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	<dt class="even"><span class="type-name"><a href="DataTable.defaults.columns.html">columns</a></span></dt><dd class="even"><p>Column options that can be given to DataTables at initialisation time.</p></dd><dt class="odd"><span class="type-name"><a href="DataTable.defaults.oLanguage.html">oLanguage</a></span></dt><dd class="odd"><p>All strings that DataTables uses in the user interface that it creates
are defined in this object, allowing you to modified them individually or
completely replace them all as required.</p></dd><dt class="even"><span class="type-name"><a href="DataTable.defaults.oSearch.html">oSearch</a></span></dt><dd class="even"><p>This parameter allows you to have define the global filtering state at
initialisation time. As an object the "sSearch" parameter must be
defined, but all other parameters are optional. When "bRegex" is true,
the search string will be treated as a regular expression, when false
(default) it will be treated as a straight string. When "bSmart"
DataTables will use it's smart filtering methods (to word match at
any point in the data), when false this will not be done.</p></dd>
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    <dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aaData">aaData</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :array</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>An array of data to use for the table, passed in at initialisation which
will be used in preference to any data which is already in the DOM. This is
particularly useful for constructing tables purely in Javascript, for
example with a custom Ajax call.</p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aaSorting">aaSorting</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :array</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>If sorting is enabled, then DataTables will perform a first pass sort on
initialisation. You can define which column(s) the sort is performed upon,
and the sorting direction, with this variable. The aaSorting array should
contain an array for each column to be sorted initially containing the
column's index and a direction string ('asc' or 'desc').</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aaSortingFixed">aaSortingFixed</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :array</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>This parameter is basically identical to the aaSorting parameter, but
cannot be overridden by user interaction with the table. What this means
is that you could have a column (visible or hidden) which the sorting will
always be forced on first - any sorting after that (from the user) will
then be performed as required. This can be useful for grouping rows
together.</p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aLengthMenu">aLengthMenu</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :array</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>This parameter allows you to readily specify the entries in the length drop
down menu that DataTables shows when pagination is enabled. It can be
either a 1D array of options which will be used for both the displayed
option and the value, or a 2D array which will use the array in the first
position as the value, and the array in the second position as the
displayed options (useful for language strings such as 'All').</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aoColumnDefs">aoColumnDefs</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"></span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Very similar to aoColumns, aoColumnDefs allows you to target a specific
column, multiple columns, or all columns, using the aTargets property of
each object in the array. This allows great flexibility when creating
tables, as the aoColumnDefs arrays can be of any length, targeting the
columns you specifically want. aoColumnDefs may use any of the column
options available: <a href="DataTable.defaults.columns.html">DataTable.defaults.columns</a>, but it <em>must</em>
have aTargets defined in each object in the array. Values in the aTargets
array may be:
  <ul>
    <li>a string - class name will be matched on the TH for the column</li>
    <li>0 or a positive integer - column index counting from the left</li>
    <li>a negative integer - column index counting from the right</li>
    <li>the string "_all" - all columns (i.e. assign a default)</li>
  </ul></p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aoColumns">aoColumns</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"></span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>The aoColumns option in the initialisation parameter allows you to define
details about the way individual columns behave. For a full list of
column options that can be set, please see
<a href="DataTable.defaults.columns.html">DataTable.defaults.columns</a>. Note that if you use aoColumns to
define your columns, you must have an entry in the array for every single
column that you have in your table (these can be null if you don't which
to specify any options).</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aoSearchCols">aoSearchCols</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :array</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Basically the same as oSearch, this parameter defines the individual column
filtering state at initialisation time. The array must be of the same size
as the number of columns, and each element be an object with the parameters
"sSearch" and "bEscapeRegex" (the latter is optional). 'null' is also
accepted and the default will be used.</p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#asStripeClasses">asStripeClasses</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :array</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>An array of CSS classes that should be applied to displayed rows. This
array may be of any length, and DataTables will apply each class
sequentially, looping when required.</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bAutoWidth">bAutoWidth</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Enable or disable automatic column width calculation. This can be disabled
as an optimisation (it takes some time to calculate the widths) if the
tables widths are passed in using aoColumns.</p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bDeferRender">bDeferRender</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Deferred rendering can provide DataTables with a huge speed boost when you
are using an Ajax or JS data source for the table. This option, when set to
true, will cause DataTables to defer the creation of the table elements for
each row until they are needed for a draw - saving a significant amount of
time.</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bDestroy">bDestroy</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Replace a DataTable which matches the given selector and replace it with
one which has the properties of the new initialisation object passed. If no
table matches the selector, then the new DataTable will be constructed as
per normal.</p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bFilter">bFilter</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Enable or disable filtering of data. Filtering in DataTables is "smart" in
that it allows the end user to input multiple words (space separated) and
will match a row containing those words, even if not in the order that was
specified (this allow matching across multiple columns). Note that if you
wish to use filtering in DataTables this must remain 'true' - to remove the
default filtering input box and retain filtering abilities, please use
<a href="DataTable.defaults.html#sDom">DataTable.defaults.sDom</a>.</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bInfo">bInfo</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Enable or disable the table information display. This shows information
about the data that is currently visible on the page, including information
about filtered data if that action is being performed.</p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bJQueryUI">bJQueryUI</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Enable jQuery UI ThemeRoller support (required as ThemeRoller requires some
slightly different and additional mark-up from what DataTables has
traditionally used).</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bLengthChange">bLengthChange</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Allows the end user to select the size of a formatted page from a select
menu (sizes are 10, 25, 50 and 100). Requires pagination (bPaginate).</p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bPaginate">bPaginate</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Enable or disable pagination.</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bProcessing">bProcessing</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Enable or disable the display of a 'processing' indicator when the table is
being processed (e.g. a sort). This is particularly useful for tables with
large amounts of data where it can take a noticeable amount of time to sort
the entries.</p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bRetrieve">bRetrieve</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Retrieve the DataTables object for the given selector. Note that if the
table has already been initialised, this parameter will cause DataTables
to simply return the object that has already been set up - it will not take
account of any changes you might have made to the initialisation object
passed to DataTables (setting this parameter to true is an acknowledgement
that you understand this). bDestroy can be used to reinitialise a table if
you need.</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bScrollAutoCss">bScrollAutoCss</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Indicate if DataTables should be allowed to set the padding / margin
etc for the scrolling header elements or not. Typically you will want
this.</p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bScrollCollapse">bScrollCollapse</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>When vertical (y) scrolling is enabled, DataTables will force the height of
the table's viewport to the given height at all times (useful for layout).
However, this can look odd when filtering data down to a small data set,
and the footer is left "floating" further down. This parameter (when
enabled) will cause DataTables to collapse the table's viewport down when
the result set will fit within the given Y height.</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bScrollInfinite">bScrollInfinite</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Enable infinite scrolling for DataTables (to be used in combination with
sScrollY). Infinite scrolling means that DataTables will continually load
data as a user scrolls through a table, which is very useful for large
dataset. This cannot be used with pagination, which is automatically
disabled. Note - the Scroller extra for DataTables is recommended in
in preference to this option.</p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bServerSide">bServerSide</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Configure DataTables to use server-side processing. Note that the
sAjaxSource parameter must also be given in order to give DataTables a
source to obtain the required data for each draw.</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bSort">bSort</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Enable or disable sorting of columns. Sorting of individual columns can be
disabled by the "bSortable" option for each column.</p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bSortCellsTop">bSortCellsTop</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Allows control over whether DataTables should use the top (true) unique
cell that is found for a single column, or the bottom (false - default).
This is useful when using complex headers.</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bSortClasses">bSortClasses</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Enable or disable the addition of the classes 'sorting_1', 'sorting_2' and
'sorting_3' to the columns which are currently being sorted on. This is
presented as a feature switch as it can increase processing time (while
classes are removed and added) so for large data sets you might want to
turn this off.</p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bStateSave">bStateSave</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Enable or disable state saving. When enabled a cookie will be used to save
table display information such as pagination information, display length,
filtering and sorting. As such when the end user reloads the page the
display display will match what thy had previously set up.</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnCookieCallback">fnCookieCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Customise the cookie and / or the parameters being stored when using
DataTables with state saving enabled. This function is called whenever
the cookie is modified, and it expects a fully formed cookie string to be
returned. Note that the data object passed in is a Javascript object which
must be converted to a string (JSON.stringify for example).</p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnCreatedRow">fnCreatedRow</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>This function is called when a TR element is created (and all TD child
elements have been inserted), or registered if using a DOM source, allowing
