Basic Initialization | Light Able Admin & Dashboard Template

Zero Configuration

DataTables has most features enabled by default, so all you need to do to use it with your own tables is to call the construction function.

Name	Position	Office	Age	Start date	Salary
Quinn Flynn	System Architect	Edinburgh	61	2011/04/25	$320,800
Garrett Winters	Accountant	Tokyo	63	2011/07/25	$170,750
Ashton Cox	Junior Technical Author	San Francisco	66	2009/01/12	$86,000
Cedric Kelly	Senior Javascript Developer	Edinburgh	22	2012/03/29	$433,060
Airi Satou	Accountant	Tokyo	33	2008/11/28	$162,700
Name	Position	Office	Age	Start date	Salary

Default Ordering

With DataTables you can alter the ordering characteristics of the table at initialization time. Using the order initialization parameter

Name	Position	Office	Age	Start date	Salary
Quinn Flynn	System Architect	Edinburgh	61	2011/04/25	$320,800
Garrett Winters	Accountant	Tokyo	63	2011/07/25	$170,750
Ashton Cox	Junior Technical Author	San Francisco	66	2009/01/12	$86,000
Cedric Kelly	Senior Javascript Developer	Edinburgh	22	2012/03/29	$433,060
Airi Satou	Accountant	Tokyo	33	2008/11/28	$162,700
Brielle Williamson	Integration Specialist	New York	61	2012/12/02	$372,000
Herrod Chandler	Sales Assistant	San Francisco	59	2012/08/06	$137,500
Rhona Davidson	Integration Specialist	Tokyo	55	2010/10/14	$327,900
Colleen Hurst	Javascript Developer	San Francisco	39	2009/09/15	$205,500
Sonya Frost	Software Engineer	Edinburgh	23	2008/12/13	$103,600
Jena Gaines	Office Manager	London	30	2008/12/19	$90,560
Quinn Flynn	Support Lead	Edinburgh	22	2013/03/03	$342,000
Charde Marshall	Regional Director	San Francisco	36	2008/10/16	$470,600
Haley Kennedy	Senior Marketing Designer	London	43	2012/12/18	$313,500
Tatyana Fitzpatrick	Regional Director	London	19	2010/03/17	$385,750
Michael Silva	Marketing Designer	London	66	2012/11/27	$198,500
Paul Byrd	Chief Financial Officer (CFO)	New York	64	2010/06/09	$725,000
Gloria Little	Systems Administrator	New York	59	2009/04/10	$237,500
Bradley Greer	Software Engineer	London	41	2012/10/13	$132,000
Dai Rios	Personnel Lead	Edinburgh	35	2012/09/26	$217,500
Name	Position	Office	Age	Start date	Salary

Multi-Column Ordering

DataTables allows ordering by multiple columns at the same time, which can be activated in a number of different ways

Name	Position	Office	Age	Start date	Salary
Quinn Flynn	System Architect	Edinburgh	61	2011/04/25	$320,800
Garrett Winters	Accountant	Tokyo	63	2011/07/25	$170,750
Ashton Cox	Junior Technical Author	San Francisco	66	2009/01/12	$86,000
Cedric Kelly	Senior Javascript Developer	Edinburgh	22	2012/03/29	$433,060
Airi Satou	Accountant	Tokyo	33	2008/11/28	$162,700
Brielle Williamson	Integration Specialist	New York	61	2012/12/02	$372,000
Herrod Chandler	Sales Assistant	San Francisco	59	2012/08/06	$137,500
Rhona Davidson	Integration Specialist	Tokyo	55	2010/10/14	$327,900
Colleen Hurst	Javascript Developer	San Francisco	39	2009/09/15	$205,500
Sonya Frost	Software Engineer	Edinburgh	23	2008/12/13	$103,600
Jena Gaines	Office Manager	London	30	2008/12/19	$90,560
Quinn Flynn	Support Lead	Edinburgh	22	2013/03/03	$342,000
Charde Marshall	Regional Director	San Francisco	36	2008/10/16	$470,600
Haley Kennedy	Senior Marketing Designer	London	43	2012/12/18	$313,500
Tatyana Fitzpatrick	Regional Director	London	19	2010/03/17	$385,750
Michael Silva	Marketing Designer	London	66	2012/11/27	$198,500
Paul Byrd	Chief Financial Officer (CFO)	New York	64	2010/06/09	$725,000
Gloria Little	Systems Administrator	New York	59	2009/04/10	$237,500
Bradley Greer	Software Engineer	London	41	2012/10/13	$132,000
Dai Rios	Personnel Lead	Edinburgh	35	2012/09/26	$217,500
Name	Position	Office	Age	Start date	Salary

