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5 <title>Namespace: defaults - documentation</title>
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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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25 <div class="page-info">
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26 DataTables v1.9.4 documentation
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27 </div>
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33 <h2>Navigation</h2>
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34 <ul>
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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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38 <input type="hidden" name="show_private" value="0">
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39 <span id="private_label">Hiding</span> private elements
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40 (<a id="private_toggle" href="">toggle</a>)
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41 </span>
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55 <p>Initialisation options that can be given to DataTables at initialisation
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56 time.</p><dl class="details">
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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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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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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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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>'&lt;' and '&gt;' - div elements</li>
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277 <li>'&lt;"class" and '&gt;' - div with a class</li>
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278 <li>'&lt;"#id" and '&gt;' - 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>'&lt;"wrapper"flipt&gt;'</li>
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284 <li>'&lt;lf&lt;t&gt;ip&gt;'</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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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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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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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">&lt;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
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548 } );
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549 } );</pre>
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550 </div>
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551 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="bFilter"></a><a name="bFilter_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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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">
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558
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559 </dl>
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560 <h5>Example</h5>
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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
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565 } );
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566 } );</pre>
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567 </div>
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568 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="bInfo"></a><a name="bInfo_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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569 about the data that is currently visible on the page, including information
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570 about filtered data if that action is being performed.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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571
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572 </dl>
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573 <h5>Example</h5>
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574 <div class="example-code">
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575 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function () {
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576 $('#example').dataTable( {
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577 "bInfo": false
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578 } );
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579 } );</pre>
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580 </div>
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581 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="bJQueryUI"></a><a name="bJQueryUI_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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582 slightly different and additional mark-up from what DataTables has
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583 traditionally used).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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584
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585 </dl>
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586 <h5>Example</h5>
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587 <div class="example-code">
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588 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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589 $('#example').dataTable( {
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590 "bJQueryUI": true
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591 } );
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592 } );</pre>
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593 </div>
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594 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="bLengthChange"></a><a name="bLengthChange_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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595 menu (sizes are 10, 25, 50 and 100). Requires pagination (bPaginate).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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596
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597 </dl>
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598 <h5>Example</h5>
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599 <div class="example-code">
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600 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function () {
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601 $('#example').dataTable( {
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602 "bLengthChange": false
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603 } );
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604 } );</pre>
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605 </div>
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606 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="bPaginate"></a><a name="bPaginate_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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">
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607
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608 </dl>
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609 <h5>Example</h5>
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610 <div class="example-code">
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611 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function () {
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612 $('#example').dataTable( {
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613 "bPaginate": false
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614 } );
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615 } );</pre>
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616 </div>
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617 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="bProcessing"></a><a name="bProcessing_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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618 being processed (e.g. a sort). This is particularly useful for tables with
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619 large amounts of data where it can take a noticeable amount of time to sort
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620 the entries.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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621
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622 </dl>
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623 <h5>Example</h5>
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624 <div class="example-code">
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625 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function () {
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626 $('#example').dataTable( {
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627 "bProcessing": true
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628 } );
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629 } );</pre>
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630 </div>
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631 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="bRetrieve"></a><a name="bRetrieve_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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632 table has already been initialised, this parameter will cause DataTables
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633 to simply return the object that has already been set up - it will not take
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634 account of any changes you might have made to the initialisation object
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635 passed to DataTables (setting this parameter to true is an acknowledgement
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636 that you understand this). bDestroy can be used to reinitialise a table if
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637 you need.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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638
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639 </dl>
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640 <h5>Example</h5>
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641 <div class="example-code">
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642 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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643 initTable();
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644 tableActions();
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645 } );
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646
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647 function initTable ()
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648 {
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649 return $('#example').dataTable( {
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650 "sScrollY": "200px",
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651 "bPaginate": false,
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652 "bRetrieve": true
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653 } );
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654 }
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655
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656 function tableActions ()
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657 {
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658 var oTable = initTable();
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659 // perform API operations with oTable
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660 }</pre>
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661 </div>
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662 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="bScrollAutoCss"></a><a name="bScrollAutoCss_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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663 etc for the scrolling header elements or not. Typically you will want
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664 this.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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665
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666 </dl>
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667 <h5>Example</h5>
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668 <div class="example-code">
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669 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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670 $('#example').dataTable( {
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671 "bScrollAutoCss": false,
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672 "sScrollY": "200px"
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673 } );
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674 } );</pre>
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675 </div>
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676 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="bScrollCollapse"></a><a name="bScrollCollapse_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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677 the table's viewport to the given height at all times (useful for layout).
