cell().select()
Select a single cell.
Please note - this property requires the Select extension for DataTables.
Description
This method simply selects a single cell that has been found by the cell()
selector method.
If the selection style (select.style
/ select.style()
) is set to single
any previously selected cells will be automatically deselected. Otherwise the cell will be added to the current selected set.
Selected cells can later be retrieved using the selected
extension to the selector-modifier
object - for example table.cells( { selected: true } ).data()
will get the data of all cells which are selected in the table.
Type
function cell().select()
- Description:
Select a single cell in the table, based on the cell found by the
cell()
method.- Returns:
API instance that contains a reference to the selected cell.
Example
Select all cells in the first row on the current page:
var table = new DataTable('#myTable');
table.cell(':eq(0)', null, { page: 'current' }).select();
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