Package index

Core

Create and theme tables.

dt2()

Create a DT2 DataTable widget

dt2_theme()

Create a reusable DT2 theme

Columns & rendering

Target columns and control how cells are rendered.

dt2_cols_align()

Column align (Bootstrap 5 classes)

dt2_cols_hide()

Hide columns

dt2_cols_width()

Column widths (CSS)

dt2_cols_escape()

Escape/unescape columns content

dt2_cols_html()

Allow raw HTML rendering via columns.render

dt2_col_template()

Simple HTML template per column (replace {{VAL}})

dt2_cols_render_js()

Attach a raw JS render function to columns

dt2_cols_render_orthogonal()

Orthogonal render (display/sort/filter/type) per column

dt2_register_renderer()

Register a named JS renderer

dt2_use_renderer()

Use a named JS renderer on columns

Formatting

Numbers, dates and relative times.

dt2_format_number()

Format numeric columns (DataTables renderer: number)

dt2_format_number_abbrev()

Abbreviate large numbers with fixed decimals (k / M / B)

dt2_format_datetime()

Format date/time columns (DataTables renderer: datetime)

dt2_format_time_format()

Format a date/time using DataTables' datetime renderer, with locale

dt2_format_time_relative()

Relative time using moment.fromNow(), with locale

Options helpers

Build the DataTables options list.

dt2_order()

Define initial ordering (option order)

dt2_search_global()

Set global search (option search)

dt2_length_menu()

Length menu helper

dt2_language()

Language helper (either list or JSON url)

dt2_use_buttons()

Enable Buttons (extension) and define buttons

dt2_buttons()

Configure DataTables Buttons and (optionally) move them to a custom container

Inline inputs

Per-row widgets for Shiny.

dt2_col_checkbox()

Checkbox input per row

dt2_col_button()

Action button per row

Shiny

Output, render and events.

dt2_output()

Shiny output for DT2

render_dt2()

Shiny render function for DT2

observe_dt2_events()

Observe DataTables events published by dt2.js

dt2_state()

Access the current state snapshot of a DT2 table

Shiny proxy

Update a live table without re-rendering.

dt2_proxy()

Create a proxy for a DT2 table

dt2_replace_data()

Replace all data in the table (proxy)

dt2_draw()

Redraw the table (proxy)

dt2_proxy_order()

Order the table (proxy)

dt2_proxy_search()

Global search (proxy)

dt2_proxy_page()

Page navigation (proxy)

dt2_select_rows()

Select rows (proxy; Select extension)

Server-side processing

Stream large data from the server.

dt2_bind_server()

Bind a DataTables v2 server-side endpoint to a widget id

dt2_ssp_handler()

Default server-side handler (filter/order/page)

Extensions & maintenance

Inspect and update bundled libraries.

dt2_extensions()

List available DataTables extensions

dt2_check_updates()

Check for DataTables library updates

dt2_update_libs()

Update DataTables JS/CSS libraries (developer tool)