Add show_header option to the table constructor

django_tables2/tables.py

@@ -347,6 +347,12 @@ class TableBase(object):
 
         :type: `bool`
 
+    .. attribute:: show_footer
+
+        If `False`, the table footer will not be rendered, even if come columens
+        have a footer. (default `True`)
+
+        :type: `bool`
 
     .. attribute:: prefix
 
@@ -395,7 +401,7 @@ def __init__(self, data, order_by=None, orderable=None, empty_text=None,
                  exclude=None, attrs=None, row_attrs=None, sequence=None,
                  prefix=None, order_by_field=None, page_field=None,
                  per_page_field=None, template=None, default=None, request=None,
-                 show_header=None):
+                 show_header=None, show_footer=True):
         super(TableBase, self).__init__()
         self.exclude = exclude or ()
         self.sequence = sequence
@@ -414,6 +420,8 @@ def __init__(self, data, order_by=None, orderable=None, empty_text=None,
         self.page_field = page_field
         self.per_page_field = per_page_field
         self.show_header = show_header
+        self.show_footer = show_footer
+
         # Make a copy so that modifying this will not touch the class
         # definition. Note that this is different from forms, where the
         # copy is made available in a ``fields`` attribute.
@@ -477,7 +485,7 @@ def has_footer(self):
         Returns True if any of the columns define a ``_footer`` attribute or a
         ``render_footer()`` method
         '''
-        return any(column.has_footer() for column in self.columns)
+        return self.show_footer and any(column.has_footer() for column in self.columns)
 
     @property
     def attrs(self):

tests/test_footer.py

@@ -38,6 +38,19 @@ class Table(tables.Table):
     assert '<td>18833000</td>' in html
 
 
+def test_footer_disable_on_table():
+    '''
+    Showing the footer can be disabled using show_footer argument to the Table
+    constructor
+    '''
+    class Table(tables.Table):
+        name = tables.Column()
+        country = tables.Column(footer='Total:')
+
+    table = Table(MEMORY_DATA, show_footer=False)
+    assert table.has_footer() is False
+
+
 def test_footer_column_method():
 
     class SummingColumn(tables.Column):

tox.ini

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [pytest]
 DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=tests.app.settings
+norecursedirs = docs *.egg-info .git example .tox
 
 [tox]
 args_are_paths = false