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Important

The current gem is released without updated plugins. If you encounter any errors, please fork the repository, update the plugin files and send a pull-request.

jquery-datatables-rails

This gem packages the jQuery DataTables plugin for easy use with the Rails 3.1+ asset pipleine.

It provides all the basic DataTables files, and a few of the extras.

General Installation

  1. Add to your Gemfile:

     gem 'jquery-datatables-rails', git: 'git://github.com/rweng/jquery-datatables-rails.git'

  2. Install the gem:

     bundle install

  3. Add the JavaScript to application.js:

     //= require dataTables/jquery.dataTables

  4. Add the stylesheets to application.css:

     *= require dataTables/jquery.dataTables

Twitter Bootstrap 2 Installation

  1. Complete steps 1-3 of the General Installation

  2. Add some more JavaScript to application.js:

     //= require dataTables/jquery.dataTables.bootstrap

  3. Add this (and only this) stylesheet to application.css:

     *= require dataTables/jquery.dataTables.bootstrap

  4. Initialize your datatables using one of these options:

// For fluid containers
$('.datatable').dataTable({
  "sDom": "<'row-fluid'<'span6'l><'span6'f>r>t<'row-fluid'<'span6'i><'span6'p>>",
  "sPaginationType": "bootstrap"
});
// For fixed width containers
$('.datatable').dataTable({
  "sDom": "<'row'<'span6'l><'span6'f>r>t<'row'<'span6'i><'span6'p>>",
  "sPaginationType": "bootstrap"
});

Plugins

Only a few plugins are currently available

  • api
    • fnReloadAjax
    • fnGetColumnData
    • fnFilterOnReturn
    • fnSetFilteringDelay
  • sorting
    • numbersHtml
  • typeDetection
    • numberHtml

These files can be found in the assets directory.

Extras

Only the official extras are available:

  • AutoFill
  • ColReorder
  • ColVis
  • FixedColumns
  • FixedHeader
  • KeyTable
  • Scroller
  • TableTools

To add an extra into your application, add its JS file to application.js using the following pattern:

//= require dataTables/extras/[ExtraName]

Additionally, you may need to add any associated CSS files. For instance the TableTools extra requires you to add the following two lines to your application.css file:

*= require dataTables/extras/TableTools
*= require dataTables/extras/TableTools_JUI

Make sure to also add it's initialization as described on datatables extras' site