Where am I?

hdissing

Trying to figure out some client-side validation, playing with the 'Client-side validation' example here http://editor.datatables.net/examples/api/clientValidation.html using

editor.on( 'preSubmit', function ( e, o, action )

I have no problem getting a field (and its value) using

editor.field( 'first_name' )

as shown in the example.
But for my project I would need to know where I am in the table (what cell I am editing, using inline editing), the cells name and its value, and how to use that to get the name and value of the neighbour cell (left or right).

My (planned) project is a workschedule. For each person there is a start and an end time for each day (two columns for each day). So if I input a time in 'tuesday_endtimecell' I need to check that it is later than the cell to the left ('tuesday_starttimecell'). And if I input time in 'monday_starttimecell' it need to be prior to the cell to right ('monday_endtimecell').
My problem is:
When using inline-editing and KeyTable (excel-like navigation) how do I access the name and value of the cell being edited, and how do I access the name and value of the next/prior cell?
I can navigate to ex. 'monday_starttimecell', input a new time and when pressing right arrow on keyboard, it triggers the 'presubmit'-event.
But being in the 'presubmit'-function I can't figure out how to get the relevant information on my position in the table.

allan

The modifier() method is probably what you want here. It will give you the value that was used to start the editing - e.g. if you pass a row node into edit() (first parameter) it will give you that row node. If you pass a cell node into inline() it will give you that cell, etc.

Allan

hdissing

Thanks - at least it lead me in yhe right direction.