Aligning columns

paulsperanza

Is there a way to set the alignment on a column? I don't think that I saq one in the docs.

Thanks

allan

Hi paulsperanza,

The best way to do something like this is through a class style. If you just apply a class name to each cell in that column, then you can align the information as required (text-align:center; for example).

So if you are reading your table information from the DOM any classes there will be maintained (see the example on the home page - http://datatables.net/index - for this). Alternatively, you can ask DataTables to apply a class to a column using 'sClass': http://datatables.net/usage#sClass

Hope this helps,
Allan

paulsperanza

Thanks Allan,

I used the sClass. I was going to do this anyway but I wanted to be sure i wasn't missing some property for the columns. You have done a great job with this. I am shaking it out but so far I think it is the best JQuery grid out there.

I work with .Net and I was thinking of extending their Gridview control to wrap DataTables. The only problem is that you have so many options it might take me forever to do it :0) It may just be easier to set up the script by hand.

Keep up the great work.
Paul

ganeshananthan

I've used nth column css trick for this.<br>
//6th column is my currency column, which needs to be right aligned<br>

.reporta td:nth-child(6)
{

 text-align:right !important;
}