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• allan Posts: 64,317Questions: 1Answers: 10,621 Site admin

  October 2014 Answer ✓

  Yes - init.

  If ou can't get it to work, please link to a test case showing the issue.

  and after every redraw / page, where's the best place to do this?

  Use draw or drawCallback.

  Is it possible to access the ID of the outermost wrapper element that Datatables adds?

  Use table().container() to get the node and then just read its id.

  Allan
• StanAccy Posts: 31Questions: 5Answers: 0

  October 2014

  Thanks Allan. I double checked what I was doing - I'd applied the .on() call after the call to .dataTable() so the event was never captured.

  With regards to these .on() events, do I have to clean them up when the Datatable is being destroyed? (including the destroy event handler)
• StanAccy Posts: 31Questions: 5Answers: 0

  October 2014

  Quick followup on the table.container() - is the example shown here: http://datatables.net/reference/api/table().container() correct?

  The first line gets a variable called 'table' but the second line doesnt reference it (I think). Is there a typo or have I misunderstood the javascript?
• allan Posts: 64,317Questions: 1Answers: 10,621 Site admin

  November 2014

  I'd applied the .on() call after the call to .dataTable() so the event was never captured.

  You need to use the dt namespace in that case, as noted in the events documentation.

  The first line gets a variable called 'table' but the second line doesnt reference it (I think). Is there a typo or have I misunderstood the javascript?

  Typo - it should be:

  var table = $('#example').DataTable();
   
  $( table.table().container() )
      .addClass( 'selectable' );
  

  I'll fix it on Monday!

  Allan
• StanAccy Posts: 31Questions: 5Answers: 0

  November 2014

  Thanks Allan. With regards to the dt namespace - what does this mean with respect to jquery events - could you add an example to the page please? (Javascript is not my primary dev language)
• allan Posts: 64,317Questions: 1Answers: 10,621 Site admin

  November 2014

  Example showing use of the .dt namespace: http://live.datatables.net/nacakahu/1/edit .

  Allan
• allan Posts: 64,317Questions: 1Answers: 10,621 Site admin

  November 2014

  Fix committed here.

  Thanks!
  Allan