Preamble

The following example shows how a callback function can be used to format a particular row at draw time. For each row that is generated for display, the fnRowCallback() function is called. It is passed the row node which can then be modified and returned. In this case a trivial example of making the 'grade' column bold if the grade is 'A' is shown (note that this could also be performed using the fnRender() function, but this is just for example).

Live example

Initialisation code

$(document).ready(function() {
	$('#example').dataTable( {
		"fnRowCallback": function( nRow, aData, iDisplayIndex ) {
			/* Append the grade to the default row class name */
			if ( aData[4] == "A" )
			{
				$('td:eq(4)', nRow).html( '<b>A</b>' );
			}
			return nRow;
		},
		"aoColumns": [ 
			/* Engine */   null,
			/* Browser */  null,
			/* Platform */ null,
			/* Version */  { "sClass": "center" },
			/* Grade */    { "sClass": "center" }
		]
	} );
} );

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.