JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.3.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://nightly.datatables.net/css/jquery.dataTables.css">
<script src="https://nightly.datatables.net/js/jquery.dataTables.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/buttons/1.4.2/css/buttons.dataTables.min.css">
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/buttons/1.4.2/js/dataTables.buttons.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/buttons/1.4.2/js/buttons.print.min.js"></script>
<div class="container">
<button id="customPrint">
Custom print button
</button>
</div>
<div class="container">
<table id="example" class="display nowrap" 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>$3,120</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Garrett Winters</td>
<td>Director</td>
<td>Edinburgh</td>
<td>63</td>
<td>2011/07/25</td>
<td>$5,300</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ashton Cox</td>
<td>Technical Author</td>
<td>San Francisco</td>
<td>66</td>
<td>2009/01/12</td>
<td>$4,800</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cedric Kelly</td>
<td>Javascript Developer</td>
<td>Edinburgh</td>
...
CSS
body {
font: 90%/1.45em "Helvetica Neue", HelveticaNeue, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
color: #333;
background-color: #fff;
}
JavaScript
$(document).ready( function () {
var table = $('#example').DataTable({
buttons:[
{
extend: 'print',
name: 'print'
}
],
dom: 'Bfrtip'
});
$('#customPrint').click(function(){
table.button('print:name').trigger();
});
} );