button().trigger()
Since: Buttons 1.0.0
Trigger the action of the selected button.
Please note - this property requires the Buttons extension for DataTables.
Description
This method can be used to programmatically trigger the actions of the selected button. Typically a button's action will be triggered by an end user interaction (clicking, keyboard navigation), but it can be useful to trigger the action from code - for example to periodically update the data contained in a DataTable.
Please note that some buttons types might not be able to be triggered programmatically.
Type
function button().trigger()
- Description:
Programmatically trigger the action of the selected button.
- Returns:
DataTables API instance with the selected buttons in the result set, available for chaining further operations on the buttons.
Example
Trigger the button at index 2-1:
var table = new DataTable('#myTable');
table.button('2-1').trigger();