Datatables traversal

giro

I am trying to get the next row in a datatable, below the row that I have currently clicked on. What I am seeing is that the row returned is based on a sorted collection of the first row and not the way the table is displayed on the page.

The table is defined as:

[code]
{
"sScrollY": "400px",
"bScrollCollapse": true,
"bPaginate": false,
"bLengthChange": true,
"bFilter": false,
"bSort": true,
"bInfo": false,
"bAutoWidth": true
}
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And I am trying to get the next row based on the following code:

[code]
// Get the position of the current data from the node
var posn = table.fnGetPosition( currentRow );

// Get the settings object associated with the table
var oSettings = table.fnSettings();

if (posn < oSettings._iDisplayEnd){
return table.fnGetNodes( posn + 1 );
}
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Any suggestions on how to do this would be much appreciated.

allan

Easiest way is to use the plug-in designed for exactly that: http://datatables.net/plug-ins/api#fnGetAdjacentTr :-)

Allan

giro

Hey Allan,

That's great news! Unfortunately, I can't get that to work. I keep getting an exception when calling the fnGetAdjacentTr API:

[code]
Uncaught TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'fnGetAdjacentTr'
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I am calling that function as:

[code]
nextRow = table.fnGetAdjacentTr( currentRow );
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Here is how I am trying to include that API on the page:

[code]


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I have also tried to include it as:

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Neither approach seems to work. How do I go about using this API?

Thanks!

allan

What is the 'table' variable - I'm guessing not the DataTables instance (as your includes look fine - assuming you copied the function into the file dataTables.fnGetAdjacentTr.js?). It should just need $('#mytable').dataTable().fnGetAdjacentTr( current Row );

Allan

giro

Okay, so that was what was missing -- copying the function into a file. Now, does each API function have to go into a separate file or can I put them into a dataTables.commonAPIs.js file and reference them there?

allan

You can lump them all into one file if you wish. They just need to be loaded after DataTables but before you actually use them :-)

Allan