allow first page and last page to be visible so users know how many pages there are

integration/bootstrap/dataTables.bootstrap.js

@@ -73,12 +73,7 @@ $.extend( $.fn.dataTableExt.oPagination, {
 				iEnd = iStart + iListLength - 1;
 			}
 
-			for ( i=0, ien=an.length ; i<ien ; i++ ) {
+			var append_page = function(oPaging, an, j) {
-				// Remove the middle elements
-				$('li:gt(0)', an[i]).filter(':not(:last)').remove();
-
-				// Add the new list items and their event handlers
-				for ( j=iStart ; j<=iEnd ; j++ ) {
 				sClass = (j==oPaging.iPage+1) ? 'class="active"' : '';
 				$('<li '+sClass+'><a href="#">'+j+'</a></li>')
 					.insertBefore( $('li:last', an[i])[0] )
@@ -87,6 +82,24 @@ $.extend( $.fn.dataTableExt.oPagination, {
 						oSettings._iDisplayStart = (parseInt($('a', this).text(),10)-1) * oPaging.iLength;
 						fnDraw( oSettings );
 					} );
+			};
+
+			for ( i=0, ien=an.length ; i<ien ; i++ ) {
+				// Remove the middle elements
+				$('li:gt(0)', an[i]).filter(':not(:last)').remove();
+
+				
+				// Append first page
+				if ( iStart > 1 ) {
+					append_page(oPaging, an, 1);
+				}
+				// Add the new list items and their event handlers
+				for ( j=iStart ; j<=iEnd ; j++ ) {
+					append_page(oPaging, an, j);
+				}
+				// Append last page
+				if ( oPaging.iTotalPages > iEnd ) {
+					append_page(oPaging, an, oPaging.iTotalPages);
 				}
 
 				// Add / remove disabled classes from the static elements