Pagination at both top and bottom of table?

Hi,

thanks for your question! Yes, this is possible with a custom command for the DataTables JavaScript library that TablePress uses for the pagination feature.

To do this, please try adding this to the “Custom Commands” textfield in the “Features of the DataTables JavaScript library” section on the “Edit” screen of the table:

"sDom": 'lfprtip'

The default value of that command is

"sDom": 'lfrtip'

so that adding a second “p” before the “t’ will add the pagination for a second time.
For the detailed documentation on this, please see https://datatables.net/usage/options#sDom

Regards,
Tobias

Wow it worked perfectly, didn’t think it would be THAT easy =)

Thanks a bunch, 5 stars for you!

Hi,

awesome! Great to hear that ?? Thanks a lot for the confirmation!
And no problem, you are very welcome!

Best wishes,
Tobias

P.S.: In case you haven’t, you can give the 5 stars to TablePress here ?? Thanks!

Thanks for the input on this Tobias. If I may be so bold, I would recommend adding this as an option and/or possibly a default. The nature of the tables is such that, if one’s rows randomly require two lines of text in instances where the text in a cell overflows the first line for text for that row, these pagination tools jump all over the place at the bottom of the page as you’re trying to page through, which makes moving quickly through the pages of the table difficult. But when the tools are at the top, they stay put, and thus you can click very quickly without having to move your cursor over and over again ??

It would still be nice if the tools remained stable at the bottom of the page as you’re paging through though, in which case I would maybe suggest an option for the table to be contained in a “window” with a fixed height and a vertical scroll, in which case the pagination would be outside and below the window and thus it would remain in a fixed position…? Just a thought.

Anyway love the plugin, it looks really nice and is very efficient–great job!

Hi,

thanks for this feedback! While I agree that the pagination at the bottom does not always show the best behavior in some tables, I don’t think that adding an extra option will fix this really. It will most likely just confuse inexperienced users more. Also, it would require extra space at the top that then is missing for the length change drop down and the search/filter field.
I think that it therefore makes much more sense to stay with the default positioning (which comes from the DataTables JS library from https://www.datatables.net/ ) here, as changing the setting is pretty easy with that “Custom Command”.

Regards,
Tobias