Preamble

The two default pagination styles that DataTables comes with are great for basic tables, but you might which to add extra customisation or a bit of 'glitz'. This plug-in will scroll the table in an animated style.

Live example

Initialisation code

/* Time between each scrolling frame */
$.fn.dataTableExt.oPagination.iTweenTime = 100;

$.fn.dataTableExt.oPagination.scrolling = {
	"fnInit": function ( oSettings, nPaging, fnCallbackDraw )
	{
		/* Store the next and previous elements in the oSettings object as they can be very
		 * usful for automation - particularly testing
		 */
		var nPrevious = document.createElement( 'div' );
		var nNext = document.createElement( 'div' );
		
		if ( oSettings.sTableId !== '' )
		{
			nPaging.setAttribute( 'id', oSettings.sTableId+'_paginate' );
			nPrevious.setAttribute( 'id', oSettings.sTableId+'_previous' );
			nNext.setAttribute( 'id', oSettings.sTableId+'_next' );
		}
		
		nPrevious.className = "paginate_disabled_previous";
		nNext.className = "paginate_disabled_next";
		
		nPrevious.title = oSettings.oLanguage.oPaginate.sPrevious;
		nNext.title = oSettings.oLanguage.oPaginate.sNext;
		
		nPaging.appendChild( nPrevious );
		nPaging.appendChild( nNext );
		
		$(nPrevious).click( function() {
			/* Disallow paging event during a current paging event */
			if ( typeof oSettings.iPagingLoopStart != 'undefined' && oSettings.iPagingLoopStart != -1 )
			{
				return;
			}
			
			oSettings.iPagingLoopStart = oSettings._iDisplayStart;
			oSettings.iPagingEnd = oSettings._iDisplayStart - oSettings._iDisplayLength;
			
			/* Correct for underrun */
			if ( oSettings.iPagingEnd < 0 )
			{
			  oSettings.iPagingEnd = 0;
			}
			
			var iTween = $.fn.dataTableExt.oPagination.iTweenTime;
			var innerLoop = function () {
				if ( oSettings.iPagingLoopStart > oSettings.iPagingEnd ) {
					oSettings.iPagingLoopStart--;
					oSettings._iDisplayStart = oSettings.iPagingLoopStart;
					fnCallbackDraw( oSettings );
					setTimeout( function() { innerLoop(); }, iTween );
				} else {
					oSettings.iPagingLoopStart = -1;
				}
			};
			innerLoop();
		} );
		
		$(nNext).click( function() {
			/* Disallow paging event during a current paging event */
			if ( typeof oSettings.iPagingLoopStart != 'undefined' && oSettings.iPagingLoopStart != -1 )
			{
				return;
			}
			
			oSettings.iPagingLoopStart = oSettings._iDisplayStart;
			
			/* Make sure we are not over running the display array */
			if ( oSettings._iDisplayStart + oSettings._iDisplayLength < oSettings.fnRecordsDisplay() )
			{
				oSettings.iPagingEnd = oSettings._iDisplayStart + oSettings._iDisplayLength;
			}
			
			var iTween = $.fn.dataTableExt.oPagination.iTweenTime;
			var innerLoop = function () {
				if ( oSettings.iPagingLoopStart < oSettings.iPagingEnd ) {
					oSettings.iPagingLoopStart++;
					oSettings._iDisplayStart = oSettings.iPagingLoopStart;
					fnCallbackDraw( oSettings );
					setTimeout( function() { innerLoop(); }, iTween );
				} else {
					oSettings.iPagingLoopStart = -1;
				}
			};
			innerLoop();
		} );
		
		/* Take the brutal approach to cancelling text selection */
		$(nPrevious).bind( 'selectstart', function () { return false; } );
		$(nNext).bind( 'selectstart', function () { return false; } );
	},
	
	"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++ )
		{
			if ( an[i].childNodes.length !== 0 )
			{
				an[i].childNodes[0].className = 
					( oSettings._iDisplayStart === 0 ) ? 
					oSettings.oClasses.sPagePrevDisabled : oSettings.oClasses.sPagePrevEnabled;
				
				an[i].childNodes[1].className = 
					( oSettings.fnDisplayEnd() == oSettings.fnRecordsDisplay() ) ? 
					oSettings.oClasses.sPageNextDisabled : oSettings.oClasses.sPageNextEnabled;
			}
		}
	}
}

$(document).ready(function() {
	$('#example').dataTable( {
		"sPaginationType": "scrolling"
	} );
} );

Other examples

Basic initialisation

• Zero configuration
• Feature enablement
• Sorting data
• Multi-column sorting
• Multiple tables
• Hidden columns
• DOM positioning
• State saving
• Alternative pagination styles
• 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)
• Custom toolbar (element) around table
• Set sorting controls
• 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
• 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
• Regular expression filtering

Plug-ins

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

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