Language Configuration via data-*

onestone

Hi threre, I'm looking for a way to use HTML5 data-* attributes to configure the language of dataTables. Any chance that I can do it this way?
Cheers

allan

You can do this using data-language which would contain JSON information - e.g.: data-language='{"info":"_START_ - _END_ of _TOTAL_"}'.

Example: http://live.datatables.net/zigeraxu/1/edit

Note that this requires DataTables 1.10.5+.

Allan

onestone

That's it! Appreciate your help. Thanks a lot.

onestone

I found out, that I cannot use single-quotet attributes in my environment. Is there a workaround for double-quotes?

allan

No - that is how jQuery.data() operates. You need to use valid JSON in the attribute.

Allan

onestone

Something like
data-language-info="_START_ - _END_ of _TOTAL_"
would be nice...