Adding custom attributes to Datatable

karthi_b

I would like to customize Datatable to include my own attributes which I want to initialize while the datatable is created.

For example,

[code]
var oTable = jQuery('#example').dataTable({
'iDisplayLength' : 20,
'aoColumnDefs' : [
{'sType': 'custom-date','aTargets': [1]},
{'bSortable': false,'aTargets': [5]}
],
'retainFirst': true //custom attribute
});
[/code]

I would like to add a custom attribute 'retainFirst' to datatable which I want to initialize as either true/false. How can i do this?

allan

Just exactly as you have done. DataTables keeps the initialisation object that it was given in the oInit property of its settings object ( fnSettings ) for a table. So you could access your property using table.fnSettings().oInit.retainFirst when you need to in your code.

Allan

karthi_b

Great.. Its working!! :) Thanks for ur quick response...

robertmazzo

Hi Folks,
Quick question on this:

I have 5 columns in my table as shown in my headers

Trade IdDescriptionContributionTermDate

and I'm trying to understand how to implement that oTable code above.

Using this template, how to I specify the column names as well as some custom attributes I need:

var oTable = $('#pftable').dataTable({
'sScrollY': "500px",
'aoColumnDefs': [

]
});