Preamble

TableTools provides the ability to group buttons into a hidden drop down list, which is activated by clicking on a top-level button. This is achieved by extending the 'collection' predefined button type and setting it's aButtons parameter with the same options as the top level buttons (note that you cannot currently use a collection within a collection).

The example below shows the file save buttons grouped into a collection, while the copy and print buttons are left on the top level.

Live example

Initialisation code

$(document).ready( function () {
	$('#example').dataTable( {
		"sDom": 'T<"clear">lfrtip',
		"oTableTools": {
			"aButtons": [
				"copy",
				"print",
				{
					"sExtends":    "collection",
					"sButtonText": "Save",
					"aButtons":    [ "csv", "xls", "pdf" ]
				}
			]
		}
	} );
} );

Other examples

• Basic initialisation
• Setting the SWF path
• Custom button arrangement
• Button text alteration
• Using button collections
• Using jQuery UI themes
• Styling with Twitter Bootstrap
• Multiple TableTools toolbars for a single table
• Multiple DataTables with a single initialisation
• User selectable rows (multiple rows)
• User selectable rows (single row)
• Alternative initialisation using 'new TableTools()'
• Altering the TableTools defaults
• TableTools plug-in buttons
• Customising the PDF output (adding text and orientation)