The style and controls of the pagination can significantly impact on how the end user interacts with the data in your table, and DataTables allows your to add new pagination controls by extending the object $.fn.dataTableExt.oPagination. Each new object to the object should include two methods:
Pagination plug-ins are (generally!) the most complicated of the plug-ins that DataTables allows. As such, you might find it useful to refer to the core code of DataTables as well as the example below.
$.fn.dataTableExt.oPagination.four_button = { /* * Function: oPagination.four_button.fnInit * Purpose: Initalise dom elements required for pagination with a list of the pages * Returns: - * Inputs: object:oSettings - dataTables settings object * node:nPaging - the DIV which contains this pagination control * function:fnCallbackDraw - draw function which must be called on update */ "fnInit": function ( oSettings, nPaging, fnCallbackDraw ) { nFirst = document.createElement( 'span' ); nPrevious = document.createElement( 'span' ); nNext = document.createElement( 'span' ); nLast = document.createElement( 'span' ); nFirst.appendChild( document.createTextNode( oSettings.oLanguage.oPaginate.sFirst ) ); nPrevious.appendChild( document.createTextNode( oSettings.oLanguage.oPaginate.sPrevious ) ); nNext.appendChild( document.createTextNode( oSettings.oLanguage.oPaginate.sNext ) ); nLast.appendChild( document.createTextNode( oSettings.oLanguage.oPaginate.sLast ) ); nFirst.className = "paginate_button first"; nPrevious.className = "paginate_button previous"; nNext.className="paginate_button next"; nLast.className = "paginate_button last"; nPaging.appendChild( nFirst ); nPaging.appendChild( nPrevious ); nPaging.appendChild( nNext ); nPaging.appendChild( nLast ); $(nFirst).click( function () { oSettings.oApi._fnPageChange( oSettings, "first" ); fnCallbackDraw( oSettings ); } ); $(nPrevious).click( function() { oSettings.oApi._fnPageChange( oSettings, "previous" ); fnCallbackDraw( oSettings ); } ); $(nNext).click( function() { oSettings.oApi._fnPageChange( oSettings, "next" ); fnCallbackDraw( oSettings ); } ); $(nLast).click( function() { oSettings.oApi._fnPageChange( oSettings, "last" ); fnCallbackDraw( oSettings ); } ); /* Disallow text selection */ $(nFirst).bind( 'selectstart', function () { return false; } ); $(nPrevious).bind( 'selectstart', function () { return false; } ); $(nNext).bind( 'selectstart', function () { return false; } ); $(nLast).bind( 'selectstart', function () { return false; } ); }, /* * Function: oPagination.four_button.fnUpdate * Purpose: Update the list of page buttons shows * Returns: - * Inputs: object:oSettings - dataTables settings object * function:fnCallbackDraw - draw function which must be called on update */ "fnUpdate": function ( oSettings, fnCallbackDraw ) { if ( !oSettings.aanFeatures.p ) { return; } /* Loop over each instance of the pager */ var an = oSettings.aanFeatures.p; for ( var i=0, iLen=an.length ; i<iLen ; i++ ) { var buttons = an[i].getElementsByTagName('span'); if ( oSettings._iDisplayStart === 0 ) { buttons[0].className = "paginate_disabled_previous"; buttons[1].className = "paginate_disabled_previous"; } else { buttons[0].className = "paginate_enabled_previous"; buttons[1].className = "paginate_enabled_previous"; } if ( oSettings.fnDisplayEnd() == oSettings.fnRecordsDisplay() ) { buttons[2].className = "paginate_disabled_next"; buttons[3].className = "paginate_disabled_next"; } else { buttons[2].className = "paginate_enabled_next"; buttons[3].className = "paginate_enabled_next"; } } } }; /* Example initialisation */ $(document).ready(function() { $('#example').dataTable( { "sPaginationType": "four_button" } ); } );