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I can combine the cells fine, it's when I wrap the <a> around it, it fails.

See the columns.render docs. The docs show the third parameter, called row, contains the data for the full row. Also see this example. Something like this should work:

The problem might be the missing thead tag for the header. See the HTML requirements doc for details. See this working test case with your HTML and the added thead:

In my datatable, I need to create a link using <a href=""> but pass a value of another cell for that row to a function to get executed to load a list box. I'm able to add the link usi…

Thank you for replying.

I have an auto-generated table that gets created after a jQuery ajax call returns a json payload.

I noticed that too. I started this thread. There is a fix in the nightly code or you can wait until the official release of the next versions. Maybe next week.

It seems you are right, I've prepared the test case, but in, let's say, standard conditions filters are kept. Exactly like you said.

First issue:

Just as an update, here is what I have now

I just remembered the issue in this thread. You are running into the same issue which has a fix. The next release of buttons.html5.js will have the fix. Or you can download the buttons.html5.js ni…

I've been struggling with a problem for a number of days now. Read all the similar posts and can't seem to get this to work.

WHen I'm trying to extra excel, footer throws error:

I am working on a table that I want to include searching based on dates. I have followed https://datatables.net/extensions/searchbuilder/examples/customisation/customConditions.html and have everythi…

Link to test case:

And a dumb question... how to we actually use this? For example say tweak the padding, dark mode, extend/replace css etc. -- the official way?

You've got a mix of the jQuery and non-jQuery initialisations there:

Ah, sorry, I see the issue now. aoColumns[].nTh no longer exists due to the support for multi-row headers. Its an internal property, so I wouldn't recommend using it, or anything else in the settings…

There is something specific with the in that row ( 12 ) that doesn't line up with what Datatables expects in that row. See this section from the technote linked in the error for ideas to look at.

The layout docs show what to do. It shows the default layout where topStart: 'pageLength' is set. If you want to remove it from the top use topStart: null as shown in the first example.