manipulation of the TR element (adding classes etc).</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnDrawCallback">fnDrawCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>This function is called on every 'draw' event, and allows you to
dynamically modify any aspect you want about the created DOM.</p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnFooterCallback">fnFooterCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Identical to fnHeaderCallback() but for the table footer this function
allows you to modify the table footer on every 'draw' even.</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnFormatNumber">fnFormatNumber</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>When rendering large numbers in the information element for the table
(i.e. "Showing 1 to 10 of 57 entries") DataTables will render large numbers
to have a comma separator for the 'thousands' units (e.g. 1 million is
rendered as "1,000,000") to help readability for the end user. This
function will override the default method DataTables uses.</p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnHeaderCallback">fnHeaderCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>This function is called on every 'draw' event, and allows you to
dynamically modify the header row. This can be used to calculate and
display useful information about the table.</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnInfoCallback">fnInfoCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>The information element can be used to convey information about the current
state of the table. Although the internationalisation options presented by
DataTables are quite capable of dealing with most customisations, there may
be times where you wish to customise the string further. This callback
allows you to do exactly that.</p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnInitComplete">fnInitComplete</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Called when the table has been initialised. Normally DataTables will
initialise sequentially and there will be no need for this function,
however, this does not hold true when using external language information
since that is obtained using an async XHR call.</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnPreDrawCallback">fnPreDrawCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Called at the very start of each table draw and can be used to cancel the
draw by returning false, any other return (including undefined) results in
the full draw occurring).</p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnRowCallback">fnRowCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>This function allows you to 'post process' each row after it have been
generated for each table draw, but before it is rendered on screen. This
function might be used for setting the row class name etc.</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnServerData">fnServerData</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>This parameter allows you to override the default function which obtains
the data from the server ($.getJSON) so something more suitable for your
application. For example you could use POST data, or pull information from
a Gears or AIR database.</p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnServerParams">fnServerParams</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>It is often useful to send extra data to the server when making an Ajax
request - for example custom filtering information, and this callback
function makes it trivial to send extra information to the server. The
passed in parameter is the data set that has been constructed by
DataTables, and you can add to this or modify it as you require.</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnStateLoad">fnStateLoad</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Load the table state. With this function you can define from where, and how, the
state of a table is loaded. By default DataTables will load from its state saving
cookie, but you might wish to use local storage (HTML5) or a server-side database.</p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnStateLoaded">fnStateLoaded</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Callback that is called when the state has been loaded from the state saving method
and the DataTables settings object has been modified as a result of the loaded state.</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnStateLoadParams">fnStateLoadParams</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Callback which allows modification of the saved state prior to loading that state.
This callback is called when the table is loading state from the stored data, but
prior to the settings object being modified by the saved state. Note that for
plug-in authors, you should use the 'stateLoadParams' event to load parameters for
a plug-in.</p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnStateSave">fnStateSave</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Save the table state. This function allows you to define where and how the state
information for the table is stored - by default it will use a cookie, but you
might want to use local storage (HTML5) or a server-side database.</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#fnStateSaveParams">fnStateSaveParams</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Callback which allows modification of the state to be saved. Called when the table
has changed state a new state save is required. This method allows modification of
the state saving object prior to actually doing the save, including addition or
other state properties or modification. Note that for plug-in authors, you should
use the 'stateSaveParams' event to save parameters for a plug-in.</p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#iCookieDuration">iCookieDuration</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :int</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Duration of the cookie which is used for storing session information. This
value is given in seconds.</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#iDeferLoading">iDeferLoading</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :int|array</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>When enabled DataTables will not make a request to the server for the first
page draw - rather it will use the data already on the page (no sorting etc
will be applied to it), thus saving on an XHR at load time. iDeferLoading
is used to indicate that deferred loading is required, but it is also used
to tell DataTables how many records there are in the full table (allowing
the information element and pagination to be displayed correctly). In the case
where a filtering is applied to the table on initial load, this can be
indicated by giving the parameter as an array, where the first element is
the number of records available after filtering and the second element is the
number of records without filtering (allowing the table information element
to be shown correctly).</p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#iDisplayLength">iDisplayLength</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :int</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Number of rows to display on a single page when using pagination. If
feature enabled (bLengthChange) then the end user will be able to override
this to a custom setting using a pop-up menu.</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#iDisplayStart">iDisplayStart</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :int</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Define the starting point for data display when using DataTables with
pagination. Note that this parameter is the number of records, rather than
the page number, so if you have 10 records per page and want to start on
the third page, it should be "20".</p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#iScrollLoadGap">iScrollLoadGap</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :int</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>The scroll gap is the amount of scrolling that is left to go before
DataTables will load the next 'page' of data automatically. You typically
want a gap which is big enough that the scrolling will be smooth for the
user, while not so large that it will load more data than need.</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#iTabIndex">iTabIndex</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :int</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>By default DataTables allows keyboard navigation of the table (sorting, paging,
and filtering) by adding a tabindex attribute to the required elements. This
allows you to tab through the controls and press the enter key to activate them.
The tabindex is default 0, meaning that the tab follows the flow of the document.
You can overrule this using this parameter if you wish. Use a value of -1 to
disable built-in keyboard navigation.</p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sAjaxDataProp">sAjaxDataProp</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>By default DataTables will look for the property 'aaData' when obtaining
data from an Ajax source or for server-side processing - this parameter
allows that property to be changed. You can use Javascript dotted object
notation to get a data source for multiple levels of nesting.</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sAjaxSource">sAjaxSource</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>You can instruct DataTables to load data from an external source using this
parameter (use aData if you want to pass data in you already have). Simply
provide a url a JSON object can be obtained from. This object must include
the parameter 'aaData' which is the data source for the table.</p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sCookiePrefix">sCookiePrefix</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>This parameter can be used to override the default prefix that DataTables
assigns to a cookie when state saving is enabled.</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sDom">sDom</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>This initialisation variable allows you to specify exactly where in the
DOM you want DataTables to inject the various controls it adds to the page
(for example you might want the pagination controls at the top of the
table). DIV elements (with or without a custom class) can also be added to
aid styling. The follow syntax is used:
  <ul>
    <li>The following options are allowed: <br />
      <ul>
        <li>'l' - Length changing</li
        <li>'f' - Filtering input</li>
        <li>'t' - The table!</li>
        <li>'i' - Information</li>
        <li>'p' - Pagination</li>
        <li>'r' - pRocessing</li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li>The following constants are allowed:
      <ul>
        <li>'H' - jQueryUI theme "header" classes ('fg-toolbar ui-widget-header ui-corner-tl ui-corner-tr ui-helper-clearfix')</li>
        <li>'F' - jQueryUI theme "footer" classes ('fg-toolbar ui-widget-header ui-corner-bl ui-corner-br ui-helper-clearfix')</li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li>The following syntax is expected:
      <ul>
        <li>'&lt;' and '&gt;' - div elements</li>
        <li>'&lt;"class" and '&gt;' - div with a class</li>
        <li>'&lt;"#id" and '&gt;' - div with an ID</li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li>Examples:
      <ul>
        <li>'&lt;"wrapper"flipt&gt;'</li>
        <li>'&lt;lf&lt;t&gt;ip&gt;'</li>
      </ul>
    </li>
  </ul></p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sPaginationType">sPaginationType</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>DataTables features two different built-in pagination interaction methods
('two_button' or 'full_numbers') which present different page controls to
the end user. Further methods can be added using the API (see below).</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sScrollX">sScrollX</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Enable horizontal scrolling. When a table is too wide to fit into a certain
layout, or you have a large number of columns in the table, you can enable
x-scrolling to show the table in a viewport, which can be scrolled. This
property can be any CSS unit, or a number (in which case it will be treated
as a pixel measurement).</p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sScrollXInner">sScrollXInner</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>This property can be used to force a DataTable to use more width than it
might otherwise do when x-scrolling is enabled. For example if you have a
table which requires to be well spaced, this parameter is useful for
"over-sizing" the table, and thus forcing scrolling. This property can by
any CSS unit, or a number (in which case it will be treated as a pixel
measurement).</p></dd><dt class="  even"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sScrollY">sScrollY</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Enable vertical scrolling. Vertical scrolling will constrain the DataTable
to the given height, and enable scrolling for any data which overflows the
current viewport. This can be used as an alternative to paging to display
a lot of data in a small area (although paging and scrolling can both be
enabled at the same time). This property can be any CSS unit, or a number
(in which case it will be treated as a pixel measurement).</p></dd><dt class="  odd"><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sServerMethod">sServerMethod</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Set the HTTP method that is used to make the Ajax call for server-side
processing or Ajax sourced data.</p></dd>
</dl></div>
					</div>


