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• colin Posts: 15,240Questions: 1Answers: 2,599

  February 1

  This page here has an interesting discussion showing how to do that in the HTML.

  And this example demonstrates how to create that HTML in the columns.render.

  Colin
• CurtisK Posts: 7Questions: 2Answers: 0

  February 1

  Clarification - Last week I took a URL from one column and displayed it in a different column (https://datatables.net/forums/discussion/78077/2-columndefs). I wanted the link to be more than text and found the code to have the entire row be the link. It works but I'd like it to open a new tab/window. I understand html to do it, perhaps I am a bit confused with the ' and "s of javascript. I think the last line loads the link (window.location.href) but don't know how to code new window into it.

    $(document).ready(function() {
      var table = $('#mastertable').DataTable({
          "order": [[2, 'desc']], // On page load sort by column
          "paging": true, //Allow pagination
          "scrollCollapse": true, // Page scrolls to area below
          "scrollY": '80vh', // Scroling area
          "lengthMenu": [ [ 100, 250, 500, 1000, -1], [ 100, 250, 500, 1000, "All"] ], // Change show entries menu
          "columnDefs":
  [
      { "visible": false, "targets": [0,4] }, // make columnd 0 and 4 hidden
  
  ]});   
      $('#mastertable').on( "click", "td", function (e) { // start of creating row links
  
        var rowIdx = table.row( this ).index();
        var sData = table.cells({ row: rowIdx, column: 4 }).data()[0]; // Column to obtain link from
        if (sData && sData.length) {
          window.location.href = "" + sData; // Generate link here but how to have it open in new tab/window?
        }
  
      });
  
    });
  
• kthorngren Posts: 21,363Questions: 26Answers: 4,956

  February 1

  See this SO thread for how to open a link in a new tab. Use window.open() so you can provide the _blank target as described in the. tutorial Colin linked to.

  Kevin
• CurtisK Posts: 7Questions: 2Answers: 0

  February 1

  Thanks Colin and Kevin. Consider this discussion answered.