the server</p></td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>3</div></td><td class="name">fnCallback</td><td class="type type-param">function</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>to be called on completion of the data get
|
|
1173 process that will draw the data on the page.</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>4</div></td><td class="name">oSettings</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>DataTables settings object</p></td></tr>
|
|
1174 </tbody>
|
|
1175 </table><h5>Example:</h5>
|
|
1176 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1177 <pre class="brush: js"> // POST data to server
|
|
1178 $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1179 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1180 "bProcessing": true,
|
|
1181 "bServerSide": true,
|
|
1182 "sAjaxSource": "xhr.php",
|
|
1183 "fnServerData": function ( sSource, aoData, fnCallback, oSettings ) {
|
|
1184 oSettings.jqXHR = $.ajax( {
|
|
1185 "dataType": 'json',
|
|
1186 "type": "POST",
|
|
1187 "url": sSource,
|
|
1188 "data": aoData,
|
|
1189 "success": fnCallback
|
|
1190 } );
|
|
1191 }
|
|
1192 } );
|
|
1193 } );</pre>
|
|
1194 </div>
|
|
1195 </div>
|
|
1196 <dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnServerParams" class=" odd"><a name="fnServerParams"></a><a name="fnServerParams_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnServerParams</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>It is often useful to send extra data to the server when making an Ajax
|
|
1197 request - for example custom filtering information, and this callback
|
|
1198 function makes it trivial to send extra information to the server. The
|
|
1199 passed in parameter is the data set that has been constructed by
|
|
1200 DataTables, and you can add to this or modify it as you require.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
1201
|
|
1202 </dl>
|
|
1203 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
|
|
1204
|
|
1205 <table class="params">
|
|
1206 <thead>
|
|
1207 <tr>
|
|
1208 <th width="20"></th>
|
|
1209 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
|
|
1210 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
|
|
1211 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
|
|
1212 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
|
|
1213 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
|
|
1214 </tr>
|
|
1215 </thead>
|
|
1216
|
|
1217 <tbody>
|
|
1218 <tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">aoData</td><td class="type type-param">array</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Data array (array of objects which are name/value
|
|
1219 pairs) that has been constructed by DataTables and will be sent to the
|
|
1220 server. In the case of Ajax sourced data with server-side processing
|
|
1221 this will be an empty array, for server-side processing there will be a
|
|
1222 significant number of parameters!</p></td></tr>
|
|
1223 </tbody>
|
|
1224 </table><h5>Returns:</h5><p class="returns"><p>Ensure that you modify the aoData array passed in,
|
|
1225 as this is passed by reference.</p></p><h5>Example:</h5>
|
|
1226 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1227 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1228 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1229 "bProcessing": true,
|
|
1230 "bServerSide": true,
|
|
1231 "sAjaxSource": "scripts/server_processing.php",
|
|
1232 "fnServerParams": function ( aoData ) {
|
|
1233 aoData.push( { "name": "more_data", "value": "my_value" } );
|
|
1234 }
|
|
1235 } );
|
|
1236 } );</pre>
|
|
1237 </div>
|
|
1238 </div>
|
|
1239 <dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnStateLoad" class=" even"><a name="fnStateLoad"></a><a name="fnStateLoad_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnStateLoad</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Load the table state. With this function you can define from where, and how, the
|
|
1240 state of a table is loaded. By default DataTables will load from its state saving
|
|
1241 cookie, but you might wish to use local storage (HTML5) or a server-side database.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
1242
|
|
1243 </dl>
|
|
1244 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
|
|
1245
|
|
1246 <table class="params">
|
|
1247 <thead>
|
|
1248 <tr>
|
|
1249 <th width="20"></th>
|
|
1250 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
|
|
1251 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
|
|
1252 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
|
|
1253 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
|
|
1254 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
|
|
1255 </tr>
|
|
1256 </thead>
|
|
1257
|
|
1258 <tbody>
|
|
1259 <tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">oSettings</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>DataTables settings object</p></td></tr>
|
|
1260 </tbody>
|
|
1261 </table><h5>Returns:</h5><p class="returns"><p>The DataTables state object to be loaded</p></p><h5>Example:</h5>
|
|
1262 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1263 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1264 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1265 "bStateSave": true,
|
|
1266 "fnStateLoad": function (oSettings) {
|
|
1267 var o;
|
|
1268
|
|
1269 // Send an Ajax request to the server to get the data. Note that
|
|
1270 // this is a synchronous request.
