Preamble

The following example shows how a callback function can be used to format a particular row at draw time. For each row that is generated for display, the fnRowCallback() function is called. It is passed the row node which can then be modified and returned. In this case a trivial example of making the 'grade' column bold if the grade is 'A' is shown (note that this could also be performed using the fnRender() function, but this is just for example).

Live example

Initialisation code

$(document).ready(function() {
	$('#example').dataTable( {
		"fnRowCallback": function( nRow, aData, iDisplayIndex ) {
			/* Append the grade to the default row class name */
			if ( aData[4] == "A" )
			{
				$('td:eq(4)', nRow).html( '<b>A</b>' );
			}
			return nRow;
		},
		"aoColumnDefs": [ {
				"sClass": "center",
				"aTargets": [ -1, -2 ]
		} ]
	} );
} );

Other examples

Basic initialisation

• Zero configuration
• Feature enablement
• Sorting data
• Multi-column sorting
• Multiple tables
• Hidden columns
• DOM positioning
• State saving
• Alternative pagination styles
• Scrolling: Horizontal / Vertical / Both / Themed / Infinite
• Change language information (internationalisation)
• ThemeRoller themes (Smoothness)

Advanced initialisation

• Events (pre initialisation)
• Events (post initialisation)
• Column rendering
• Sorting without HTML tags
• Multiple table controls (sDom)
• Defining length menu options
• Custom toolbar (element) around table
• Row highlighting with CSS
• Column grouping through col/row spans
• Row grouping
• Row callback
• Footer callback
• Change language information from a file (internationalisation)

Data sources

• DOM
• Javascript array
• Ajax source
• Server side processing

Server-side processing

• Obtain server-side data
• Add extra HTTP variables
• Use HTTP POST
• Custom column ordering (in callback data)
• Pipelining data (reduce Ajax calls for paging)
• Show and hide details about a particular record
• User selectable rows (multiple rows)

API

• Dynamically add a new row
• Individual column filtering (using "input" elements)
• Individual column filtering (using "select" elements)
• Highlight rows and columns
• Show and hide details about a particular record
• User selectable rows (multiple rows)
• User selectable rows (single row) and delete rows
• Editable rows (with jEditable)
• Submit form with elements in table
• Index column (static number column)
• Show and hide columns dynamically
• API function use in initialisation object (callback)
• DataTables scrolling and tabs
• Regular expression filtering

Plug-ins

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

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