button().text()
Get / set the text for the selected button.
Please note - this property requires the Buttons extension for DataTables.
Description
This method provides the ability to dynamically get and set the display text of one or more buttons. This can be useful if an interaction (such as row selection) changes the behaviour of a button, to let the end user know what that change in behaviour is.
Types
function button().text()
- Description:
Get the display text for the selected button.
Note that if the button's text option is specified as a function, this method will execute that function and return the result, so a string is always returned.
- Returns:
The current display string from the button.
function button().text( set )
- Description:
Set the display text for the selected button
- Parameters:
Name Type Optional 1 setNo Text to display in the selected button. This is written to the button as HTML, so HTML tags can be used and will be displayed rendered in the button.
A function can also be defined, which will be executed whenever Buttons updates the button display text and the result used as the text to be displayed in the button. Please refer to
buttons.buttons.textfor the function signature.- Returns:
DataTables API instance with the selected button in the result set, available for chaining further operations on the buttons.
Examples
Get the text for button index 1:
var table = new DataTable('#myTable');
var buttonText = table.button(1).text();Use an action to display a button activation counter:
var table = new DataTable('#myTable');
var button = table.button(0);
var counter = 0;
button.text('Click counter: 0').action(function () {
counter++;
this.text('Click counter: ' + counter);
});Use a function to display the text:
var table = new DataTable('#myTable');
table.button(0).text(function (dt, button, config) {
return dt.i18n('buttons.input', 'Input');
});