JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdn.datatables.net/1.10.2/css/jquery.dataTables.css">
<script src="//cdn.datatables.net/1.10.2/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
<table id="example" class="display" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
        <thead>
            <tr>
                <th>Name</th>
                <th>Position</th>
                <th>Office</th>
                <th>Age</th>
                <th>Start date</th>
                <th>Salary</th>
            </tr>
        </thead>
 
        <tfoot>
            <tr>
                <th>Name</th>
                <th>Position</th>
                <th>Office</th>
                <th>Age</th>
                <th>Start date</th>
                <th>Salary</th>
            </tr>
        </tfoot>
 
        <tbody>
            <tr>
                <td>Tiger Nixon</td>
                <td>System Architect</td>
                <td>Edinburgh</td>
                <td>61</td>
                <td>2011/04/25</td>
                <td>$320,800</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Garrett </td>
                <td>Accountant</td>
                <td>Tokyo</td>
                <td>63</td>
                <td>2011/07/25</td>
                <td>$170,750</td>
            </tr>
            
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CSS

#example tr td div{
    height: 30px;
    overflow-y: hidden;
}

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#example').dataTable();
    
    $('#example tbody tr td').each(function(){
    	this.innerHTML = "<div>" + this.innerHTML + "</div>";
    });
} );