JQuery: button inside Modal window
var table= $('#example').DataTable();var tableBody = '#example tbody';var form = new FormData();Use this code inside
$(document).ready(function() { }); And remove the below script
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
the script in the header is actually
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.datatables.net/v/dt/dt-1.10.16/datatables.min.js"></script>So you are suggesting :
var table= $('#example').DataTable(); var tableBody = '#example tbody'; var form = new FormData(); $(document).ready(function() { }); $(tableBody).on('click', 'tr', function () { var cursor = table.row($(this));//get the clicked row var selected_id = cursor.data()[0];// this will give the id in the current row. $('#myModal').on('shown.bs.modal', function (event) { $("#testbutton").trigger("click"); }); $("#newBtn").on("click",function(){ form.set("action", "select_id"); form.set("selected_id", selected_id); var settings = { "url": "http://127.0.0.1:5000/test", "method": "POST", "timeout": 0, "processData": false, "mimeType": "multipart/form-data", "contentType": false, "data": form }; $.ajax(settings).done(function (response) { console.log(response); }); }); });This still doesn't solve it on my end: when you select row 1 and then row 2 the button will send 2 posts instead of only 1 desired post with row 2 as data