Datatables on-the-fly resizing

Question

I\'m using the marvellous DataTables jQuery plug-in; http://datatables.net/ Added the FixedColumns and KeyTable extras.

Now the table does resize prettily when the

Answer 1

I was having the exact same problem as OP. I had a DataTable which would not readjust its width after a jQuery animation (toogle("fast")) resized its container.

After reading these answers, and lots of try and error this did the trick for me:

  $("#animatedElement").toggle(100, function() {    
    $("#dataTableId").resize();
  });

After many test, i realized that i need to wait for the animation to finish for dataTables to calculate the correct width.