Complex headers

This example demonstrates the use of ColReorder with complex headers (i.e. multi-row headers and / or colspan/ rowspan attributes on the header's cells).

Name		HR			Contact
First name	Last name	Position	Office	Age	Extn.	E-mail
Tiger	Nixon	System Architect	Edinburgh	61	5421	t.nixon@datatables.net
Garrett	Winters	Accountant	Tokyo	63	8422	g.winters@datatables.net
Ashton	Cox	Junior Technical Author	San Francisco	66	1562	a.cox@datatables.net
Cedric	Kelly	Senior Javascript Developer	Edinburgh	22	6224	c.kelly@datatables.net
Airi	Satou	Accountant	Tokyo	33	5407	a.satou@datatables.net
Brielle	Williamson	Integration Specialist	New York	61	4804	b.williamson@datatables.net
Herrod	Chandler	Sales Assistant	San Francisco	59	9608	h.chandler@datatables.net
Rhona	Davidson	Integration Specialist	Tokyo	55	6200	r.davidson@datatables.net
Colleen	Hurst	Javascript Developer	San Francisco	39	2360	c.hurst@datatables.net
Sonya	Frost	Software Engineer	Edinburgh	23	1667	s.frost@datatables.net
Jena	Gaines	Office Manager	London	30	3814	j.gaines@datatables.net
Quinn	Flynn	Support Lead	Edinburgh	22	9497	q.flynn@datatables.net
Charde	Marshall	Regional Director	San Francisco	36	6741	c.marshall@datatables.net
Haley	Kennedy	Senior Marketing Designer	London	43	3597	h.kennedy@datatables.net
Tatyana	Fitzpatrick	Regional Director	London	19	1965	t.fitzpatrick@datatables.net
Michael	Silva	Marketing Designer	London	66	1581	m.silva@datatables.net
Paul	Byrd	Chief Financial Officer (CFO)	New York	64	3059	p.byrd@datatables.net
Gloria	Little	Systems Administrator	New York	59	1721	g.little@datatables.net
Bradley	Greer	Software Engineer	London	41	2558	b.greer@datatables.net
Dai	Rios	Personnel Lead	Edinburgh	35	2290	d.rios@datatables.net
Jenette	Caldwell	Development Lead	New York	30	1937	j.caldwell@datatables.net
Yuri	Berry	Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)	New York	40	6154	y.berry@datatables.net
Caesar	Vance	Pre-Sales Support	New York	21	8330	c.vance@datatables.net
Doris	Wilder	Sales Assistant	Sydney	23	3023	d.wilder@datatables.net
Angelica	Ramos	Chief Executive Officer (CEO)	London	47	5797	a.ramos@datatables.net
Gavin	Joyce	Developer	Edinburgh	42	8822	g.joyce@datatables.net
Jennifer	Chang	Regional Director	Singapore	28	9239	j.chang@datatables.net
Brenden	Wagner	Software Engineer	San Francisco	28	1314	b.wagner@datatables.net
Fiona	Green	Chief Operating Officer (COO)	San Francisco	48	2947	f.green@datatables.net
Shou	Itou	Regional Marketing	Tokyo	20	8899	s.itou@datatables.net
Michelle	House	Integration Specialist	Sydney	37	2769	m.house@datatables.net
Suki	Burks	Developer	London	53	6832	s.burks@datatables.net
Prescott	Bartlett	Technical Author	London	27	3606	p.bartlett@datatables.net
Gavin	Cortez	Team Leader	San Francisco	22	2860	g.cortez@datatables.net
Martena	Mccray	Post-Sales support	Edinburgh	46	8240	m.mccray@datatables.net
Unity	Butler	Marketing Designer	San Francisco	47	5384	u.butler@datatables.net
Howard	Hatfield	Office Manager	San Francisco	51	7031	h.hatfield@datatables.net
Hope	Fuentes	Secretary	San Francisco	41	6318	h.fuentes@datatables.net
Vivian	Harrell	Financial Controller	San Francisco	62	9422	v.harrell@datatables.net
Timothy	Mooney	Office Manager	London	37	7580	t.mooney@datatables.net
Jackson	Bradshaw	Director	New York	65	1042	j.bradshaw@datatables.net
Olivia	Liang	Support Engineer	Singapore	64	2120	o.liang@datatables.net
Bruno	Nash	Software Engineer	London	38	6222	b.nash@datatables.net
Sakura	Yamamoto	Support Engineer	Tokyo	37	9383	s.yamamoto@datatables.net
Thor	Walton	Developer	New York	61	8327	t.walton@datatables.net
Finn	Camacho	Support Engineer	San Francisco	47	2927	f.camacho@datatables.net
Serge	Baldwin	Data Coordinator	Singapore	64	8352	s.baldwin@datatables.net
Zenaida	Frank	Software Engineer	New York	63	7439	z.frank@datatables.net
Zorita	Serrano	Software Engineer	San Francisco	56	4389	z.serrano@datatables.net
Jennifer	Acosta	Junior Javascript Developer	Edinburgh	43	3431	j.acosta@datatables.net
Cara	Stevens	Sales Assistant	New York	46	3990	c.stevens@datatables.net
Hermione	Butler	Regional Director	London	47	1016	h.butler@datatables.net
Lael	Greer	Systems Administrator	London	21	6733	l.greer@datatables.net
Jonas	Alexander	Developer	San Francisco	30	8196	j.alexander@datatables.net
Shad	Decker	Regional Director	Edinburgh	51	6373	s.decker@datatables.net
Michael	Bruce	Javascript Developer	Singapore	29	5384	m.bruce@datatables.net
Donna	Snider	Customer Support	New York	27	4226	d.snider@datatables.net
First name	Last name	Position	Office	Age	Extn.	E-mail

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The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:

$('#example').DataTable({
	colReorder: true
});

new DataTable('#example', {
	colReorder: 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:

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.

The script used to perform the server-side processing for this table is shown below. Please note that this is just an example script using PHP. Server-side processing scripts can be written in any language, using the protocol described in the DataTables documentation.

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