sphinx-datatables 0.4.0

Searchable and sortable tables in Sphinx documentation

This extension makes it easy to use more expressive tables in Sphinx documentation with DataTables. See the demo and full documentation online.

Installation

pip install sphinx-datatables

Usage

Add the extension in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    "sphinxcontrib.jquery",
    "sphinx_datatables",
]

In your .rst documentation, create a table and add a custom class label. Your table must have a valid header row.

.. csv-table::
    :header: First Name,Last Name
    :class: sphinx-datatable

    John,Smith
    Jane,Doe

DataTables provides many options that can be tweaked at its configuration. These can be configured for all tables using the datatables_options variable in conf.py.

Note

By using DataTables you are introducing many features that will have side-effects on the resulting HTML live rendering (as it is JavaScript based). So please, bear in mind that Sphinx features or your custom styles may not be compatible with it.

Configuration

The following configuration options are available with the following default values:

# in conf.py

# set the version to use for DataTables plugin
datatables_version = "2.3.5"

# name of the class to use for tables to enable DataTables
datatables_class = "sphinx-datatable"

# any custom options to pass to the DataTables constructor. Note that any
# options you set are used for all DataTables.
datatables_options = {}