DataTables / DataTables/Scroller
fnScrollToRow seems wonky
Open
Nobody has claimed this yet.
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 83
- Forks
- 66
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
We've been noticing some real weirdness with using fnScrollToRow sometimes causing it to jump to a completely unexpected row.
Here's it on the example page:

I'll try to find time to dig into this more...
Contributor guide
No contributing guide indexed for this repository
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the fnScrollToRow behavior on the example page and compare the requested row with the row reached when the jump goes wrong. Trace the function's scrolling path and define done as consistently landing on the requested row, including the behavior shown in the supplied example.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100