This example shows a modification of the multiple row selection example, where just a single can now be selected. This is done simply by checking to see if the row already has a selected class or not, and if so removing it, if not then the class is removed from any other row in the table which does have it and applied to the row to be selected.

It can be quite useful at times to provide the user with the option to select rows in a DataTable. This can be done by simply using a click event to add/remove a class on the table rows. The rows().data() method can then be used to get the data for the selected rows. In this case it is simply counting the number of selected rows, but much more complex interactions can easily be developed.

Individual columns searching with text inputs. The searching functionality that is provided by DataTables is very useful for quickly search through the information in the table - however the search is global, and you may wish to present controls to search on specific columns only. This examples shows text elements being used with the column().search() method to add input controls in the footer of the table for each column.

Individual columns searching with selects. This example is almost identical to text based individual column example and provides the same functionality, but in this case using select input controls. After the table is initialised, the API is used to build the select inputs through the use of the column().data() method to get the data for each column in turn.