Preamble

This DataTables horizontal scrolling example shows horizontal scrolling on a DataTable, which is very useful for when you have a wide table, with a large number of columns to display, but want to constrain it to a limited horizontal display area. To enable x scrolling simply set the sScrollX parameter to be whatever you want the container wrapper's width to be (any CSS measurement is acceptable, or just a number which is treated as pixels). Note also that sScrollXInner is used here o force the table it be wider than is strictly needed. You may or may not want to include this parameter depending on your application.

Also shown in this example is the use of a 'collapsing scroll table' by using bScrollCollapse. When this parameter is set to true, the table size will 'collapse' down to match the number of rows, if the table height is smaller than the scrollable area.

Live example

Initialisation code

$(document).ready(function() {
	$('#example').dataTable( {
		"sScrollX": "100%",
		"sScrollXInner": "110%",
		"bScrollCollapse": true
	} );
} );

Other examples

Basic initialisation

• Zero configuration
• Feature enablement
• Sorting data
• Multi-column sorting
• Multiple tables
• Hidden columns
• DOM positioning
• State saving
• Alternative pagination styles
• Scrolling: Horizontal / Vertical / Both / Themed
• Change language information (internationalisation)
• ThemeRoller themes (Smoothness)

Advanced initialisation

• Events (pre initialisation)
• Events (post initialisation)
• Column rendering
• Sorting without HTML tags
• Multiple table controls (sDom)
• Defining length menu options
• Custom toolbar (element) around table
• Row highlighting with CSS
• Column grouping through col/row spans
• Row grouping
• Row callback
• Footer callback
• Change language information from a file (internationalisation)

Data sources

• DOM
• Javascript array
• Ajax source
• Server side processing

Server-side processing

• Obtain server-side data
• Add extra HTTP variables
• Use HTTP POST
• Custom column ordering (in callback data)
• Pipelining data (reduce Ajax calls for paging)
• Show and hide details about a particular record
• User selectable rows (multiple rows)

API

• Dynamically add a new row
• Individual column filtering (using "input" elements)
• Individual column filtering (using "select" elements)
• Highlight rows and columns
• Show and hide details about a particular record
• User selectable rows (multiple rows)
• User selectable rows (single row) and delete rows
• Editable rows (with jEditable)
• Submit form with elements in table
• Index column (static number column)
• Show and hide columns dynamically
• API function use in initialisation object (callback)
• DataTables scrolling and tabs
• Regular expression filtering

Plug-ins

• Add custom API functions
• Sorting and type detection
• Custom pagination controls
• Range filtering / custom filtering
• Live DOM sorting
• Automatic HTML type detection

Please refer to the DataTables documentation for full information about its API properties and methods.