Child.hide() is also removing element from dom

Maikel

Hey,

looking at this example
https://datatables.net/examples/api/row_details.html

it seems that row.child().hide() is also removing the chld from the DOM, but according to the API the .hide() should only hide it, and the .remove() should remove it from the DOM.

or am i missing something here?
Basically i want to use th child rows, but i don't want to remove it from the DOM if we close it.

allan

I think the working might be poor in the documentation - sorry! Both will remove the child row from the DOM (there is no option to have it not displayed, but still in the DOM), but row().child.remove() will destroy the contents of the old child row, while row().child.hide() will retain the child row in memory, allowing it to be shown again.

I'll try to reword the documentation to make that clearer!

Allan

Maikel

hmm,

is there an api to check if the child is already created or not?
so i don't need to do the json request when its already created?
is there a way to know this?

allan

is there an api to check if the child is already created or not?

Yes - row().child() can be used to terminate if there are children for a row.

Allan