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buttons().trigger()

Since: Buttons 1.0.0

Trigger the action of the selected buttons.
Please note - this property requires the Buttons extension for DataTables.

Description

This method can be used to programmatically trigger the actions of the selected buttons. 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 buttons().trigger()

Description:

Programmatically trigger the action of the selected buttons. They will be triggered in the selected order.

Returns:

DataTables API instance with the selected buttons in the result set, available for chaining further operations on the buttons.

Example

Trigger all buttons with the class 'update':

var table = new DataTable('#myTable');

table.buttons('.update').trigger();