Best way to render boolean data columns in jquery datatables.net
datatable, datatables, jquery, json
Solution
I answered my own question :-) it's actually very simple:
var simple_checkbox = function ( data, type, full, meta ) {
var is_checked = data == true ? "checked" : "";
return '<input type="checkbox" class="checkbox" ' +
is_checked + ' />';
}
var setup_datatable = function () {
$('#data-table').DataTable({
"columns": [
{ "data": "id", "className": "text-center"},
{ "data": "keywords"},
{ "data": "platform"},
{ "data": "is_active", "render": simple_checkbox},
{ "data": "is_terminated", "render": simple_checkbox}
],
"ajax": "/data"
}); // DataTable
}
Problem
I am using the datatables.net data grid with jquery and bootstrap. I have a large chunk of JSON data with some boolean columns in it and would like to render a datatables column as a checked or unchecked checkbox (all with bootstrap styling of course). What is the easiest/fastest was to do this?