cell()

Since: DataTables 1.10

Select a single cell from a table.

Description

Select an individual cell to work with from a DataTable, with its chained methods providing the ability to get / set the data in the cell, work with it node directly and other actions.

Note that this method selects a single cell. If the selectors provided resolve to multiple cells in this method, the result will be truncated to just a single cell - the first one found. If you need to work with multiple cells, the cells() method is available with the same selection options.

The method has two forms, reflecting the fact the cells can be selected in multiple different ways as your implementation demands:

Cell selector
Cross product between row and column selectors

Types

function cell( [ modifier ] )

Description:

Select a cell that matches the modifier

Parameters:

Returns:

	Name	Type	Optional
1	`modifier`	`selector-modifier`	Yes - default:
	Option used to specify how the cells should be ordered, and if paging or filtering in the table should be taken into account.

DataTables.Api

DataTables API instance with selected cell

function cell( cellSelector, [ modifier ] )

Description:

Select the cell found by a cell selector

Parameters:

	Name	Type	Optional
1	`cellSelector`	`cell-selector`	No
	Cell selector.
2	`modifier`	`selector-modifier`	Yes - default:
	Option used to specify how the cells should be ordered, and if paging or filtering in the table should be taken into account.

Returns:

DataTables.Api

DataTables API instance with selected cell

function cell( rowSelector, columnSelector, [ modifier ] )

Description:

Select the cell found from both row and column selectors

Parameters:

	Name	Type	Optional
1	`rowSelector`	`row-selector`	No
	Row selector, used to specify which row the cell should be taken from.
2	`columnSelector`	`column-selector`	No
	Column selector, used to specify which column the cell should be taken from.
3	`modifier`	`selector-modifier`	Yes - default:
	Option used to specify how the cells should be ordered, and if paging or filtering in the table should be taken into account.

Returns:

DataTables.Api

DataTables API instance with selected cell

The following options are directly related and may also be useful in your application development.

API

cells()

cell()

Description

Types

function cell( [ modifier ] )

function cell( cellSelector, [ modifier ] )

function cell( rowSelector, columnSelector, [ modifier ] )

Related

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