DataTables has the ability to show tables with horizontal scrolling, which is very useful for when
you have a wide table, but want to constrain it to a limited horizontal display area. To enable
x-scrolling simply set the scrollX parameter to be whatever you want the container
wrapper's width to be (this should be 100% in almost all cases with the width being constrained by the
container element).
The example below shows a table too wide for the containing element with x-scrolling enabled. The
CSS option of th, td { white-space: nowrap; } is also set to have the text content of each
row on a single line (otherwise the browser will line break the text to have it fit into the available
area).
| First name | Last name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary | Extn. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger | Nixon | System Architect | Edinburgh | 61 | 2011/04/25 | $3,120 | 5421 | t.nixon@datatables.net |
| Garrett | Winters | Director | Edinburgh | 63 | 2011/07/25 | $5,300 | 8422 | g.winters@datatables.net |
| Ashton | Cox | Technical Author | San Francisco | 66 | 2009/01/12 | $4,800 | 1562 | a.cox@datatables.net |
| Cedric | Kelly | Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 22 | 2012/03/29 | $3,600 | 6224 | c.kelly@datatables.net |
| Jenna | Elliott | Financial Controller | Edinburgh | 33 | 2008/11/28 | $5,300 | 5407 | j.elliott@datatables.net |
| Brielle | Williamson | Integration Specialist | New York | 61 | 2012/12/02 | $4,525 | 4804 | b.williamson@datatables.net |
| Herrod | Chandler | Sales Assistant | San Francisco | 59 | 2012/08/06 | $4,080 | 9608 | h.chandler@datatables.net |
| Rhona | Davidson | Integration Specialist | Edinburgh | 55 | 2010/10/14 | $6,730 | 6200 | r.davidson@datatables.net |
| Colleen | Hurst | Javascript Developer | San Francisco | 39 | 2009/09/15 | $5,000 | 2360 | c.hurst@datatables.net |
| Sonya | Frost | Software Engineer | Edinburgh | 23 | 2008/12/13 | $3,600 | 1667 | s.frost@datatables.net |
| Jena | Gaines | System Architect | London | 30 | 2008/12/19 | $5,000 | 3814 | j.gaines@datatables.net |
| Quinn | Flynn | Financial Controller | Edinburgh | 22 | 2013/03/03 | $4,200 | 9497 | q.flynn@datatables.net |
| Charde | Marshall | Regional Director | San Francisco | 36 | 2008/10/16 | $5,300 | 6741 | c.marshall@datatables.net |
| Haley | Kennedy | Senior Marketing Designer | London | 43 | 2012/12/18 | $4,800 | 3597 | h.kennedy@datatables.net |
| Tatyana | Fitzpatrick | Regional Director | London | 19 | 2010/03/17 | $2,875 | 1965 | t.fitzpatrick@datatables.net |
| Michael | Silva | Senior Marketing Designer | London | 66 | 2012/11/27 | $3,750 | 1581 | m.silva@datatables.net |
| Paul | Byrd | Javascript Developer | New York | 64 | 2010/06/09 | $5,000 | 3059 | p.byrd@datatables.net |
| Gloria | Little | Systems Administrator | New York | 59 | 2009/04/10 | $3,120 | 1721 | g.little@datatables.net |
| Bradley | Greer | Software Engineer | London | 41 | 2012/10/13 | $3,120 | 2558 | b.greer@datatables.net |
| Dai | Rios | System Architect | Edinburgh | 35 | 2012/09/26 | $4,200 | 2290 | d.rios@datatables.net |
| Jenette | Caldwell | Financial Controller | New York | 30 | 2011/09/03 | $4,965 | 1937 | j.caldwell@datatables.net |
| Yuri | Berry | System Architect | New York | 40 | 2009/06/25 | $3,600 | 6154 | y.berry@datatables.net |
| Caesar | Vance | Technical Author | New York | 21 | 2011/12/12 | $4,965 | 8330 | c.vance@datatables.net |
| Doris | Wilder | Sales Assistant | Edinburgh | 23 | 2010/09/20 | $4,965 | 3023 | d.wilder@datatables.net |
| Angelica | Ramos | System Architect | London | 36 | 2009/10/09 | $2,875 | 5797 | a.ramos@datatables.net |
| Gavin | Joyce | Developer | Edinburgh | 42 | 2010/12/22 | $4,525 | 8822 | g.joyce@datatables.net |
| Jennifer | Chang | Regional Director | London | 28 | 2010/11/14 | $4,080 | 9239 | j.chang@datatables.net |
| Brenden | Wagner | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 18 | 2011/06/07 | $3,750 | 1314 | b.wagner@datatables.net |
| Ebony | Grimes | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 48 | 2010/03/11 | $2,875 | 2947 | e.grimes@datatables.net |