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678 However, this can look odd when filtering data down to a small data set,
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679 and the footer is left "floating" further down. This parameter (when
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680 enabled) will cause DataTables to collapse the table's viewport down when
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681 the result set will fit within the given Y height.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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682
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683 </dl>
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684 <h5>Example</h5>
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685 <div class="example-code">
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686 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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687 $('#example').dataTable( {
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688 "sScrollY": "200",
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689 "bScrollCollapse": true
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690 } );
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691 } );</pre>
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692 </div>
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693 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="bScrollInfinite"></a><a name="bScrollInfinite_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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694 sScrollY). Infinite scrolling means that DataTables will continually load
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695 data as a user scrolls through a table, which is very useful for large
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696 dataset. This cannot be used with pagination, which is automatically
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697 disabled. Note - the Scroller extra for DataTables is recommended in
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698 in preference to this option.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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699
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700 </dl>
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701 <h5>Example</h5>
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702 <div class="example-code">
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703 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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704 $('#example').dataTable( {
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705 "bScrollInfinite": true,
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706 "bScrollCollapse": true,
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707 "sScrollY": "200px"
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708 } );
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709 } );</pre>
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710 </div>
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711 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="bServerSide"></a><a name="bServerSide_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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712 sAjaxSource parameter must also be given in order to give DataTables a
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713 source to obtain the required data for each draw.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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714
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715 </dl>
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716 <h5>Example</h5>
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717 <div class="example-code">
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718 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function () {
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719 $('#example').dataTable( {
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720 "bServerSide": true,
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721 "sAjaxSource": "xhr.php"
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722 } );
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723 } );</pre>
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724 </div>
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725 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="bSort"></a><a name="bSort_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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726 disabled by the "bSortable" option for each column.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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727
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728 </dl>
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729 <h5>Example</h5>
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730 <div class="example-code">
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731 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function () {
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732 $('#example').dataTable( {
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733 "bSort": false
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734 } );
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735 } );</pre>
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736 </div>
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737 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="bSortCellsTop"></a><a name="bSortCellsTop_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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738 cell that is found for a single column, or the bottom (false - default).
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739 This is useful when using complex headers.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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740
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741 </dl>
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742 <h5>Example</h5>
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743 <div class="example-code">
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744 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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745 $('#example').dataTable( {
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746 "bSortCellsTop": true
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747 } );
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748 } );</pre>
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749 </div>
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750 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="bSortClasses"></a><a name="bSortClasses_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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751 'sorting_3' to the columns which are currently being sorted on. This is
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752 presented as a feature switch as it can increase processing time (while
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753 classes are removed and added) so for large data sets you might want to
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754 turn this off.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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755
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756 </dl>
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757 <h5>Example</h5>
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758 <div class="example-code">
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759 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function () {
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760 $('#example').dataTable( {
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761 "bSortClasses": false
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762 } );
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763 } );</pre>
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764 </div>
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765 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="bStateSave"></a><a name="bStateSave_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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766 table display information such as pagination information, display length,
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767 filtering and sorting. As such when the end user reloads the page the
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768 display display will match what thy had previously set up.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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769
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770 </dl>
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771 <h5>Example</h5>
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772 <div class="example-code">
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773 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function () {
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774 $('#example').dataTable( {
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775 "bStateSave": true
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776 } );
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777 } );</pre>
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778 </div>
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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">&lt;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
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780 DataTables with state saving enabled. This function is called whenever
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781 the cookie is modified, and it expects a fully formed cookie string to be
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782 returned. Note that the data object passed in is a Javascript object which
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783 must be converted to a string (JSON.stringify for example).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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784
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785 </dl>
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786 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
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787
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788 <table class="params">
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789 <thead>
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790 <tr>
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791 <th width="20"></th>
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792 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
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793 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
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794 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
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795 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
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796 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
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797 </tr>
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798 </thead>
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799
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800 <tbody>
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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>
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803 </table><h5>Returns:</h5><p class="returns"><p>Cookie formatted string (which should be encoded by
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804 using encodeURIComponent())</p></p><h5>Example:</h5>
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805 <div class="example-code">
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806 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function () {
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807 $('#example').dataTable( {
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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 }
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812 } );
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813 } );</pre>
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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">&lt;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
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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>
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822
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823 <table class="params">
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824 <thead>
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825 <tr>
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826 <th width="20"></th>
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827 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
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828 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
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829 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
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830 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
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831 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
