How to change results per page value in datatables

Question

Datatables has an option to select the number of records shown per page. The default value starts from 10, 25, 50 and 100. How can I change it to start from 5 instead of 10? 10

Answer 1

You will want to use the iDisplayLength parameter when you initialize the DataTable object. Here's the example they list in their documentation:

$(document).ready( function() {
    $('#example').dataTable( {
        "iDisplayLength": 50
    } );
} )

More information can be found here: http://www.datatables.net/usage/options