change cell data by row and column indexes or filters

nevzata

Hi,

I defined column names to my table. I want to get/set a cell's contents via row/column indexes or names but somehow it's not working.

for example :
dtable.row(rowIdx).column(colIdx).cell().data("<i class='fa fa-check'></i>")
or
dtable.row("#rowId").column(colIdx).cell().data("<i class='fa fa-check'></i>")
or
dtable.row("#rowId").column("colName:name").cell().data("<i class='fa fa-check'></i>")

only changes the first column's data in that row

also;
to get the cell contents, I use:
dtable.row("#rowid").column(colIdx).data()[0]
but I can't get the selected column's data, only the first cell data is returned.

I also can't get the html td item of a specific cell, e.g.
dtable.row("#rowid").column(colIdx).node()
dtable.row("#rowid").column(colIdx).cell().node()
dtable.row("#rowid").column(colIdx).data().node() ?
I'm lost in the syntax

Where is my mistake?

colin

Hi @nevzata ,

Take a look at this example here - this is showing how to use cell() to get the required cell,

Cheers,

Colin

nevzata

many thanks colin,
dtable.cell("#rowid",colidx).data("newdata");

works but
dtable.cell(rowidx, colidx).data("newdata");
doesn't work, I don't know why?

colin

Hi @nevzata ,

The rowIdx isn't the row position of that row in the table, as the table may have different sorting at any one time. The rowIdx would be the order the row was loaded originally, such as it's place in the DOM or the order in the JSON.

If that isn't the case, please create a test case, you can even change mine above, that demonstrates the problem - I'm happy to take a look,

Cheers,

Colin

nevzata

thanks again @Colin, using row id's to select rows make more sense now because of the ever-changing order as you said. I'll use id's to select rows.