Truncation plugin only works on the first page of a Data Tables table

I am using DataTables to display, paginate and sort a set of data.

new DataTable('#employees', {
  info: false,
  paging: true,
  filter: false,
  "aLengthMenu": [5, 10],
  initComplete: function() {
    if (this.api().page.info().pages < 2) {
      $('.dt-paging').hide();
    }
  }
});

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('.truncate').block_ellipsis({
    lines: 2,
    more: function(nb) {
      return '<span class="badge bg-secondary">Show ' + nb + ' more</span>';
    },
    less: '<span class="badge bg-secondary">Show less</span>'
  });
});

<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.3.3/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.datatables.net/2.1.8/css/dataTables.bootstrap5.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/jquery@3.7.1/dist/jquery.slim.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/2.1.8/js/dataTables.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/2.1.8/js/dataTables.bootstrap5.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.3.3/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://www.jqueryscript.net/demo/jQuery-Plugin-To-Show-ide-Block-Elements-Block-Ellipsis/dist/block_ellipsis.js"></script>



<div class="container-fluid my-2">
  <h2>Data Tables</h2>
  <table id="employees" class="table table-bordered table-striped mx-1">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th class="w-auto">Name</th>
            <th class="w-25">Position</th>
            <th class="w-10">Office</th>
            <th class="w-25">Age</th>
            <th class="w-10">Skills</th>
            <th class="w-10">Salary</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>            
            <td>Tiger Nixon</td>
            <td>System Architect</td>
            <td>Edinburgh</td>
            <td>61</td>
            <td class="truncate">
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">JavaScript</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">CSS</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">PHP</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">Laravel</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">Java</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">Node</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">CI/CD</span>
            </td>
            <td>$320,800</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>            
            <td>Garrett Winters</td>
            <td>Accountant</td>
            <td>Tokyo</td>
            <td>63</td>
            <td class="truncate">
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">JavaScript</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">CSS</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">PHP</span>
            </td>
            <td>$170,750</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>                
            <td>Ashton Cox</td>
            <td>Senior Software Developer</td>
            <td>San Francisco</td>
            <td>66</td>
            <td class="truncate">
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">JavaScript</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">CSS</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">PHP</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">Laravel</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">React</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">Angular</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">Java</span>
            </td>
            <td>$86,000</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>            
            <td>Cedric Kelly</td>
            <td>Senior Javascript Developer</td>
            <td>Edinburgh</td>
            <td>22</td>
            <td class="truncate">
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">JavaScript</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">CSS</span>
            </td>
            <td>$433,060</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>            
            <td>Ștefan Popa</td>
            <td>Accountant</td>
            <td>Tokyo</td>
            <td>33</td>
            <td class="truncate">
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">CSS</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">React</span>
            </td>
            <td>$162,700</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>            
            <td>Allan Smith</td>
            <td>Accountant</td>
            <td>London</td>
            <td>33</td>
            <td class="truncate">
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">CSS</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">React</span>
            </td>
            <td>$162,700</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
</div>

I am using the Block Ellipsis plugin in order to truncate the cells on the "Skills" column if they are too long.

The problem I am faced with is that the truncation only works on the first page of results.

What causes this issue and how can I fix it?

Solution

A quick and simple fix would be do run the plugin before Datatable creation.

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('.truncate').block_ellipsis({
    lines: 2,
    more: function(nb) {
      return '<span class="badge bg-secondary">Show ' + nb + ' more</span>';
    },
    less: '<span class="badge bg-secondary">Show less</span>'
  });

  new DataTable('#employees', {
    info: false,
    paging: true,
    filter: false,
    "aLengthMenu": [5, 10],
    initComplete: function() {
      if (this.api().page.info().pages < 2) {
        $('.dt-paging').hide();
      }
    }
  });
});

<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.3.3/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.datatables.net/2.1.8/css/dataTables.bootstrap5.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/jquery@3.7.1/dist/jquery.slim.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/2.1.8/js/dataTables.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/2.1.8/js/dataTables.bootstrap5.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.3.3/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://www.jqueryscript.net/demo/jQuery-Plugin-To-Show-ide-Block-Elements-Block-Ellipsis/dist/block_ellipsis.js"></script>



<div class="container-fluid my-2">
  <h2>Data Tables</h2>
  <table id="employees" class="table table-bordered table-striped mx-1">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th class="w-auto">Name</th>
            <th class="w-25">Position</th>
            <th class="w-10">Office</th>
            <th class="w-25">Age</th>
            <th class="w-10">Skills</th>
            <th class="w-10">Salary</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>            
            <td>Tiger Nixon</td>
            <td>System Architect</td>
            <td>Edinburgh</td>
            <td>61</td>
            <td class="truncate">
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">JavaScript</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">CSS</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">PHP</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">Laravel</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">Java</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">Node</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">CI/CD</span>
            </td>
            <td>$320,800</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>            
            <td>Garrett Winters</td>
            <td>Accountant</td>
            <td>Tokyo</td>
            <td>63</td>
            <td class="truncate">
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">JavaScript</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">CSS</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">PHP</span>
            </td>
            <td>$170,750</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>                
            <td>Ashton Cox</td>
            <td>Senior Software Developer</td>
            <td>San Francisco</td>
            <td>66</td>
            <td class="truncate">
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">JavaScript</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">CSS</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">PHP</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">Laravel</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">React</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">Angular</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">Java</span>
            </td>
            <td>$86,000</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>            
            <td>Cedric Kelly</td>
            <td>Senior Javascript Developer</td>
            <td>Edinburgh</td>
            <td>22</td>
            <td class="truncate">
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">JavaScript</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">CSS</span>
            </td>
            <td>$433,060</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>            
            <td>Ștefan Popa</td>
            <td>Accountant</td>
            <td>Tokyo</td>
            <td>33</td>
            <td class="truncate">
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">CSS</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">React</span>
            </td>
            <td>$162,700</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>            
            <td>Allan Smith</td>
            <td>Accountant</td>
            <td>London</td>
            <td>33</td>
            <td class="truncate">
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">CSS</span>
                <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">React</span>
            </td>
            <td>$162,700</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
</div>