cells().select()
Select cells.
Please note - this property requires the Select extension for DataTables.
Description
This method simply selects the cells that have been found by the cells()
selector method.
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 cells().select()
- Description:
Select one or more cells in the table, based on the cells found by the
cells()
method.- Returns:
API instance that contains a reference to the selected cells.
Examples
Select all cells which have a class of 'important':
var table = new DataTable('#myTable');
table.cells('.important').select();
Select all cells in column index 1 on the current page:
var table = new DataTable('#myTable');
table.cells(null, 1, { page: 'current' }).select();
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