Will the datatable reinitialize inside drawcallback?
Will the datatable reinitialize inside drawcallback?
NorwegianBlue
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Hi
I'm trying to create a contextmenu with this plugin: http://swisnl.github.io/jQuery-contextMenu/index.html.
I need to use a the .row function on the very same table that I'm initializing inside the drawCallback. It works if I use the following: table.DataTable().row(this);, but will this reinitialize the table?
When I use table.row(this) I get the following error: Uncaught TypeError: table.row is not a function.
Here's the complete code:
`table.DataTable({
"columns": [
{"data": "id"},
{"data": "name"},
{"data": "created"},
{"data": "modified"},
],
"drawCallback": function () { // Adds contextmenu
jQuery.contextMenu({
selector: 'tbody tr td',
callback: function (key, options) {
var row = table.DataTable().row(this);
doCategoriesContextMenu(row, key);
},
"items": {
"1": {name: "Delete", icon: "delete"}
}
});
},
"pageLength": 10,
"language": {
"lengthMenu": "_MENU_ ",
"search": "",
"loadingRecords": "Loading...",
"processing": "Processing...",
"select-info": ""
},
"columnDefs": [
{
"targets": [0],
"visible": false,
"searchable": false
},
],
"responsive": true,
"select": {
style: 'single'
},
"order": [[0, "asc"]]
});`
Hope someone can help me 
Edit: I've no idea why the entire code is not formatted above. I'm using the code formatting option in the editor, but it doesn't work. Hope it's readable.
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I'm not sure what the variable
tableis but maybe if you change to specifying the table selector it might work. For example:$('#myTable').DataTable().row(this);Kevin
Thanks for your answer.
The variable table is the my categories table: var table = $('#categories-table').
Your suggestion above works, but that I already knew. My question was if this will initalize the table twice, as the DataTable() function is called twice?
No, you are accessing a new API instance as described here:
https://datatables.net/manual/api#Accessing-the-API
Kevin
Thanks. That's good