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DataTables 1.10 is the current release and is now available.
KeyTable v1.2.0

Options

Although the majority of the interaction with KeyTable is through the API, for dealing with events etc, KeyTable provides a variety of options to help customise the display to your needs. The options are listed below.

Initialisation

Initialisation of KeyTable is done by creating a new instance of the $.fn.dataTable.KeyTable class. For example:

$(document).ready( function () {
	var oTable = $('#example').dataTable();
	var keys = new $.fn.dataTable.KeyTable( oTable );
} );

KeyTable options

focus
Show details 		Which element in the table is to be focused on initially. This can either be a TD node element, or a set of coordinates (for example [0, 5])
Default: null
Type: Node or Array
Code example: 
$(document).ready( function () {
	var table = $('#example').dataTable();

	var keys = new $.fn.dataTable.KeyTable( table, {
		"focus": [ 1, 0 ]
	} );
} );
focusClass
Show details 		The class to be used for the focused cell
Default: focus
Type: String
Code example: 
$(document).ready( function () {
	var table = $('#example').dataTable();

	var keys = new $.fn.dataTable.KeyTable( table, {
		"focusClass": "myClass"
	} );
} );
form
Show details 		Indicate if the table part of a form or not. If so then it will handle tabbing for you.
Default: false
Type: Boolean
Code example: 
$(document).ready( function () {
	var table = $('#example').dataTable();

	var keys = new $.fn.dataTable.KeyTable( table, {
		"form": true
	} );
} );
initScroll
Show details 		Scroll the viewport automatically to the first cell
Default: true
Type: Boolean
Code example: 
$(document).ready( function () {
	var oTable = $('#example').dataTable();
	
	var keys = new KeyTable( {
		"table": document.getElementById('example'),
		"datatable": oTable,
		"initScroll": false )
	} );
} );
tabIndex
Show details 		Tab index to give to the hidden input field if using KeyTable as a form element.
Default: null
Type: Integer
Code example: 
$(document).ready( function () {
	var table = $('#example').dataTable();

	var keys = new $.fn.dataTable.KeyTable( table, {
		"form": true,
		"tabIndex": 5
	} );
} );