Title: Colspan vs DataTables JavaScript
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Colspan vs DataTables JavaScript

 *  Resolved [IsSeN](https://wordpress.org/support/users/issen/)
 * (@issen)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/colspan-vs-datatables-javascript/)
 * Are you planning on adding support for “#colspan#” in combination with the DataTables
   JavaScript library?
 * I have a few very big and complex tables. It would be nice if I could use colspan
   in a few cells + be able to scroll horizontally in this table.
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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/colspan-vs-datatables-javascript/#post-6034450)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
 * No, sorry, that won’t be possible. I’m not the developer or maintainer of the
   DataTables JS library (I only added it to TablePress), and therefore can not 
   make it compatible with tables that have connected cells.
 * Now, if you only want to use the Horizontal Scrolling, you could simply use a
   different horizontal scrolling solution, which does not need the DataTables JS
   library: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/responsive-tables-scroll-only?replies=6#post-5511954](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/responsive-tables-scroll-only?replies=6#post-5511954)
 * Regards,
    Tobias

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