DataTables: Major update to the highly flexible data table component

Allan Jardine has updated his popular DataTables rich data grid control. Allan told us what his aims were for this 1.4.1 release:

Being fairly happy with the options that DataTables presents to the end user, I’ve focused this release on providing tools for the developer. A plug-in API, non-destructive DOM manipulation (the biggest weak point of the old versions) and documentation are the major new features.

If you take a look at the new rich API you will see that can manipulate the data in the table, build filters, fetch remote data, and more.

What does DataTables feature again?

• Variable length pagination
• On-the-fly filtering
• Multi-coloum sorting with data type detection
• Smart handling of column widths
• Fully internationalisable
  UK, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Norwegian, Portuguese Brazilian (and more) translations provided
• State saving
• Hidden columns
• Dynamic creation of tables
• Ajax auto loading of data
• Custom DOM positioning
• Single column filtering
• Alternative pagination types
• Non-destructive DOM interaction
• Sorting column(s) highlighting
• Extensive plug-in support
  Sorting, type detection, API functions and pagination
• Fully themeable by CSS
• Solid documentation