Title: Using TablePress with FooTable
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Using TablePress with FooTable

 *  Resolved [Sarah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarah-judge/)
 * (@sarah-judge)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-tablepress-with-footable/)
 * Hi Tobias,
 * I am attempting to use TablePress with FooTable and can’t see where I’m supposed
   to insert the code FooTable requires for hiding columns, for example:
 * <th>Gene</th>
    <th data-sort-ignore=”true” data-type=”numeric” data-hide=”phone,
   tablet”>MIM Gene</th> <th data-hide=”phone, tablet”>Related Disorder</th> <th
   data-hide=”all”>Other Cancers/Tumor Sites</th> <th data-hide=”all”>Gene Description
   </th>
 * is being used on this table: [http://imgur.com/1zGGCbc](http://imgur.com/1zGGCbc)
 * That is what I’m trying to accomplish for a table using TablePress, which currently
   looks like this: [http://imgur.com/Z9nvLli&1zGGCbc#0](http://imgur.com/Z9nvLli&1zGGCbc#0)
 * Thanks,
    Sarah
 * [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)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-tablepress-with-footable/#post-4901993)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
 * Sorry, but it’s not really possible to use TablePress and FooTable at the same
   time. They are similar and use the same JS library in the background, but they
   use different initialization codes.
    However, most of this should be possible
   with a TablePress Extension that is described here a little bit: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-expand-tablepress-row?replies=24#post-4187213](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-expand-tablepress-row?replies=24#post-4187213)
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [Sarah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarah-judge/)
 * (@sarah-judge)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-tablepress-with-footable/#post-4902006)
 * Hi Tobias,
 * Thank you for the quick response. I see what you mean, that’s a shame. It’s odd
   as there is the option to click “automatically attach FooTable to all tables 
   you create using TablePress” within the FooTable plugin.
 * Have a nice weekend,
    Sarah
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-tablepress-with-footable/#post-4902011)
 * Hi Sarah,
 * that option will basically add the basic JS functions to a TablePress table. 
   It’s however not possible to fine tune or adjust those tables using those attributes
   in the HTML code of the table.
    Most setting for the DataTables JS library can
   however be changed using the “Custom Commands” textfield on the “Edit” screen
   of a table in TablePress. Those commands can for example come from the DataTables
   documentation at [http://legacy.datatables.net/usage/columns](http://legacy.datatables.net/usage/columns)
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  [wci](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wci/)
 * (@wci)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-tablepress-with-footable/#post-4902355)
 * Hi Tobias,
 * as an other possibility instead of using FooTable to make TablePress responsive
   I found this plugin useful called – [Magic Liquidizer Responsive Table](https://wordpress.org/plugins/magic-liquidizer-responsive-table/)–
   and it works prefect together I think.
 * Alex
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-tablepress-with-footable/#post-4902356)
 * Hi Alex,
 * thanks for sharing this! Yes, this plugin should also work in making a table 
   responsive.
    I’m not sure that it uses the best technical approach (it recreates
   a table with other HTML elements) though, and you will lose features like sorting
   and searching in that table.
 * Regards,
    Tobias

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