buttons.buttons.tag

Since: Buttons 3.0.0

Set the tag for the button.
Please note - this property requires the Buttons extension for DataTables.

Description

By default Buttons will use the tag property defined by buttons.dom.button configuration object as the name of the HTML element to create. This option provides the ability to override that on a per-button basis, where as buttons.dom.button will apply to all buttons.

Type

string

Description:: The HTML element name to be used for the button.

Default

Value: undefined

Example

Use an a tag for a button:

new DataTable('#myTable', {
	layout: {
		topEnd: {
			buttons: [
				{
					extend: 'copy',
					tag: 'a'
				}
			]
		}
	}
});