Buttons

When working with a complex DataTable it is not uncommon to wish to present options that the end user can activate to affect the table, or the data contained within the table in some manner. Displaying buttons that can be clicked, tapped or triggered from a keyboard with one method of doing this and the Buttons extension provides exactly that ability.

The various DataTables extensions provide buttons that can be used to access the functionality of that extension; Editor for example provides add, edit and delete buttons for a table. The buttons that are available are documented here. Furthermore, custom buttons can also be created to perform actions that are specific to your use case.

Buttons can be used through the buttons configuration object with dom used to specify where the buttons should be placed:

$('#myTable').DataTable( {
    dom: 'Bfrtip',
    buttons: [
        'colvis',
        'excel',
        'print'
    ]
} );

For further information about Buttons custom events, please refer to the Buttons extension documentation. Please note that DataTables core does not itself provide any buttons and the Buttons extension must be loaded in order to be able to use the buttons from the extensions.

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Library	Name	Summary
Buttons	`collection`	A button which triggers a drop down with another set of buttons
Buttons	`columnToggle`	A single button that will toggle the visibility of one or more columns
Buttons	`columnVisibility`	A single button that controls the visibility of one or more columns
Buttons	`columnsToggle`	A set of Buttons to toggle the visibility of individual columns
Buttons	`columnsVisibility`	A set of Buttons to set the visibility of individual columns
Buttons	`colvis`	A button collection that provides column visibility control
Buttons	`colvisGroup`	Show and hide multiple columns
Buttons	`colvisRestore`	Restore the visibility of column to their original state
Buttons	`copy`	Copy table data to clipboard button
Buttons	`copyFlash`	Click to copy table data to clipboard button (Adobe Flash - deprecated)
Buttons	`copyHtml5`	Copy table data to clipboard button (HTML)
Buttons	`csv`	Create and save a CSV file that contains the data from the table
Buttons	`csvFlash`	Create and save a CSV file that contains the data from the table (Adobe Flash - deprecated)
Buttons	`csvHtml5`	Create and save a CSV file that contains the data from the table (HTML5)
Buttons	`excel`	Create and save an Excel CSV file that contains the data from the table
Buttons	`excelFlash`	Create and save an Excel XLSX file that contains the data from the table (Adobe Flash - deprecated)
Buttons	`excelHtml5`	Create and save an Excel XLSX file that contains the data from the table (HTML5)
Buttons	`pageLength`	Button collection that will control the DataTables' page length
Buttons	`pdf`	Create and save a PDF file that contains the data from the table
Buttons	`pdfFlash`	Create and save a PDF file that contains the data from the table (Adobe Flash - deprecated)
Buttons	`pdfHtml5`	Create and save a PDF file that contains the data from the table (HTML5)
Buttons	`print`	Button show a printable view of the table's data
SearchBuilder	`searchBuilder`	A single button that displays the SearchBuilder container in a popover.
SearchPanes	`searchPanes`	A single button that displays the SearchPanes container in a popover.
SearchPanes	`searchPanesClear`	A single button that clears the SearchPanes selections.
Select	`selectAll`	Select all items in the table based on the current item select mode
Select	`selectCells`	Change the item selection mode to `cell`.
Select	`selectColumns`	Change the item selection mode to `column`.
Select	`selectNone`	Deselect all selected items in the table.
Select	`selectRows`	Change the item selection mode to `row`.
Select	`selected`	Button that is enabled when one or more items are selected in the table
Select	`selectedSingle`	Button that is enabled when a single item is selected in the table