## Plug-ins

##### API Plug-in Methods

The DataTables API is designed to be fully extensible, with custom functions being very easy to add using the $.fn.dataTable.Api.register function. This function takes two arguments

Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Tiger Nixon | System Architect | Edinburgh | 61 | 2011/04/25 | $320,800
Garrett Winters | Accountant | Tokyo | 63 | 2011/07/25 | $170,750
Ashton Cox | Junior Technical Author | San Francisco | 66 | 2009/01/12 | $86,000
Cedric Kelly | Senior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 22 | 2012/03/29 | $433,060
Airi Satou | Accountant | Tokyo | 33 | 2008/11/28 | $162,700
Brielle Williamson | Integration Specialist | New York | 61 | 2012/12/02 | $372,000
Herrod Chandler | Sales Assistant | San Francisco | 59 | 2012/08/06 | $137,500
Rhona Davidson | Integration Specialist | Tokyo | 55 | 2010/10/14 | $327,900
Colleen Hurst | Javascript Developer | San Francisco | 39 | 2009/09/15 | $205,500
Sonya Frost | Software Engineer | Edinburgh | 23 | 2008/12/13 | $103,600
Jena Gaines | Office Manager | London | 30 | 2008/12/19 | $90,560
Quinn Flynn | Support Lead | Edinburgh | 22 | 2013/03/03 | $342,000
Charde Marshall | Regional Director | San Francisco | 36 | 2008/10/16 | $470,600
Haley Kennedy | Senior Marketing Designer | London | 43 | 2012/12/18 | $313,500
Tatyana Fitzpatrick | Regional Director | London | 19 | 2010/03/17 | $385,750
Michael Silva | Marketing Designer | London | 66 | 2012/11/27 | $198,500
Paul Byrd | Chief Financial Officer (CFO) | New York | 64 | 2010/06/09 | $725,000
Gloria Little | Systems Administrator | New York | 59 | 2009/04/10 | $237,500
Bradley Greer | Software Engineer | London | 41 | 2012/10/13 | $132,000
Dai Rios | Personnel Lead | Edinburgh | 35 | 2012/09/26 | $217,500
Jenette Caldwell | Development Lead | New York | 30 | 2011/09/03 | $345,000
Yuri Mantis | Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) | New York | 40 | 2009/06/25 | $675,000
Caesar Vance | Pre-Sales Support | New York | 21 | 2011/12/12 | $106,450
Doris Wilder | Sales Assistant | Sidney | 23 | 2010/09/20 | $85,600
Angelica Ramos | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) | London | 47 | 2009/10/09 | $1,200,000
Gavin Joyce | Developer | Edinburgh | 42 | 2010/12/22 | $92,575
Jennifer Chang | Regional Director | Singapore | 28 | 2010/11/14 | $357,650
Brenden Wagner | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 28 | 2011/06/07 | $206,850
Fiona Green | Chief Operating Officer (COO) | San Francisco | 48 | 2010/03/11 | $850,000
Shou Itou | Regional Marketing | Tokyo | 20 | 2011/08/14 | $163,000
Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary

##### Ordering Plug-ins (with type detection)

Although DataTables will automatically order data from a number of different data types using the built in methods, when dealing with more complex formatted data

Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Tiger Nixon | System Architect | Edinburgh | 61 | 2011/04/25 | $320,800
Garrett Winters | Accountant | Tokyo | 63 | 2011/07/25 | $170,750
Ashton Cox | Junior Technical Author | San Francisco | 66 | 2009/01/12 | $86,000
Cedric Kelly | Senior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 22 | 2012/03/29 | $433,060
Airi Satou | Accountant | Tokyo | 33 | 2008/11/28 | $162,700
Brielle Williamson | Integration Specialist | New York | 61 | 2012/12/02 | $372,000
Herrod Chandler | Sales Assistant | San Francisco | 59 | 2012/08/06 | $137,500
Rhona Davidson | Integration Specialist | Tokyo | 55 | 2010/10/14 | $327,900
Colleen Hurst | Javascript Developer | San Francisco | 39 | 2009/09/15 | $205,500
Sonya Frost | Software Engineer | Edinburgh | 23 | 2008/12/13 | $103,600
Jena Gaines | Office Manager | London | 30 | 2008/12/19 | $90,560
Quinn Flynn | Support Lead | Edinburgh | 22 | 2013/03/03 | $342,000
Charde Marshall | Regional Director | San Francisco | 36 | 2008/10/16 | $470,600
Haley Kennedy | Senior Marketing Designer | London | 43 | 2012/12/18 | $313,500
Tatyana Fitzpatrick | Regional Director | London | 19 | 2010/03/17 | $385,750
Michael Silva | Marketing Designer | London | 66 | 2012/11/27 | $198,500
Paul Byrd | Chief Financial Officer (CFO) | New York | 64 | 2010/06/09 | $725,000
Gloria Little | Systems Administrator | New York | 59 | 2009/04/10 | $237,500
Bradley Greer | Software Engineer | London | 41 | 2012/10/13 | $132,000
Dai Rios | Personnel Lead | Edinburgh | 35 | 2012/09/26 | $217,500
Jenette Caldwell | Development Lead | New York | 30 | 2011/09/03 | $345,000
Yuri Mantis | Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) | New York | 40 | 2009/06/25 | $675,000
Caesar Vance | Pre-Sales Support | New York | 21 | 2011/12/12 | $106,450
Doris Wilder | Sales Assistant | Sidney | 23 | 2010/09/20 | $85,600
Angelica Ramos | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) | London | 47 | 2009/10/09 | $1,200,000
Gavin Joyce | Developer | Edinburgh | 42 | 2010/12/22 | $92,575
Jennifer Chang | Regional Director | Singapore | 28 | 2010/11/14 | $357,650
Brenden Wagner | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 28 | 2011/06/07 | $206,850
Fiona Green | Chief Operating Officer (COO) | San Francisco | 48 | 2010/03/11 | $850,000
Shou Itou | Regional Marketing | Tokyo | 20 | 2011/08/14 | $163,000
Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary

##### Custom Filtering - Range Search

There may be occasions when you wish to search data presented to the end user in your own manner, common examples are number range searches (in between two numbers) and date range searches

Minimum age: |
Maximum age: |

Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Tiger Nixon | System Architect | Edinburgh | 61 | 2011/04/25 | $320,800
Garrett Winters | Accountant | Tokyo | 63 | 2011/07/25 | $170,750
Ashton Cox | Junior Technical Author | San Francisco | 66 | 2009/01/12 | $86,000
Cedric Kelly | Senior Javascript Developer | Edinburgh | 22 | 2012/03/29 | $433,060
Airi Satou | Accountant | Tokyo | 33 | 2008/11/28 | $162,700
Brielle Williamson | Integration Specialist | New York | 61 | 2012/12/02 | $372,000
Herrod Chandler | Sales Assistant | San Francisco | 59 | 2012/08/06 | $137,500
Rhona Davidson | Integration Specialist | Tokyo | 55 | 2010/10/14 | $327,900
Colleen Hurst | Javascript Developer | San Francisco | 39 | 2009/09/15 | $205,500
Sonya Frost | Software Engineer | Edinburgh | 23 | 2008/12/13 | $103,600
Jena Gaines | Office Manager | London | 30 | 2008/12/19 | $90,560
Quinn Flynn | Support Lead | Edinburgh | 22 | 2013/03/03 | $342,000
Charde Marshall | Regional Director | San Francisco | 36 | 2008/10/16 | $470,600
Haley Kennedy | Senior Marketing Designer | London | 43 | 2012/12/18 | $313,500
Tatyana Fitzpatrick | Regional Director | London | 19 | 2010/03/17 | $385,750
Michael Silva | Marketing Designer | London | 66 | 2012/11/27 | $198,500
Paul Byrd | Chief Financial Officer (CFO) | New York | 64 | 2010/06/09 | $725,000
Gloria Little | Systems Administrator | New York | 59 | 2009/04/10 | $237,500
Bradley Greer | Software Engineer | London | 41 | 2012/10/13 | $132,000
Dai Rios | Personnel Lead | Edinburgh | 35 | 2012/09/26 | $217,500
Jenette Caldwell | Development Lead | New York | 30 | 2011/09/03 | $345,000
Yuri Mantis | Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) | New York | 40 | 2009/06/25 | $675,000
Caesar Vance | Pre-Sales Support | New York | 21 | 2011/12/12 | $106,450
Doris Wilder | Sales Assistant | Sidney | 23 | 2010/09/20 | $85,600
Angelica Ramos | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) | London | 47 | 2009/10/09 | $1,200,000
Gavin Joyce | Developer | Edinburgh | 42 | 2010/12/22 | $92,575
Jennifer Chang | Regional Director | Singapore | 28 | 2010/11/14 | $357,650
Brenden Wagner | Software Engineer | San Francisco | 28 | 2011/06/07 | $206,850
Fiona Green | Chief Operating Officer (COO) | San Francisco | 48 | 2010/03/11 | $850,000
Shou Itou | Regional Marketing | Tokyo | 20 | 2011/08/14 | $163,000
Name | Position | Office | Age | Start date | Salary

##### Live DOM Ordering

This example shows how you can use information available in the DOM to order columns. Typically DataTables will read information to be ordered during its initialization phase

Name | Age | Position | Office
--- | --- | --- | ---
Tiger Nixon |  |  |
Garrett Winters |  |  |
Ashton Cox |  |  |
Cedric Kelly |  |  |
Airi Satou |  |  |
Brielle Williamson |  |  |
Herrod Chandler |  |  |
Rhona Davidson |  |  |
Colleen Hurst |  |  |
Sonya Frost |  |  |
Jena Gaines |  |  |
Quinn Flynn |  |  |
Charde Marshall |  |  |
Haley Kennedy |  |  |
Tatyana Fitzpatrick |  |  |
Michael Silva |  |  |
Paul Byrd |  |  |
Gloria Little |  |  |
Bradley Greer |  |  |
Dai Rios |  |  |
Jenette Caldwell |  |  |
Yuri Mantis |  |  |
Caesar Vance |  |  |
Doris Wilder |  |  |
Angelica Ramos |  |  |
Gavin Joyce |  |  |
Jennifer Chang |  |  |
Brenden Wagner |  |  |
Fiona Green |  |  |
Shou Itou |  |  |
Michelle House |  |  |
Name | Age | Position | Office

##### Settings

- ###### Theme Mode

  Choose light or dark mode or Auto

- ###### Sidebar Theme

  Choose Sidebar Theme

- ###### Accent color

  Choose your primary theme color

- ###### Sidebar Caption

  Sidebar Caption Hide/Show

- ###### Theme Layout

  LTR/RTL

- ###### Layout Width

  Choose Full or Container Layout