show extra / detailed information... How to set default Content

Pedro Martins

Hello every one! Was searching for a way to set a default value for a atribute of my table that is hidden in the show extra / detailed information Button.

i know i can set it like this when it is in a normal Table

$('#example').dataTable( {
  "columns": [
    null,
    null,
    null,
    {
      "data": "first_name", // can be null or undefined
      "defaultContent": "<i>Not set</i>"
    }
  ]
} );

How should i set it for hidden atributes/columns???

Would i be able to hide button if value/atribute that is hidden is Null???

allan

Can you link to an example please? I don't see any code above that shows how you are displaying the details, so I'll need a lot more to go on than the above.

ALlan

Pedro Martins

Hello @allan !
i am using this code as a sample...

http://live.datatables.net/bihawepu/3330/edit

Would like to put a default text if one of the atributes in the details is null,
Or even better as i have only one atribute hidden to be able to hide the button if value is null... it´s not worth clicking if there is no extra info!

colin

Hi @Pedro Martins ,

You can use createdRow to remove the '+' sign - see example here. If you look at the third line, the '+' is gone. You could do the same, with extra logic for whatever your criteria is.

For each individual line, you can modify that in your format() function,

Cheers,

Colin

inah.young

Hi, I'm new in php. I would like to know on how can I fetch the data from the database and display it on the Datatables with show/hide extra detail information.