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832 </tr>
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833 </thead>
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834
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835 <tbody>
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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>
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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>' );
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847 }
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848 }
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849 } );
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850 } );</pre>
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851 </div>
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852 </div>
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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">&lt;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
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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>
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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>
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863 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
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864 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
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865 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
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866 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
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867 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
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868 </tr>
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869 </thead>
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870
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871 <tbody>
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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>
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873 </tbody>
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874 </table><h5>Example:</h5>
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875 <div class="example-code">
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876 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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877 $('#example').dataTable( {
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878 "fnDrawCallback": function( oSettings ) {
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879 alert( 'DataTables has redrawn the table' );
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880 }
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881 } );
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882 } );</pre>
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883 </div>
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884 </div>
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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">&lt;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
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886 allows you to modify the table footer on every 'draw' even.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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887
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888 </dl>
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889 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
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890
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891 <table class="params">
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892 <thead>
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893 <tr>
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894 <th width="20"></th>
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895 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
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896 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
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897 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
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898 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
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899 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
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900 </tr>
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901 </thead>
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902
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903 <tbody>
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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
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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
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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
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907 to the full data array</p></td></tr>
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908 </tbody>
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909 </table><h5>Example:</h5>
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910 <div class="example-code">
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911 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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912 $('#example').dataTable( {
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913 "fnFooterCallback": function( nFoot, aData, iStart, iEnd, aiDisplay ) {
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914 nFoot.getElementsByTagName('th')[0].innerHTML = "Starting index is "+iStart;
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915 }
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916 } );
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917 } )</pre>
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918 </div>
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919 </div>
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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">&lt;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
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921 (i.e. "Showing 1 to 10 of 57 entries") DataTables will render large numbers
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922 to have a comma separator for the 'thousands' units (e.g. 1 million is
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923 rendered as "1,000,000") to help readability for the end user. This
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924 function will override the default method DataTables uses.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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925
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926 </dl>
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927 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
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928
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929 <table class="params">
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930 <thead>
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931 <tr>
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932 <th width="20"></th>
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933 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
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934 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
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935 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
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936 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
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937 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
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938 </tr>
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939 </thead>
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940
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941 <tbody>
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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>
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943 </tbody>
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944 </table><h5>Returns:</h5><p class="returns"><p>formatted string for DataTables to show the number</p></p><h5>Example:</h5>
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945 <div class="example-code">
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946 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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947 $('#example').dataTable( {
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948 "fnFormatNumber": function ( iIn ) {
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949 if ( iIn &lt; 1000 ) {
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950 return iIn;
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951 } else {
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952 var
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953 s=(iIn+""),
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954 a=s.split(""), out="",
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955 iLen=s.length;
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956
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957 for ( var i=0 ; i&lt;iLen ; i++ ) {
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958 if ( i%3 === 0 &amp;&amp; i !== 0 ) {
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959 out = "'"+out;
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960 }
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961 out = a[iLen-i-1]+out;
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962 }
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963 }
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964 return out;
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965 };
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966 } );
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967 } );</pre>
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968 </div>
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969 </div>
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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">&lt;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
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971 dynamically modify the header row. This can be used to calculate and
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972 display useful information about the table.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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973
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974 </dl>
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975 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
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976
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977 <table class="params">
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978 <thead>
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979 <tr>
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980 <th width="20"></th>
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981 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
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982 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
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983 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
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984 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
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985 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
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986 </tr>
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987 </thead>
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988
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989 <tbody>
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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
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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
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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
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993 to the full data array</p></td></tr>
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994 </tbody>
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995 </table><h5>Example:</h5>
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996 <div class="example-code">
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997 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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998 $('#example').dataTable( {
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999 "fnHeaderCallback": function( nHead, aData, iStart, iEnd, aiDisplay ) {
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1000 nHead.getElementsByTagName('th')[0].innerHTML = "Displaying "+(iEnd-iStart)+" records";
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1001 }
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1002 } );
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1003 } )</pre>
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1004 </div>
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1005 </div>
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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">&lt;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
