README

This package contains distribution files required to style DataTables table enhancement library with styling integration for Bootstrap5.

DataTables is a table enhancing library which adds features such as paging, ordering, search, scrolling and many more to a static HTML page. A comprehensive API is also available that can be used to manipulate the table. Please refer to the DataTables web-site for a full range of documentation and examples.

Installation

Browser

To use DataTables with a simple <script> tag, rather than using this package, it is recommended that you use the DataTables download builder which can create CDN or locally hosted packages for you, will all dependencies satisfied.

npm

For installation via npm, yarn and other similar package managers, install this package with your package manager - e.g.:

npm install datatables.net-bs5

Then, to load and initialise DataTables in your code use:

import DataTable from 'datatables.net-bs5';

new DataTable('#myTable', {
    // initialisation options
});

If you are using an old version of Node or a CommonJS loader, you might need to use the require syntax:

const DataTable = require('datatables.net-bs5');

new DataTable('#myTable', {
    // initialisation options
});

Documentation

Full documentation of the DataTables options, API and plug-in interface are available on the website. The site also contains information on the wide variety of plug-ins that are available for DataTables, which can be used to enhance and customise your table even further.

Bug / Support

Support for DataTables is available through the DataTables forums and commercial support options are available.

Contributing

If you are thinking of contributing code to DataTables, first of all, thank you! All fixes, patches and enhancements to DataTables are very warmly welcomed. This repository is a distribution repo, so patches and issues sent to this repo will not be accepted. Instead, please direct pull requests to the DataTables/DataTablesSrc. For issues / bugs, please direct your questions to the DataTables forums.

License

This software is released under the MIT license. You are free to use, modify and distribute this software, but all copyright information must remain.