How to render a column with model binding using angular-datatables? - angularjs

Question

Is there a way to render a column with model binding in textbox using DTColumnBuilder?
Something like:
DTColumnBuilder.newColumn('ColumnName').withTitle('Column Name').renderWith(function (data) {
return '<input type="text" ng-model="ColumnName" />';
}),

Answer 1

No. You can render the table with (example) :
DTColumnBuilder.newColumn('firstName', 'First name')
.renderWith(function (data) {
return '<input type="text" ng-model="json.firstName" />'
}),
but the ng-model is never recognized because it is not angular itself that do the rendering. If you let angular do the rendering, i.e datatable="ng" and ng-repeat it works :
<table datatable="ng" dt-options="dtOptions" dt-columns="dtColumns">
<tr ng-repeat="item in json">
<td>{{ item.id }} </td>
<td><input ng-model="item.firstName"/></td>
<td>{{ item.lastName }} </td>
</tr>
</table>
demo -> http://plnkr.co/edit/f0ycjJvsACaumY13IVUZ?p=preview
notice that the JSON items is updated when you are editing in the input boxes.

Answer 2

Had the same problem, here is my solution:
Register callback for dtInstance
On "draw.dt" from DataTable $compile related html with angular
In other words:
HTML:
<table datatable=""
dt-options="vm.dtOptions"
dt-columns="vm.dtColumns"
dt-instance="vm.dtInstanceCallback"
class="table table-bordered table-condensed">
</table>
JS:
renderWith(function(data, type, full) {
return `<a class="ng-scope"><span ng-click='vm.remove("${data}")' class='fa fa-times-circle'></span></a>`
});
...
vm.dtInstanceCallback = (dtInstance) => {
vm.dtInstance = dtInstance;
dtInstance.DataTable.on('draw.dt', () => {
let elements = angular.element("#" + dtInstance.id + " .ng-scope");
angular.forEach(elements, (element) => {
$compile(element)($scope)
})
});
}
I minimized selection of elements, to optimize performance, maybe it's not needed. So far tested in Chrome & Safari, worked in both