Adding a button in the editor dialog

Adrian Challinor

Use Case is creating schedules using a CRON scheduler (Spring Boot internal scheduler). The cron format is tricky unless you are using it all the time. What I wondered is whether there is a way to add a button to open anther browser tab that explains cron formats and can construct one that can be copied.

Can I put html in the labelInfo, or would I be better creating a custom edit form?

Adrian Challinor

OH - Answered this. Yes, I can have html in the label Info. BRILLIANT!

        var editor = new $.fn.dataTable.Editor( {
            table : "#table", 
            ajax :  {
                url : "/schedule/editor",
                dataType : "json",
                type: "POST",
                contentType : "application/json",
                data: function ( d ) {
                    return JSON.stringify( d );
                }
            },
            idSrc : "id", 
            fields : [ 
                { label : "Task Type", name: "type", type: "select"},
                { label : "Directory", name: "backupID", type: "select"},
                { label : "Chron:",    name: "cron",
                  labelInfo : '<a href="https://spring.io/blog/2020/11/10/new-in-spring-5-3-improved-cron-expressions" target="_blank">cron<\a>' 
                }, 
                { label : "Active:",   name: "active", 
                  type : "radio", 
                  options: {"Active": true, "Inactive": false}, 
                  def: true
                }
            ]
        });