fnOpen

klickyfan

Hi all, am new to datatables and have gotten most of what I wanted working (very cool software) but I am stumped on the fnOpen feature... I am trying to do something more complicated involving ajax, but my problem is with something simpler... and I suspect I am doing something dumb. I can't seem to get any row to open at all. Here is the js code in its simplest test form

$(function() {

var media_list_0 = $("#media_list_0").dataTable( {
"iDisplayLength": 50,
"bAutoWidth": false,
"aoColumns": [
{ "sWidth": "45px" },
{ "sWidth": "500px" },
{ "sWidth": "225px" },
{ "sWidth": "50px" },
{ "sWidth": "100px" },
{ "sWidth": "100px" },
{ "sWidth": "85px" },
{ "sWidth": "75px" }
] });

trace("opening test row");
media_list_0.fnOpen( $("#media_list_0 tr:first"), "this is a test", "details");

});

Here is the html for the table:






test
test
HCL
VHS
P1000146000000
566
1133
189
823478
293423


etc...

On load, I was expecting a row to show up just below the first row (whose contents are "this is a test" and whose class is "details"). But nothing shows up (though I do see the trace message). I have verified (with Firebug) that the selector above which selects the first row of the media_list_0 table is indeed selecting the first row of that table.

I also tried this variant of the js code:

$(function() {

var media_list_0 = $("#media_list_0").dataTable( {
"iDisplayLength": 50,
"bAutoWidth": false,
"aoColumns": [
{ "sWidth": "45px" },
{ "sWidth": "500px" },
{ "sWidth": "225px" },
{ "sWidth": "50px" },
{ "sWidth": "100px" },
{ "sWidth": "100px" },
{ "sWidth": "85px" },
{ "sWidth": "75px" }
] });

$("#media_list_0 tr").find(".plus").click(function(){
media_list_0.fnOpen( $("#media_list_0 tr:first"), "this is a test", "details");
$(this).toggleClass("minus");
});

});

In this case I expected to see a row added when a particular "plus" image is clicked. Due to the toggling (of the plus image with a minus one) I can see that the image is being clicked and (that the click event is firing) but again no added row.

Is it obvious what is wrong?

Thanks for your help!!!