I'm using datatables plugin to create a datatable. I've put a button to add new rows. The new inserted row can be anywhere depends on which column the table is sorted by. I need to set an event to the button inside the row once it is inserted. So I have to get the last inserted row to do so. But I can't find a way. I've tried below but it's not working. index() does not returning exact index where the row really is.
var row = table.row.add({...});
row.draw();
var tr = $('#datatable tbody tr').get(row.index());
Please help. Your answer is kindly appreciated and thank you in advance.
Can't find a way to this using any plugin's provided function. But thank God there's a workaround.
Flag the inserted row in column rendering function. For example, I append a tag
datatable = $('#datatable').DataTable({columns : [{render : function(){... <last/> ...}}]});
On inserting new row, insert it with a data that indicate the flag inclusion. Get the row by the flag. And then remove the flag.
datatable.row.add({...}).draw();
var row = $('last').parents('tr');
$('last').remove();
For any other case which don't need to edit the
<tr>explicitly, get the index of last inserted row. Get the datatable row and update the data. Set column render function to render the updated row accordingly.
var i = datatable.rows().count() - 1;
var data = datatable.row(i).data();
datatable.row(i).data(changeSomething(data)).draw();
And to remove the row
datatable.row(i).remove().draw();