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• kthorngren Posts: 20,425Questions: 26Answers: 4,794

  February 2022

  the order of the rows is dependent on the order of the table. This blog presents a solution to place rows at the top or bottom of the table.

  Kevin
• drfunk Posts: 58Questions: 8Answers: 0

  February 2022

  here is my code snippet:
  $(document).ready(function() {
  var t = $('#ncs').DataTable();

  $('#addRow').on( 'click', function () {
      t.row.add( [
          'John',
          'Doe'
      ] ).draw( true );
  
  } );
  

  } );

  where would I put position=top
• kthorngren Posts: 20,425Questions: 26Answers: 4,794

  February 2022 Answer ✓

  Put it before the Datatables init code, just like the examples. In your case it looks like before var t = $('#ncs').DataTable(); would be the correct place.

  Kevin
• vordan Posts: 1Questions: 0Answers: 0

  January 7 edited January 7

  I know this is maybe a bit late, but let me show my solution.

  The use case is: when the user adds new record, we want to insert it at the top of the table, so the user knows that it was saved.

  This is a bit of a hack, but works for the purpose, and doesn't need any plugins.
  First, at the beginning of the table, add a new column, I usually name it row_order.
  Give it a defaultContent of 0 (zero). Usually, I hide it, but leave it visible for the moment, just to test things.
  Add this column to the order property of the table, before any other columns:
  order: [[0,"asc"], [4,"asc"]] - in this case, we order by row_order first, then by column with index 4.

  Next, in your select from the database add '1' as row_order to the select query, usually at the end of everything else.
  Or, if you have the data in some array, put "row_order": "1" in each row.

  When you show the data, all rows will have '1' as value of the row_order, and nothing is out of the ordinary - the table is sorted as previously, the click on ordered column headings works as usual.

  Then, do the add in your code:

  $('#datatable').DataTable().row.add(row_record).draw();
  
  

  The Datatable will add the row and automatically reorder the table, thus putting the new row at the top, since the default value of row_order is 0.
  On the next read from the database, all rows will have value '1' for the row_order, and the item will be sorted where it should be.

  Hope this helps somebody.