Incorrect table header column widths when using rowGrouping with startRender

karishma10

Previously, I was using version 1.13.8 of the Datatable, and all the widths were working fine. However, as soon as I updated to any of the Datatable v2 versions, I started facing this issue.

Here is the test case:
https://live.datatables.net/lutoniza/8/edit

Is there any way to fix this issue? Or is there any specific updated version where this issue is not present?

allan

It is a problem with the colspan unfortunately. I've not yet got a workaround for this.

What appears to be happening is that in DataTables 2 the column widths are assigned using colgroup > col elements. This has proven to be much more reliable in every situation with the single exception of a colspan in the first row of a DataTable, such as in colgroup. The column widths from colgroup > col are being applied to the single cell of the grouping row, and it just doesn't work (unsurprisingly).

To my mind that is a bug in the browser table renderer, but it happens in all browsers.

What I think I'll need to do is, when using RowGroup, inject a hidden row into the table body as the first row and the widths can apply to that.

Allan

karishma10

Okay, Got it.

So is this fixed now? or will it be fixed in a newer version?