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##### Basic DataTables

##### 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:`$().DataTable();`.Searching, ordering and paging goodness will be immediately added to the table, as shown in this example.

Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary | Action
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Tiger Nixon | 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 |
Donna Snider | Customer Support | New York | 27 | 2011/01/25 | $112,000 |

##### Complex headers (rowspan and colspan)

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, assigning the required order listeners to the TH element suitable for that column. Each column must have one TH cell which is unique to it for the listeners to be added. By default DataTables will use the bottom unique cell for the column to attach the order listener, if more than one cell for a column if found. The `orderCellsTop:option`option can be used to tell DataTables to use the top cell if you prefer.The example shown below has two sets of grouped information, grouped by colspan in the header.

Name | HR Information | Contact
--- | --- | ---
Position | Salary | Office | CV | Status | E-mail | Action
Tiger Nixon | System Architect | $320,800 | Edinburgh |  | hired | t.nixon@datatables.net |
Garrett Winters | Accountant | $170,750 | Tokyo |  | Pending | g.winters@datatables.net |
Ashton Cox | Junior Technical Author | $86,000 | San Francisco |  | in process | a.cox@datatables.net |
Cedric Kelly | Senior Javascript Developer | $433,060 | Edinburgh |  | in process | c.kelly@datatables.net |
Airi Satou | Accountant | $162,700 | Tokyo |  | hired | a.satou@datatables.net |
Brielle Williamson | Integration Specialist | $372,000 | New York |  | Pending | b.williamson@datatables.net |
Herrod Chandler | Sales Assistant | $137,500 | San Francisco |  | in process | h.chandler@datatables.net |
Rhona Davidson | Integration Specialist | $327,900 | Tokyo |  | hired | r.davidson@datatables.net |
Colleen Hurst | Javascript Developer | $205,500 | San Francisco |  | Pending | c.hurst@datatables.net |
Sonya Frost | Software Engineer | $103,600 | Edinburgh |  | in process | s.frost@datatables.net |
Jena Gaines | Office Manager | $90,560 | London |  | hired | j.gaines@datatables.net |
Quinn Flynn | Support Lead | $342,000 | Edinburgh |  | in process | q.flynn@datatables.net |
Charde Marshall | Regional Director | $470,600 | San Francisco |  | in process | c.marshall@datatables.net |
Haley Kennedy | Senior Marketing Designer | $313,500 | London |  | hired | h.kennedy@datatables.net |
Tatyana Fitzpatrick | Regional Director | $385,750 | London |  | Pending | t.fitzpatrick@datatables.net |
Michael Silva | Marketing Designer | $198,500 | London |  | in process | m.silva@datatables.net |
Paul Byrd | Chief Financial Officer (CFO) | $725,000 | New York |  | in process | p.byrd@datatables.net |
Gloria Little | Systems Administrator | $237,500 | New York |  | hired | g.little@datatables.net |
Bradley Greer | Software Engineer | $132,000 | London |  | Pending | b.greer@datatables.net |
Dai Rios | Personnel Lead | $217,500 | Edinburgh |  | in process | d.rios@datatables.net |
Jenette Caldwell | Development Lead | $345,000 | New York |  | hired | j.caldwell@datatables.net |
Yuri Berry | Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) | $675,000 | New York |  | Pending | y.berry@datatables.net |
Caesar Vance | Pre-Sales Support | $106,450 | New York |  | in process | c.vance@datatables.net |
Doris Wilder | Sales Assistant | $85,600 | Sidney |  | hired | d.wilder@datatables.net |
Angelica Ramos | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) | $1,200,000 | London |  | Pending | a.ramos@datatables.net |
Gavin Joyce | Developer | $92,575 | Edinburgh |  | in process | g.joyce@datatables.net |
Jennifer Chang | Regional Director | $357,650 | Singapore |  | hired | j.chang@datatables.net |
Brenden Wagner | Software Engineer | $206,850 | San Francisco |  | hired | b.wagner@datatables.net |
