Button with regular link

jhobrlant

Is there a way to use a button for a regular link? I already tryed this:

buttons: [ { text: "link", url: '../r2_tables/huk.cfm' }, ...

allan

You could set the action function (buttons.buttons.action) of your custom button to set the window.location.href property.

There isn't a link button type - but it sounds like a good option for a plug-in button type if you'd like to create one (and possibly share it with us :-) ).

Allan

jhobrlant

If I only could I would do this plugin. But my knowledge level lets me stick to the available options. And these are covering nearly all topics I faced so far.

Thanks for this great framework!

crush123

would this work for you ?

buttons: [ 
    {
      text: 'Link Button',
      action: function ( e, dt, button, config ) {
        window.location = 'linkpage.php';
      }         
    }
]

jhobrlant

Thanks for the example, worked out of the box.

jhobrlant

Is there a way to also know the selected rows, like for the "edit" button?

My idea is to have 2 edit pages:
- a Quick Edit to edit the most important fields of my table, therefore I am using the original Edit button and form
- a Full Edit page outside of DT, that gives me full control over the 20+ fields

I am using server side processing. Therefor I needed the selected rows ID's.

allan

Is there a way to also know the selected rows, like for the "edit" button?

Yes. The documentation for that is available here.

Allan

jhobrlant

OK, this is my final solution. Works as expected.

                        { extend: "edit", text: "Quick Edit",   editor: editor },
                        {
                          extend: "edit",
                          text: 'Full Edit',
                          enabled: false,
                          action: function ( e, dt, button, config ) {
                            var rows = dt.rows( { selected: true } ).count();
                            if (rows==0) {
                            } else {
                                var myValue = dt.rows( { selected: true } ).data()[0].assetId;
                                window.location = 'assets_edit_form.cfm?assetId='+myValue;
                            }
                          }        
                        },