|
|
1271 $.ajax( {
|
|
1272 "url": "/state_load",
|
|
1273 "async": false,
|
|
1274 "dataType": "json",
|
|
1275 "success": function (json) {
|
|
1276 o = json;
|
|
1277 }
|
|
1278 } );
|
|
1279
|
|
1280 return o;
|
|
1281 }
|
|
1282 } );
|
|
1283 } );</pre>
|
|
1284 </div>
|
|
1285 </div>
|
|
1286 <dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnStateLoaded" class=" odd"><a name="fnStateLoaded"></a><a name="fnStateLoaded_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnStateLoaded</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Callback that is called when the state has been loaded from the state saving method
|
|
1287 and the DataTables settings object has been modified as a result of the loaded state.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
1288
|
|
1289 </dl>
|
|
1290 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
|
|
1291
|
|
1292 <table class="params">
|
|
1293 <thead>
|
|
1294 <tr>
|
|
1295 <th width="20"></th>
|
|
1296 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
|
|
1297 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
|
|
1298 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
|
|
1299 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
|
|
1300 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
|
|
1301 </tr>
|
|
1302 </thead>
|
|
1303
|
|
1304 <tbody>
|
|
1305 <tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">oSettings</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>DataTables settings object</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>2</div></td><td class="name">oData</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>The state object that was loaded</p></td></tr>
|
|
1306 </tbody>
|
|
1307 </table><h5>Example:</h5>
|
|
1308 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1309 <pre class="brush: js"> // Show an alert with the filtering value that was saved
|
|
1310 $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1311 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1312 "bStateSave": true,
|
|
1313 "fnStateLoaded": function (oSettings, oData) {
|
|
1314 alert( 'Saved filter was: '+oData.oSearch.sSearch );
|
|
1315 }
|
|
1316 } );
|
|
1317 } );</pre>
|
|
1318 </div>
|
|
1319 </div>
|
|
1320 <dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnStateLoadParams" class=" even"><a name="fnStateLoadParams"></a><a name="fnStateLoadParams_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnStateLoadParams</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Callback which allows modification of the saved state prior to loading that state.
|
|
1321 This callback is called when the table is loading state from the stored data, but
|
|
1322 prior to the settings object being modified by the saved state. Note that for
|
|
1323 plug-in authors, you should use the 'stateLoadParams' event to load parameters for
|
|
1324 a plug-in.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
1325
|
|
1326 </dl>
|
|
1327 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
|
|
1328
|
|
1329 <table class="params">
|
|
1330 <thead>
|
|
1331 <tr>
|
|
1332 <th width="20"></th>
|
|
1333 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
|
|
1334 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
|
|
1335 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
|
|
1336 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
|
|
1337 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
|
|
1338 </tr>
|
|
1339 </thead>
|
|
1340
|
|
1341 <tbody>
|
|
1342 <tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">oSettings</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>DataTables settings object</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>2</div></td><td class="name">oData</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>The state object that is to be loaded</p></td></tr>
|
|
1343 </tbody>
|
|
1344 </table><h5>Examples:</h5>
|
|
1345 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1346 <pre class="brush: js"> // Remove a saved filter, so filtering is never loaded
|
|
1347 $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1348 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1349 "bStateSave": true,
|
|
1350 "fnStateLoadParams": function (oSettings, oData) {
|
|
1351 oData.oSearch.sSearch = "";
|
|
1352 }
|
|
1353 } );
|
|
1354 } );
|
|
1355
|
|
1356 </pre>
|
|
1357 </div>
|
|
1358
|
|
1359 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1360 <pre class="brush: js"> // Disallow state loading by returning false
|
|
1361 $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1362 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1363 "bStateSave": true,
|
|
1364 "fnStateLoadParams": function (oSettings, oData) {
|
|
1365 return false;
|
|
1366 }
|
|
1367 } );
|
|
1368 } );</pre>
|
|
1369 </div>
|
|
1370 </div>
|
|
1371 <dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnStateSave" class=" odd"><a name="fnStateSave"></a><a name="fnStateSave_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnStateSave</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Save the table state. This function allows you to define where and how the state
|
|
