Question

I’m trying to find a way to change the buttons on TableTools. I’d like to use my own customized links instead of the flash buttons. Is there a way I can do that? Any good resource teaching me how to make that modification and still able to use the functionalities, like button collection, etc.

Answer 1

According to the creator, the only way to get the TableTools export functionality is by using the Flash buttons.

The other threads that you found should say that currently, no, this
is not an option that TableTools provides. The Flash option is used to
provide cross browser / platform ability to save files entirely on the
client-side – that option simply isn’t available in older browsers
(IE6, IE7 etc) where there is no support for the data:// protocol and
local file system interaction options.

It would most certainly be possible to add this ability to TableTools,
but I’m afraid I haven’t yet had an opportunity to do so. It is on the
road map though.

Allan

If you are interested in creating the export files server side, you may want to consider the download (GET) plug-in for TableTools.