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• rf1234 Posts: 2,808Questions: 85Answers: 406

  January 2020 edited January 2020 Answer ✓

  I wouldn't use the code button but triple back ticks in order to use Markdown - see below. If you add "js" or "php" or whatever after the initial back ticks it gets even better.

  When you do what you do in your code you are extending "create" but you are also completely overwriting the "action" parameter. Hence your button does nothing.

  This button does what a "create" button does plus your stuff:

  buttons: [
      //{   extend: "create", editor: rateEditor, className: "lgfAdminOnly" },
      {
          extend: "create",
          text: 'New Entry',
          action: function ( e, dt, node, config ) {
              rateEditor
                  .title($.fn.dataTable.Editor.defaults.i18n.create.title)
                  .buttons({
                          label: $.fn.dataTable.Editor.defaults.i18n.create.submit,
                          className: 'btn-showall-color',
                          fn: function () {
                              this.submit();
                          }
                      })
                  .create()
                  rateEditor.field( 'rate.currency' ).hide();
                  var randomstring = "abc";
                  rateEditor.field( 'rate.currency' ).val(randomstring);
                  rateEditor.field( 'rate.rate' ).val('New');
          }
      },
  

  Better not extend the button but use an "on open", "on initCreate" or other events and manipulate your editor values. Like in here for example which is a very special use case of "dependent" for "create" only.

  editor
      .on('initCreate', function () {
          this.dependent('fixed.first_payment_date', function (val, data, callback) {
              editor.set( 'fixed.following_payment_day', val.substr(0,2) );
          })           
      })
      .on('close', function () {
          //kill "dependent" event listener on first_payment_date 
          this.undependent('fixed.first_payment_date');
      })
  
• greggreggreg Posts: 42Questions: 19Answers: 2

  January 2020

  that was perfect thanks.