1372 information for the table is stored - by default it will use a cookie, but you
|
|
1373 might want to use local storage (HTML5) or a server-side database.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
1374
|
|
1375 </dl>
|
|
1376 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
|
|
1377
|
|
1378 <table class="params">
|
|
1379 <thead>
|
|
1380 <tr>
|
|
1381 <th width="20"></th>
|
|
1382 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
|
|
1383 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
|
|
1384 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
|
|
1385 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
|
|
1386 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
|
|
1387 </tr>
|
|
1388 </thead>
|
|
1389
|
|
1390 <tbody>
|
|
1391 <tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">oSettings</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>DataTables settings object</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>2</div></td><td class="name">oData</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>The state object to be saved</p></td></tr>
|
|
1392 </tbody>
|
|
1393 </table><h5>Example:</h5>
|
|
1394 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1395 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1396 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1397 "bStateSave": true,
|
|
1398 "fnStateSave": function (oSettings, oData) {
|
|
1399 // Send an Ajax request to the server with the state object
|
|
1400 $.ajax( {
|
|
1401 "url": "/state_save",
|
|
1402 "data": oData,
|
|
1403 "dataType": "json",
|
|
1404 "method": "POST"
|
|
1405 "success": function () {}
|
|
1406 } );
|
|
1407 }
|
|
1408 } );
|
|
1409 } );</pre>
|
|
1410 </div>
|
|
1411 </div>
|
|
1412 <dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnStateSaveParams" class=" even"><a name="fnStateSaveParams"></a><a name="fnStateSaveParams_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnStateSaveParams</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Callback which allows modification of the state to be saved. Called when the table
|
|
1413 has changed state a new state save is required. This method allows modification of
|
|
1414 the state saving object prior to actually doing the save, including addition or
|
|
1415 other state properties or modification. Note that for plug-in authors, you should
|
|
1416 use the 'stateSaveParams' event to save parameters for a plug-in.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
1417
|
|
1418 </dl>
|
|
1419 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
|
|
1420
|
|
1421 <table class="params">
|
|
1422 <thead>
|
|
1423 <tr>
|
|
1424 <th width="20"></th>
|
|
1425 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
|
|
1426 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
|
|
1427 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
|
|
1428 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
|
|
1429 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
|
|
1430 </tr>
|
|
1431 </thead>
|
|
1432
|
|
1433 <tbody>
|
|
1434 <tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">oSettings</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>DataTables settings object</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>2</div></td><td class="name">oData</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>The state object to be saved</p></td></tr>
|
|
1435 </tbody>
|
|
1436 </table><h5>Example:</h5>
|
|
1437 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1438 <pre class="brush: js"> // Remove a saved filter, so filtering is never saved
|
|
1439 $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1440 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1441 "bStateSave": true,
|
|
1442 "fnStateSaveParams": function (oSettings, oData) {
|
|
1443 oData.oSearch.sSearch = "";
|
|
1444 }
|
|
1445 } );
|
|
1446 } );</pre>
|
|
1447 </div>
|
|
1448 </div>
|
|
1449 <dt class=" odd"><a name="iCookieDuration"></a><a name="iCookieDuration_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#iCookieDuration">iCookieDuration</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :int</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Duration of the cookie which is used for storing session information. This
|
|
1450 value is given in seconds.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
1451
|
|
1452 </dl>
|
|
1453 <h5>Example</h5>
|
|
1454 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1455 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1456 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1457 "iCookieDuration": 60*60*24; // 1 day
|
|
1458 } );
|
|
1459 } )</pre>
|
|
1460 </div>
|
|
1461 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="iDeferLoading"></a><a name="iDeferLoading_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#iDeferLoading">iDeferLoading</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :int|array</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>When enabled DataTables will not make a request to the server for the first
|
|
1462 page draw - rather it will use the data already on the page (no sorting etc
|
|
