Preamble

Using standard jQuery selector syntax with DataTables it is trivial to initialise multiple tables with a single line of Javascript, as shown below. All tables are completely independent, but share the parameters passed thought the initialiser object (for example if you specific the Spanish language file, all tables will be shown in Spanish).

Live example

Trident based browsers

Gecko based browsers

WebKit based browsers (note no platform)

Initialisation code

$(document).ready(function() {
	$('.dataTable').dataTable();
} );

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.