Using Length Menu

yishayh

Hi Alan,

when using the length lengthMenu option:

tableOptions.lengthMenu = [
            [10,20,50,100,200,400],
            [10,20,50,100,200,400]
          ];

We used settings._iDisplayLength to get the selected length, and it worked most of the time, but there are cases where it doesn't work, are we using the wrong attribute?

Many thanks,
Yishay

allan

settings._iDisplayLength

The settings object should never be used. It is considered to be private. Its parameters can, will and do change between versions.

Use page.len() to get the page length.

Allan

yishayh

Hi Allan,

thanks as usual for these quick replies.
We changed it to page.len(), but we still have a problem, because it returns the number of records in the table and not the selected param from the the lengthMenu menu (We have some filter capabilities that are operated outside the table itself).
How can we get only the selected length from the lengthMenu without taking into account the length number of records actually in the table?

Many thanks,
Yishay

allan

That's exactly what page.len() should do. If it isn't I'd need a link to a page showing the issue please.

Allan

yishayh

Hi Allan,

it is in our private environment, I'll write you in private the details.

Many thanks,
Yishay