1463 will be applied to it), thus saving on an XHR at load time. iDeferLoading
|
|
1464 is used to indicate that deferred loading is required, but it is also used
|
|
1465 to tell DataTables how many records there are in the full table (allowing
|
|
1466 the information element and pagination to be displayed correctly). In the case
|
|
1467 where a filtering is applied to the table on initial load, this can be
|
|
1468 indicated by giving the parameter as an array, where the first element is
|
|
1469 the number of records available after filtering and the second element is the
|
|
1470 number of records without filtering (allowing the table information element
|
|
1471 to be shown correctly).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
1472
|
|
1473 </dl>
|
|
1474 <h5>Examples</h5>
|
|
1475 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1476 <pre class="brush: js"> // 57 records available in the table, no filtering applied
|
|
1477 $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1478 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1479 "bServerSide": true,
|
|
1480 "sAjaxSource": "scripts/server_processing.php",
|
|
1481 "iDeferLoading": 57
|
|
1482 } );
|
|
1483 } );
|
|
1484
|
|
1485 </pre>
|
|
1486 </div>
|
|
1487
|
|
1488 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1489 <pre class="brush: js"> // 57 records after filtering, 100 without filtering (an initial filter applied)
|
|
1490 $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1491 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1492 "bServerSide": true,
|
|
1493 "sAjaxSource": "scripts/server_processing.php",
|
|
1494 "iDeferLoading": [ 57, 100 ],
|
|
1495 "oSearch": {
|
|
1496 "sSearch": "my_filter"
|
|
1497 }
|
|
1498 } );
|
|
1499 } );</pre>
|
|
1500 </div>
|
|
1501 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="iDisplayLength"></a><a name="iDisplayLength_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#iDisplayLength">iDisplayLength</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :int</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Number of rows to display on a single page when using pagination. If
|
|
1502 feature enabled (bLengthChange) then the end user will be able to override
|
|
1503 this to a custom setting using a pop-up menu.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
1504
|
|
1505 </dl>
|
|
1506 <h5>Example</h5>
|
|
1507 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1508 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1509 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1510 "iDisplayLength": 50
|
|
1511 } );
|
|
1512 } )</pre>
|
|
1513 </div>
|
|
1514 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="iDisplayStart"></a><a name="iDisplayStart_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#iDisplayStart">iDisplayStart</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :int</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Define the starting point for data display when using DataTables with
|
|
1515 pagination. Note that this parameter is the number of records, rather than
|
|
1516 the page number, so if you have 10 records per page and want to start on
|
|
1517 the third page, it should be "20".</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
1518
|
|
1519 </dl>
|
|
1520 <h5>Example</h5>
|
|
1521 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1522 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1523 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1524 "iDisplayStart": 20
|
|
1525 } );
|
|
1526 } )</pre>
|
|
1527 </div>
|
|
1528 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="iScrollLoadGap"></a><a name="iScrollLoadGap_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#iScrollLoadGap">iScrollLoadGap</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :int</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>The scroll gap is the amount of scrolling that is left to go before
|
|
1529 DataTables will load the next 'page' of data automatically. You typically
|
|
1530 want a gap which is big enough that the scrolling will be smooth for the
|
|
1531 user, while not so large that it will load more data than need.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
1532
|
|
1533 </dl>
|
|
1534 <h5>Example</h5>
|
|
1535 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1536 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1537 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1538 "bScrollInfinite": true,
|
|
1539 "bScrollCollapse": true,
|
|
1540 "sScrollY": "200px",
|
|
1541 "iScrollLoadGap": 50
|
|
1542 } );
|
|
1543 } );</pre>
|
|
1544 </div>
|
|
1545 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="iTabIndex"></a><a name="iTabIndex_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#iTabIndex">iTabIndex</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :int</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>By default DataTables allows keyboard navigation of the table (sorting, paging,
|
|
1546 and filtering) by adding a tabindex attribute to the required elements. This
|
|
1547 allows you to tab through the controls and press the enter key to activate them.
