external link in a table with DataTables (a plug-in for jQuery)

Question

I have a table here which is built using a JSON file and DataTables (a plug-in for the jQuery Javascript library). The table can be filtered and the plug-in works.

The cells in the first column contain a link to an external website, which opens in a different tab (I used target="_blank" ). When I apply filter to the table, its rows are filtered correctly but as I click on a link all filters are reset and the entire table is shown .

Any tips to work around this?

Answer 1

It turned out to be a small bug in the previous repository of DataTables. Following this discussion , I solved the issue by using the latest release of the pug-in. Now the links in the first column do not cause the entire table to redraw.