Fiona Green | Chief Operating Officer (COO) | $850,000 | San Francisco |  | Pending | f.green@datatables.net |
Shou Itou | Regional Marketing | $163,000 | Tokyo |  | in process | s.itou@datatables.net |
Michelle House | Integration Specialist | $95,400 | Sidney |  | hired | m.house@datatables.net |
Suki Burks | Developer | $114,500 | London |  | Pending | s.burks@datatables.net |
Prescott Bartlett | Technical Author | $145,000 | London |  | in process | p.bartlett@datatables.net |
Gavin Cortez | Team Leader | $235,500 | San Francisco |  | hired | g.cortez@datatables.net |
Martena Mccray | Post-Sales support | $324,050 | Edinburgh |  | hired | m.mccray@datatables.net |
Unity Butler | Marketing Designer | $85,675 | San Francisco |  | Pending | u.butler@datatables.net |
Howard Hatfield | Office Manager | $164,500 | San Francisco |  | in process | h.hatfield@datatables.net |
Hope Fuentes | Secretary | $109,850 | San Francisco |  | hired | h.fuentes@datatables.net |
Vivian Harrell | Financial Controller | $452,500 | San Francisco |  | Pending | v.harrell@datatables.net |
Timothy Mooney | Office Manager | $136,200 | London |  | in process | t.mooney@datatables.net |
Jackson Bradshaw | Director | $645,750 | New York |  | hired | j.bradshaw@datatables.net |
Olivia Liang | Support Engineer | $234,500 | Singapore |  | Pending | o.liang@datatables.net |
Bruno Nash | Software Engineer | $163,500 | London |  | in process | b.nash@datatables.net |
Sakura Yamamoto | Support Engineer | $139,575 | Tokyo |  | Pending | s.yamamoto@datatables.net |
Thor Walton | Developer | $98,540 | New York |  | in process | t.walton@datatables.net |
Finn Camacho | Support Engineer | $87,500 | San Francisco |  | hired | f.camacho@datatables.net |
Serge Baldwin | Data Coordinator | $138,575 | Singapore |  | Pending | s.baldwin@datatables.net |
Zenaida Frank | Software Engineer | $125,250 | New York |  | in process | z.frank@datatables.net |
Zorita Serrano | Software Engineer | $115,000 | San Francisco |  | hired | z.serrano@datatables.net |
Jennifer Acosta | Junior Javascript Developer | $75,650 | Edinburgh |  | Pending | j.acosta@datatables.net |
Cara Stevens | Sales Assistant | $145,600 | New York |  | in process | c.stevens@datatables.net |
Hermione Butler | Regional Director | $356,250 | London |  | hired | h.butler@datatables.net |
Lael Greer | Systems Administrator | $103,500 | London |  | Pending | l.greer@datatables.net |
Jonas Alexander | Developer | $86,500 | San Francisco |  | in process | j.alexander@datatables.net |
Shad Decker | Regional Director | $183,000 | Edinburgh |  | hired | s.decker@datatables.net |
Michael Bruce | Javascript Developer | $183,000 | Singapore |  | hired | m.bruce@datatables.net |
Donna Snider | Customer Support | $112,000 | New York |  | hired | d.snider@datatables.net |
Name | Position | Salary | Office | CV | Status | E-mail | Action

##### State saving

DataTables has the option of being able to save the state of a table (its paging position, ordering state etc) so that is can be restored when the user reloads a page, or comes back to the page after visiting a sub-page. This state saving ability is enabled by the `stateSave` option.The built in state saving method uses the HTML5 `localStorage` and `sessionStorage` APIs for efficient storage of the data. Please note that this means that the built in state saving option will not work with IE6/7 as these browsers do not support these APIs. Alternative options of using cookies or saving the state on the server through Ajax can be used through the `stateSaveCallback` and `stateLoadCallback` options.The duration for which the saved state is valid and can be used to restore the table state can be set using the `stateDuration` initialisation parameter (2 hours by default). This parameter also controls if `localStorage` (0 or greater) or `sessionStorage` (-1) is used to store the data.The example below simply shows state saving enabled in DataTables with the `stateSave` option.

Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary | Action
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Tiger Nixon | 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 |
Jenette Caldwell | Development Lead | New York | 30 | 2011/09/03 | $345,000 |
Yuri Berry | Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) | New York | 40 | 2009/06/25 | $675,000 |
Caesar Vance | Pre-Sales Support | New York | 21 | 2011/12/12 | $106,450 |
Doris Wilder | Sales Assistant | Sidney | 23 | 2010/09/20 | $85,600 |
Angelica Ramos | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) | London | 47 | 2009/10/09 | $1,200,000 |
Gavin Joyce | Developer | Edinburgh | 42 | 2010/12/22 | $92,575 |
Jennifer Chang | Regional Director | Singapore | 28 | 2010/11/14 | $357,650 |
Brenden Wagner | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 28 | 2011/06/07 | $206,850 |
Fiona Green | Chief Operating Officer (COO) | San Francisco | 48 | 2010/03/11 | $850,000 |
Shou Itou | Regional Marketing | Tokyo | 20 | 2011/08/14 | $163,000 |
Michelle House | Integration Specialist | Sidney | 37 | 2011/06/02 | $95,400 |
Suki Burks | Developer | London | 53 | 2009/10/22 | $114,500 |
Prescott Bartlett | Technical Author | London | 27 | 2011/05/07 | $145,000 |
Gavin Cortez | Team Leader | San Francisco | 22 | 2008/10/26 | $235,500 |
Martena Mccray | Post-Sales support | Edinburgh | 46 | 2011/03/09 | $324,050 |
Unity Butler | Marketing Designer | San Francisco | 47 | 2009/12/09 | $85,675 |
Howard Hatfield | Office Manager | San Francisco | 51 | 2008/12/16 | $164,500 |
Hope Fuentes | Secretary | San Francisco | 41 | 2010/02/12 | $109,850 |
Vivian Harrell | Financial Controller | San Francisco | 62 | 2009/02/14 | $452,500 |
Timothy Mooney | Office Manager | London | 37 | 2008/12/11 | $136,200 |
Jackson Bradshaw | Director | New York | 65 | 2008/09/26 | $645,750 |
Olivia Liang | Support Engineer | Singapore | 64 | 2011/02/03 | $234,500 |
Bruno Nash | Software Engineer | London | 38 | 2011/05/03 | $163,500 |
Sakura Yamamoto | Support Engineer | Tokyo | 37 | 2009/08/19 | $139,575 |
Thor Walton | Developer | New York | 61 | 2013/08/11 | $98,540 |
Finn Camacho | Support Engineer | San Francisco | 47 | 2009/07/07 | $87,500 |
Serge Baldwin | Data Coordinator | Singapore | 64 | 2012/04/09 | $138,575 |
Zenaida Frank | Software Engineer | New York | 63 | 2010/01/04 | $125,250 |
Zorita Serrano | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 56 | 2012/06/01 | $115,000 |
Jennifer Acosta | Junior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 43 | 2013/02/01 | $75,650 |
Cara Stevens | Sales Assistant | New York | 46 | 2011/12/06 | $145,600 |
Hermione Butler | Regional Director | London | 47 | 2011/03/21 | $356,250 |
Lael Greer | Systems Administrator | London | 21 | 2009/02/27 | $103,500 |
Jonas Alexander | Developer | San Francisco | 30 | 2010/07/14 | $86,500 |
Shad Decker | Regional Director | Edinburgh | 51 | 2008/11/13 | $183,000 |
Michael Bruce | Javascript Developer | Singapore | 29 | 2011/06/27 | $183,000 |
Donna Snider | Customer Support | New York | 27 | 2011/01/25 | $112,000 |
Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary | Action

##### 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. The vh unit is effectively a percentage of the browser window height. So the 50vh used in this example is 50% of the window height. The viewport size will update dynamically as the window is resized.A relatively modern browser is required for vh units to operate correctly. IE9+ supports the vh unit and all other evergreen browsers.

Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary | Action
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Tiger Nixon | 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 |
Jenette Caldwell | Development Lead | New York | 30 | 2011/09/03 | $345,000 |
Yuri Berry | Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) | New York | 40 | 2009/06/25 | $675,000 |
Caesar Vance | Pre-Sales Support | New York | 21 | 2011/12/12 | $106,450 |
Doris Wilder | Sales Assistant | Sidney | 23 | 2010/09/20 | $85,600 |
Angelica Ramos | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) | London | 47 | 2009/10/09 | $1,200,000 |
Gavin Joyce | Developer | Edinburgh | 42 | 2010/12/22 | $92,575 |
Jennifer Chang | Regional Director | Singapore | 28 | 2010/11/14 | $357,650 |
Brenden Wagner | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 28 | 2011/06/07 | $206,850 |
Fiona Green | Chief Operating Officer (COO) | San Francisco | 48 | 2010/03/11 | $850,000 |
Shou Itou | Regional Marketing | Tokyo | 20 | 2011/08/14 | $163,000 |
Michelle House | Integration Specialist | Sidney | 37 | 2011/06/02 | $95,400 |
Suki Burks | Developer | London | 53 | 2009/10/22 | $114,500 |
Prescott Bartlett | Technical Author | London | 27 | 2011/05/07 | $145,000 |
Gavin Cortez | Team Leader | San Francisco | 22 | 2008/10/26 | $235,500 |
Martena Mccray | Post-Sales support | Edinburgh | 46 | 2011/03/09 | $324,050 |
Unity Butler | Marketing Designer | San Francisco | 47 | 2009/12/09 | $85,675 |
Howard Hatfield | Office Manager | San Francisco | 51 | 2008/12/16 | $164,500 |
Hope Fuentes | Secretary | San Francisco | 41 | 2010/02/12 | $109,850 |
Vivian Harrell | Financial Controller | San Francisco | 62 | 2009/02/14 | $452,500 |
Timothy Mooney | Office Manager | London | 37 | 2008/12/11 | $136,200 |
Jackson Bradshaw | Director | New York | 65 | 2008/09/26 | $645,750 |
Olivia Liang | Support Engineer | Singapore | 64 | 2011/02/03 | $234,500 |
Bruno Nash | Software Engineer | London | 38 | 2011/05/03 | $163,500 |
Sakura Yamamoto | Support Engineer | Tokyo | 37 | 2009/08/19 | $139,575 |
Thor Walton | Developer | New York | 61 | 2013/08/11 | $98,540 |
Finn Camacho | Support Engineer | San Francisco | 47 | 2009/07/07 | $87,500 |
Serge Baldwin | Data Coordinator | Singapore | 64 | 2012/04/09 | $138,575 |
Zenaida Frank | Software Engineer | New York | 63 | 2010/01/04 | $125,250 |
Zorita Serrano | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 56 | 2012/06/01 | $115,000 |
Jennifer Acosta | Junior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 43 | 2013/02/01 | $75,650 |
Cara Stevens | Sales Assistant | New York | 46 | 2011/12/06 | $145,600 |
Hermione Butler | Regional Director | London | 47 | 2011/03/21 | $356,250 |
Lael Greer | Systems Administrator | London | 21 | 2009/02/27 | $103,500 |
Jonas Alexander | Developer | San Francisco | 30 | 2010/07/14 | $86,500 |
Shad Decker | Regional Director | Edinburgh | 51 | 2008/11/13 | $183,000 |
Michael Bruce | Javascript Developer | Singapore | 29 | 2011/06/27 | $183,000 |
Donna Snider | Customer Support | New York | 27 | 2011/01/25 | $112,000 |
Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary