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<h1>Responsive example <span>Complex headers (rowspan / colspan)</span></h1>
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<p>This example shows how Responsive can be used with <em>complex headers</em> (i.e. headers that contain <code>colspan</code> attributes for one or more cells).
As Responsive will removed columns one at a time the cell with the <code>colspan</code> attribute can end up forcing the width of a column, disrupting the flow.
Rather than removing all columns under the <code>colspan</code> cell, we want to reduce the amount of text that is visible in that cell. This example shows how
that can be achieved thought a little bit of jQuery and CSS.</p>
<p>We use jQuery to find the header cells which have a <code>colspan</code> attribute and wrap their contents in a <code class="tag" title="HTML tag">span</code>
tag. That <code class="tag" title="HTML tag">span</code> is then set to <code>position: absolute;</code> using <code>text-overflow: ellipsis</code>. The result is
that the text of the <code>colspan</code> cell will reduce automatically to fit the available area based on the contents of the column cells below it.</p>
<p>This functionality is not currently built into Responsive. It likely will be for v1.1.</p>
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<table id="example" class="display nowrap" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<thead>
<tr>
<th rowspan="2">Name</th>
<th colspan="2">HR Information</th>
<th colspan="3">Contact</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Position</th>
<th>Salary</th>
<th>Office</th>
<th>Extn.</th>
<th>E-mail</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tfoot>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Position</th>
<th>Salary</th>
<th>Office</th>
<th>Extn.</th>
<th>E-mail</th>
</tr>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Tiger Nixon</td>
<td>System Architect</td>
<td>$320,800</td>
<td>Edinburgh</td>
<td>5421</td>
<td>t.nixon@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Garrett Winters</td>
<td>Accountant</td>
<td>$170,750</td>
<td>Tokyo</td>
<td>8422</td>
<td>g.winters@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ashton Cox</td>
<td>Junior Technical Author</td>
<td>$86,000</td>
<td>San Francisco</td>
<td>1562</td>
<td>a.cox@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cedric Kelly</td>
<td>Senior Javascript Developer</td>
<td>$433,060</td>
<td>Edinburgh</td>
<td>6224</td>
<td>c.kelly@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Airi Satou</td>
<td>Accountant</td>
<td>$162,700</td>
<td>Tokyo</td>
<td>5407</td>
<td>a.satou@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Brielle Williamson</td>
<td>Integration Specialist</td>
<td>$372,000</td>
<td>New York</td>
<td>4804</td>
<td>b.williamson@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Herrod Chandler</td>
<td>Sales Assistant</td>
<td>$137,500</td>
<td>San Francisco</td>
<td>9608</td>
<td>h.chandler@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rhona Davidson</td>
<td>Integration Specialist</td>
<td>$327,900</td>
<td>Tokyo</td>
<td>6200</td>
<td>r.davidson@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Colleen Hurst</td>
<td>Javascript Developer</td>
<td>$205,500</td>
<td>San Francisco</td>
<td>2360</td>
<td>c.hurst@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sonya Frost</td>
<td>Software Engineer</td>
<td>$103,600</td>
<td>Edinburgh</td>
<td>1667</td>
<td>s.frost@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jena Gaines</td>
<td>Office Manager</td>
<td>$90,560</td>
<td>London</td>
<td>3814</td>
<td>j.gaines@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Quinn Flynn</td>
<td>Support Lead</td>
<td>$342,000</td>
<td>Edinburgh</td>
<td>9497</td>
<td>q.flynn@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Charde Marshall</td>
<td>Regional Director</td>
<td>$470,600</td>
<td>San Francisco</td>
<td>6741</td>
<td>c.marshall@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Haley Kennedy</td>
<td>Senior Marketing Designer</td>
<td>$313,500</td>
<td>London</td>
<td>3597</td>
<td>h.kennedy@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tatyana Fitzpatrick</td>
<td>Regional Director</td>
<td>$385,750</td>
<td>London</td>
<td>1965</td>
<td>t.fitzpatrick@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Michael Silva</td>
<td>Marketing Designer</td>
<td>$198,500</td>
<td>London</td>
<td>1581</td>
<td>m.silva@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Paul Byrd</td>
<td>Chief Financial Officer (CFO)</td>
<td>$725,000</td>
<td>New York</td>
<td>3059</td>
<td>p.byrd@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gloria Little</td>
<td>Systems Administrator</td>
<td>$237,500</td>
<td>New York</td>
<td>1721</td>
<td>g.little@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bradley Greer</td>
<td>Software Engineer</td>
<td>$132,000</td>
<td>London</td>
<td>2558</td>
<td>b.greer@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dai Rios</td>
<td>Personnel Lead</td>
<td>$217,500</td>
<td>Edinburgh</td>
<td>2290</td>
<td>d.rios@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jenette Caldwell</td>
<td>Development Lead</td>
<td>$345,000</td>
<td>New York</td>
<td>1937</td>
<td>j.caldwell@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Yuri Berry</td>
<td>Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)</td>
<td>$675,000</td>
<td>New York</td>
<td>6154</td>
<td>y.berry@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Caesar Vance</td>
<td>Pre-Sales Support</td>
<td>$106,450</td>
<td>New York</td>
<td>8330</td>
<td>c.vance@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Doris Wilder</td>
<td>Sales Assistant</td>
<td>$85,600</td>
<td>Sidney</td>
<td>3023</td>
<td>d.wilder@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Angelica Ramos</td>
<td>Chief Executive Officer (CEO)</td>
<td>$1,200,000</td>
<td>London</td>
<td>5797</td>
<td>a.ramos@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gavin Joyce</td>
<td>Developer</td>
<td>$92,575</td>
<td>Edinburgh</td>
<td>8822</td>
<td>g.joyce@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jennifer Chang</td>
<td>Regional Director</td>
<td>$357,650</td>
<td>Singapore</td>
<td>9239</td>
<td>j.chang@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Brenden Wagner</td>
<td>Software Engineer</td>
<td>$206,850</td>
<td>San Francisco</td>
<td>1314</td>
<td>b.wagner@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Fiona Green</td>
<td>Chief Operating Officer (COO)</td>
<td>$850,000</td>
<td>San Francisco</td>
<td>2947</td>
<td>f.green@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Shou Itou</td>
<td>Regional Marketing</td>
<td>$163,000</td>
<td>Tokyo</td>
<td>8899</td>
<td>s.itou@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Michelle House</td>
<td>Integration Specialist</td>
<td>$95,400</td>
<td>Sidney</td>
<td>2769</td>
<td>m.house@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Suki Burks</td>
<td>Developer</td>
<td>$114,500</td>
<td>London</td>
<td>6832</td>
<td>s.burks@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Prescott Bartlett</td>
<td>Technical Author</td>
<td>$145,000</td>
<td>London</td>
<td>3606</td>
<td>p.bartlett@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gavin Cortez</td>
<td>Team Leader</td>
<td>$235,500</td>
<td>San Francisco</td>
<td>2860</td>
<td>g.cortez@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Martena Mccray</td>
<td>Post-Sales support</td>
<td>$324,050</td>
<td>Edinburgh</td>
<td>8240</td>
<td>m.mccray@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Unity Butler</td>
<td>Marketing Designer</td>
<td>$85,675</td>
<td>San Francisco</td>
<td>5384</td>
<td>u.butler@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Howard Hatfield</td>
<td>Office Manager</td>
<td>$164,500</td>
<td>San Francisco</td>
<td>7031</td>
<td>h.hatfield@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hope Fuentes</td>
<td>Secretary</td>
<td>$109,850</td>
<td>San Francisco</td>
<td>6318</td>
<td>h.fuentes@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Vivian Harrell</td>
<td>Financial Controller</td>
<td>$452,500</td>
<td>San Francisco</td>
<td>9422</td>
<td>v.harrell@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Timothy Mooney</td>
<td>Office Manager</td>
