DataTables

DataTables Examples

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="//ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.dataTables/1.9.0/css/jquery.dataTables.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.dataTables/1.9.0/css/jquery.dataTables_themeroller.css">
<script src="//ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jQuery/jquery-1.7.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="//ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.dataTables/1.9.0/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
<div class="container">
    <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="dataTable" id="example">
        <thead>
            <tr>
                <th>Rendering engine</th>
                <th>Browser</th>
                <th>Platform(s)</th>
                <th>Engine version</th>
                <th>CSS grade</th>
            </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
            <tr>
                <td>Trident</td>
                <td>Internet Explorer 4.0</td>
                <td>Win 95+</td>
                <td>4</td>
                <td>X</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Trident</td>
                <td>Internet Explorer 5.0</td>
                <td>Win 95+</td>
                <td>5</td>
                <td>C</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Trident</td>
                <td>Internet Explorer 5.5</td>
                <td>Win 95+</td>
                <td>5.5</td>
                <td>A</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Trident</td>
                <td>Internet Explorer 6</td>
                <td>Win 98+</td>
                <td>6</td>
                <td>A</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Trident</td>
                <td>Internet Explorer 7</td>
                <td>Win XP SP2+</td>
                <td>7</td>
                <td>A</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Trident</td>
                <td>AOL browser (AOL desktop)</td>
                <td>Win XP</td>
                <td>6</td>
                <td>A</td>
           ...

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function () {
    $('#example').dataTable({
    
    });
    MergeGridCells();
});


function MergeGridCells() {
    var dimension_cells = new Array();
    var dimension_col = null;
    var columnCount = $("#example tr:first th").length;
    for (dimension_col = 0; dimension_col < columnCount; dimension_col++) {
        // first_instance holds the first instance of identical td
        var first_instance = null;
        var rowspan = 1;
        // iterate through rows
        $("#example").find('tr').each(function () {

            // find the td of the correct column (determined by the dimension_col set above)
            var dimension_td = $(this).find('td:nth-child(' + dimension_col + ')');

            if (first_instance == null) {
                // must be the first row
                first_instance = dimension_td;
            } else if (dimension_td.text() == first_instance.text()) {
                // the current td is identical to the previous
                // remove the current td
                dimension_td.remove();
                ++rowspan;
                // increment the rowspan attribute of the first instance
                first_instance.attr('rowspan', rowspan);
            } else {
                // this cell is different from the last
                first_instance = dimension_td;
                rowspan = 1;
            }
        });
    }
}