Title: Problems with Rowspan-Colspan
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Problems with Rowspan-Colspan

 *  Resolved [nicoantonucci2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicoantonucci2/)
 * (@nicoantonucci2)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-rowspan-colspan/)
 * Hi!
    I am using version 1.5.1 of the plugin , and when I insert colspan or rowspan
   i get the following error:
 * DataTables warning: table id=tablepress-2 – Requested unknown parameter ‘2’ for
   row 2. For more information about this error, please see [http://datatables.net/tn/4](http://datatables.net/tn/4)
 * I wanted to know if it is solved.
    I found in some forums that it’s a problem
   of Javascript functions. In that case, i want to know how to put background color
   in the first row, in case that it is not solved.
 * Thank’s!
 * Nicolas
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-rowspan-colspan/#post-5516700)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
 * This is expected. You can not use the DataTables JS library in tables that have
   combined cells. You will either have to remove all `#rowspan#` and `#colspan#`
   from the table, or turn off DataTables by unchecking the “Use DataTables” checkbox.
 * About the background color of the first row: Have you tried [http://tablepress.org/faq/change-background-color-table-head-row/](http://tablepress.org/faq/change-background-color-table-head-row/)
 * Regards,
    Tobias

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 * [colspan](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/colspan/)
 * [DataTables warning](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/datatables-warning/)
 * [rowspan](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/rowspan/)

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 * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-rowspan-colspan/#post-5516700)
 * Status: resolved