Datatables pagination buttons - Remove unwanted space

Question

Currently my pagination looks as such:

I'm trying to work out how to remove the space between the buttons, but have been unsuccessful. In the css files the only references I can find to pagination are:

jquery.dataTables.css (319 - 394):

}
.dataTables_wrapper .dataTables_paginate {
  float: right;
  text-align: right;
  padding-top: 0.25em;
}
.dataTables_wrapper .dataTables_paginate .paginate_button {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  display: inline-block;
  min-width: 1.5em;
  padding: 0.5em 1em;
  margin-left: 2px;
  text-align: center;
  text-decoration: none !important;
  cursor: pointer;
  *cursor: hand;
  color: #333333 !important;
  border: 1px solid transparent;
}
.dataTables_wrapper .dataTables_paginate .paginate_button.current, .dataTables_wrapper .dataTables_paginate .paginate_button.current:hover {
  color: #333333 !important;
  background-color: white;
  background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%, white), color-stop(100%, gainsboro));
  /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
  background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, white 0%, gainsboro 100%);
  /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
  background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, white 0%, gainsboro 100%);
  /* FF3.6+ */
  background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, white 0%, gainsboro 100%);
  /* IE10+ */
  background: -o-linear-gradient(top, white 0%, gainsboro 100%);
  /* Opera 11.10+ */
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, white 0%, gainsboro 100%);
  /* W3C */
}
.dataTables_wrapper .dataTables_paginate .paginate_button.disabled, .dataTables_wrapper .dataTables_paginate .paginate_button.disabled:hover, .dataTables_wrapper .dataTables_paginate .paginate_button.disabled:active {
  cursor: default;
  color: #666 !important;
  border: 1px solid transparent;
  background: transparent;
  box-shadow: none;
}
/*.dataTables_wrapper .dataTables_paginate .paginate_button:hover {
  color: white !important;
  border: 1px solid white;
  background-color: white;
  background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%, #585858), color-stop(100%, #111111));
  /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
  background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #585858 0%, #111111 100%);
  /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
  background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #585858 0%, #111111 100%);
  /* FF3.6+ */
  background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #585858 0%, #111111 100%);
  /* IE10+ */
  background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #585858 0%, #111111 100%);
  /* Opera 11.10+ */
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #585858 0%, #111111 100%);
  /* W3C */
} */
.dataTables_wrapper .dataTables_paginate .paginate_button:active {
  outline: none;
  background-color: #2b2b2b;
  background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%, #2b2b2b), color-stop(100%, #0c0c0c));
  /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
  background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #2b2b2b 0%, #0c0c0c 100%);
  /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
  background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #2b2b2b 0%, #0c0c0c 100%);
  /* FF3.6+ */
  background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #2b2b2b 0%, #0c0c0c 100%);
  /* IE10+ */
  background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #2b2b2b 0%, #0c0c0c 100%);
  /* Opera 11.10+ */
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #2b2b2b 0%, #0c0c0c 100%);
  /* W3C */
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 3px #111;
}

dataTables.bootstrap.css (32 - 50):

div.dataTables_paginate {
    margin: 0;
    white-space: nowrap;
    text-align: right;
}

div.dataTables_paginate ul.pagination {
    margin: 2px 0;
    white-space: nowrap;
}

@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {
    div.dataTables_length,
    div.dataTables_filter,
    div.dataTables_info,
    div.dataTables_paginate {
        text-align: center;
    }
}

However, I can't seem to find a reference to any large margins or padding. Although CSS isn't exactly my strong suit.

Does anyone know if there are other references to the paginate buttons that might be related? Or have to fix the problem outright?

Answer 1

This issue has already been noted in their bug database. You do not need to hack the css.

bootstrap pagination looks bad #39

No need to include DataTables' own stylesheet (jquery.dataTables.css) since Bootstrap and the integration file provide everything that is needed.

So just delete jquery.dataTables.css, and keep dataTables.bootstrap.min.css in your html style sheets.