jQuery DataTables 1.10.11 with scrolling enabled duplicates footer leading to duplicate IDs
HTML
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.11/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.11/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css">
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<!-- The above 3 meta tags *must* come first in the head; any other head content must come *after* these tags -->
<title>Bootstrap 101 Template</title>
<!-- Bootstrap -->
<link href="css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="css/dataTables.bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<!-- HTML5 shim and Respond.js for IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media queries -->
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<!--[if lt IE 9]>
<script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/html5shiv/3.7.3/html5shiv.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/respond/1.4.2/respond.min.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
</head>
<body>
<p><br/></p>
<div class="container">
<h1>Data Table</h1>
<table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-hover" id="mydata">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>First name</th>
<th>Last name</th>
<th>Position</th>
<th>Office</th>
<th>Age</th>
<th>Start date</th>
<th>Salary</th>
<th>Extn.</th>
<th>E-mail</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tfoot>
<tr>
<th>First name</th>
<th>Last name</th>
<th>Position</th>
<th>Office</th>
<th>Age</th>
<th>Start date</th>
<th>Salary</th>
<th>Extn.</th>
<th>E-mail</th>
</tr>
</tfoot>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Tiger</td>
...
JavaScript
$('#mydata').dataTable({
scrollY : 'auto'
});
alert('Number of inputs with ID "lastname": ' + $('input[id="lastname"]').length);