Complex Headers

When using tables to display data, you will often wish to display column information in groups. DataTables fully supports colspan and rowspan in the table's header

Name	HR Information		Contact
Name	Position	Salary	Office	Extn.	E-mail
Quinn Flynn	System Architect	Edinburgh	61	2011/04/25	$320,800
Garrett Winters	Accountant	Tokyo	63	2011/07/25	$170,750
Ashton Cox	Junior Technical Author	San Francisco	66	2009/01/12	$86,000
Cedric Kelly	Senior Javascript Developer	Edinburgh	22	2012/03/29	$433,060
Airi Satou	Accountant	Tokyo	33	2008/11/28	$162,700
Brielle Williamson	Integration Specialist	New York	61	2012/12/02	$372,000
Herrod Chandler	Sales Assistant	San Francisco	59	2012/08/06	$137,500
Rhona Davidson	Integration Specialist	Tokyo	55	2010/10/14	$327,900
Colleen Hurst	Javascript Developer	San Francisco	39	2009/09/15	$205,500
Sonya Frost	Software Engineer	Edinburgh	23	2008/12/13	$103,600
Jena Gaines	Office Manager	London	30	2008/12/19	$90,560
Quinn Flynn	Support Lead	Edinburgh	22	2013/03/03	$342,000
Charde Marshall	Regional Director	San Francisco	36	2008/10/16	$470,600
Haley Kennedy	Senior Marketing Designer	London	43	2012/12/18	$313,500
Tatyana Fitzpatrick	Regional Director	London	19	2010/03/17	$385,750
Michael Silva	Marketing Designer	London	66	2012/11/27	$198,500
Paul Byrd	Chief Financial Officer (CFO)	New York	64	2010/06/09	$725,000
Gloria Little	Systems Administrator	New York	59	2009/04/10	$237,500
Bradley Greer	Software Engineer	London	41	2012/10/13	$132,000
Dai Rios	Personnel Lead	Edinburgh	35	2012/09/26	$217,500
Name	Position	Salary	Office	Extn.	E-mail

DOM Positioning

When customizing 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

Name	Position	Office	Age	Start date	Salary
Quinn Flynn	System Architect	Edinburgh	61	2011/04/25	$320,800
Garrett Winters	Accountant	Tokyo	63	2011/07/25	$170,750
Ashton Cox	Junior Technical Author	San Francisco	66	2009/01/12	$86,000
Cedric Kelly	Senior Javascript Developer	Edinburgh	22	2012/03/29	$433,060
Airi Satou	Accountant	Tokyo	33	2008/11/28	$162,700
Brielle Williamson	Integration Specialist	New York	61	2012/12/02	$372,000
Herrod Chandler	Sales Assistant	San Francisco	59	2012/08/06	$137,500
Rhona Davidson	Integration Specialist	Tokyo	55	2010/10/14	$327,900
Colleen Hurst	Javascript Developer	San Francisco	39	2009/09/15	$205,500
Sonya Frost	Software Engineer	Edinburgh	23	2008/12/13	$103,600
Jena Gaines	Office Manager	London	30	2008/12/19	$90,560
Quinn Flynn	Support Lead	Edinburgh	22	2013/03/03	$342,000
Charde Marshall	Regional Director	San Francisco	36	2008/10/16	$470,600
Haley Kennedy	Senior Marketing Designer	London	43	2012/12/18	$313,500
Tatyana Fitzpatrick	Regional Director	London	19	2010/03/17	$385,750
Michael Silva	Marketing Designer	London	66	2012/11/27	$198,500
Paul Byrd	Chief Financial Officer (CFO)	New York	64	2010/06/09	$725,000
Gloria Little	Systems Administrator	New York	59	2009/04/10	$237,500
Bradley Greer	Software Engineer	London	41	2012/10/13	$132,000
Dai Rios	Personnel Lead	Edinburgh	35	2012/09/26	$217,500
Name	Position	Salary	Office	Extn.	E-mail

Alternative Pagination

The default page control presented by DataTables (forward and backward buttons with up to 7 page numbers in-between) is fine for most situations, but there are cases where you may wish to customizing the options presented to the end user.