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1007 state of the table. Although the internationalisation options presented by
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1008 DataTables are quite capable of dealing with most customisations, there may
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1009 be times where you wish to customise the string further. This callback
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1010 allows you to do exactly that.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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1011
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1012 </dl>
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1013 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
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1014
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1015 <table class="params">
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1016 <thead>
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1017 <tr>
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1018 <th width="20"></th>
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1019 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
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1020 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
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1021 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
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1022 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
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1023 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
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1024 </tr>
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1025 </thead>
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1026
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1027 <tbody>
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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
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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
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1030 own rules</p></td></tr>
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1031 </tbody>
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1032 </table><h5>Returns:</h5><p class="returns"><p>The string to be displayed in the information element.</p></p><h5>Example:</h5>
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1033 <div class="example-code">
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1034 <pre class="brush: js"> $('#example').dataTable( {
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1035 "fnInfoCallback": function( oSettings, iStart, iEnd, iMax, iTotal, sPre ) {
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1036 return iStart +" to "+ iEnd;
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1037 }
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1038 } );</pre>
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1039 </div>
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1040 </div>
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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">&lt;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
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1042 initialise sequentially and there will be no need for this function,
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1043 however, this does not hold true when using external language information
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1044 since that is obtained using an async XHR call.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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1045
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1046 </dl>
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1047 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
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1048
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1049 <table class="params">
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1050 <thead>
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1051 <tr>
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1052 <th width="20"></th>
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1053 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
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1054 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
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1055 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
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1056 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
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1057 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
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1058 </tr>
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1059 </thead>
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1060
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1061 <tbody>
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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
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1063 present if client-side Ajax sourced data is used</p></td></tr>
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1064 </tbody>
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1065 </table><h5>Example:</h5>
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1066 <div class="example-code">
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1067 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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1068 $('#example').dataTable( {
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1069 "fnInitComplete": function(oSettings, json) {
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1070 alert( 'DataTables has finished its initialisation.' );
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1071 }
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1072 } );
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1073 } )</pre>
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1074 </div>
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1075 </div>
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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">&lt;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
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1077 draw by returning false, any other return (including undefined) results in
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1078 the full draw occurring).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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1079
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1080 </dl>
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1081 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
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1082
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1083 <table class="params">
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1084 <thead>
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1085 <tr>
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1086 <th width="20"></th>
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1087 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
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1088 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
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1089 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
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1090 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
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1091 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
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1092 </tr>
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1093 </thead>
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1094
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1095 <tbody>
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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>
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1097 </tbody>
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1098 </table><h5>Returns:</h5><p class="returns"><p>False will cancel the draw, anything else (including no
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1099 return) will allow it to complete.</p></p><h5>Example:</h5>
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1100 <div class="example-code">
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1101 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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1102 $('#example').dataTable( {
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1103 "fnPreDrawCallback": function( oSettings ) {
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1104 if ( $('#test').val() == 1 ) {
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1105 return false;
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1106 }
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1107 }
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1108 } );
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1109 } );</pre>
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1110 </div>
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1111 </div>
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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">&lt;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
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1113 generated for each table draw, but before it is rendered on screen. This
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1114 function might be used for setting the row class name etc.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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1115
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1116 </dl>
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1117 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
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1118
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1119 <table class="params">
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1120 <thead>
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1121 <tr>
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1122 <th width="20"></th>
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1123 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
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1124 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
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1125 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
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1126 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
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1127 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
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1128 </tr>
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1129 </thead>
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1130
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1131 <tbody>
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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
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1133 rows (after filtering)</p></td></tr>
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1134 </tbody>
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1135 </table><h5>Example:</h5>
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1136 <div class="example-code">
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1137 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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1138 $('#example').dataTable( {
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1139 "fnRowCallback": function( nRow, aData, iDisplayIndex, iDisplayIndexFull ) {
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1140 // Bold the grade for all 'A' grade browsers
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1141 if ( aData[4] == "A" )
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1142 {
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1143 $('td:eq(4)', nRow).html( '<b>A</b>' );
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1144 }
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1145 }
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1146 } );
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1147 } );</pre>
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1148 </div>
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1149 </div>
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1150 <dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnServerData" class=" even"><a name="fnServerData"></a><a name="fnServerData_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnServerData</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class=" even"><p>This parameter allows you to override the default function which obtains
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1151 the data from the server ($.getJSON) so something more suitable for your
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1152 application. For example you could use POST data, or pull information from
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1153 a Gears or AIR database.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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1154
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1155 </dl>
