Datatable: setting data-te-entries-options via HTML-attribute results in error

[SergejGleithmann]

Datatable: setting data-te-entries-options via HTML-attribute results in error

[SergejGleithmann]

I guess the error happens somewhere around here: https://github.com/mdbootstrap/TW-Elements/blob/026a359b473152cc1441d1d5e20e69b60ae348c7/src/js/dom/manipulator.js#L14C7-L14C7

I would maybe use something like this:

if (type === "array") {
    return JSON.parse(val);
  }

However this would require the type parameter, that is referenced in the index.js of the components. The way it is now, it prevents certain attributes. For example one can not set an attribute to a string that only consists of numbers even if the attribute expects a string. Also "false" is always interpreted as a boolean even if the attribute expects a string. This could then be refactored as well.
Would this be appreciated?

[juujisai]

Hi! You are rignt, adding Objects and Arrays inside data attributes does not work at this moment. The best way to set options that contains those two is to do it via JS. We are going to discuss this in our team and decide whether this should be changed.

As of the attributes that consists of numbers or booleans I think it works as it should. Those values should be considered either as a number or as a boolean - if the string inside the data attribute says false then it should be considered as a boolean value.

Do you have any example where that could create an issue? Maybe I'm missing something.