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jquery: How do I use click event to modify an element, then different click event to modify the original element?

Asked by holly_mbd in Jquery, JavaScript, Plug Ins

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I'm very new at javascripting and jquery but I've got the basics down. I need help with using jquery click functions to modify elements. I am using a jquery plugin (dataTables) to create a sortable table. That part was easy. The table is initially hidden, and I want the user to be able to click on one of the links on my page to display a filtered version of the table. Ex: click on link #1 - display table filtered for keyword#1, click on link #2 - display table filtered for keyword#2, etc.

I was able to accomplish this using jquery click events, but I found that after the filtered table displays, if one of the headers is clicked to sort on a column, then the entire original table comes back. I couldn't find anything in the plugin's documentation about this, so I had to find an alternative.

I was able to do the following: run the dataTables method on my original master table (with sort option: false), create (and hide) the table, onclick - filter that table on a keyword, then run the dataTables method again on the filtered table (with sort option: true), then show the table. This is probably not the right way of fixing my problem, but it does work...now this table only contains the data that I filtered on and the user can sort on headers.

Here is my real problem - when I pass the filtered table through the dataTables method again, it seems I am somehow permanently attaching that function/method to my filtered table. Ex - when I click on link#1, I get my table filtered for keyword#1, but if I click on link #2, I get a 'no results found'.  It seems that it is trying to filter the already filtered table?

Please have a look...I hope you can help!

table id = "listings"
link id = "showCelina"
link id = "showColdwater"

plugin: dataTable
additional function for plugin: fnFilter('string') - is *supposed to* filter the table for the string and redraw the tableStart Free Trial 
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this script will allow you to click on either link and display the table filtered for the keyword associated with that link - but on clicking a header, the entire table comes back...is there something i'm missing?
 
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
var filterCelina;
var filterColdwater;
$(document).ready(function() {
	filterCelina = filterColdwater = $('#listings').dataTable( {
		"iDefaultSortIndex": 0,
		"sDefaultSortDirection": "asc",
		"bPaginate": false,
		"bLengthChange": false,
		"bFilter": false,
		"bInfo": false,
		"bAutoWidth": false,
		"aoData": [{ "sType": "html" },null,null]
		} );
$('#listings').hide();
$('#showCelina').click(function () {
	filterCelina.fnFilter( 'Celina' );
	filterCelina.show();
	} );
$('#showColdwater').click(function () {
	filterColdwater.fnFilter( 'Coldwater' );
	filterColdwater.show();
	} );
} );
</script>
 
 
otherwise...this script will run the filtered tables back through dataTable method taking care of the earlier issue, but it will only work the first time I click on any link. if i click on another link, I get 'no matching records found'
 
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
var filterCelina;
var filterColdwater;
$(document).ready(function() {
	filterCelina = filterColdwater = $('#listings').dataTable( {
		"iDefaultSortIndex": 0,
		"sDefaultSortDirection": "asc",
		"bPaginate": false,
		"bLengthChange": false,
		"bFilter": false,
		"bSort": false,
		"bInfo": false,
		"bAutoWidth": false,
		"aoData": [{ "sType": "html" },null,null]
		} );
$('#listings').hide();
$('#showCelina').click(function () {
	filterCelina.fnFilter( 'Celina' );
	filterCelina.dataTable( {
		"iDefaultSortIndex": 0,
		"sDefaultSortDirection": "asc",
		"bPaginate": false,
		"bLengthChange": false,
		"bFilter": false,
		"bSort": true,
		"bInfo": false,
		"bAutoWidth": false,
		"aoData": [{ "sType": "html" },null,null],
		"aoData": [{ "sWidth": "360px" },{ "sWidth": "252px" },{ "sWidth": "108px"}]
		} );
	filterCelina.show();
	} );
$('#showColdwater').click(function () {
	filterColdwater.fnFilter( 'Coldwater' );
	filterColdwater.dataTable( {
		"iDefaultSortIndex": 0,
		"sDefaultSortDirection": "asc",
		"bPaginate": false,
		"bLengthChange": false,
		"bFilter": false,
		"bSort": true,
		"bInfo": false,
		"bAutoWidth": false,
		"aoData": [{ "sType": "html" },null,null],
		"aoData": [{ "sWidth": "360px" },{ "sWidth": "252px" },{ "sWidth": "108px"}]
		} );
	filterColdwater.show();
	} );
} );
</script>
 
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