Can someone explain what the <'clear'> in "B<'clear'>lfrtip" does?
Can someone explain what the <'clear'> in "B<'clear'>lfrtip" does?
nick_ps
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I have 3 standard buttons (New, Edit and Delete) and a custom button in an Editor instance, and the 'Show Entries' drop down was not showing.
A bit of hunting on the forums, and I found that dom: "B<'clear'>lfrtip" fixes the problem and the 'Show Entries' drop down is showing. 
I assume that the custom buttons sit on top of the 'Show Entries' drop down to obscure the dropdown and the 'clear' is CSS?
Thanks,
Nick
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domdocumentation explains in detail, but basically each letter (aside from those in<>) is a feature in DataTables.lis the length menu,fthe filter, etc. The order in that string tells DataTables what order you want them in the document. Plug-ins such as Buttons can extend the options - in this case by addingBfor where to place the Buttons.The
<>part indicates that adivelement should be inserted. That can be used for CSS, and the quoted string inside it is the class name to use - so it can be easily targeted in the CSS.Another option to resolve what you wanted to do is to use the
lengthMenubutton, which would add it next to the Editor control buttons - see this FAQ.The
domoption is useful, but also has a serious learning curve. In the DataTables v2 work I've already done (work continues on it), I've replaced that option with a far more intuitive newlayoutoption. So things are getting betterAllan
Hi Allan,
Since you mention v2 in this post can you provide a possible timeframe for that update? Thanks.
Glenn
Thanks for the explanation Allan. Very much appreciated.
When it is done...
. I don't have a specific goal for it I'm afraid - I'm hoping sometime this year - we already use it in CloudTables, but it isn't feature complete for what I want to release as DataTables v2 (i.e. the features that aren't in yet, aren't needed by CloudTables and the docs haven't been updated). The source is available if you want to try it, but I'd hang fire for a bit (due to the lack of docs).
Allan