JSON data doubt

jamessteelforth

Hi Alan,

I have a requirement where i have to send in data to datatables from JSON object. So i did the following:

$('#example').dataTable( {
"data": dataSet,
"columns": [

        { "title": "Engine" , "data" : "fieldName1"},
        { "title": "Browser", "data" : "fieldName2"},
        { "title": "Platform", "data" : "fieldName3"},
        { "title": "Version",  "data" : "fieldName4"},
        { "title": "Grade", "data" : "fieldName5"}
    ]

});

In addition, i also need to add a check box and in another column i need to add an edit link to all rows, so i tried the following:

         { "title": "<button>Delete Selected</button>" , "?????" : "??I need to add a check box here????"},
         { "title": "Edit" , "?????" : "??I need to add a edit link here????"},
        { "title": "Browser", "data" : "fieldName2"},
        { "title": "Platform", "data" : "fieldName3"},
        { "title": "Version",  "data" : "fieldName4"},
        { "title": "Grade", "data" : "fieldName5"}

How do i add those checkboxes and edit links. Edit link will only work for each row individually. The delete Selected button should delete all the rows with checkboxes selected

allan

Sounds like you want to use columns.render or columns.defaultContent. There is an example using columns.defaultContent in the Editor examples: https://editor.datatables.net/examples/simple/inTableControls.html .

Allan

jamessteelforth

Gee thanks, that helped.