How to get Id value by clicking Edit button on the same row of DataTable

Question

I use jQuery Datatable for listing records and add an Action button (Edit) for editing the record on a modal dialog. If I select a row I can get th

Answer 1

Assign the row-id(s) to the edit buttons as well, write click events for the edit buttons which, based on the id of the button clicked on, triggers the edit functionality / view.

You could assign the row-id(s) to the buttons either when rendering itself, or write a small function that does the same on page load.

Answer 2

If the id is on the parent container then find it's value and use it. If it's a sibling then do the same.

Answer 3

You can use this code to achieve this.

var table;
$(document).ready( function () {
 table  = $('#example').DataTable();
} );

$('body').on('click', '#btnEdit', function(){
    //to get currently clicked row object
    var row  = $(this).parents('tr')[0];

    //for row data
    console.log( table.row( row ).data() );

});

It will return row data as a string array.

Live Demo Here

Use the browser console to see the results.

Answer 4

Here's the full source code. Hope this helps :)

//when button (edit button here) is clicked.... Note: no need id for buttons too, just use <button> tag
$('table button').click(function() {
  var tr = $(this).closest('tr');
  var id = tr.children('td:eq(0)').text(); //get the text from first col of current row
  console.log(id); //you'll get the actual ids here
});

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.0.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<table>
  <tr>
    <th>Id</th>
    <th>Name</th>
    <th>Surname</th>
    <th>Action</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>1</td>
    <td>Hans</td>
    <td>Jahnsen</td>
    <td>
      <button>Edit</button>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>2</td>
    <td>Robert</td>
    <td>Boylstat</td>
    <td>
      <button>Edit</button>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>3</td>
    <td>Jim</td>
    <td>Alexi</td>
    <td>
      <button>Edit</button>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>