Hello,
When I try to use a link in a <td>, part of the link is used as the value in the <option> for the <select> dropdown filter. I would like to have a different link for every <td> for each <tr>. Below is my code. The dropdown filter for the Office column has the options:
Edinburgh">Edinburgh
London">London
instead of just:
Edinburgh
London
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>DataTable</title>
<!-- jQuery Google CDN -->
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<!-- DataTable JavaScript CDN -->
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf8" src="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.13/js/jquery.dataTables.js"></script>
<!-- DataTable Responsive JavaScript CDN Link -->
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/responsive/2.1.1/js/dataTables.responsive.min.js"></script>
<!-- DataTable Responsive CSS CDN Link -->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.13/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/responsive/2.1.1/css/responsive.dataTables.min.css">
</head>
<body>
<table id="example" class="display" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Position</th>
<th>Office</th>
<th>Age</th>
<th>Start date</th>
<th>Salary</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tfoot>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Position</th>
<th>Office</th>
<th>Age</th>
<th>Start date</th>
<th>Salary</th>
</tr>
</tfoot>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Tiger Nixon</td>
<td>System Architect</td>
<td><a href="edinburghOffice.html">Edinburgh</a></td>
<td>61</td>
<td>2011/04/25</td>
<td>$320,800</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bill Green</td>
<td>Programmer</td>
<td><a href="londonOffice.html">London</a></td>
<td>32</td>
<td>2014/05/22</td>
<td>$150,000</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#example').DataTable( {
initComplete: function () {
this.api().columns().every( function () {
var column = this;
var select = $('<select><option value=""></option></select>')
.appendTo( $(column.footer()).empty() )
.on( 'change', function () {
var val = $.fn.dataTable.util.escapeRegex(
$(this).val()
);
column
.search( val ? '^'+val+'$' : '', true, false )
.draw();
} );
column.data().unique().sort().each( function ( d, j ) {
select.append( '<option value="'+d+'">'+d+'</option>' )
} );
} );
}
} );
} );
</script>
Thank you