jQuery datatables: test if datatables plugin is initialized

Question

I want to check if a table element with say, id=\"datatable\" is datatables-initialized. Something like this:

if ($(\'#datatable\').dataTable().initialized) {
           


        

Answer 1

First, add a special class name when you're initializing datatables:

$('.datatable').not('.initialized').addClass('initialized').dataTable()

And now you can tell them apart by class name:

alert( $('#datatable').hasClass('initialized') )