turn off select...sometimes

montoyam

I have a dataTable where I need to enable select

        select: {
            style: 'multi'
        },

but, under certain conditions I need to turn off the ability to select. Is this possible?

I tired .select(false) but that didn't seem to work

        if (isNewRequest == 0) {
            if (selected.data().RequestHeader.ApprovedBy != null) {
                btnText = 'Close'; //no changes allowed
                RequestRoleSelectTable
                    .rows(function (idx, data, node) {
                        if (headerID == 0) {
                            return data.Users.UserID != null ? false : true;
                        } else {
                            return data.RequestDetails.RequestDetailID != null ? false : true;
                        }

                    })
                    .remove().draw();
                RequestRoleSelectTable.select(false);
            } else {
                btnText = 'Save'; //updating existing request
            }
        }

kthorngren

I might be wrong but I don't think there is an API to toggle select on/off. However you could use select.selector() to set a fake classname to turn it off. The select.selector shows the default as td, th. You could turn it back on by using this selector.

Kevin

colin

Yep, Kevin's right. I'd just knocked out this example before I realised he'd replied and said the same thing!

Colin

montoyam

you guys are awesome!!

I can not talk enough about DataTables and the support you provide. I recommend it to others every chance I get.