Tables

Basic Tables

Pages extensively uses Bootstrap's .table to style its tables.

Please refer to their documentation for guidelines. Bootstrap Tables

DataTables

DataTables is a highly flexible jQuery plug-in based upon the foundations of progressive enhancement, and will add advanced interaction controls to any HTML table.

Please refer to DataTables Documentation to learn about plugin options

Step one

Include the plugin stylesheet jquery.dataTables.css and other extensions inside the <head>.

<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="assets/plugins/jquery-datatable/media/css/jquery.dataTables.css">
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="assets/plugins/jquery-datatable/extensions/FixedColumns/css/dataTables.fixedColumns.min.css">
<link media="screen" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="assets/plugins/datatables-responsive/css/datatables.responsive.css">

Step two

Include the plugin javascript and extension files inside the <body>before core template script inclusions, if it's not there already.

<script type="text/javascript" src="assets/plugins/jquery-datatable/media/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js">
<script type="text/javascript" src="assets/plugins/jquery-datatable/extensions/TableTools/js/dataTables.tableTools.min.js">
<script type="text/javascript" src="assets/plugins/jquery-datatable/extensions/Bootstrap/jquery-datatable-bootstrap.js">
<script src="assets/plugins/datatables-responsive/js/datatables.responsive.js" type="text/javascript">
<script src="assets/plugins/datatables-responsive/js/lodash.min.js" type="text/javascript">

Step three

Create the markup for your table. You can also add Bootstrap table classes to customize the look

<table id="myDataTable" class="table table-hover" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>Name</th>
            <th>Position</th>
            <th>Office</th>
            <th>Age</th>
            <th>Start date</th>
            <th>Salary</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>

    <tfoot>
        <tr>
            <th>Name</th>
            <th>Position</th>
            <th>Office</th>
            <th>Age</th>
            <th>Start date</th>
            <th>Salary</th>
        </tr>
    </tfoot>

    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>Tiger Nixon</td>
            <td>System Architect</td>
            <td>Edinburgh</td>
            <td>61</td>
            <td>2011/04/25</td>
            <td>$320,800</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Garrett Winters</td>
            <td>Accountant</td>
            <td>Tokyo</td>
            <td>63</td>
            <td>2011/07/25</td>
            <td>$170,750</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Ashton Cox</td>
            <td>Junior Technical Author</td>
            <td>San Francisco</td>
            <td>66</td>
            <td>2009/01/12</td>
            <td>$86,000</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Cedric Kelly</td>
            <td>Senior Javascript Developer</td>
            <td>Edinburgh</td>
            <td>22</td>
            <td>2012/03/29</td>
            <td>$433,060</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Airi Satou</td>
            <td>Accountant</td>
            <td>Tokyo</td>
            <td>33</td>
            <td>2008/11/28</td>
            <td>$162,700</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Brielle Williamson</td>
            <td>Integration Specialist</td>
            <td>New York</td>
            <td>61</td>
            <td>2012/12/02</td>
            <td>$372,000</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

Step four

Apply the plugin to your table.

<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
     $('#myDataTable').DataTable();
});
</script>

Use any of the following pre-configured settings to get DataTables customized to match your purpose. For more advanced options please refer to DataTables Documentation

<!-- Markup -->
<input type="text" id="search-table" class="form-control pull-right" placeholder="Search">

<table class="table" id="tableWithSearch">
    ...
</table>

<!-- Apply the plugin -->
<script>
var table = $('#tableWithSearch');

var settings = {
    "sDom": "<'table-responsive't><'row'<p i>>",
    "sPaginationType": "bootstrap",
    "destroy": true,
    "scrollCollapse": true,
    "oLanguage": {
        "sLengthMenu": "_MENU_ ",
        "sInfo": "Showing <b>_START_ to _END_</b> of _TOTAL_ entries"
    },
    "iDisplayLength": 5
};

table.dataTable();

// search box for table
$('#search-table').keyup(function() {
    table.fnFilter($(this).val());
});
</script>

Table with dynamic rows

<!-- Markup -->
<button id="add-row" type="button" class="btn btn-primary">Add New Row</button>

<table class="table" id="tableWithDynamicRows">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th style="width:25%">Column 1</th>
            <th style="width:30%">Column 2</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>Hello</td>
            <td>there!</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

<!-- Apply the plugin -->
<script>
var table = $('#tableWithDynamicRows');

var settings = {
    "sDom": "<'table-responsive't><'row'<p i>>",
    "sPaginationType": "bootstrap",
    "destroy": true,
    "scrollCollapse": true,
    "oLanguage": {
        "sLengthMenu": "_MENU_ ",
        "sInfo": "Showing <b>_START_ to _END_</b> of _TOTAL_ entries"
    },
    "iDisplayLength": 5
};

table.dataTable(settings);

$('#add-row').click(function() {
    table.dataTable().fnAddData([
        "Foo",
        "Bar"
    ]);
});
</script>

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