Datatables.net Buttons not displaying

Question

I cannot get buttons to display in a datatables.net table. I have tried adding every script related to buttons and every initialization example given on datatables.net, but they

Answer 1

Expanding on gaetanoM's answer, I tried to identify the minimum required commands and references to make Datatables Buttons work. This is what I came up with:

  $(function () {

        $('#myTable').DataTable({
            dom: 'B',
            buttons: true
        });

    });

Or variant with specific buttons and the rest of the dom options:

$(function () {

    $('#myTable').DataTable({
        dom: 'lBfrtiBp',
        buttons: ['copy', 'excel', 'csv', 'pdf', 'print' ]
    });

});

And these appear to be the required includes if using jQuery Datatables:

Required for Datatables to function:

src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.2.4.js"
src="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.13/js/jquery.dataTables.js"

Optional for Datatables to function:

src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.11.4/jquery-ui.js"
src="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.13/js/dataTables.jqueryui.js"

Required for any Buttons to appear:

src="https://cdn.datatables.net/buttons/1.2.4/js/dataTables.buttons.js"
src="https://cdn.datatables.net/buttons/1.2.4/js/buttons.html5.js"

If Print button or buttons:true, this is required for any Buttons or Dom items to appear:

src="https://cdn.datatables.net/buttons/1.2.4/js/buttons.print.js"

Required for Excel button to appear:

src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jszip/2.5.0/jszip.js"

Required for PDF button to appear:

src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/bpampuch/pdfmake/0.1.18/build/pdfmake.js"

Optional, breaks formatting on buttons if jqueryui is used but this is not included:

src="https://cdn.datatables.net/buttons/1.2.4/js/buttons.jqueryui.js"

Complete example:

    $(function () {

        $('#myTable').DataTable({
                "dom": 'lBfrtiBp',
            'buttons': ['copy', 'excel', 'csv', 'pdf', 'print' ]
        });

    });

    
    
    
    
   
    
   

   
    
    

   
    
    
    
   
   
   
   
    
   
   

    
   
        



    

        

            
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