Name	Position	Office	Age	Start date	Salary
Quinn Flynn	System Architect	Edinburgh	61	2011/04/25	$320,800
Garrett Winters	Accountant	Tokyo	63	2011/07/25	$170,750
Ashton Cox	Junior Technical Author	San Francisco	66	2009/01/12	$86,000
Cedric Kelly	Senior Javascript Developer	Edinburgh	22	2012/03/29	$433,060
Airi Satou	Accountant	Tokyo	33	2008/11/28	$162,700
Brielle Williamson	Integration Specialist	New York	61	2012/12/02	$372,000
Herrod Chandler	Sales Assistant	San Francisco	59	2012/08/06	$137,500
Rhona Davidson	Integration Specialist	Tokyo	55	2010/10/14	$327,900
Colleen Hurst	Javascript Developer	San Francisco	39	2009/09/15	$205,500
Sonya Frost	Software Engineer	Edinburgh	23	2008/12/13	$103,600
Jena Gaines	Office Manager	London	30	2008/12/19	$90,560
Quinn Flynn	Support Lead	Edinburgh	22	2013/03/03	$342,000
Charde Marshall	Regional Director	San Francisco	36	2008/10/16	$470,600
Haley Kennedy	Senior Marketing Designer	London	43	2012/12/18	$313,500
Tatyana Fitzpatrick	Regional Director	London	19	2010/03/17	$385,750
Michael Silva	Marketing Designer	London	66	2012/11/27	$198,500
Paul Byrd	Chief Financial Officer (CFO)	New York	64	2010/06/09	$725,000
Gloria Little	Systems Administrator	New York	59	2009/04/10	$237,500
Bradley Greer	Software Engineer	London	41	2012/10/13	$132,000
Dai Rios	Personnel Lead	Edinburgh	35	2012/09/26	$217,500
Name	Position	Office	Age	Start date	Salary

Scroll - Vertical

This example shows the DataTables table body scrolling in the vertical direction. This can generally be seen as an alternative method to pagination for displaying a large table in a fairly small vertical area.

Name	Position	Office	Age	Start date	Salary
Quinn Flynn	System Architect	Edinburgh	61	2011/04/25	$320,800
Garrett Winters	Accountant	Tokyo	63	2011/07/25	$170,750
Ashton Cox	Junior Technical Author	San Francisco	66	2009/01/12	$86,000
Cedric Kelly	Senior Javascript Developer	Edinburgh	22	2012/03/29	$433,060
Airi Satou	Accountant	Tokyo	33	2008/11/28	$162,700
Brielle Williamson	Integration Specialist	New York	61	2012/12/02	$372,000
Herrod Chandler	Sales Assistant	San Francisco	59	2012/08/06	$137,500
Rhona Davidson	Integration Specialist	Tokyo	55	2010/10/14	$327,900
Colleen Hurst	Javascript Developer	San Francisco	39	2009/09/15	$205,500
Sonya Frost	Software Engineer	Edinburgh	23	2008/12/13	$103,600
Jena Gaines	Office Manager	London	30	2008/12/19	$90,560
Quinn Flynn	Support Lead	Edinburgh	22	2013/03/03	$342,000
Charde Marshall	Regional Director	San Francisco	36	2008/10/16	$470,600
Haley Kennedy	Senior Marketing Designer	London	43	2012/12/18	$313,500
Tatyana Fitzpatrick	Regional Director	London	19	2010/03/17	$385,750
Michael Silva	Marketing Designer	London	66	2012/11/27	$198,500
Paul Byrd	Chief Financial Officer (CFO)	New York	64	2010/06/09	$725,000
Gloria Little	Systems Administrator	New York	59	2009/04/10	$237,500
Bradley Greer	Software Engineer	London	41	2012/10/13	$132,000
Dai Rios	Personnel Lead	Edinburgh	35	2012/09/26	$217,500
Name	Position	Office	Age	Start date	Salary

Scroll - Vertical, Dynamic Height

This example shows a vertically scrolling DataTable that makes use of the CSS3 vh unit in order to dynamically resize the viewport based on the browser window height

