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 to force the table to 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.
| Rendering engine | Browser | Platform(s) | Engine version | CSS grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rendering engine | Browser | Platform(s) | Engine version | CSS grade |
| Trident | Internet Explorer 4.0 | Win 95+ | 4 | X |
| Trident | Internet Explorer 5.0 | Win 95+ | 5 | C |
| Trident | Internet Explorer 5.5 | Win 95+ | 5.5 | A |
| Trident | Internet Explorer 6 | Win 98+ | 6 | A |
| Trident | Internet Explorer 7 | Win XP SP2+ | 7 | A |
| Trident | AOL browser (AOL desktop) | Win XP | 6 | A |
| Gecko | Firefox 1.0 | Win 98+ / OSX.2+ | 1.7 | A |
| Gecko | Firefox 1.5 | Win 98+ / OSX.2+ | 1.8 | A |
| Gecko | Firefox 2.0 | Win 98+ / OSX.2+ | 1.8 | A |
| Gecko | Firefox 3.0 | Win 2k+ / OSX.3+ | 1.9 | A |
| Gecko | Camino 1.0 | OSX.2+ | 1.8 | A |
| Gecko | Camino 1.5 | OSX.3+ | 1.8 | A |
| Gecko | Netscape 7.2 | Win 95+ / Mac OS 8.6-9.2 | 1.7 | A |
| Gecko | Netscape Browser 8 | Win 98SE+ | 1.7 | A |
| Gecko | Netscape Navigator 9 | Win 98+ / OSX.2+ | 1.8 | A |
| Gecko | Mozilla 1.0 | Win 95+ / OSX.1+ | 1 | A |
| Gecko | Mozilla 1.1 | Win 95+ / OSX.1+ | 1.1 | A |
| Gecko | Mozilla 1.2 | Win 95+ / OSX.1+ | 1.2 | A |
| Gecko | Mozilla 1.3 | Win 95+ / OSX.1+ | 1.3 | A |
| Gecko | Mozilla 1.4 | Win 95+ / OSX.1+ | 1.4 | A |
| Gecko | Mozilla 1.5 | Win 95+ / OSX.1+ | 1.5 | A |
| Gecko | Mozilla 1.6 | Win 95+ / OSX.1+ | 1.6 | A |
| Gecko | Mozilla 1.7 | Win 98+ / OSX.1+ | 1.7 | A |
| Gecko | Mozilla 1.8 | Win 98+ / OSX.1+ | 1.8 | A |
| Gecko | Seamonkey 1.1 | Win 98+ / OSX.2+ | 1.8 | A |
| Gecko | Epiphany 2.20 | Gnome | 1.8 | A |
| Webkit | Safari 1.2 | OSX.3 | 125.5 | A |
| Webkit | Safari 1.3 | OSX.3 | 312.8 | A |
| Webkit | Safari 2.0 | OSX.4+ | 419.3 | A |
| Webkit | Safari 3.0 | OSX.4+ | 522.1 | A |
| Webkit | OmniWeb 5.5 | OSX.4+ | 420 | A |
| Webkit | iPod Touch / iPhone | iPod | 420.1 | A |
| Webkit | S60 | S60 | 413 | A |
| Presto | Opera 7.0 | Win 95+ / OSX.1+ | - | A |
| Presto | Opera 7.5 | Win 95+ / OSX.2+ | - | A |
| Presto | Opera 8.0 | Win 95+ / OSX.2+ | - | A |
| Presto | Opera 8.5 | Win 95+ / OSX.2+ | - | A |
| Presto | Opera 9.0 | Win 95+ / OSX.3+ | - | A |
| Presto | Opera 9.2 | Win 88+ / OSX.3+ | - | A |
| Presto | Opera 9.5 | Win 88+ / OSX.3+ | - | A |
| Presto | Opera for Wii | Wii | - | A |
| Presto | Nokia N800 | N800 | - | A |
| Presto | Nintendo DS browser | Nintendo DS | 8.5 | C/A1 |
| KHTML | Konqureror 3.1 | KDE 3.1 | 3.1 | C |
| KHTML | Konqureror 3.3 | KDE 3.3 | 3.3 | A |
| KHTML | Konqureror 3.5 | KDE 3.5 | 3.5 | A |
| Tasman | Internet Explorer 4.5 | Mac OS 8-9 | - | X |
| Tasman | Internet Explorer 5.1 | Mac OS 7.6-9 | 1 | C |
| Tasman | Internet Explorer 5.2 | Mac OS 8-X | 1 | C |
| Misc | NetFront 3.1 | Embedded devices | - | C |
| Misc | NetFront 3.4 | Embedded devices | - | A |
| Misc | Dillo 0.8 | Embedded devices | - | X |
| Misc | Links | Text only | - | X |
| Misc | Lynx | Text only | - | X |
| Misc | IE Mobile | Windows Mobile 6 | - | C |
| Misc | PSP browser | PSP | - | C |
| Other browsers | All others | - | - | U |
DataTables
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#example').dataTable( {
"sScrollX": "100%",
"sScrollXInner": "110%",
"bScrollCollapse": true
} );
} );