Multiple button sets can coexist together sharing the same DataTable as a host. When using the API you need the ability to select one, or more, of those groups,
and thus the buttons in them to be able to take whatever action is required. This is provided through the button-group-selector data type of the
button() and buttons() methods.
The group selector, and the individual button selector (button-selector) give the ability to select any button or buttons in any group or groups of buttons. Actions can also be
taken on a whole group of buttons.
This example shows Buttons being constructed using the new $.fn.dataTable.Buttons construct and then the container node that holds all of the
created buttons obtained via the buttons().container() method. Note that the function is called with two parameters: 0 and null. The
0 is the button-group-selector option (i.e. select BUttons instance 0) and the second parameter is the button-selector option. This is important as if a
single parameter is passed into the button() or buttons() methods it is treated as a button-selector.
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The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:
$(document).ready(function() {
var table = $('#example').DataTable();
new $.fn.dataTable.Buttons( table, {
buttons: [
{
text: 'Button 1',
action: function ( e, dt, node, conf ) {
console.log( 'Button 1 clicked on' );
}
},
{
text: 'Button 2',
action: function ( e, dt, node, conf ) {
console.log( 'Button 2 clicked on' );
}
}
]
} );
table.buttons( 0, null ).container().prependTo(
table.table().container()
);
} );
In addition to the above code, the following Javascript library files are loaded for use in this example:
The HTML shown below is the raw HTML table element, before it has been enhanced by DataTables:
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:
The following CSS library files are loaded for use in this example to provide the styling of the table:
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.
The script used to perform the server-side processing for this table is shown below. Please note that this is just an example script using PHP. Server-side processing scripts can be written in any language, using the protocol described in the DataTables documentation.