Search removes classes when going back to original table

williamjameson

tds with <i> classes such as:

<td><i class="fa fa-arrow-up></i>Value</td>

will have the i class removed when a search returns to the entire table. Is this a known error?

glenderson

I'm guessing that because you say it's removed upon a search, that you are somehow adding the icon after dataTables obtains it's data object memory. So your icon is purely in HTML and not in the dataTable memory. When dataTable redraws, it fetches from memory, not HTML.

Can you paste how your are introducing the icons? That would help.

williamjameson

Yes that is what I'm doing. I am adding icons based on server data after the datatable is constructed. I did this out of convenience on my end. I can probably construct the table with the icons, but do not really want to

Is there a work-around for dynamically adding/removing icons or do you have to do this in the initial construction?

allan

I would perhaps suggest using columns.render to render the cell information you need. See also the rendering documentation.

Allan