Preamble

When customising DataTables for your own usage, you might find that the default position of the feature elements (filter input etc) is not quite to your liking. To address this issue DataTables takes inspiration from the CSS 3 Advanced Layout Module and provides the sDom initialisation parameter which can be set to indicate where you which particular features to appear in the DOM. You can also specify div wrapping containers (with classes) to provide complete layout flexibility. The syntax available is:

• l - Length changing
• f - Filtering input
• t - The table!
• i - Information
• p - Pagination
• r - pRocessing
• < and > - div elements
• <"class" and > - div with a class
• Examples: <"wrapper"flipt>, <lf<t>ip>

In the example below I've moved the table information to the top of the table, and all the interaction elements to the bottom, each wrapper in a container div.

Live example

Initialisation code

$(document).ready(function() {
	$('#example').dataTable( {
		"sDom": '<"top"i>rt<"bottom"flp<"clear">'
	} );
} );

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.