<td>$136,200</td>
<td>London</td>
<td>7580</td>
<td>t.mooney@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jackson Bradshaw</td>
<td>Director</td>
<td>$645,750</td>
<td>New York</td>
<td>1042</td>
<td>j.bradshaw@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Olivia Liang</td>
<td>Support Engineer</td>
<td>$234,500</td>
<td>Singapore</td>
<td>2120</td>
<td>o.liang@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bruno Nash</td>
<td>Software Engineer</td>
<td>$163,500</td>
<td>London</td>
<td>6222</td>
<td>b.nash@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sakura Yamamoto</td>
<td>Support Engineer</td>
<td>$139,575</td>
<td>Tokyo</td>
<td>9383</td>
<td>s.yamamoto@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Thor Walton</td>
<td>Developer</td>
<td>$98,540</td>
<td>New York</td>
<td>8327</td>
<td>t.walton@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Finn Camacho</td>
<td>Support Engineer</td>
<td>$87,500</td>
<td>San Francisco</td>
<td>2927</td>
<td>f.camacho@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Serge Baldwin</td>
<td>Data Coordinator</td>
<td>$138,575</td>
<td>Singapore</td>
<td>8352</td>
<td>s.baldwin@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Zenaida Frank</td>
<td>Software Engineer</td>
<td>$125,250</td>
<td>New York</td>
<td>7439</td>
<td>z.frank@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Zorita Serrano</td>
<td>Software Engineer</td>
<td>$115,000</td>
<td>San Francisco</td>
<td>4389</td>
<td>z.serrano@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jennifer Acosta</td>
<td>Junior Javascript Developer</td>
<td>$75,650</td>
<td>Edinburgh</td>
<td>3431</td>
<td>j.acosta@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cara Stevens</td>
<td>Sales Assistant</td>
<td>$145,600</td>
<td>New York</td>
<td>3990</td>
<td>c.stevens@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hermione Butler</td>
<td>Regional Director</td>
<td>$356,250</td>
<td>London</td>
<td>1016</td>
<td>h.butler@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Lael Greer</td>
<td>Systems Administrator</td>
<td>$103,500</td>
<td>London</td>
<td>6733</td>
<td>l.greer@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jonas Alexander</td>
<td>Developer</td>
<td>$86,500</td>
<td>San Francisco</td>
<td>8196</td>
<td>j.alexander@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Shad Decker</td>
<td>Regional Director</td>
<td>$183,000</td>
<td>Edinburgh</td>
<td>6373</td>
<td>s.decker@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Michael Bruce</td>
<td>Javascript Developer</td>
<td>$183,000</td>
<td>Singapore</td>
<td>5384</td>
<td>m.bruce@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Donna Snider</td>
<td>Customer Support</td>
<td>$112,000</td>
<td>New York</td>
<td>4226</td>
<td>d.snider@datatables.net</td>
</tr>
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<p>The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:</p><code class="multiline language-js">$(document).ready(function() {
// jQuery update a column title from the demo table to contain a long description
// You would not need to do this in your own code.
$('#example thead tr:eq(0) th:eq(2)').html("This is a really long column title!");
// Wrap the colspan'ing header cells with a span so they can be positioned
// absolutely - filling the available space, and no more.
$('#example thead th[colspan]').wrapInner( '<span/>' ).append( '&nbsp;' );
// Standard initialisation
$('#example').DataTable( {
responsive: true,
paging: false
} );
} );</code>
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<p>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:</p><code class="multiline language-css">th {
position: relative;
min-height: 41px;
}
span {
display: block;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
right: 0;
white-space: nowrap;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
overflow: hidden;
}</code>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>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 <a href="//datatables.net/manual/server-side">the protocol described in the DataTables
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