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1156 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
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1157
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1158 <table class="params">
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1159 <thead>
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1160 <tr>
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1161 <th width="20"></th>
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1162 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
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1163 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
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1164 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
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1165 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
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1166 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
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1167 </tr>
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1168 </thead>
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1169
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1170 <tbody>
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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
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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
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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>
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1174 </tbody>
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1175 </table><h5>Example:</h5>
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1176 <div class="example-code">
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1177 <pre class="brush: js"> // POST data to server
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1178 $(document).ready( function() {
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1179 $('#example').dataTable( {
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1180 "bProcessing": true,
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1181 "bServerSide": true,
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1182 "sAjaxSource": "xhr.php",
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1183 "fnServerData": function ( sSource, aoData, fnCallback, oSettings ) {
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1184 oSettings.jqXHR = $.ajax( {
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1185 "dataType": 'json',
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1186 "type": "POST",
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1187 "url": sSource,
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1188 "data": aoData,
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1189 "success": fnCallback
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1190 } );
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1191 }
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1192 } );
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1193 } );</pre>
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1194 </div>
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1195 </div>
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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">&lt;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
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1197 request - for example custom filtering information, and this callback
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1198 function makes it trivial to send extra information to the server. The
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1199 passed in parameter is the data set that has been constructed by
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1200 DataTables, and you can add to this or modify it as you require.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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1201
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1202 </dl>
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1203 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
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1204
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1205 <table class="params">
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1206 <thead>
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1207 <tr>
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1208 <th width="20"></th>
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1209 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
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1210 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
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1211 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
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1212 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
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1213 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
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1214 </tr>
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1215 </thead>
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1216
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1217 <tbody>
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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
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1219 pairs) that has been constructed by DataTables and will be sent to the
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1220 server. In the case of Ajax sourced data with server-side processing
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1221 this will be an empty array, for server-side processing there will be a
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1222 significant number of parameters!</p></td></tr>
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1223 </tbody>
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1224 </table><h5>Returns:</h5><p class="returns"><p>Ensure that you modify the aoData array passed in,
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1225 as this is passed by reference.</p></p><h5>Example:</h5>
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1226 <div class="example-code">
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1227 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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1228 $('#example').dataTable( {
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1229 "bProcessing": true,
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1230 "bServerSide": true,
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1231 "sAjaxSource": "scripts/server_processing.php",
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1232 "fnServerParams": function ( aoData ) {
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1233 aoData.push( { "name": "more_data", "value": "my_value" } );
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1234 }
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1235 } );
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1236 } );</pre>
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1237 </div>
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1238 </div>
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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">&lt;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
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1240 state of a table is loaded. By default DataTables will load from its state saving
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1241 cookie, but you might wish to use local storage (HTML5) or a server-side database.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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1242
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1243 </dl>
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1244 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
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1245
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1246 <table class="params">
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1247 <thead>
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1248 <tr>
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1249 <th width="20"></th>
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1250 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
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1251 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
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1252 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
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1253 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
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1254 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
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1255 </tr>
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1256 </thead>
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1257
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1258 <tbody>
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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>
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1260 </tbody>
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1261 </table><h5>Returns:</h5><p class="returns"><p>The DataTables state object to be loaded</p></p><h5>Example:</h5>
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1262 <div class="example-code">
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1263 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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1264 $('#example').dataTable( {
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1265 "bStateSave": true,
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1266 "fnStateLoad": function (oSettings) {
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1267 var o;
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1268
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1269 // Send an Ajax request to the server to get the data. Note that
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1270 // this is a synchronous request.
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1271 $.ajax( {
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1272 "url": "/state_load",
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1273 "async": false,
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1274 "dataType": "json",
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1275 "success": function (json) {
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1276 o = json;
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1277 }
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1278 } );
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1279
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1280 return o;
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1281 }
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1282 } );
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1283 } );</pre>
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1284 </div>
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1285 </div>
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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">&lt;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
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1287 and the DataTables settings object has been modified as a result of the loaded state.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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1288
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1289 </dl>
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1290 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
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1291
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1292 <table class="params">
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1293 <thead>
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1294 <tr>
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1295 <th width="20"></th>
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1296 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
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1297 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
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1298 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
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1299 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
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1300 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
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1301 </tr>
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1302 </thead>
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1303
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1304 <tbody>
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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>
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1306 </tbody>
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1307 </table><h5>Example:</h5>
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1308 <div class="example-code">
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1309 <pre class="brush: js"> // Show an alert with the filtering value that was saved
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1310 $(document).ready( function() {
