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API

It can be useful to get information from KeyTable about the currently focused cell, which is provided by API methods. There are a number of different API methods available, and are all listed below.

fnGetCurrentData
Show details 		Get the HTML from the currently focused cell.
Default:
Input parameters: void
Return parameter: String - HTML from the cell
Code example: 
$(document).ready( function () {
	var oTable = $('#example').dataTable();
	
	var keys = new KeyTable( {
		"table": document.getElementById('example'),
		"datatable": oTable
	} );
	
	alert( "Cell data is: "+ keys.fnGetCurrentData() );
} );
fnGetCurrentPosition
Show details 		Get the coordinates of the currently focused cell in an array as [ x, y ].
Default:
Input parameters: void
Return parameter: Array - coordinates of current focus
Code example: 
$(document).ready( function () {
	var oTable = $('#example').dataTable();
	
	var keys = new KeyTable( {
		"table": document.getElementById('example'),
		"datatable": oTable
	} );
	
	var a = keys.fnGetCurrentPosition();
	...
} );
fnGetCurrentTD
Show details 		Get the TD node for the currently focused cell.
Default:
Input parameters: void
Return parameter: Node - currently focused cell
Code example: 
$(document).ready( function () {
	var oTable = $('#example').dataTable();
	
	var keys = new KeyTable( {
		"table": document.getElementById('example'),
		"datatable": oTable
	} );
	
	var node = keys.fnGetCurrentTD();
	...
} );
fnSetPosition
Show details 		Get the coordinates of the table's focus programatically.
Default:
Input parameters: $(document).ready( function () {
var oTable = $('#example').dataTable();

var keys = new KeyTable( {
"table": document.getElementById('example'),
"datatable": oTable
} );

keys.fnSetPosition( 1, 1 );
} );
Return parameter: void
Code example: 
  1. int - x-coordinate
  2. int - y-coordinate