The following example shows two DataTables enhanced tables both with FixedHeader enabled on them. This is done simply by initialising FixedHeader on each table. This example also shows the footer being fixed in place for the two tables.
| Name | Position | Office | Age | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Position | Office | Age | Salary |
| Tiger Nixon | System Architect | Edinburgh | 61 | $320,800 |
| Cedric Kelly | Senior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 22 | $433,060 |
| Sonya Frost | Software Engineer | Edinburgh | 23 | $103,600 |
| Quinn Flynn | Support Lead | Edinburgh | 22 | $342,000 |
| Dai Rios | Personnel Lead | Edinburgh | 35 | $217,500 |
| Gavin Joyce | Developer | Edinburgh | 42 | $92,575 |
| Martena Mccray | Post-Sales support | Edinburgh | 46 | $324,050 |
| Jennifer Acosta | Junior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 43 | $75,650 |
| Shad Decker | Regional Director | Edinburgh | 51 | $183,000 |
| Name | Position | Office | Age | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Position | Office | Age | Salary |
| Jena Gaines | Office Manager | London | 30 | $90,560 |
| Haley Kennedy | Senior Marketing Designer | London | 43 | $313,500 |
| Tatyana Fitzpatrick | Regional Director | London | 19 | $385,750 |
| Michael Silva | Marketing Designer | London | 66 | $198,500 |
| Bradley Greer | Software Engineer | London | 41 | $132,000 |
| Angelica Ramos | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) | London | 47 | $1,200,000 |
| Suki Burks | Developer | London | 53 | $114,500 |
| Prescott Bartlett | Technical Author | London | 27 | $145,000 |
| Timothy Mooney | Office Manager | London | 37 | $136,200 |
| Bruno Nash | Software Engineer | London | 38 | $163,500 |
| Hermione Butler | Regional Director | London | 47 | $356,250 |
| Lael Greer | Systems Administrator | London | 21 | $103,500 |
The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:
$(document).ready(function() {
var t1 = $('table.display').eq(0).DataTable();
new $.fn.dataTable.FixedHeader( t1, {
bottom: true
} );
var t2 = $('table.display').eq(1).DataTable();
new $.fn.dataTable.FixedHeader( t2, {
bottom: true
} );
} );
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:
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.