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1311 $('#example').dataTable( {
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1312 "bStateSave": true,
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1313 "fnStateLoaded": function (oSettings, oData) {
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1314 alert( 'Saved filter was: '+oData.oSearch.sSearch );
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1315 }
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1316 } );
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1317 } );</pre>
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1318 </div>
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1319 </div>
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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">&lt;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.
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1321 This callback is called when the table is loading state from the stored data, but
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1322 prior to the settings object being modified by the saved state. Note that for
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1323 plug-in authors, you should use the 'stateLoadParams' event to load parameters for
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1324 a plug-in.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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1325
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1326 </dl>
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1327 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
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1328
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1329 <table class="params">
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1330 <thead>
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1331 <tr>
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1332 <th width="20"></th>
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1333 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
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1334 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
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1335 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
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1336 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
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1337 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
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1338 </tr>
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1339 </thead>
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1340
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1341 <tbody>
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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>
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1343 </tbody>
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1344 </table><h5>Examples:</h5>
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1345 <div class="example-code">
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1346 <pre class="brush: js"> // Remove a saved filter, so filtering is never loaded
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1347 $(document).ready( function() {
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1348 $('#example').dataTable( {
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1349 "bStateSave": true,
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1350 "fnStateLoadParams": function (oSettings, oData) {
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1351 oData.oSearch.sSearch = "";
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1352 }
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1353 } );
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1354 } );
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1355
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1356 </pre>
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1357 </div>
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1358
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1359 <div class="example-code">
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1360 <pre class="brush: js"> // Disallow state loading by returning false
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1361 $(document).ready( function() {
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1362 $('#example').dataTable( {
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1363 "bStateSave": true,
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1364 "fnStateLoadParams": function (oSettings, oData) {
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1365 return false;
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1366 }
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1367 } );
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1368 } );</pre>
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1369 </div>
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1370 </div>
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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">&lt;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
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1372 information for the table is stored - by default it will use a cookie, but you
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1373 might want to use local storage (HTML5) or a server-side database.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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1374
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1375 </dl>
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1376 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
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1377
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1378 <table class="params">
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1379 <thead>
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1380 <tr>
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1381 <th width="20"></th>
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1382 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
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1383 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
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1384 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
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1385 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
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1386 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
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1387 </tr>
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1388 </thead>
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1389
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1390 <tbody>
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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>
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1392 </tbody>
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1393 </table><h5>Example:</h5>
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1394 <div class="example-code">
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1395 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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1396 $('#example').dataTable( {
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1397 "bStateSave": true,
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1398 "fnStateSave": function (oSettings, oData) {
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1399 // Send an Ajax request to the server with the state object
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1400 $.ajax( {
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1401 "url": "/state_save",
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1402 "data": oData,
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1403 "dataType": "json",
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1404 "method": "POST"
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1405 "success": function () {}
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1406 } );
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1407 }
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1408 } );
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1409 } );</pre>
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1410 </div>
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1411 </div>
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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">&lt;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
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1413 has changed state a new state save is required. This method allows modification of
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1414 the state saving object prior to actually doing the save, including addition or
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1415 other state properties or modification. Note that for plug-in authors, you should
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1416 use the 'stateSaveParams' event to save parameters for a plug-in.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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1417
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1418 </dl>
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1419 <h5>Parameters:</h5>
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1420
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1421 <table class="params">
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1422 <thead>
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1423 <tr>
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1424 <th width="20"></th>
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1425 <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
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1426 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
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1427 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
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1428 <th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
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1429 <th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
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1430 </tr>
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1431 </thead>
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1432
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1433 <tbody>
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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>
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1435 </tbody>
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1436 </table><h5>Example:</h5>
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1437 <div class="example-code">
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1438 <pre class="brush: js"> // Remove a saved filter, so filtering is never saved
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1439 $(document).ready( function() {
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1440 $('#example').dataTable( {
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1441 "bStateSave": true,
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1442 "fnStateSaveParams": function (oSettings, oData) {
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1443 oData.oSearch.sSearch = "";
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1444 }
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1445 } );
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1446 } );</pre>
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1447 </div>
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1448 </div>
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1449 <dt class=" odd"><a name="iCookieDuration"></a><a name="iCookieDuration_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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1450 value is given in seconds.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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1451
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1452 </dl>
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1453 <h5>Example</h5>
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1454 <div class="example-code">
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1455 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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1456 $('#example').dataTable( {
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1457 "iCookieDuration": 60*60*24; // 1 day
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1458 } );
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1459 } )</pre>
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1460 </div>
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1461 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="iDeferLoading"></a><a name="iDeferLoading_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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1462 page draw - rather it will use the data already on the page (no sorting etc
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1463 will be applied to it), thus saving on an XHR at load time. iDeferLoading
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diff changeset
1464 is used to indicate that deferred loading is required, but it is also used
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1465 to tell DataTables how many records there are in the full table (allowing
