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var table = $('#example').DataTable( {
"ajax": "data/arrays.txt",
"columnDefs": [ {
"targets": -1,
"data": null,
"defaultContent": "<button>Click!</button>"
} ]
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$('#example tbody').on( 'click', 'button', function () {
var data = table.row( $(this).parents('tr') ).data();
alert( data[0] +"'s salary is: "+ data[ 5 ] );
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<h1>DataTables example <span>- Generated content for a column</span></h1>
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<p>In some tables you might wish to have some content generated automatically. This can be done in a
number of ways:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="//datatables.net/init/columns.render"><code class="option" title=
"Initialisation option">columns.render</code></a> for content that is dynamic (i.e. based upon the
row's data)</li>
<li><a href="//datatables.net/init/columns.defaultContent"><code class="option" title=
"Initialisation option">columns.defaultContent</code></a> for static content (i.e. simple
strings)</li>
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<p>This examples shows the use of <a href="//datatables.net/init/columns.defaultContent"><code class=
"option" title="Initialisation option">columns.defaultContent</code></a> to create a <em>button</em>
element in the last column of the table. A simple jQuery <code>click</code> event listener is used to
watch for clicks on the row, and when activated uses the <a href=
"//datatables.net/api/row%28%29.data%28%29"><code class="api" title=
"API method">row().data()</code></a> method to get the data for the row and show a bit of information
about it in an <code>alert</code> box. This is a simple use case, but it can be built up to be
arbitrarily complex.</p>
<p>Note also that the <a href="//datatables.net/init/columns.data"><code class="option" title=
"Initialisation option">columns.data</code></a> option for the column has been set to <code>null</code>
to indicate that the column has no information that should be obtained data source object.</p>
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<thead>
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<th>Name</th>
<th>Position</th>
<th>Office</th>
<th>Extn.</th>
<th>Start date</th>
<th>Salary</th>
</tr>
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<th>Name</th>
<th>Position</th>
<th>Office</th>
<th>Extn.</th>
<th>Start date</th>
<th>Salary</th>
</tr>
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<p>The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:</p>
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$(document).ready(function() {
var table = $('#example').DataTable( {
"ajax": "data/arrays.txt",
"columnDefs": [ {
"targets": -1,
"data": null,
"defaultContent": "<button>Click!</button>"
} ]
} );
$('#example tbody').on( 'click', 'button', function () {
var data = table.row( $(this).parents('tr') ).data();
alert( data[0] +"'s salary is: "+ data[ 5 ] );
} );
} );
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<p>In addition to the above code, the following Javascript library files are loaded for use in this
example:</p>
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<li><a href="../../media/js/jquery.js">../../media/js/jquery.js</a></li>
<li><a href="../../media/js/jquery.dataTables.js">../../media/js/jquery.dataTables.js</a></li>
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<p>The HTML shown below is the raw HTML table element, before it has been enhanced by
DataTables:</p>
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<p>This example uses a little bit of additional CSS beyond what is loaded from the library
files (below), in order to correctly display the table. The additional CSS used is shown
below:</p>
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<p>The following CSS library files are loaded for use in this example to provide the styling of the
table:</p>
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<li><a href=
"../../media/css/jquery.dataTables.css">../../media/css/jquery.dataTables.css</a></li>
</ul>
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<p>This table loads data by Ajax. The latest data that has been loaded is shown below. This data
will update automatically as any additional data is loaded.</p>
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<h3><a href="../data_sources/index.html">Data Sources</a></h3>
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column</a></li>
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<p>Please refer to the <a href="http://www.datatables.net">DataTables documentation</a> for full
information about its API properties and methods.<br>
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<a href="http://www.datatables.net/plug-ins">plug-ins</a> which extend the capabilities of
DataTables.</p>
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