How to add row borders and zebra stripes (row striping) to datatables DT in R?

Question

I would like to know the proper way to add row borders styling and zebra stripes option to datatables created with the package DT in R.

Simple starter example:

library(DT)
datatable(iris)

Simple example with options:

datatable(head(iris, 20), options = list(
  columnDefs = list(list(className = 'dt-center', targets = 4)),
  pageLength = 5,
  lengthMenu = c(5, 10, 15, 20)
))

Not sure why I received a down vote? Please let me know if anything is unclear or how to improve this question.

Answer 1

You can add the stripe and row-border class to the table container:

library(DT)
library(htmltools)
datatable(
  head(iris, 20),
  container = tags$table(
    class="stripe row-border",
    tags$thead(tags$tr(lapply(colnames(iris), tags$th)))
  )
)

This will create the table container with both classes and the styling feature will be applied. You can add any other styling from the link you posted.