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How dynamically change column title of dataTable jQuery plugin?


I would like to change the title of a column my datatable generated by jQuery Datatable plugin

Do you know if I can do something like this:

 table = $('#example').DataTable({
        "data": source_dataTable,
        "columnDefs": defs,

    "dom": 't<"top"f>rt<"bottom"lpi><"clear">',
});
// WHAT I WANT TO DO:
    table.column(0).title.text("new title for the column 0")

?

It renders a html a first line like that:

 <table id="example" class="row-border hover dataTable no-footer" role="grid" aria-describedby="example_info" style="width: 1140px;">
   <thead>
       <tr role="row">
              <th class="sorting" tabindex="0" aria-controls="example" rowspan="1" colspan="1" aria-label="S&amp;#233;lectionn&amp;#233;: activer pour trier la colonne par ordre croissant" style="width: 94px;">Sélectionné</th>

               <th class="sorting" tabindex="0" aria-controls="example" rowspan="1" colspan="1" aria-label="Anglais : activer pour 

                  trier la colonne par ordre croissant" style="width: 

62px;">Anglais </th>

</tr>
</thead>
 </table>

...

In a normal table the code bellow work , but for datatable rendered by jQuery plugin, it doesn't:

$('#example tr:eq(0) th:eq(0)').text("Text update by code");

Maybe there is a API method or another dom way?


Solution

  • I found a solution that really do it dynamically

    $(table.column(1).header()).text('My title');