Dynamic column filters

Question

Instead of referencing columns by number, I would like to define filters more dynamically. In particular, I'd like a way to say "all columns with th class xx get filter type yyy". Is that possible?

Answer 1

Since 0.9.4.beta.10 you can also use the columnDefs and provide yadcf with a column_selector instead of column_number, see it in action

var columnDefs = [{
    "targets": "API",
    "data": "API"
  },
  {
    "targets": "Description",
    "data": "Description"
  },
  {
    "targets": "Category",
    "data": "Category"
  },
];



var exampleTable1 = $("#example1").DataTable({
  "ajax": {
    "url": "https://api.publicapis.org/entries?category=Animals",
    "cache": true, // Or else `&_=23628934` gets added to the query string.
    "dataSrc": "entries"
  },
  "columnDefs": columnDefs
});

var yadcfConfiguration = [{
      // https://datatables.net/reference/type/column-selector
      column_selector: '.API'
    },
    {
      // https://datatables.net/reference/type/column-selector
      column_selector: '.Description',
      filter_type: "text"
    },
    {
      // https://datatables.net/reference/type/column-selector
      column_selector: '.Category',
      filter_type: "text"
    }
  ];

 yadcf.init(exampleTable1, yadcfConfiguration);