| Russell | Chavez | Director | Edinburgh | 20 | 2011/08/14 | $3,600 | 8899 | r.chavez@datatables.net |
| Michelle | House | Integration Specialist | Edinburgh | 37 | 2011/06/02 | $3,750 | 2769 | m.house@datatables.net |
| Suki | Burks | Developer | London | 53 | 2009/10/22 | $2,875 | 6832 | s.burks@datatables.net |
| Prescott | Bartlett | Technical Author | London | 27 | 2011/05/07 | $6,730 | 3606 | p.bartlett@datatables.net |
| Gavin | Cortez | Technical Author | San Francisco | 22 | 2008/10/26 | $6,730 | 2860 | g.cortez@datatables.net |
| Martena | Mccray | Integration Specialist | Edinburgh | 46 | 2011/03/09 | $4,080 | 8240 | m.mccray@datatables.net |
| Unity | Butler | Senior Marketing Designer | San Francisco | 47 | 2009/12/09 | $3,750 | 5384 | u.butler@datatables.net |
| Howard | Hatfield | Financial Controller | San Francisco | 51 | 2008/12/16 | $4,080 | 7031 | h.hatfield@datatables.net |
| Hope | Fuentes | Financial Controller | San Francisco | 41 | 2010/02/12 | $4,200 | 6318 | h.fuentes@datatables.net |
| Vivian | Harrell | System Architect | San Francisco | 62 | 2009/02/14 | $4,965 | 9422 | v.harrell@datatables.net |
| Timothy | Mooney | Financial Controller | London | 37 | 2008/12/11 | $4,200 | 7580 | t.mooney@datatables.net |
| Jackson | Bradshaw | Director | New York | 65 | 2008/09/26 | $5,000 | 1042 | j.bradshaw@datatables.net |
| Miriam | Weiss | Support Engineer | Edinburgh | 64 | 2011/02/03 | $4,965 | 2120 | m.weiss@datatables.net |
| Bruno | Nash | Software Engineer | London | 38 | 2011/05/03 | $4,200 | 6222 | b.nash@datatables.net |
| Odessa | Jackson | Support Engineer | Edinburgh | 37 | 2009/08/19 | $3,600 | 9383 | o.jackson@datatables.net |
| Thor | Walton | Developer | New York | 61 | 2013/08/11 | $3,600 | 8327 | t.walton@datatables.net |
| Finn | Camacho | Support Engineer | San Francisco | 47 | 2009/07/07 | $4,800 | 2927 | f.camacho@datatables.net |
| Elton | Baldwin | Data Coordinator | Edinburgh | 64 | 2012/04/09 | $6,730 | 8352 | e.baldwin@datatables.net |
| Zenaida | Frank | Software Engineer | New York | 63 | 2010/01/04 | $4,800 | 7439 | z.frank@datatables.net |
| Zorita | Serrano | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 56 | 2012/06/01 | $5,300 | 4389 | z.serrano@datatables.net |
| Jennifer | Acosta | Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 43 | 2013/02/01 | $2,875 | 3431 | j.acosta@datatables.net |
| Cara | Stevens | Sales Assistant | New York | 46 | 2011/12/06 | $4,800 | 3990 | c.stevens@datatables.net |
| Hermione | Butler | Director | London | 47 | 2011/03/21 | $4,080 | 1016 | h.butler@datatables.net |
| Lael | Greer | Systems Administrator | London | 21 | 2009/02/27 | $3,120 | 6733 | l.greer@datatables.net |
| Jonas | Alexander | Developer | San Francisco | 30 | 2010/07/14 | $5,300 | 8196 | j.alexander@datatables.net |
| Shad | Decker | Regional Director | Edinburgh | 51 | 2008/11/13 | $5,300 | 6373 | s.decker@datatables.net |
| Michael | Bruce | Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 29 | 2011/06/27 | $4,080 | 5384 | m.bruce@datatables.net |
| Donna | Snider | System Architect | New York | 27 | 2011/01/25 | $3,120 | 4226 | d.snider@datatables.net |
The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#example').dataTable( {
"scrollX": true
} );
} );
In addition to the above code, the following Javascript library files are loaded for use in this example:
The HTML shown below is the raw HTML table element, before it has been enhanced by DataTables:
This example uses a little bit of additional CSS beyond what is loaded from the library files (below), in order to correctly display the table. The additional CSS used is shown below:
th, td { white-space: nowrap; }
div.dataTables_wrapper {
width: 800px;
margin: 0 auto;
}
The following CSS library files are loaded for use in this example to provide the styling of the table:
This table loads data by Ajax. The latest data that has been loaded is shown below. This data will update automatically as any additional data is loaded.