					<div class="doc_details">
						<a name="details"></a>
						<h2>Details</h2>
						<div class="doc_group"><a name="details_properties"></a><h3 class="subsection-title">Properties - static</h3>
<dl>
    <dt class="  even"><a name="aaData"></a><a name="aaData_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aaData">aaData</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :array</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>An array of data to use for the table, passed in at initialisation which
will be used in preference to any data which is already in the DOM. This is
particularly useful for constructing tables purely in Javascript, for
example with a custom Ajax call.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Examples</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   // Using a 2D array data source
   $(document).ready( function () {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "aaData": [
         ['Trident', 'Internet Explorer 4.0', 'Win 95+', 4, 'X'],
         ['Trident', 'Internet Explorer 5.0', 'Win 95+', 5, 'C'],
       ],
       "aoColumns": [
         { "sTitle": "Engine" },
         { "sTitle": "Browser" },
         { "sTitle": "Platform" },
         { "sTitle": "Version" },
         { "sTitle": "Grade" }
       ]
     } );
   } );

 </pre>
    </div>

    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   // Using an array of objects as a data source (mData)
   $(document).ready( function () {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "aaData": [
         {
           "engine":   "Trident",
           "browser":  "Internet Explorer 4.0",
           "platform": "Win 95+",
           "version":  4,
           "grade":    "X"
         },
         {
           "engine":   "Trident",
           "browser":  "Internet Explorer 5.0",
           "platform": "Win 95+",
           "version":  5,
           "grade":    "C"
         }
       ],
       "aoColumns": [
         { "sTitle": "Engine",   "mData": "engine" },
         { "sTitle": "Browser",  "mData": "browser" },
         { "sTitle": "Platform", "mData": "platform" },
         { "sTitle": "Version",  "mData": "version" },
         { "sTitle": "Grade",    "mData": "grade" }
       ]
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  odd"><a name="aaSorting"></a><a name="aaSorting_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aaSorting">aaSorting</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :array</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>If sorting is enabled, then DataTables will perform a first pass sort on
initialisation. You can define which column(s) the sort is performed upon,
and the sorting direction, with this variable. The aaSorting array should
contain an array for each column to be sorted initially containing the
column's index and a direction string ('asc' or 'desc').</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   // Sort by 3rd column first, and then 4th column
   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "aaSorting": [[2,'asc'], [3,'desc']]
     } );
   } );

   // No initial sorting
   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "aaSorting": []
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  even"><a name="aaSortingFixed"></a><a name="aaSortingFixed_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aaSortingFixed">aaSortingFixed</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :array</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>This parameter is basically identical to the aaSorting parameter, but
cannot be overridden by user interaction with the table. What this means
is that you could have a column (visible or hidden) which the sorting will
always be forced on first - any sorting after that (from the user) will
then be performed as required. This can be useful for grouping rows
together.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "aaSortingFixed": [[0,'asc']]
     } );
   } )</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  odd"><a name="aLengthMenu"></a><a name="aLengthMenu_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aLengthMenu">aLengthMenu</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :array</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>This parameter allows you to readily specify the entries in the length drop
down menu that DataTables shows when pagination is enabled. It can be
either a 1D array of options which will be used for both the displayed
option and the value, or a 2D array which will use the array in the first
position as the value, and the array in the second position as the
displayed options (useful for language strings such as 'All').</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Examples</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "aLengthMenu": [[10, 25, 50, -1], [10, 25, 50, "All"]]
     } );
   } );