Name	Position	Office	Age	Start date	Salary
Quinn Flynn	System Architect	Edinburgh	61	2011/04/25	$320,800
Garrett Winters	Accountant	Tokyo	63	2011/07/25	$170,750
Ashton Cox	Junior Technical Author	San Francisco	66	2009/01/12	$86,000
Cedric Kelly	Senior Javascript Developer	Edinburgh	22	2012/03/29	$433,060
Airi Satou	Accountant	Tokyo	33	2008/11/28	$162,700
Brielle Williamson	Integration Specialist	New York	61	2012/12/02	$372,000
Herrod Chandler	Sales Assistant	San Francisco	59	2012/08/06	$137,500
Rhona Davidson	Integration Specialist	Tokyo	55	2010/10/14	$327,900
Colleen Hurst	Javascript Developer	San Francisco	39	2009/09/15	$205,500
Sonya Frost	Software Engineer	Edinburgh	23	2008/12/13	$103,600
Jena Gaines	Office Manager	London	30	2008/12/19	$90,560
Quinn Flynn	Support Lead	Edinburgh	22	2013/03/03	$342,000
Charde Marshall	Regional Director	San Francisco	36	2008/10/16	$470,600
Haley Kennedy	Senior Marketing Designer	London	43	2012/12/18	$313,500
Tatyana Fitzpatrick	Regional Director	London	19	2010/03/17	$385,750
Michael Silva	Marketing Designer	London	66	2012/11/27	$198,500
Paul Byrd	Chief Financial Officer (CFO)	New York	64	2010/06/09	$725,000
Gloria Little	Systems Administrator	New York	59	2009/04/10	$237,500
Bradley Greer	Software Engineer	London	41	2012/10/13	$132,000
Dai Rios	Personnel Lead	Edinburgh	35	2012/09/26	$217,500
Name	Position	Office	Age	Start date	Salary

Language - Comma Decimal Place

A dot (.) is used to mark the decimal place in Javascript, however, many parts of the world use a comma (,) and other characters such as the Unicode decimal separator (⎖) or a dash (-) are often used to show the decimal place in a displayed number.

Name	Position	Office	Age	Start date	Salary
Quinn Flynn	System Architect	Edinburgh	61	2011/04/25	$320,800
Garrett Winters	Accountant	Tokyo	63	2011/07/25	$170,750
Ashton Cox	Junior Technical Author	San Francisco	66	2009/01/12	$86,000
Cedric Kelly	Senior Javascript Developer	Edinburgh	22	2012/03/29	$433,060
Airi Satou	Accountant	Tokyo	33	2008/11/28	$162,700
Brielle Williamson	Integration Specialist	New York	61	2012/12/02	$372,000
Herrod Chandler	Sales Assistant	San Francisco	59	2012/08/06	$137,500
Rhona Davidson	Integration Specialist	Tokyo	55	2010/10/14	$327,900
Colleen Hurst	Javascript Developer	San Francisco	39	2009/09/15	$205,500
Sonya Frost	Software Engineer	Edinburgh	23	2008/12/13	$103,600
Jena Gaines	Office Manager	London	30	2008/12/19	$90,560
Quinn Flynn	Support Lead	Edinburgh	22	2013/03/03	$342,000
Charde Marshall	Regional Director	San Francisco	36	2008/10/16	$470,600
Haley Kennedy	Senior Marketing Designer	London	43	2012/12/18	$313,500
Tatyana Fitzpatrick	Regional Director	London	19	2010/03/17	$385,750
Michael Silva	Marketing Designer	London	66	2012/11/27	$198,500
Paul Byrd	Chief Financial Officer (CFO)	New York	64	2010/06/09	$725,000
Gloria Little	Systems Administrator	New York	59	2009/04/10	$237,500
Bradley Greer	Software Engineer	London	41	2012/10/13	$132,000
Dai Rios	Personnel Lead	Edinburgh	35	2012/09/26	$217,500
Name	Position	Office	Age	Start date	Salary

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Alternative Pagination

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Scroll - Vertical, Dynamic Height

Language - Comma Decimal Place

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Basic Int.

Zero Configuration

Default Ordering

Multi-Column Ordering

Complex Headers

DOM Positioning

Alternative Pagination

Scroll - Vertical

Scroll - Vertical, Dynamic Height

Language - Comma Decimal Place

Settings

Theme Mode

Sidebar Theme

Accent color

Sidebar Caption

Theme Layout

Layout Width