Trigger button function on page load based on url variable

bfarkas

I’m trying to think of a way to automatically trigger a button function when the user is brought to the data tables page. The idea is two user workflows:
1. New user: a custom button that launches a modal window with three fields to set first should be triggered on page load.
2. Returning user: the import CVS dialog should trigger so they can bring in their data file and start again.

I’m thinking url variables are the way to go, something like www.table.com?user=new

Any thoughts or different approach?

bfarkas

Closing this, the method described worked pretty well. In my case I just have it search for the string in the URL and then trigger the button for the function I want immediately.

$(document).ready(function() {
    if (window.location.search == "?new") {
    p200table.button( '6-0' ).trigger();
    }
    if (window.location.search == "?return") {
    p200table.button( 7 ).trigger();
    }
    });

allan

Agreed - I think that's probably the best way to do it.

Allan