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# Length Menu

Select [how many entries](https://datatables.net/examples/advanced_init/length_menu.html) should appear at once in the table with either the `lengthMenu` argument of the `show` function, or with the global option `itables.options.lengthMenu`. Use `pageLength` to set the default page length:

```{code-cell} ipython3
import itables

itables.init_notebook_mode()
df = itables.sample_dfs.get_countries()
```

```{code-cell} ipython3
:tags: [full-width]

itables.show(df, lengthMenu=[2, 5, 10, 20, 50], pageLength=5)
```