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1466 the information element and pagination to be displayed correctly). In the case
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1467 where a filtering is applied to the table on initial load, this can be
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1468 indicated by giving the parameter as an array, where the first element is
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1469 the number of records available after filtering and the second element is the
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1470 number of records without filtering (allowing the table information element
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1471 to be shown correctly).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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1472
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1473 </dl>
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diff changeset
1474 <h5>Examples</h5>
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1475 <div class="example-code">
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1476 <pre class="brush: js"> // 57 records available in the table, no filtering applied
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1477 $(document).ready( function() {
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diff changeset
1478 $('#example').dataTable( {
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diff changeset
1479 "bServerSide": true,
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1480 "sAjaxSource": "scripts/server_processing.php",
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diff changeset
1481 "iDeferLoading": 57
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1482 } );
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1483 } );
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1484
ac5f9272033b first upload
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diff changeset
1485 </pre>
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diff changeset
1486 </div>
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diff changeset
1487
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diff changeset
1488 <div class="example-code">
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1489 <pre class="brush: js"> // 57 records after filtering, 100 without filtering (an initial filter applied)
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diff changeset
1490 $(document).ready( function() {
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diff changeset
1491 $('#example').dataTable( {
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diff changeset
1492 "bServerSide": true,
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diff changeset
1493 "sAjaxSource": "scripts/server_processing.php",
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diff changeset
1494 "iDeferLoading": [ 57, 100 ],
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diff changeset
1495 "oSearch": {
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1496 "sSearch": "my_filter"
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1497 }
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1498 } );
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1499 } );</pre>
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1500 </div>
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1501 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="iDisplayLength"></a><a name="iDisplayLength_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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1502 feature enabled (bLengthChange) then the end user will be able to override
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1503 this to a custom setting using a pop-up menu.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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1504
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diff changeset
1505 </dl>
ac5f9272033b first upload
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diff changeset
1506 <h5>Example</h5>
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diff changeset
1507 <div class="example-code">
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diff changeset
1508 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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1509 $('#example').dataTable( {
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1510 "iDisplayLength": 50
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1511 } );
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1512 } )</pre>
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1513 </div>
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1514 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="iDisplayStart"></a><a name="iDisplayStart_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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1515 pagination. Note that this parameter is the number of records, rather than
ac5f9272033b first upload
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diff changeset
1516 the page number, so if you have 10 records per page and want to start on
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1517 the third page, it should be "20".</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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1518
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1519 </dl>
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diff changeset
1520 <h5>Example</h5>
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diff changeset
1521 <div class="example-code">
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1522 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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1523 $('#example').dataTable( {
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1524 "iDisplayStart": 20
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1525 } );
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1526 } )</pre>
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1527 </div>
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1528 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="iScrollLoadGap"></a><a name="iScrollLoadGap_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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1529 DataTables will load the next 'page' of data automatically. You typically
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diff changeset
1530 want a gap which is big enough that the scrolling will be smooth for the
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1531 user, while not so large that it will load more data than need.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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1532
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1533 </dl>
ac5f9272033b first upload
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diff changeset
1534 <h5>Example</h5>
ac5f9272033b first upload
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diff changeset
1535 <div class="example-code">
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1536 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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1537 $('#example').dataTable( {
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1538 "bScrollInfinite": true,
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diff changeset
1539 "bScrollCollapse": true,
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diff changeset
1540 "sScrollY": "200px",
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1541 "iScrollLoadGap": 50
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1542 } );
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1543 } );</pre>
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1544 </div>
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1545 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="iTabIndex"></a><a name="iTabIndex_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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diff changeset
1546 and filtering) by adding a tabindex attribute to the required elements. This
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diff changeset
1547 allows you to tab through the controls and press the enter key to activate them.
ac5f9272033b first upload
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diff changeset
1548 The tabindex is default 0, meaning that the tab follows the flow of the document.
ac5f9272033b first upload
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1549 You can overrule this using this parameter if you wish. Use a value of -1 to
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diff changeset
1550 disable built-in keyboard navigation.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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1551
ac5f9272033b first upload
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diff changeset
1552 </dl>
ac5f9272033b first upload
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diff changeset
1553 <h5>Example</h5>
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diff changeset
1554 <div class="example-code">
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diff changeset
1555 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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1556 $('#example').dataTable( {
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1557 "iTabIndex": 1
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1558 } );
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1559 } );</pre>
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1560 </div>
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1561 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="sAjaxDataProp"></a><a name="sAjaxDataProp_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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1562 data from an Ajax source or for server-side processing - this parameter
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1563 allows that property to be changed. You can use Javascript dotted object
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1564 notation to get a data source for multiple levels of nesting.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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1565
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1566 </dl>
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1567 <h5>Examples</h5>
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1568 <div class="example-code">
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1569 <pre class="brush: js"> // Get data from { "data": [...] }
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1570 $(document).ready( function() {
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1571 var oTable = $('#example').dataTable( {
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1572 "sAjaxSource": "sources/data.txt",
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1573 "sAjaxDataProp": "data"
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1574 } );
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1575 } );
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1576
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1577 </pre>
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1578 </div>
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1579
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1580 <div class="example-code">
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1581 <pre class="brush: js"> // Get data from { "data": { "inner": [...] } }
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1582 $(document).ready( function() {
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1583 var oTable = $('#example').dataTable( {
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1584 "sAjaxSource": "sources/data.txt",
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1585 "sAjaxDataProp": "data.inner"
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1586 } );
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1587 } );</pre>
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1588 </div>
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1589 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="sAjaxSource"></a><a name="sAjaxSource_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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1590 parameter (use aData if you want to pass data in you already have). Simply
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1591 provide a url a JSON object can be obtained from. This object must include
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1592 the parameter 'aaData' which is the data source for the table.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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1593
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1594 </dl>
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1595 <h5>Example</h5>
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1596 <div class="example-code">
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1597 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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1598 $('#example').dataTable( {
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1599 "sAjaxSource": "http://www.sprymedia.co.uk/dataTables/json.php"
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1600 } );
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1601 } )</pre>
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1602 </div>
