Proper Way To Extend DataTable

Nahuel

Hi,
I want to set some parameters as default for all my DataTable instances. I wonder if there's a proper way to extend the class like jQuery UI widgets [0]?

Thanks in advance
Nahuel

[0] http://wiki.jqueryui.com/w/page/12138135/Widget-factory

allan

At the moment not really the same as what jQuery UI uses - this is a short coming in DataTables which will be addressed in future (some of the DataTables plug-ins do it that way). Having said that, what you can do is something like this:

[code]
var defaults = {
"bSort": false,
"bProcessing": true
};

$('#example').dataTable( $.extend( true, {}, defaults, {
"bFilter": false
} ) );
[/code]

Which is basically the same thing - you have your own defaults objects and control it rather than DataTables managing it.

Allan

Nahuel

Allan, thanks for your answer. It works, but there are some cases where I can't see how to implement things in a simple way, in paricular, click listeners.

Thanks agian.
Nahuel

allan

I'm not quite sure what you mean I'm afraid - DataTables currently doesn't generate any custom events - so you can't assign listeners to the instance, regardless of the defaults. You can use callback functions using the method above, or you could use jQuery live events to have a "default" listener, depending on what it is you want to do.

Allan