simple-datatables

A lightweight, extendable, JavaScript HTML table library written in TypeScript and transpilled to Vanilla JavaScript. Similar to jQuery DataTables for use in modern browsers, but without the jQuery dependency.

Examples / Demos

See the demos here and the documentation here.

Upgrading

For upgrading from one major version to another, check the upgrade guide: https://fiduswriter.github.io/simple-datatables/documentation/Upgrading

Note: The upgrade from version 5 version 6 is the most complicated upgrade so far. Please read through the instructions before filing complaints. If you run simple-datatables from a CDN, make sure that you have fixed it to a specific major or minor version so that you do not accidentally upload to a new version that requires you to do lots of manual adjustments.

CDN

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

Note: For production websites, specify a specific major version. For example https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/simple-datatables@6 for the latest version in the 6.x.x series or https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected] for the latest version in the 6.0.x series.

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

License

LGPL

Features

• Sortable/filterable columns
• Pagination
• Searchable
• Customisable layout
• Customisable labels
• Customise column rendering
• Export to common formats like csv, txt, json, and sql
• Import csv and json data
• Control column visibility
• Reorder or swap columns
• dayjs integration for sorting columns with datetime strings
• Using diffDOM for faster DOM updates.

simple-datatables Documentation

History

This project started as a fork of Vanilla-DataTables, but it has since been converted to TypeScript.

If you want a version that works in very old browsers (IE, etc.), then head over to https://github.com/fiduswriter/simple-datatables-classic .

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Install

npm

npm install simple-datatables --save

Yarn

yarn add simple-datatables

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Quick Start

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

import {DataTable} from "simple-datatables"

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

// or

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

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

import {DataTable} from "simple-datatables"

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

If using the CDN:

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

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How to contribute?

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a sub-branch
3. Clone the sub-branch to your local system
4. Install NodeJS
5. Open the project in a code editor (for example Visual Studio Code or Pulsar Edit)
6. Open the Terminal
7. Run npm install in the Terminal
8. Start making changes and contributing to the project 🙂
9. You can run npm run test_server to test your code. This runs on port 3000 (http://localhost:3000/)
10. You can also run npm run build in the Terminal to build the final files
11. Once finished, then commit/push your code and create a Pull Request on GitHub for the changes