How can I disable Paging Dynamically?

Geoff_Olding

Hello there.

I am able to disable paging by using the following code:

 $('#geoffstable').dataTable({
            "paging": false
        });

However, I would like to be able to disable it dynamically, e.g. if there is only one page.
I want to do something like:

 $('#geoffstable').dataTable({
            "initComplete": function (settings, json) {
                if ( onePage() ) {
                   var api = this.api();
                   api.paging = false;
                }
        });

This code is wrong, however hopefully it demonstrates what I am trying to do.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Geoff Olding

colin

Hi @Geoff,

You can't disable the paging after the initialisation. I assume you want to get rid of the page controls, so you can be sneaky and just hide them with a jQuery command:

    initComplete: function() {
      if (this.api().page.info().pages === 1) {
        $('#example_paginate').hide();
      }
    }

Live example here.

Cheers,

Colin

allan

You might be interested in this plug-in.

It doesn't disable the paging feature as such, but it does hide the UI element from the end user so it looks like it is disabled.

Allan

Geoff_Olding

Many thanks