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1603 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="sCookiePrefix"></a><a name="sCookiePrefix_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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1604 assigns to a cookie when state saving is enabled.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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1605
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1606 </dl>
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1607 <h5>Example</h5>
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1608 <div class="example-code">
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1609 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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1610 $('#example').dataTable( {
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1611 "sCookiePrefix": "my_datatable_",
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1612 } );
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1613 } );</pre>
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1614 </div>
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1615 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="sDom"></a><a name="sDom_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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1616 DOM you want DataTables to inject the various controls it adds to the page
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1617 (for example you might want the pagination controls at the top of the
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1618 table). DIV elements (with or without a custom class) can also be added to
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1619 aid styling. The follow syntax is used:
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1620 <ul>
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1621 <li>The following options are allowed: <br />
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1622 <ul>
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1623 <li>'l' - Length changing</li
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1624 <li>'f' - Filtering input</li>
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1625 <li>'t' - The table!</li>
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1626 <li>'i' - Information</li>
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1627 <li>'p' - Pagination</li>
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1628 <li>'r' - pRocessing</li>
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1629 </ul>
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1630 </li>
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1631 <li>The following constants are allowed:
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1632 <ul>
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1633 <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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1634 <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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1635 </ul>
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1636 </li>
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1637 <li>The following syntax is expected:
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1638 <ul>
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1639 <li>'&lt;' and '&gt;' - div elements</li>
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1640 <li>'&lt;"class" and '&gt;' - div with a class</li>
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1641 <li>'&lt;"#id" and '&gt;' - div with an ID</li>
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1642 </ul>
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1643 </li>
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1644 <li>Examples:
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1645 <ul>
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1646 <li>'&lt;"wrapper"flipt&gt;'</li>
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1647 <li>'&lt;lf&lt;t&gt;ip&gt;'</li>
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1648 </ul>
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1649 </li>
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1650 </ul></p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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1651
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1652 </dl>
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1653 <h5>Example</h5>
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diff changeset
1654 <div class="example-code">
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1655 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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1656 $('#example').dataTable( {
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1657 "sDom": '&lt;"top"i&gt;rt&lt;"bottom"flp&gt;&lt;"clear"&gt;'
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1658 } );
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1659 } );</pre>
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1660 </div>
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1661 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="sPaginationType"></a><a name="sPaginationType_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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1662 ('two_button' or 'full_numbers') which present different page controls to
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1663 the end user. Further methods can be added using the API (see below).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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1664
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1665 </dl>
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1666 <h5>Example</h5>
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1667 <div class="example-code">
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1668 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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1669 $('#example').dataTable( {
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1670 "sPaginationType": "full_numbers"
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1671 } );
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1672 } )</pre>
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1673 </div>
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1674 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="sScrollX"></a><a name="sScrollX_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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1675 layout, or you have a large number of columns in the table, you can enable
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1676 x-scrolling to show the table in a viewport, which can be scrolled. This
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1677 property can be any CSS unit, or a number (in which case it will be treated
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1678 as a pixel measurement).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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1679
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1680 </dl>
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1681 <h5>Example</h5>
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1682 <div class="example-code">
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1683 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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1684 $('#example').dataTable( {
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1685 "sScrollX": "100%",
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1686 "bScrollCollapse": true
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1687 } );
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1688 } );</pre>
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1689 </div>
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1690 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="sScrollXInner"></a><a name="sScrollXInner_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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1691 might otherwise do when x-scrolling is enabled. For example if you have a
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1692 table which requires to be well spaced, this parameter is useful for
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1693 "over-sizing" the table, and thus forcing scrolling. This property can by
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1694 any CSS unit, or a number (in which case it will be treated as a pixel
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1695 measurement).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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1696
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1697 </dl>
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1698 <h5>Example</h5>
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1699 <div class="example-code">
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1700 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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1701 $('#example').dataTable( {
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1702 "sScrollX": "100%",
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1703 "sScrollXInner": "110%"
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1704 } );
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1705 } );</pre>
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1706 </div>
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1707 </div></dd><dt class=" even"><a name="sScrollY"></a><a name="sScrollY_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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1708 to the given height, and enable scrolling for any data which overflows the
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1709 current viewport. This can be used as an alternative to paging to display
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1710 a lot of data in a small area (although paging and scrolling can both be
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1711 enabled at the same time). This property can be any CSS unit, or a number
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1712 (in which case it will be treated as a pixel measurement).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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1713
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1714 </dl>
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1715 <h5>Example</h5>
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1716 <div class="example-code">
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1717 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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1718 $('#example').dataTable( {
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1719 "sScrollY": "200px",
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1720 "bPaginate": false
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1721 } );
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1722 } );</pre>
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1723 </div>
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1724 </div></dd><dt class=" odd"><a name="sServerMethod"></a><a name="sServerMethod_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;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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1725 processing or Ajax sourced data.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">
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1726
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1727 </dl>
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1728 <h5>Example</h5>
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1729 <div class="example-code">
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1730 <pre class="brush: js"> $(document).ready( function() {
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1731 $('#example').dataTable( {
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1732 "bServerSide": true,
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1733 "sAjaxSource": "scripts/post.php",
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1734 "sServerMethod": "POST"
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1735 } );
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1736 } );</pre>
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1737 </div>
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1738 </div></dd>
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1739 </dl></div>
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1740 </div>
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1741
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1742 </div>
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1743
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1744 <div class="fw_footer">
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1745 DataTables: Copyright 2008-2012 Allan Jardine, all rights reserved<br>
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1746
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1747 Documentation generated by <a href="https://github.com/micmath/JSDoc">JSDoc 3</a> on
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1748 23th Sep 2012 - 14:27
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1749 with the <a href="http://datatables.net/">DataTables</a> template.
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1750 </div>
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1751 </body>
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1752 </html>