Preamble

The page controls which are used by default in DataTables (forward and backward buttons only) are great for most situations, but there are cases where you may wish to customise the controls presented to the end user. This is made simple by DataTables through it's extensible pagination mechanism. There are two types of pagination controls built into DataTables: two_button (default) and full_numbers. To switch between these two types, use the sPaginationType initialisation parameter. You can add additional types of pagination control by extending the $.fn.dataTableExt.oPagination object.

Note also that the number of pages which are shown with direct links (the 1, 2, 3...) can be changed by setting the variable jQuery.fn.dataTableExt.oPagination.iFullNumbersShowPages (default 5). Odd numbers are best to keep the display even.

The example below shows the full_numbers type of pagination, where 'first', 'previous', 'next' and 'last' buttons are presented, as well as the five pages around the current page.

Live example

Initialisation code

$(document).ready(function() {
	$('#example').dataTable( {
		"sPaginationType": "full_numbers"
	} );
} );

Other examples

Basic initialisation

• Zero configuration
• Feature enablement
• Sorting data
• Multi-column sorting
• Multiple tables
• Hidden columns
• DOM positioning
• State saving
• Alternative pagination styles
• Change language information (internationalisation)

Advanced initialisation

• Events (pre initialisation)
• Events (post initialisation)
• Column rendering
• Sorting without HTML tags
• Row callback
• Footer callback
• Ajax source
• Change language information from a file (internationalisation)

API

• Dynamically add a new row
• Dynamically create a table
• Individual column filtering
• Highlight rows and columns
• User selectable rows (multiple rows)
• User selectable rows (single row) and delete rows
• Editable rows (with jEditable)
• Submit form with elements in table
• Add custom API functions (plug-ins)

Please refer to the DataTables documentation for full information about it's API properties and methods.