jQuery DataTables Pagination Size

Question

I've been using jQuery DataTables plugin ( http://datatables.net ) for quite some time and usually we're super fine using the default sizes and using "bStateSave": true option.

But now I really need to set the sizing of the pagination not as [10,25,50,100] but rather I need this as let's say [1,2,3]. I get the menu to set like this with setting the option aLengthMenu:[1,2,3] and if I select one of the options, it sets the correct selection amount.

But on dataTable STARTUP it doesn't set the length to 1,2,3 but rather to the default '10'.

Which option am I missing?

Answer 1

• DataTables 1.10+

  Use lengthMenu to define a list of available page lengths and optionally pageLength to set initial page length.

  If pageLength is not specified, it will be automatically set to the first value given in array specified by lengthMenu.

  var table = $('#example').DataTable({
     "lengthMenu": [ [2, 4, 8, -1], [2, 4, 8, "All"] ],
     "pageLength": 4
  });
  

  See this jsFiddle for code and demonstration.

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• DataTables 1.9

  Use aLengthMenu to define a list of available page lengths and iDisplayLength to set initial page length.

  var table = $('#example').dataTable({
     "aLengthMenu": [ [2, 4, 8, -1], [2, 4, 8, "All"] ],
     "iDisplayLength": 4,        
  });
  

  See this jsFiddle for code and demonstration.