|
|
1548 The tabindex is default 0, meaning that the tab follows the flow of the document.
|
|
1549 You can overrule this using this parameter if you wish. Use a value of -1 to
|
|
1550 disable built-in keyboard navigation.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
1551
|
|
1552 </dl>
|
|
1553 <h5>Example</h5>
|
|
1554 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1555 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1556 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1557 "iTabIndex": 1
|
|
1558 } );
|
|
1559 } );</pre>
|
|
1560 </div>
|
|
1561 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="sAjaxDataProp"></a><a name="sAjaxDataProp_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sAjaxDataProp">sAjaxDataProp</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>By default DataTables will look for the property 'aaData' when obtaining
|
|
1562 data from an Ajax source or for server-side processing - this parameter
|
|
1563 allows that property to be changed. You can use Javascript dotted object
|
|
1564 notation to get a data source for multiple levels of nesting.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
1565
|
|
1566 </dl>
|
|
1567 <h5>Examples</h5>
|
|
1568 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1569 <pre class="brush: js"> // Get data from { "data": [...] }
|
|
1570 $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1571 var oTable = $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1572 "sAjaxSource": "sources/data.txt",
|
|
1573 "sAjaxDataProp": "data"
|
|
1574 } );
|
|
1575 } );
|
|
1576
|
|
1577 </pre>
|
|
1578 </div>
|
|
1579
|
|
1580 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1581 <pre class="brush: js"> // Get data from { "data": { "inner": [...] } }
|
|
1582 $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1583 var oTable = $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1584 "sAjaxSource": "sources/data.txt",
|
|
1585 "sAjaxDataProp": "data.inner"
|
|
1586 } );
|
|
1587 } );</pre>
|
|
1588 </div>
|
|
1589 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="sAjaxSource"></a><a name="sAjaxSource_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sAjaxSource">sAjaxSource</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>You can instruct DataTables to load data from an external source using this
|
|
1590 parameter (use aData if you want to pass data in you already have). Simply
|
|
1591 provide a url a JSON object can be obtained from. This object must include
|
|
1592 the parameter 'aaData' which is the data source for the table.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
1593
|
|
1594 </dl>
|
|
1595 <h5>Example</h5>
|
|
1596 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1597 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1598 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1599 "sAjaxSource": "http://www.sprymedia.co.uk/dataTables/json.php"
|
|
1600 } );
|
|
1601 } )</pre>
|
|
1602 </div>
|
|
1603 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="sCookiePrefix"></a><a name="sCookiePrefix_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sCookiePrefix">sCookiePrefix</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>This parameter can be used to override the default prefix that DataTables
|
|
1604 assigns to a cookie when state saving is enabled.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
1605
|
|
1606 </dl>
|
|
1607 <h5>Example</h5>
|
|
1608 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1609 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1610 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1611 "sCookiePrefix": "my_datatable_",
|
|
1612 } );
|
|
1613 } );</pre>
|
|
1614 </div>
|
|
1615 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="sDom"></a><a name="sDom_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sDom">sDom</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>This initialisation variable allows you to specify exactly where in the
|
|
1616 DOM you want DataTables to inject the various controls it adds to the page
|
|
1617 (for example you might want the pagination controls at the top of the
|
|
1618 table). DIV elements (with or without a custom class) can also be added to
|
|
1619 aid styling. The follow syntax is used:
|
|
1620 <ul>
|
|
1621 <li>The following options are allowed: <br />
|
|
1622 <ul>
|
|
1623 <li>'l' - Length changing</li
|
|
1624 <li>'f' - Filtering input</li>
|
|
1625 <li>'t' - The table!</li>
|
|
1626 <li>'i' - Information</li>
|
|
1627 <li>'p' - Pagination</li>
|
|
1628 <li>'r' - pRocessing</li>
|
|
1629 </ul>
|
|
1630 </li>
|
|
1631 <li>The following constants are allowed:
|
|
1632 <ul>
|
|
1633 <li>'H' - jQueryUI theme "header" classes ('fg-toolbar ui-widget-header ui-corner-tl ui-corner-tr ui-helper-clearfix')</li>
|
|
1634 <li>'F' - jQueryUI theme "footer" classes ('fg-toolbar ui-widget-header ui-corner-bl ui-corner-br ui-helper-clearfix')</li>
|
|
1635 </ul>
|
|
1636 </li>
|
|
1637 <li>The following syntax is expected:
|
|
1638 <ul>
|
|
1639 <li>'<' and '>' - div elements</li>
|
|
1640 <li>'<"class" and '>' - div with a class</li>
|
|
1641 <li>'<"#id" and '>' - div with an ID</li>
|
|
1642 </ul>
|
|
1643 </li>
|
|
1644 <li>Examples:
|
|
1645 <ul>
|
|
1646 <li>'<"wrapper"flipt>'</li>
|
|
1647 <li>'<lf<t>ip>'</li>
|
|
1648 </ul>
|
|
1649 </li>
|
|
1650 </ul></p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
1651
|
|
1652 </dl>
|
|
1653 <h5>Example</h5>
|
|
