Extending DataTables Settings?

gregi

Hi there,

I just thougt, it should be possible to add some custom configurations to my DataTables settings.
Like this:
[code]
$('#table').dataTable({
"aoColumns" : [ ... ],
"oDialogSettings":
{
"iDialogWidth": 800
}
});
[/code]

After trying out and searching at the forum I found a comment in 2010 by allan:

[quote]You are quite correct - that this is something that DataTables is lacking in at the moment.[...]
A future modification will make this much smoother...[/quote]
in
http://datatables.net/forums/discussion/1511/custom-instance-settings

Is there any way in the version 1.9 to attach custom settings?

allan

Not really. You can access the original initialisation object through `fnSettings().oInit` (which is a reference to the object you pass in), so technically yes it can be accessed, but not they aren't directly mapped onto the settings object.

Allan

gregi

Hi allan,

that's it.
Exactly what I need.

Thanks a lot.