Custom Inline Action Buttons from Array of Arrays

[lcuevastodoit]

Hi and thanks for this gem, one question: I did not see it very clear in the documentation but I need to create some buttons for actions that do not belong to the traditional CRUD model. In ERB it is very simple since if my table data comes from @data which is an Array of Arrays, @data would be for example something like this: [["device01", "zone01", "value01"], ["device01", "zone02", "value02"]...]]

And then with an @data.each , I would create one or several buttons per table row on view, something like this:

<%= link_to "Disable", device _disable_url(devid: dev.id, zone: @zone_id), class: "btn btn btn-outline-danger btn-xs conspinner" %>>

How I can do something like this with this gem, and where would I do it?

[matt-riemer]

Hey, yea, great question

You could do it in one of a few ways.

1. Just make a regular column

col :my_actions do |device|
 link_to(device, device_path(device))
end

2. Use custom actions_col

    actions_col do |device|
      dropdown_link_to('Disable', device_disable_url(device))
    end

The drop down link to comes from effective_bootstrap gem and builds the button group.

3. Use effective_resources.

If the disable devise is set up as a member route in your routes, the datatables will just pick them up

resources :devices do
  post :disable, on: :member
end

And make sure you have can(:disable, Device) or whatever permissions to actually disable on that device.

If the route is present, and the config.authorization_method is true, the datatable actions_col will automatically display those member actions.

Hope this helps.

Have a great day!

[lcuevastodoit]

Sorry, I almost have it with this DSL, thanks for the previous answers. If I have, in my model DeviceDatatatable.rb

How can I get the col value in the line # 2 pass as a param to the link_to helper in line # 5? And, How can I get the col value in the line # 3 pass as a param to the link_to helper in line # 5 too? 1.- datatable do 2.- col :dev_id 3.- col :zone_id 4.- col :my_actions do |device| 5.- link_to("Disable", device_disable_path(devid: dev_id, zone: zone_id)) 6.- end 7.- end

[lcuevastodoit]

SOLVED: I just had to create one more sub-array element (add an extra column) from outside the model and before calling it from collection. Then I manipulated that extra column to create the button, something like this:

col :myactions do |value| dev_id = value[0].to_s zone_id = value[1].to_s link_to("Disable", device_disable_path(devid: dev_id, zone: zone_id)) end

Thanks again Matt !!