Unable to change behavior of layout

[mapsedge]

Datatables v2.3.7

I have tried every variation I can think of to change the order that things happen in the top, topstart, and topend sections, and nothing changes: it's always the defaults - I think. Currently the code looks like this:

DataTable.defaults.layout = {
    top: null,
    topStart: null,
    topEnd: null,
    bottomStart: null,
    bottomEnd: null,
    bottom: null
};
gTable = new DataTable('#tblBigList', {
    data: JSON.parse(jretval.data),
    pageLength: 10,
    order: [[0, 'asc']], // Sort by part number by default
    responsive: true,
    lengthMenu: [[10, 15, 25, 50, 100, -1], [10, 15, 25, 50, 100, "All"]],
    layout: {
        top: ['paging', 'pageLength', 'info'] // just for testing
    }
    , searching: false
    , initComplete: function () {
...

...but the order is still pageLength, info, and paging. What I'm trying to accomplish is

pageLength ... info ... pages->number = 4

I've copied/pasted the code on the website exactly, and I can't make anything change, let alone adding options to the option, i.e.

layout: {
    top: [
        pageLength: {},
        info: {},
        paging: {
            numbers: 4
        }
    ]
}

What am I missing?

[AllanJard]

Your code appears to work just as expected here: https://live.datatables.net/nowopoko/1/edit .

Can you link to a page showing the issue so I can take a look at it please?

[AllanJard]

No reply - closing as it works in the example I supplied.