Select is an extension for DataTables that provides table item selection capabilities. In its most simple form it can be enabled on a DataTable by setting the select option to be true. This will enable Select with all of its default options - row selection which is performed using the os method (click to select a single item, cmd/ctrl to add and remove items or shift to select a range of items).

This example shows the single item selection option. Here only a single item can be selected, any other selected items will be automatically deselected when a new item is selected. The select.style option provides the ability to control how items are selected in the table. It is a string that can be used with one of the following options: single - single item selection, multi - multiple items selection, os - OS style selection.

This example shows the multi option. The select.style option provides the ability to control how items are selected in the table. It is a string that can be used with one of the following options: single - single item selection, multi - multiple items selection, os - OS style selection. Note how a click on a row will toggle its selected state without effecting other rows, unlike the os and single options shown in other examples.

A selected row is typically shown in a DataTable by using a highlight background colour - however, it can also be useful to use other styling options to convey the selected state of items in a table to the end user. The checkbox is not an <input type="checkbox"> element, but rather a CSS that uses the :before and :after pseudo elements of the cell to draw a box and the tick. This can therefore be easily modified to suit the style of your site/app.

Buttons that can be used with the Buttons extension. Buttons is a framework providing common options, styling and API methods for buttons that can control a DataTable. Available buttons: selected - enabled only when one or more items are selected, selectedSingle - enabled only when a single item is selected, selectAll - select all, selectNone - deselect all, selectRows - select rows, selectColumns - select columns and selectCells - select cells.