1654 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1655 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1656 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1657 "sDom": '<"top"i>rt<"bottom"flp><"clear">'
|
|
1658 } );
|
|
1659 } );</pre>
|
|
1660 </div>
|
|
1661 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="sPaginationType"></a><a name="sPaginationType_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sPaginationType">sPaginationType</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>DataTables features two different built-in pagination interaction methods
|
|
1662 ('two_button' or 'full_numbers') which present different page controls to
|
|
1663 the end user. Further methods can be added using the API (see below).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
1664
|
|
1665 </dl>
|
|
1666 <h5>Example</h5>
|
|
1667 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1668 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1669 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1670 "sPaginationType": "full_numbers"
|
|
1671 } );
|
|
1672 } )</pre>
|
|
1673 </div>
|
|
1674 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="sScrollX"></a><a name="sScrollX_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sScrollX">sScrollX</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Enable horizontal scrolling. When a table is too wide to fit into a certain
|
|
1675 layout, or you have a large number of columns in the table, you can enable
|
|
1676 x-scrolling to show the table in a viewport, which can be scrolled. This
|
|
1677 property can be any CSS unit, or a number (in which case it will be treated
|
|
1678 as a pixel measurement).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
1679
|
|
1680 </dl>
|
|
1681 <h5>Example</h5>
|
|
1682 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1683 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1684 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1685 "sScrollX": "100%",
|
|
1686 "bScrollCollapse": true
|
|
1687 } );
|
|
1688 } );</pre>
|
|
1689 </div>
|
|
1690 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="sScrollXInner"></a><a name="sScrollXInner_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sScrollXInner">sScrollXInner</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>This property can be used to force a DataTable to use more width than it
|
|
1691 might otherwise do when x-scrolling is enabled. For example if you have a
|
|
1692 table which requires to be well spaced, this parameter is useful for
|
|
1693 "over-sizing" the table, and thus forcing scrolling. This property can by
|
|
1694 any CSS unit, or a number (in which case it will be treated as a pixel
|
|
1695 measurement).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
1696
|
|
1697 </dl>
|
|
1698 <h5>Example</h5>
|
|
1699 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1700 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1701 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1702 "sScrollX": "100%",
|
|
1703 "sScrollXInner": "110%"
|
|
1704 } );
|
|
1705 } );</pre>
|
|
1706 </div>
|
|
1707 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="sScrollY"></a><a name="sScrollY_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sScrollY">sScrollY</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>Enable vertical scrolling. Vertical scrolling will constrain the DataTable
|
|
1708 to the given height, and enable scrolling for any data which overflows the
|
|
1709 current viewport. This can be used as an alternative to paging to display
|
|
1710 a lot of data in a small area (although paging and scrolling can both be
|
|
1711 enabled at the same time). This property can be any CSS unit, or a number
|
|
1712 (in which case it will be treated as a pixel measurement).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
1713
|
|
1714 </dl>
|
|
1715 <h5>Example</h5>
|
|
1716 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1717 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1718 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1719 "sScrollY": "200px",
|
|
1720 "bPaginate": false
|
|
1721 } );
|
|
1722 } );</pre>
|
|
1723 </div>
|
|
1724 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="sServerMethod"></a><a name="sServerMethod_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature"><static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sServerMethod">sServerMethod</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class=" odd"><p>Set the HTTP method that is used to make the Ajax call for server-side
|
|
1725 processing or Ajax sourced data.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
|
|
1726
|
|
1727 </dl>
|
|
1728 <h5>Example</h5>
|
|
1729 <div class="example-code">
|
|
1730 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
|
|
1731 $('#example').dataTable( {
|
|
1732 "bServerSide": true,
|
|
1733 "sAjaxSource": "scripts/post.php",
|
|
1734 "sServerMethod": "POST"
|
|
1735 } );
|
|
1736 } );</pre>
|
|
1737 </div>
|
|
1738 </div></dd>
|
|
1739 </dl></div>
|
|
1740 </div>
|
|
1741
|
|
1742 </div>
|
|
1743
|
|
1744 <div class="fw_footer">
|
|
1745 DataTables: Copyright 2008-2012 Allan Jardine, all rights reserved<br>
|
|
1746
|
|
1747 Documentation generated by <a href="https://github.com/micmath/JSDoc">JSDoc 3</a> on
|
|
1748 23th Sep 2012 - 14:27
|
|
1749 with the <a href="http://datatables.net/">DataTables</a> template.
|
|
1750 </div>
|
|
1751 </body>
|
|
1752 </html> |