Accessing DataTables object from field type plugin

jkiel

After reading:
https://editor.datatables.net/manual/development/field-types

I can't find a way to easily access the datatables table object so I can do things like table.rows("#myid"), etc., from within the field plugin. How is this done?

allan

There isn't a way to do that since the field types need to work with or without DataTables.

What is your end goal?

Allan

jkiel

My goal is to allow available options in a field plugin be filtered based on current row data in the table without having to issue another server request to get the same data already in the table.

allan

Can that list of options be derived from the host DataTable? Normally it would require an Ajax call since the DataTable might not currently use all options that are available. Although if it is a "self join" field then I can see how that would work.

What I would suggest is to use a select field and the open event method to update its options available (the select field type has a field().update() method for that).

That was you keep all of your code that is related to a single table in one place rather than needing to split it into a plug-in that wouldn't be particularly generic.

Allan