Grid layout

This example demonstrates the multi-row layout grid that is used for the DataTable control elements. It is not a realistic use case, but rather is provided as an illustrative example to show what the various options do, and how it effects the layout. The div feature is used to show a simple text box for where the elements appear.

Here the first three rows (red outline) use topXStart to position elements above the table at the start of the row (typically on the left of the container). The first row has a single element, the second two and the third three.

The second set of three rows (green outline) uses the same structure, but positions them at the end of the container (typically the right) with topXEnd.

The last set of three rows (blue outline) uses the full row with topX. You'll notice in this case that the items are spaced evenly in the space available (with a single item being centred).

Finally, the DataTables default layout properties are still applied, so the normal table controls appear around the table.

Name	Position	Office	Age	Start date	Salary
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	Sydney	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	Sydney	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

Javascript
HTML
CSS
Ajax
Server-side script
Comments

The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:

$('#example').DataTable({
	layout: {
		top9Start: {
			div: {
				className: 'layout-start',
				text: 'top9Start'
			}
		},
		top8Start: [
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-start',
					text: 'top8Start A'
				}
			},
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-start',
					text: 'top8Start B'
				}
			}
		],
		top7Start: [
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-start',
					text: 'top7Start A'
				}
			},
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-start',
					text: 'top7Start B'
				}
			},
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-start',
					text: 'top7Start C'
				}
			}
		],

		top6End: {
			div: {
				className: 'layout-end',
				text: 'top6End'
			}
		},
		top5End: [
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-end',
					text: 'top5End A'
				}
			},
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-end',
					text: 'top5End B'
				}
			}
		],
		top4End: [
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-end',
					text: 'top4End A'
				}
			},
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-end',
					text: 'top4End B'
				}
			},
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-end',
					text: 'top4End C'
				}
			}
		],

		top3: {
			div: {
				className: 'layout-full',
				text: 'top3'
			}
		},
		top2: [
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-full',
					text: 'top2 A'
				}
			},
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-full',
					text: 'top2 B'
				}
			}
		],
		top1: [
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-full',
					text: 'top1 A'
				}
			},
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-full',
					text: 'top1 B'
				}
			},
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-full',
					text: 'top1 C'
				}
			}
		]
	}
});

new DataTable('#example', {
	layout: {
		top9Start: {
			div: {
				className: 'layout-start',
				text: 'top9Start'
			}
		},
		top8Start: [
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-start',
					text: 'top8Start A'
				}
			},
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-start',
					text: 'top8Start B'
				}
			}
		],
		top7Start: [
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-start',
					text: 'top7Start A'
				}
			},
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-start',
					text: 'top7Start B'
				}
			},
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-start',
					text: 'top7Start C'
				}
			}
		],

		top6End: {
			div: {
				className: 'layout-end',
				text: 'top6End'
			}
		},
		top5End: [
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-end',
					text: 'top5End A'
				}
			},
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-end',
					text: 'top5End B'
				}
			}
		],
		top4End: [
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-end',
					text: 'top4End A'
				}
			},
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-end',
					text: 'top4End B'
				}
			},
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-end',
					text: 'top4End C'
				}
			}
		],

		top3: {
			div: {
				className: 'layout-full',
				text: 'top3'
			}
		},
		top2: [
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-full',
					text: 'top2 A'
				}
			},
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-full',
					text: 'top2 B'
				}
			}
		],
		top1: [
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-full',
					text: 'top1 A'
				}
			},
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-full',
					text: 'top1 B'
				}
			},
			{
				div: {
					className: 'layout-full',
					text: 'top1 C'
				}
			}
		]
	}
});

In addition to the above code, the following Javascript library files are loaded for use in this example:

The HTML shown below is the raw HTML table element, before it has been enhanced by DataTables:

This example uses a little bit of additional CSS beyond what is loaded from the library files (below), in order to correctly display the table. The additional CSS used is shown below:

div.layout-start {
	border: 1px solid #dc3545;
	border-radius: 3px;
	padding: 8px;
}

div.layout-end {
	border: 1px solid #198754;
	border-radius: 3px;
	padding: 8px;
}

div.layout-full {
	border: 1px solid #0d6efd;
	border-radius: 3px;
	padding: 8px;
}

The following CSS library files are loaded for use in this example to provide the styling of the table:

This table loads data by Ajax. The latest data that has been loaded is shown below. This data will update automatically as any additional data is loaded.

The script used to perform the server-side processing for this table is shown below. Please note that this is just an example script using PHP. Server-side processing scripts can be written in any language, using the protocol described in the DataTables documentation.

Grid layout

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DateTime

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