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Datatables using ng-repeat #1040


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teddylim created

Hi,

I want to create list of person using datatable-editable, but it seems the datatables can't work if we use ng-repeat, is there any js need to be setup for datatable-editable for ng-repeat? i already add 2 js (datatables.bootstrap.js & datatables.min.js)

HTML

<table class="table table-striped table-hover table-bordered" id="sample_editable_1" >
                <thead>
                    <tr>
                        <th> Username </th>
                        <th> Full Name </th>
                        <th> Email Address </th>
                        <th> Notes </th>
                        <th> Edit </th>
                        <th> Delete </th>
                    </tr>
                </thead>
                <tbody>

                    <tr ng-repeat="person in vm.persons">

                        <td>{{person.name}}</td>
                        <td>{{person.surname}}</td>
                        <td>{{person.emailAddress}}</td>
                        <td></td>
                        <td>
                            <a class="edit" href="javascript:;"> Edit </a>
                        </td>
                        <td>
                            <a class="delete" href="javascript:;"> Delete </a>
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td> lisa </td>
                        <td> Lisa ong </td>
                        <td> [email protected] </td>
                        <td class="center"> power user </td>
                        <td>
                            <a class="edit" href="javascript:;"> Edit </a>
                        </td>
                        <td>
                            <a class="delete" href="javascript:;"> Delete </a>
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td> lisa </td>
                        <td> Lisa Wong </td>
                        <td> [email protected] </td>
                        <td class="center"> new user </td>
                        <td>
                            <a class="edit" href="javascript:;"> Edit </a>
                        </td>
                        <td>
                            <a class="delete" href="javascript:;"> Delete </a>
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                    
                </tbody>
            </table>

JS

function restoreRow(oTable, nRow) {
                    var aData = oTable.fnGetData(nRow);
                    var jqTds = $('>td', nRow);

                    for (var i = 0, iLen = jqTds.length; i < iLen; i++) {
                        oTable.fnUpdate(aData[i], nRow, i, false);
                    }

                    oTable.fnDraw();
                }

                function editRow(oTable, nRow) {
                    var aData = oTable.fnGetData(nRow);
                    var jqTds = $('>td', nRow);
                    jqTds[0].innerHTML = '<input type="text" class="form-control input-small" value="' + aData[0] + '">';
                    jqTds[1].innerHTML = '<input type="text" class="form-control input-small" value="' + aData[1] + '">';
                    jqTds[2].innerHTML = '<input type="text" class="form-control input-small" value="' + aData[2] + '">';
                    jqTds[3].innerHTML = '<input type="text" class="form-control input-small" value="' + aData[3] + '">';
                    jqTds[4].innerHTML = '<a class="edit" href="">Save</a>';
                    jqTds[5].innerHTML = '<a class="cancel" href="">Cancel</a>';
                }

                function saveRow(oTable, nRow) {
                    var jqInputs = $('input', nRow);
                    oTable.fnUpdate(jqInputs[0].value, nRow, 0, false);
                    oTable.fnUpdate(jqInputs[1].value, nRow, 1, false);
                    oTable.fnUpdate(jqInputs[2].value, nRow, 2, false);
                    oTable.fnUpdate(jqInputs[3].value, nRow, 3, false);
                    oTable.fnUpdate('<a class="edit" href="">Edit</a>', nRow, 4, false);
                    oTable.fnUpdate('<a class="delete" href="">Delete</a>', nRow, 5, false);
                    oTable.fnDraw();
                }

                function cancelEditRow(oTable, nRow) {
                    var jqInputs = $('input', nRow);
                    oTable.fnUpdate(jqInputs[0].value, nRow, 0, false);
                    oTable.fnUpdate(jqInputs[1].value, nRow, 1, false);
                    oTable.fnUpdate(jqInputs[2].value, nRow, 2, false);
                    oTable.fnUpdate(jqInputs[3].value, nRow, 3, false);
                    oTable.fnUpdate('<a class="edit" href="">Edit</a>', nRow, 4, false);
                    oTable.fnDraw();
                }

                var table = $('#sample_editable_1');

                var oTable = table.dataTable({

                 
                    "lengthMenu": [
                        [5, 15, 20, -1],
                        [5, 15, 20, "All"] // change per page values here
                    ],

                    "pageLength": 5,

                    "language": {
                        "lengthMenu": " _MENU_ records"
                    },
                    "columnDefs": [{ // set default column settings
                        'orderable': true,
                        'targets': [0]
                    }, {
                        "searchable": true,
                        "targets": [0]
                    }],
                    "order": [
                        [0, "asc"]
                    ] // set first column as a default sort by asc
                });
                var tableWrapper = $("#sample_editable_1_wrapper");

                var nEditing = null;
                var nNew = false;

                $('#sample_editable_1_new').click(function (e) {
                    e.preventDefault();

                    if (nNew && nEditing) {
                        if (confirm("Previose row not saved. Do you want to save it ?")) {
                            saveRow(oTable, nEditing); // save
                            $(nEditing).find("td:first").html("Untitled");
                            nEditing = null;
                            nNew = false;

                        } else {
                            oTable.fnDeleteRow(nEditing); // cancel
                            nEditing = null;
                            nNew = false;

                            return;
                        }
                    }

                    var aiNew = oTable.fnAddData(['', '', '', '', '', '']);
                    var nRow = oTable.fnGetNodes(aiNew[0]);
                    editRow(oTable, nRow);
                    nEditing = nRow;
                    nNew = true;
                });

                table.on('click', '.delete', function (e) {
                    e.preventDefault();

                    if (confirm("Are you sure to delete this row ?") == false) {
                        return;
                    }

                    var nRow = $(this).parents('tr')[0];
                    oTable.fnDeleteRow(nRow);
                    alert("Deleted! Do not forget to do some ajax to sync with backend :)");
                });

                table.on('click', '.cancel', function (e) {
                    e.preventDefault();
                    if (nNew) {
                        oTable.fnDeleteRow(nEditing);
                        nEditing = null;
                        nNew = false;
                    } else {
                        restoreRow(oTable, nEditing);
                        nEditing = null;
                    }
                });

                table.on('click', '.edit', function (e) {
                    e.preventDefault();

                    /* Get the row as a parent of the link that was clicked on */
                    var nRow = $(this).parents('tr')[0];

                    if (nEditing !== null && nEditing != nRow) {
                        /* Currently editing - but not this row - restore the old before continuing to edit mode */
                        restoreRow(oTable, nEditing);
                        editRow(oTable, nRow);
                        nEditing = nRow;
                    } else if (nEditing == nRow && this.innerHTML == "Save") {
                        /* Editing this row and want to save it */
                        saveRow(oTable, nEditing);
                        nEditing = null;
                        alert("Updated! Do not forget to do some ajax to sync with backend :)");
                    } else {
                        /* No edit in progress - let's start one */
                        editRow(oTable, nRow);
                        nEditing = nRow;
                    }
                });

result: (only 2 static record will be shown in datatables)

lisa Lisa ong <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> power user Edit Delete
lisa Lisa Wong <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> new user Edit Delete


1 Answer(s)
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    hikalkan created
    Support Team

    Hi,

    Datatables is a jQuery based library. As you probably know, Angularjs does not like jQuery libraries much. Because, Angular has it's own binding mechanism and updates DOM independently. So, for ng-repeat, angular dynamically builds table, but datatables read table only once. That's why it can not know that angular updated it. You have a few options:

    • datatables library may have some 'update' method that you can use after angular binding. See it's docs since I did not use datatables before.
    • use jQuery, instead of angular's ng-repeat
    • search for an angular wrapper for datatables