Simple-DataTables-classic

A lightweight, extendable, dependency-free javascript HTML table plugin that also works in older browsers. Similar to jQuery DataTables, but without the jQuery dependency. See Simple-DataTables for a version that uses up-to-date technology and only targets current browsers.

Based on Vanilla-DataTables, but written in ES2018.

See the demos here.

CDN

To use the CDN version of Simple-DataTables use either https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/simple-datatables-classic@latest or https://unpkg.com/simple-datatables-classic. You also need to add the CSS styling, so the elements you'll add to html head element can for example be these:

<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/simple-datatables-classic@latest/dist/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/simple-datatables-classic@latest" type="text/javascript"></script>

License

LGPL

Features

• Sortable columns
• Pagination
• Searchable
• Customisable layout
• Customisable labels
• Customise column rendering
• Load data via AJAX requests
• Export to common formats like csv, txt json, and sql
• Import csv and json data
• Control column visibility
• Reorder or swap columns
• dayjs integration for sorting columns with datetime strings
• Extentable with custom plugins See the Simple-DataTables-classic wiki

Simple-DataTables-classic Documentation

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Install

npm

npm install simple-datatables-classic --save

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Quick Start

Then just initialise the plugin by import DataTable and either passing a reference to the table or a CSS3 selector string as the first parameter:

import {DataTable} from "simple-datatables-classic"

const myTable = document.querySelector("#myTable");
const dataTable = new DataTable(myTable);

// or

const dataTable = new DataTable("#myTable");

You can also pass the options object as the second paramater:

import {DataTable} from "simple-datatables-classic"

const dataTable = new DataTable("#myTable", {
	searchable: false,
	fixedHeight: true,
	...
})

If using the CDN:

const dataTable = new simpleDatatables.DataTable("#myTable", {
	searchable: false,
	fixedHeight: true,
	...
})