 </pre>
    </div>

    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   // Setting the default display length as well as length menu
   // This is likely to be wanted if you remove the '10' option which
   // is the iDisplayLength default.
   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "iDisplayLength": 25,
       "aLengthMenu": [[25, 50, 100, -1], [25, 50, 100, "All"]]
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  even"><a name="aoColumnDefs"></a><a name="aoColumnDefs_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aoColumnDefs">aoColumnDefs</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"></span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Very similar to aoColumns, aoColumnDefs allows you to target a specific
column, multiple columns, or all columns, using the aTargets property of
each object in the array. This allows great flexibility when creating
tables, as the aoColumnDefs arrays can be of any length, targeting the
columns you specifically want. aoColumnDefs may use any of the column
options available: <a href="DataTable.defaults.columns.html">DataTable.defaults.columns</a>, but it <em>must</em>
have aTargets defined in each object in the array. Values in the aTargets
array may be:
  <ul>
    <li>a string - class name will be matched on the TH for the column</li>
    <li>0 or a positive integer - column index counting from the left</li>
    <li>a negative integer - column index counting from the right</li>
    <li>the string "_all" - all columns (i.e. assign a default)</li>
  </ul></p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
</div></dd><dt class="  odd"><a name="aoColumns"></a><a name="aoColumns_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aoColumns">aoColumns</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"></span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>The aoColumns option in the initialisation parameter allows you to define
details about the way individual columns behave. For a full list of
column options that can be set, please see
<a href="DataTable.defaults.columns.html">DataTable.defaults.columns</a>. Note that if you use aoColumns to
define your columns, you must have an entry in the array for every single
column that you have in your table (these can be null if you don't which
to specify any options).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
</div></dd><dt class="  even"><a name="aoSearchCols"></a><a name="aoSearchCols_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#aoSearchCols">aoSearchCols</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :array</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Basically the same as oSearch, this parameter defines the individual column
filtering state at initialisation time. The array must be of the same size
as the number of columns, and each element be an object with the parameters
"sSearch" and "bEscapeRegex" (the latter is optional). 'null' is also
accepted and the default will be used.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "aoSearchCols": [
         null,
         { "sSearch": "My filter" },
         null,
         { "sSearch": "^[0-9]", "bEscapeRegex": false }
       ]
     } );
   } )</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  odd"><a name="asStripeClasses"></a><a name="asStripeClasses_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#asStripeClasses">asStripeClasses</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :array</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>An array of CSS classes that should be applied to displayed rows. This
array may be of any length, and DataTables will apply each class
sequentially, looping when required.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "asStripeClasses": [ 'strip1', 'strip2', 'strip3' ]
     } );
   } )</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  even"><a name="bAutoWidth"></a><a name="bAutoWidth_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bAutoWidth">bAutoWidth</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Enable or disable automatic column width calculation. This can be disabled
as an optimisation (it takes some time to calculate the widths) if the
tables widths are passed in using aoColumns.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function () {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "bAutoWidth": false
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  odd"><a name="bDeferRender"></a><a name="bDeferRender_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bDeferRender">bDeferRender</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Deferred rendering can provide DataTables with a huge speed boost when you
are using an Ajax or JS data source for the table. This option, when set to
true, will cause DataTables to defer the creation of the table elements for
each row until they are needed for a draw - saving a significant amount of
time.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     var oTable = $('#example').dataTable( {
       "sAjaxSource": "sources/arrays.txt",
       "bDeferRender": true
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  even"><a name="bDestroy"></a><a name="bDestroy_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bDestroy">bDestroy</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Replace a DataTable which matches the given selector and replace it with
one which has the properties of the new initialisation object passed. If no
table matches the selector, then the new DataTable will be constructed as
per normal.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "sScrollY": "200px",
       "bPaginate": false
     } );

     // Some time later....
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "bFilter": false,
       "bDestroy": true
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  odd"><a name="bFilter"></a><a name="bFilter_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bFilter">bFilter</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Enable or disable filtering of data. Filtering in DataTables is "smart" in
that it allows the end user to input multiple words (space separated) and
will match a row containing those words, even if not in the order that was
specified (this allow matching across multiple columns). Note that if you
wish to use filtering in DataTables this must remain 'true' - to remove the
default filtering input box and retain filtering abilities, please use
<a href="DataTable.defaults.html#sDom">DataTable.defaults.sDom</a>.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function () {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "bFilter": false
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  even"><a name="bInfo"></a><a name="bInfo_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bInfo">bInfo</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Enable or disable the table information display. This shows information
about the data that is currently visible on the page, including information
about filtered data if that action is being performed.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function () {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "bInfo": false
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  odd"><a name="bJQueryUI"></a><a name="bJQueryUI_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bJQueryUI">bJQueryUI</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Enable jQuery UI ThemeRoller support (required as ThemeRoller requires some
slightly different and additional mark-up from what DataTables has
traditionally used).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "bJQueryUI": true
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  even"><a name="bLengthChange"></a><a name="bLengthChange_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bLengthChange">bLengthChange</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Allows the end user to select the size of a formatted page from a select
menu (sizes are 10, 25, 50 and 100). Requires pagination (bPaginate).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function () {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "bLengthChange": false
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  odd"><a name="bPaginate"></a><a name="bPaginate_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bPaginate">bPaginate</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Enable or disable pagination.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function () {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "bPaginate": false
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  even"><a name="bProcessing"></a><a name="bProcessing_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bProcessing">bProcessing</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Enable or disable the display of a 'processing' indicator when the table is
being processed (e.g. a sort). This is particularly useful for tables with
large amounts of data where it can take a noticeable amount of time to sort
the entries.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function () {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "bProcessing": true
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  odd"><a name="bRetrieve"></a><a name="bRetrieve_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bRetrieve">bRetrieve</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Retrieve the DataTables object for the given selector. Note that if the
table has already been initialised, this parameter will cause DataTables
to simply return the object that has already been set up - it will not take
account of any changes you might have made to the initialisation object
passed to DataTables (setting this parameter to true is an acknowledgement
that you understand this). bDestroy can be used to reinitialise a table if
you need.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     initTable();
     tableActions();
   } );

   function initTable ()
   {
     return $('#example').dataTable( {
       "sScrollY": "200px",
       "bPaginate": false,
       "bRetrieve": true
     } );
   }

   function tableActions ()
   {
     var oTable = initTable();
     // perform API operations with oTable
   }</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  even"><a name="bScrollAutoCss"></a><a name="bScrollAutoCss_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bScrollAutoCss">bScrollAutoCss</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Indicate if DataTables should be allowed to set the padding / margin
etc for the scrolling header elements or not. Typically you will want
this.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "bScrollAutoCss": false,
       "sScrollY": "200px"
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  odd"><a name="bScrollCollapse"></a><a name="bScrollCollapse_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bScrollCollapse">bScrollCollapse</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>When vertical (y) scrolling is enabled, DataTables will force the height of
the table's viewport to the given height at all times (useful for layout).
However, this can look odd when filtering data down to a small data set,
and the footer is left "floating" further down. This parameter (when
enabled) will cause DataTables to collapse the table's viewport down when
the result set will fit within the given Y height.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "sScrollY": "200",
       "bScrollCollapse": true
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  even"><a name="bScrollInfinite"></a><a name="bScrollInfinite_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bScrollInfinite">bScrollInfinite</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Enable infinite scrolling for DataTables (to be used in combination with
sScrollY). Infinite scrolling means that DataTables will continually load
data as a user scrolls through a table, which is very useful for large
dataset. This cannot be used with pagination, which is automatically
disabled. Note - the Scroller extra for DataTables is recommended in
in preference to this option.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "bScrollInfinite": true,
       "bScrollCollapse": true,
       "sScrollY": "200px"
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  odd"><a name="bServerSide"></a><a name="bServerSide_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bServerSide">bServerSide</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Configure DataTables to use server-side processing. Note that the
sAjaxSource parameter must also be given in order to give DataTables a
source to obtain the required data for each draw.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function () {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "bServerSide": true,
       "sAjaxSource": "xhr.php"
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  even"><a name="bSort"></a><a name="bSort_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bSort">bSort</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Enable or disable sorting of columns. Sorting of individual columns can be
disabled by the "bSortable" option for each column.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function () {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "bSort": false
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  odd"><a name="bSortCellsTop"></a><a name="bSortCellsTop_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bSortCellsTop">bSortCellsTop</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Allows control over whether DataTables should use the top (true) unique
cell that is found for a single column, or the bottom (false - default).
This is useful when using complex headers.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "bSortCellsTop": true
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  even"><a name="bSortClasses"></a><a name="bSortClasses_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bSortClasses">bSortClasses</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Enable or disable the addition of the classes 'sorting_1', 'sorting_2' and
'sorting_3' to the columns which are currently being sorted on. This is
presented as a feature switch as it can increase processing time (while
classes are removed and added) so for large data sets you might want to
turn this off.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function () {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "bSortClasses": false
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  odd"><a name="bStateSave"></a><a name="bStateSave_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#bStateSave">bStateSave</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :boolean</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Enable or disable state saving. When enabled a cookie will be used to save
table display information such as pagination information, display length,
filtering and sorting. As such when the end user reloads the page the
display display will match what thy had previously set up.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function () {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "bStateSave": true
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnCookieCallback" class="  even"><a name="fnCookieCallback"></a><a name="fnCookieCallback_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnCookieCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Customise the cookie and / or the parameters being stored when using
DataTables with state saving enabled. This function is called whenever
the cookie is modified, and it expects a fully formed cookie string to be
returned. Note that the data object passed in is a Javascript object which
must be converted to a string (JSON.stringify for example).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Parameters:</h5>

