JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/v/dt/dt-1.11.5/datatables.min.css">
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/v/dt/dt-1.11.5/datatables.min.js"></script>
<input type="button" onClick="destroyTB();" value="destroy">
<table id="example" class="display" style="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>
<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 Winters</td>
<td>Accountant</td>
<td>Tokyo</td>
<td>63</td>
<td>2011/07/25</td>
<td>$170,750</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ashton Cox</td>
<td>Junior Technical Author</td>
<td>San Francisco</td>
<td>66</td>
<td>2009/01/12</td>
<td>$86,000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cedric Kelly</td>
<td>Senior Javascript Developer</td>
<td>Edinburgh</td>
<td>22</td>
<td>2012/03/29</td>
<td>$433,060</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Airi Satou</td>
<td>Accountant</td>
<td>Tokyo</td>
<td>33</td>
<td>2008/11/28</td>
<td>$162,700</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Brielle Williamson</td>
<td>Integration Specialist</td>
<td>New York</td>
<td>61</td>
...
CSS
div.my_custom_container{
margin-top:10px;
}
JavaScript
function destroyTB(){
$('#example').DataTable().destroy(true);
}
$(document).on("preInit.dt", function(e, settings) {
var tab = new $.fn.dataTable.Api(settings);
var cnt = $(tab.table().container());
var div = $("<div>", {class: "my_custom_container"});
cnt.after(div).appendTo(div);
});
$(document).on("destroy.dt", function(ev, settings){
var tab = new $.fn.dataTable.Api(settings);
var cnt = $(tab.table().container());
var div = cnt.closest("div.my_custom_container");
setTimeout(() => {
cnt.insertBefore(div);
div.remove();
}, 10);
});
$(document).ready(function() {
var tab = $('#example').DataTable();
//setTimeout(function(){ tab.destroy() }, 2000);
});