I am trying to Place the ColumnFilterWidget plugin in the Header of the Datatables Table.
Here are the changes i made in it :
/**
* Menu-based filter widgets
based on distinct column values for a table.
*
* @class ColumnFilterWidgets
* @constructor
* @param {object} oDataTableSettings Settings for the target table.
*/
var ColumnFilterWidgets = function( oDataTableSettings ) {
var me = this;
var sExcludeList = '';
// me.$WidgetContainer = $( '<div class="column-filter-widgets"></div>' );
me.$WidgetContainer = $( '<tr class="head"></tr>' );
me.$MenuContainer = me.$WidgetContainer;
me.$TermContainer = null;
me.aoWidgets = [];
me.sSeparator = '';
if ( 'oColumnFilterWidgets' in oDataTableSettings.oInit ) {
if ( 'aiExclude' in oDataTableSettings.oInit.oColumnFilterWidgets ) {
sExcludeList = '|' + oDataTableSettings.oInit.oColumnFilterWidgets.aiExclude.join( '|' ) + '|';
}
if ( 'bGroupTerms' in oDataTableSettings.oInit.oColumnFilterWidgets && oDataTableSettings.oInit.oColumnFilterWidgets.bGroupTerms ) {
me.$MenuContainer = $( '<div class="column-filter-widget-menus"></div>' );
me.$TermContainer = $( '<div class="column-filter-widget-selected-terms"></div>' ).hide();
}
}
// Add a widget for each visible and filtered column
$.each( oDataTableSettings.aoColumns, function ( i, oColumn ) {
var $columnTh = $( oColumn.nTh );
var $WidgetElem = $( '<th><div class="column-filter-widget"></div></th>' );
if ( oColumn.bVisible && sExcludeList.indexOf( '|' + i + '|' ) < 0 ) {
me.aoWidgets.push( new ColumnFilterWidget( $WidgetElem, oDataTableSettings, i, me ) );
}
me.$MenuContainer.append( $WidgetElem );
} );
if ( me.$TermContainer ) {
me.$WidgetContainer.append( me.$MenuContainer );
me.$WidgetContainer.append( me.$TermContainer );
}
oDataTableSettings.aoDrawCallback.push( {
name: 'ColumnFilterWidgets',
fn: function() {
$.each( me.aoWidgets, function( i, oWidget ) {
oWidget.fnDraw();
} );
}
} );
return me;
};
I added a extra <tr class='head'> inside the Datatable, and later on i am trying to append the Filters to that with attached to them,But instead of that it is creating new TR tag and then appending the filters in it.
I even changed my dom of data tables to : dom: '<"clear">Cf<"clear">ltWrip',
So the table elements should be there so that it can insert filters inside the head.