<table class="params">
    <thead>
	<tr>
        <th width="20"></th>
        <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
		<th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
	</tr>
	</thead>

	<tbody>
	<tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">sName</td><td class="type type-param">string</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Name of the cookie defined by DataTables</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>2</div></td><td class="name">oData</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Data to be stored in the cookie</p></td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>3</div></td><td class="name">sExpires</td><td class="type type-param">string</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Cookie expires string</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>4</div></td><td class="name">sPath</td><td class="type type-param">string</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Path of the cookie to set</p></td></tr>
	</tbody>
</table><h5>Returns:</h5><p class="returns"><p>Cookie formatted string (which should be encoded by
   using encodeURIComponent())</p></p><h5>Example:</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function () {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "fnCookieCallback": function (sName, oData, sExpires, sPath) {
         // Customise oData or sName or whatever else here
         return sName + "="+JSON.stringify(oData)+"; expires=" + sExpires +"; path=" + sPath;
       }
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div>
<dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnCreatedRow" class="  odd"><a name="fnCreatedRow"></a><a name="fnCreatedRow_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnCreatedRow</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>This function is called when a TR element is created (and all TD child
elements have been inserted), or registered if using a DOM source, allowing
manipulation of the TR element (adding classes etc).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Parameters:</h5>

<table class="params">
    <thead>
	<tr>
        <th width="20"></th>
        <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
		<th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
	</tr>
	</thead>

	<tbody>
	<tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">nRow</td><td class="type type-param">node</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>"TR" element for the current row</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>2</div></td><td class="name">aData</td><td class="type type-param">array</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Raw data array for this row</p></td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>3</div></td><td class="name">iDataIndex</td><td class="type type-param">int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>The index of this row in aoData</p></td></tr>
	</tbody>
</table><h5>Example:</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "fnCreatedRow": function( nRow, aData, iDataIndex ) {
         // Bold the grade for all 'A' grade browsers
         if ( aData[4] == "A" )
         {
           $('td:eq(4)', nRow).html( '<b>A</b>' );
         }
       }
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div>
<dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnDrawCallback" class="  even"><a name="fnDrawCallback"></a><a name="fnDrawCallback_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnDrawCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>This function is called on every 'draw' event, and allows you to
dynamically modify any aspect you want about the created DOM.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Parameters:</h5>

<table class="params">
    <thead>
	<tr>
        <th width="20"></th>
        <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
		<th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
	</tr>
	</thead>

	<tbody>
	<tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">oSettings</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>DataTables settings object</p></td></tr>
	</tbody>
</table><h5>Example:</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "fnDrawCallback": function( oSettings ) {
         alert( 'DataTables has redrawn the table' );
       }
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div>
<dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnFooterCallback" class="  odd"><a name="fnFooterCallback"></a><a name="fnFooterCallback_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnFooterCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Identical to fnHeaderCallback() but for the table footer this function
allows you to modify the table footer on every 'draw' even.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Parameters:</h5>

<table class="params">
    <thead>
	<tr>
        <th width="20"></th>
        <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
		<th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
	</tr>
	</thead>

	<tbody>
	<tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">nFoot</td><td class="type type-param">node</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>"TR" element for the footer</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>2</div></td><td class="name">aData</td><td class="type type-param">array</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Full table data (as derived from the original HTML)</p></td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>3</div></td><td class="name">iStart</td><td class="type type-param">int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Index for the current display starting point in the
   display array</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>4</div></td><td class="name">iEnd</td><td class="type type-param">int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Index for the current display ending point in the
   display array</p></td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>5</div></td><td class="name">aiDisplay</td><td class="type type-param">array int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Index array to translate the visual position
   to the full data array</p></td></tr>
	</tbody>
</table><h5>Example:</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "fnFooterCallback": function( nFoot, aData, iStart, iEnd, aiDisplay ) {
         nFoot.getElementsByTagName('th')[0].innerHTML = "Starting index is "+iStart;
       }
     } );
   } )</pre>
    </div>
</div>
<dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnFormatNumber" class="  even"><a name="fnFormatNumber"></a><a name="fnFormatNumber_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnFormatNumber</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>When rendering large numbers in the information element for the table
(i.e. "Showing 1 to 10 of 57 entries") DataTables will render large numbers
to have a comma separator for the 'thousands' units (e.g. 1 million is
rendered as "1,000,000") to help readability for the end user. This
function will override the default method DataTables uses.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Parameters:</h5>

<table class="params">
    <thead>
	<tr>
        <th width="20"></th>
        <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
		<th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
	</tr>
	</thead>

	<tbody>
	<tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">iIn</td><td class="type type-param">int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>number to be formatted</p></td></tr>
	</tbody>
</table><h5>Returns:</h5><p class="returns"><p>formatted string for DataTables to show the number</p></p><h5>Example:</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "fnFormatNumber": function ( iIn ) {
         if ( iIn &lt; 1000 ) {
           return iIn;
         } else {
           var
             s=(iIn+""),
             a=s.split(""), out="",
             iLen=s.length;

           for ( var i=0 ; i&lt;iLen ; i++ ) {
             if ( i%3 === 0 &amp;&amp; i !== 0 ) {
               out = "'"+out;
             }
             out = a[iLen-i-1]+out;
           }
         }
         return out;
       };
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div>
<dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnHeaderCallback" class="  odd"><a name="fnHeaderCallback"></a><a name="fnHeaderCallback_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnHeaderCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>This function is called on every 'draw' event, and allows you to
dynamically modify the header row. This can be used to calculate and
display useful information about the table.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Parameters:</h5>

<table class="params">
    <thead>
	<tr>
        <th width="20"></th>
        <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
		<th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
	</tr>
	</thead>

