Events assigned to the table can be exceptionally useful for user interaction, however you must be aware that DataTables will add and remove rows from the DOM as they are needed (i.e. when paging only the visible elements are actually available in the DOM). As such, this can lead to the odd hiccup when working with events. One of the best ways of dealing with this is through the use of live events, as shown in this example.
Live example
Rendering engine
Browser
Platform(s)
Engine version
CSS grade
Trident
Internet
Explorer
4.0
Win 95+
4
X
Trident
Internet
Explorer 5.0
Win 95+
5
C
Trident
Internet
Explorer 5.5
Win 95+
5.5
A
Trident
Internet
Explorer 6
Win 98+
6
A
Trident
Internet Explorer 7
Win XP SP2+
7
A
Trident
AOL browser (AOL desktop)
Win XP
6
A
Gecko
Firefox 1.0
Win 98+ / OSX.2+
1.7
A
Gecko
Firefox 1.5
Win 98+ / OSX.2+
1.8
A
Gecko
Firefox 2.0
Win 98+ / OSX.2+
1.8
A
Gecko
Firefox 3.0
Win 2k+ / OSX.3+
1.9
A
Gecko
Camino 1.0
OSX.2+
1.8
A
Gecko
Camino 1.5
OSX.3+
1.8
A
Gecko
Netscape 7.2
Win 95+ / Mac OS 8.6-9.2
1.7
A
Gecko
Netscape Browser 8
Win 98SE+
1.7
A
Gecko
Netscape Navigator 9
Win 98+ / OSX.2+
1.8
A
Gecko
Mozilla 1.0
Win 95+ / OSX.1+
1
A
Gecko
Mozilla 1.1
Win 95+ / OSX.1+
1.1
A
Gecko
Mozilla 1.2
Win 95+ / OSX.1+
1.2
A
Gecko
Mozilla 1.3
Win 95+ / OSX.1+
1.3
A
Gecko
Mozilla 1.4
Win 95+ / OSX.1+
1.4
A
Gecko
Mozilla 1.5
Win 95+ / OSX.1+
1.5
A
Gecko
Mozilla 1.6
Win 95+ / OSX.1+
1.6
A
Gecko
Mozilla 1.7
Win 98+ / OSX.1+
1.7
A
Gecko
Mozilla 1.8
Win 98+ / OSX.1+
1.8
A
Gecko
Seamonkey 1.1
Win 98+ / OSX.2+
1.8
A
Gecko
Epiphany 2.20
Gnome
1.8
A
Webkit
Safari 1.2
OSX.3
125.5
A
Webkit
Safari 1.3
OSX.3
312.8
A
Webkit
Safari 2.0
OSX.4+
419.3
A
Webkit
Safari 3.0
OSX.4+
522.1
A
Webkit
OmniWeb 5.5
OSX.4+
420
A
Webkit
iPod Touch / iPhone
iPod
420.1
A
Webkit
S60
S60
413
A
Presto
Opera 7.0
Win 95+ / OSX.1+
-
A
Presto
Opera 7.5
Win 95+ / OSX.2+
-
A
Presto
Opera 8.0
Win 95+ / OSX.2+
-
A
Presto
Opera 8.5
Win 95+ / OSX.2+
-
A
Presto
Opera 9.0
Win 95+ / OSX.3+
-
A
Presto
Opera 9.2
Win 88+ / OSX.3+
-
A
Presto
Opera 9.5
Win 88+ / OSX.3+
-
A
Presto
Opera for Wii
Wii
-
A
Presto
Nokia N800
N800
-
A
Presto
Nintendo DS browser
Nintendo DS
8.5
C/A1
KHTML
Konqureror 3.1
KDE 3.1
3.1
C
KHTML
Konqureror 3.3
KDE 3.3
3.3
A
KHTML
Konqureror 3.5
KDE 3.5
3.5
A
Tasman
Internet Explorer 4.5
Mac OS 8-9
-
X
Tasman
Internet Explorer 5.1
Mac OS 7.6-9
1
C
Tasman
Internet Explorer 5.2
Mac OS 8-X
1
C
Misc
NetFront 3.1
Embedded devices
-
C
Misc
NetFront 3.4
Embedded devices
-
A
Misc
Dillo 0.8
Embedded devices
-
X
Misc
Links
Text only
-
X
Misc
Lynx
Text only
-
X
Misc
IE Mobile
Windows Mobile 6
-
C
Misc
PSP browser
PSP
-
C
Other browsers
All others
-
-
U
Rendering engine
Browser
Platform(s)
Engine version
CSS grade
Initialisation code
$(document).ready(function() {
/* Init DataTables */
$('#example').dataTable();
/* Add events */
$('#example tbody tr').live('click', function () {
var sTitle;
var nTds = $('td', this);
var sBrowser = $(nTds[1]).text();
var sGrade = $(nTds[4]).text();
if ( sGrade == "A" )
sTitle = sBrowser+' will provide a first class (A) level of CSS support.';
else if ( sGrade == "C" )
sTitle = sBrowser+' will provide a core (C) level of CSS support.';
else if ( sGrade == "X" )
sTitle = sBrowser+' does not provide CSS support or has a broken implementation. Block CSS.';
else
sTitle = sBrowser+' will provide an undefined level of CSS support.';
alert( sTitle )
} );
} );