	<tbody>
	<tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">nHead</td><td class="type type-param">node</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>"TR" element for the header</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>2</div></td><td class="name">aData</td><td class="type type-param">array</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Full table data (as derived from the original HTML)</p></td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>3</div></td><td class="name">iStart</td><td class="type type-param">int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Index for the current display starting point in the
   display array</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>4</div></td><td class="name">iEnd</td><td class="type type-param">int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Index for the current display ending point in the
   display array</p></td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>5</div></td><td class="name">aiDisplay</td><td class="type type-param">array int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Index array to translate the visual position
   to the full data array</p></td></tr>
	</tbody>
</table><h5>Example:</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "fnHeaderCallback": function( nHead, aData, iStart, iEnd, aiDisplay ) {
         nHead.getElementsByTagName('th')[0].innerHTML = "Displaying "+(iEnd-iStart)+" records";
       }
     } );
   } )</pre>
    </div>
</div>
<dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnInfoCallback" class="  even"><a name="fnInfoCallback"></a><a name="fnInfoCallback_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnInfoCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>The information element can be used to convey information about the current
state of the table. Although the internationalisation options presented by
DataTables are quite capable of dealing with most customisations, there may
be times where you wish to customise the string further. This callback
allows you to do exactly that.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Parameters:</h5>

<table class="params">
    <thead>
	<tr>
        <th width="20"></th>
        <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
		<th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
	</tr>
	</thead>

	<tbody>
	<tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">oSettings</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>DataTables settings object</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>2</div></td><td class="name">iStart</td><td class="type type-param">int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Starting position in data for the draw</p></td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>3</div></td><td class="name">iEnd</td><td class="type type-param">int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>End position in data for the draw</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>4</div></td><td class="name">iMax</td><td class="type type-param">int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Total number of rows in the table (regardless of
   filtering)</p></td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>5</div></td><td class="name">iTotal</td><td class="type type-param">int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Total number of rows in the data set, after filtering</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>6</div></td><td class="name">sPre</td><td class="type type-param">string</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>The string that DataTables has formatted using it's
   own rules</p></td></tr>
	</tbody>
</table><h5>Returns:</h5><p class="returns"><p>The string to be displayed in the information element.</p></p><h5>Example:</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $('#example').dataTable( {
     "fnInfoCallback": function( oSettings, iStart, iEnd, iMax, iTotal, sPre ) {
       return iStart +" to "+ iEnd;
     }
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div>
<dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnInitComplete" class="  odd"><a name="fnInitComplete"></a><a name="fnInitComplete_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnInitComplete</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Called when the table has been initialised. Normally DataTables will
initialise sequentially and there will be no need for this function,
however, this does not hold true when using external language information
since that is obtained using an async XHR call.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Parameters:</h5>

<table class="params">
    <thead>
	<tr>
        <th width="20"></th>
        <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
		<th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
	</tr>
	</thead>

	<tbody>
	<tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">oSettings</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>DataTables settings object</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>2</div></td><td class="name">json</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>The JSON object request from the server - only
   present if client-side Ajax sourced data is used</p></td></tr>
	</tbody>
</table><h5>Example:</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "fnInitComplete": function(oSettings, json) {
         alert( 'DataTables has finished its initialisation.' );
       }
     } );
   } )</pre>
    </div>
</div>
<dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnPreDrawCallback" class="  even"><a name="fnPreDrawCallback"></a><a name="fnPreDrawCallback_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnPreDrawCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Called at the very start of each table draw and can be used to cancel the
draw by returning false, any other return (including undefined) results in
the full draw occurring).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Parameters:</h5>

<table class="params">
    <thead>
	<tr>
        <th width="20"></th>
        <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
		<th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
	</tr>
	</thead>

	<tbody>
	<tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">oSettings</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>DataTables settings object</p></td></tr>
	</tbody>
</table><h5>Returns:</h5><p class="returns"><p>False will cancel the draw, anything else (including no
   return) will allow it to complete.</p></p><h5>Example:</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "fnPreDrawCallback": function( oSettings ) {
         if ( $('#test').val() == 1 ) {
           return false;
         }
       }
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div>
<dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnRowCallback" class="  odd"><a name="fnRowCallback"></a><a name="fnRowCallback_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnRowCallback</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>This function allows you to 'post process' each row after it have been
generated for each table draw, but before it is rendered on screen. This
function might be used for setting the row class name etc.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Parameters:</h5>

<table class="params">
    <thead>
	<tr>
        <th width="20"></th>
        <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
		<th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
	</tr>
	</thead>

	<tbody>
	<tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">nRow</td><td class="type type-param">node</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>"TR" element for the current row</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>2</div></td><td class="name">aData</td><td class="type type-param">array</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Raw data array for this row</p></td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>3</div></td><td class="name">iDisplayIndex</td><td class="type type-param">int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>The display index for the current table draw</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>4</div></td><td class="name">iDisplayIndexFull</td><td class="type type-param">int</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>The index of the data in the full list of
   rows (after filtering)</p></td></tr>
	</tbody>
</table><h5>Example:</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "fnRowCallback": function( nRow, aData, iDisplayIndex, iDisplayIndexFull ) {
         // Bold the grade for all 'A' grade browsers
         if ( aData[4] == "A" )
         {
           $('td:eq(4)', nRow).html( '<b>A</b>' );
         }
       }
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div>
<dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnServerData" class="  even"><a name="fnServerData"></a><a name="fnServerData_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnServerData</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>This parameter allows you to override the default function which obtains
the data from the server ($.getJSON) so something more suitable for your
application. For example you could use POST data, or pull information from
a Gears or AIR database.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Parameters:</h5>

<table class="params">
    <thead>
	<tr>
        <th width="20"></th>
        <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
		<th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
	</tr>
	</thead>

	<tbody>
	<tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">sSource</td><td class="type type-param">string</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>HTTP source to obtain the data from (sAjaxSource)</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>2</div></td><td class="name">aoData</td><td class="type type-param">array</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>A key/value pair object containing the data to send
   to the server</p></td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>3</div></td><td class="name">fnCallback</td><td class="type type-param">function</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>to be called on completion of the data get
   process that will draw the data on the page.</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>4</div></td><td class="name">oSettings</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>DataTables settings object</p></td></tr>
	</tbody>
</table><h5>Example:</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   // POST data to server
   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "bProcessing": true,
       "bServerSide": true,
       "sAjaxSource": "xhr.php",
       "fnServerData": function ( sSource, aoData, fnCallback, oSettings ) {
         oSettings.jqXHR = $.ajax( {
           "dataType": 'json',
           "type": "POST",
           "url": sSource,
           "data": aoData,
           "success": fnCallback
         } );
       }
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div>
<dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnServerParams" class="  odd"><a name="fnServerParams"></a><a name="fnServerParams_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnServerParams</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>It is often useful to send extra data to the server when making an Ajax
request - for example custom filtering information, and this callback
function makes it trivial to send extra information to the server. The
passed in parameter is the data set that has been constructed by
DataTables, and you can add to this or modify it as you require.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Parameters:</h5>

<table class="params">
    <thead>
	<tr>
        <th width="20"></th>
        <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
		<th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
	</tr>
	</thead>

	<tbody>
	<tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">aoData</td><td class="type type-param">array</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>Data array (array of objects which are name/value
   pairs) that has been constructed by DataTables and will be sent to the
   server. In the case of Ajax sourced data with server-side processing
   this will be an empty array, for server-side processing there will be a
   significant number of parameters!</p></td></tr>
	</tbody>
</table><h5>Returns:</h5><p class="returns"><p>Ensure that you modify the aoData array passed in,
   as this is passed by reference.</p></p><h5>Example:</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "bProcessing": true,
       "bServerSide": true,
       "sAjaxSource": "scripts/server_processing.php",
       "fnServerParams": function ( aoData ) {
         aoData.push( { "name": "more_data", "value": "my_value" } );
       }
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div>
<dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnStateLoad" class="  even"><a name="fnStateLoad"></a><a name="fnStateLoad_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnStateLoad</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Load the table state. With this function you can define from where, and how, the
state of a table is loaded. By default DataTables will load from its state saving
cookie, but you might wish to use local storage (HTML5) or a server-side database.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Parameters:</h5>

<table class="params">
    <thead>
	<tr>
        <th width="20"></th>
        <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
		<th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
	</tr>
	</thead>

	<tbody>
	<tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">oSettings</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>DataTables settings object</p></td></tr>
	</tbody>
</table><h5>Returns:</h5><p class="returns"><p>The DataTables state object to be loaded</p></p><h5>Example:</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "bStateSave": true,
       "fnStateLoad": function (oSettings) {
         var o;

         // Send an Ajax request to the server to get the data. Note that
         // this is a synchronous request.
         $.ajax( {
           "url": "/state_load",
           "async": false,
           "dataType": "json",
           "success": function (json) {
             o = json;
           }
         } );

         return o;
       }
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div>
<dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnStateLoaded" class="  odd"><a name="fnStateLoaded"></a><a name="fnStateLoaded_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnStateLoaded</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Callback that is called when the state has been loaded from the state saving method
and the DataTables settings object has been modified as a result of the loaded state.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Parameters:</h5>

<table class="params">
    <thead>
	<tr>
        <th width="20"></th>
        <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
		<th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
	</tr>
	</thead>

	<tbody>
	<tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">oSettings</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>DataTables settings object</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>2</div></td><td class="name">oData</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>The state object that was loaded</p></td></tr>
	</tbody>
</table><h5>Example:</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   // Show an alert with the filtering value that was saved
   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "bStateSave": true,
       "fnStateLoaded": function (oSettings, oData) {
         alert( 'Saved filter was: '+oData.oSearch.sSearch );
       }
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div>
<dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnStateLoadParams" class="  even"><a name="fnStateLoadParams"></a><a name="fnStateLoadParams_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnStateLoadParams</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Callback which allows modification of the saved state prior to loading that state.
This callback is called when the table is loading state from the stored data, but
prior to the settings object being modified by the saved state. Note that for
plug-in authors, you should use the 'stateLoadParams' event to load parameters for
a plug-in.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Parameters:</h5>

<table class="params">
    <thead>
	<tr>
        <th width="20"></th>
        <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
		<th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
	</tr>
	</thead>

	<tbody>
	<tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">oSettings</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>DataTables settings object</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>2</div></td><td class="name">oData</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>The state object that is to be loaded</p></td></tr>
	</tbody>
</table><h5>Examples:</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   // Remove a saved filter, so filtering is never loaded
   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "bStateSave": true,
       "fnStateLoadParams": function (oSettings, oData) {
         oData.oSearch.sSearch = "";
       }
     } );
   } );

 </pre>
    </div>

    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   // Disallow state loading by returning false
   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "bStateSave": true,
       "fnStateLoadParams": function (oSettings, oData) {
         return false;
       }
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div>
<dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnStateSave" class="  odd"><a name="fnStateSave"></a><a name="fnStateSave_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnStateSave</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Save the table state. This function allows you to define where and how the state
information for the table is stored - by default it will use a cookie, but you
might want to use local storage (HTML5) or a server-side database.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Parameters:</h5>

<table class="params">
    <thead>
	<tr>
        <th width="20"></th>
        <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
		<th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
	</tr>
	</thead>

	<tbody>
	<tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">oSettings</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>DataTables settings object</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>2</div></td><td class="name">oData</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>The state object to be saved</p></td></tr>
	</tbody>
</table><h5>Example:</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "bStateSave": true,
       "fnStateSave": function (oSettings, oData) {
         // Send an Ajax request to the server with the state object
         $.ajax( {
           "url": "/state_save",
           "data": oData,
           "dataType": "json",
           "method": "POST"
           "success": function () {}
         } );
       }
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div>
<dt id="DataTable.defaults.fnStateSaveParams" class="  even"><a name="fnStateSaveParams"></a><a name="fnStateSaveParams_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a>fnStateSaveParams</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :function</span></span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Callback which allows modification of the state to be saved. Called when the table
has changed state a new state save is required. This method allows modification of
the state saving object prior to actually doing the save, including addition or
other state properties or modification. Note that for plug-in authors, you should
use the 'stateSaveParams' event to save parameters for a plug-in.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Parameters:</h5>

<table class="params">
    <thead>
	<tr>
        <th width="20"></th>
        <th width="12%" class="bottom_border name">Name</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Type</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Attributes</th>
		<th width="10%" class="bottom_border">Default</th>
		<th class="last bottom_border">Description</th>
	</tr>
	</thead>

	<tbody>
	<tr class="even"><td class="number right_border"><div>1</div></td><td class="name">oSettings</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>DataTables settings object</p></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="number right_border"><div>2</div></td><td class="name">oData</td><td class="type type-param">object</td><td class="attributes"></td><td class="default"></td><td class="description last"><p>The state object to be saved</p></td></tr>
	</tbody>
</table><h5>Example:</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   // Remove a saved filter, so filtering is never saved
   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "bStateSave": true,
       "fnStateSaveParams": function (oSettings, oData) {
         oData.oSearch.sSearch = "";
       }
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div>
<dt class="  odd"><a name="iCookieDuration"></a><a name="iCookieDuration_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#iCookieDuration">iCookieDuration</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :int</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Duration of the cookie which is used for storing session information. This
value is given in seconds.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "iCookieDuration": 60*60*24; // 1 day
     } );
   } )</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  even"><a name="iDeferLoading"></a><a name="iDeferLoading_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#iDeferLoading">iDeferLoading</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :int|array</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>When enabled DataTables will not make a request to the server for the first
page draw - rather it will use the data already on the page (no sorting etc
will be applied to it), thus saving on an XHR at load time. iDeferLoading
is used to indicate that deferred loading is required, but it is also used
to tell DataTables how many records there are in the full table (allowing
the information element and pagination to be displayed correctly). In the case
where a filtering is applied to the table on initial load, this can be
indicated by giving the parameter as an array, where the first element is
the number of records available after filtering and the second element is the
number of records without filtering (allowing the table information element
to be shown correctly).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Examples</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   // 57 records available in the table, no filtering applied
   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "bServerSide": true,
       "sAjaxSource": "scripts/server_processing.php",
       "iDeferLoading": 57
     } );
   } );

 </pre>
    </div>

    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   // 57 records after filtering, 100 without filtering (an initial filter applied)
   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "bServerSide": true,
       "sAjaxSource": "scripts/server_processing.php",
       "iDeferLoading": [ 57, 100 ],
       "oSearch": {
         "sSearch": "my_filter"
       }
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  odd"><a name="iDisplayLength"></a><a name="iDisplayLength_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#iDisplayLength">iDisplayLength</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :int</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Number of rows to display on a single page when using pagination. If
feature enabled (bLengthChange) then the end user will be able to override
this to a custom setting using a pop-up menu.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "iDisplayLength": 50
     } );
   } )</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  even"><a name="iDisplayStart"></a><a name="iDisplayStart_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#iDisplayStart">iDisplayStart</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :int</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Define the starting point for data display when using DataTables with
pagination. Note that this parameter is the number of records, rather than
the page number, so if you have 10 records per page and want to start on
the third page, it should be "20".</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "iDisplayStart": 20
     } );
   } )</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  odd"><a name="iScrollLoadGap"></a><a name="iScrollLoadGap_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#iScrollLoadGap">iScrollLoadGap</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :int</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>The scroll gap is the amount of scrolling that is left to go before
DataTables will load the next 'page' of data automatically. You typically
want a gap which is big enough that the scrolling will be smooth for the
user, while not so large that it will load more data than need.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "bScrollInfinite": true,
       "bScrollCollapse": true,
       "sScrollY": "200px",
       "iScrollLoadGap": 50
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  even"><a name="iTabIndex"></a><a name="iTabIndex_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#iTabIndex">iTabIndex</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :int</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>By default DataTables allows keyboard navigation of the table (sorting, paging,
and filtering) by adding a tabindex attribute to the required elements. This
allows you to tab through the controls and press the enter key to activate them.
The tabindex is default 0, meaning that the tab follows the flow of the document.
You can overrule this using this parameter if you wish. Use a value of -1 to
disable built-in keyboard navigation.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "iTabIndex": 1
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  odd"><a name="sAjaxDataProp"></a><a name="sAjaxDataProp_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sAjaxDataProp">sAjaxDataProp</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>By default DataTables will look for the property 'aaData' when obtaining
data from an Ajax source or for server-side processing - this parameter
allows that property to be changed. You can use Javascript dotted object
notation to get a data source for multiple levels of nesting.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Examples</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   // Get data from { "data": [...] }
   $(document).ready( function() {
     var oTable = $('#example').dataTable( {
       "sAjaxSource": "sources/data.txt",
       "sAjaxDataProp": "data"
     } );
   } );

 </pre>
    </div>

    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   // Get data from { "data": { "inner": [...] } }
   $(document).ready( function() {
     var oTable = $('#example').dataTable( {
       "sAjaxSource": "sources/data.txt",
       "sAjaxDataProp": "data.inner"
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  even"><a name="sAjaxSource"></a><a name="sAjaxSource_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sAjaxSource">sAjaxSource</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>You can instruct DataTables to load data from an external source using this
parameter (use aData if you want to pass data in you already have). Simply
provide a url a JSON object can be obtained from. This object must include
the parameter 'aaData' which is the data source for the table.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "sAjaxSource": "http://www.sprymedia.co.uk/dataTables/json.php"
     } );
   } )</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  odd"><a name="sCookiePrefix"></a><a name="sCookiePrefix_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sCookiePrefix">sCookiePrefix</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>This parameter can be used to override the default prefix that DataTables
assigns to a cookie when state saving is enabled.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "sCookiePrefix": "my_datatable_",
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  even"><a name="sDom"></a><a name="sDom_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sDom">sDom</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>This initialisation variable allows you to specify exactly where in the
DOM you want DataTables to inject the various controls it adds to the page
(for example you might want the pagination controls at the top of the
table). DIV elements (with or without a custom class) can also be added to
aid styling. The follow syntax is used:
  <ul>
    <li>The following options are allowed: <br />
      <ul>
        <li>'l' - Length changing</li
        <li>'f' - Filtering input</li>
        <li>'t' - The table!</li>
        <li>'i' - Information</li>
        <li>'p' - Pagination</li>
        <li>'r' - pRocessing</li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li>The following constants are allowed:
      <ul>
        <li>'H' - jQueryUI theme "header" classes ('fg-toolbar ui-widget-header ui-corner-tl ui-corner-tr ui-helper-clearfix')</li>
        <li>'F' - jQueryUI theme "footer" classes ('fg-toolbar ui-widget-header ui-corner-bl ui-corner-br ui-helper-clearfix')</li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li>The following syntax is expected:
      <ul>
        <li>'&lt;' and '&gt;' - div elements</li>
        <li>'&lt;"class" and '&gt;' - div with a class</li>
        <li>'&lt;"#id" and '&gt;' - div with an ID</li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li>Examples:
      <ul>
        <li>'&lt;"wrapper"flipt&gt;'</li>
        <li>'&lt;lf&lt;t&gt;ip&gt;'</li>
      </ul>
    </li>
  </ul></p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "sDom": '&lt;"top"i&gt;rt&lt;"bottom"flp&gt;&lt;"clear"&gt;'
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  odd"><a name="sPaginationType"></a><a name="sPaginationType_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sPaginationType">sPaginationType</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>DataTables features two different built-in pagination interaction methods
('two_button' or 'full_numbers') which present different page controls to
the end user. Further methods can be added using the API (see below).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "sPaginationType": "full_numbers"
     } );
   } )</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  even"><a name="sScrollX"></a><a name="sScrollX_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sScrollX">sScrollX</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Enable horizontal scrolling. When a table is too wide to fit into a certain
layout, or you have a large number of columns in the table, you can enable
x-scrolling to show the table in a viewport, which can be scrolled. This
property can be any CSS unit, or a number (in which case it will be treated
as a pixel measurement).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "sScrollX": "100%",
       "bScrollCollapse": true
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  odd"><a name="sScrollXInner"></a><a name="sScrollXInner_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sScrollXInner">sScrollXInner</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>This property can be used to force a DataTable to use more width than it
might otherwise do when x-scrolling is enabled. For example if you have a
table which requires to be well spaced, this parameter is useful for
"over-sizing" the table, and thus forcing scrolling. This property can by
any CSS unit, or a number (in which case it will be treated as a pixel
measurement).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "sScrollX": "100%",
       "sScrollXInner": "110%"
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  even"><a name="sScrollY"></a><a name="sScrollY_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sScrollY">sScrollY</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class="  even"><p>Enable vertical scrolling. Vertical scrolling will constrain the DataTable
to the given height, and enable scrolling for any data which overflows the
current viewport. This can be used as an alternative to paging to display
a lot of data in a small area (although paging and scrolling can both be
enabled at the same time). This property can be any CSS unit, or a number
(in which case it will be treated as a pixel measurement).</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "sScrollY": "200px",
       "bPaginate": false
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd><dt class="  odd"><a name="sServerMethod"></a><a name="sServerMethod_details"></a><span class="type-attr"><span class="type-signature">&lt;static> </span></span><span class="type-name"><a href="#sServerMethod">sServerMethod</a></span><span class="type-sig"><span class="type-signature"> :string</span></span></dt><dd class="  odd"><p>Set the HTTP method that is used to make the Ajax call for server-side
processing or Ajax sourced data.</p><div class="collapse_details"><dl class="details">

</dl>
<h5>Example</h5>
    <div class="example-code">
    	<pre class="brush: js">   $(document).ready( function() {
     $('#example').dataTable( {
       "bServerSide": true,
       "sAjaxSource": "scripts/post.php",
       "sServerMethod": "POST"
     } );
   } );</pre>
    </div>
</div></dd>
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