actions = [ '<a href="#" class="hidden on-editing save-row"><i class="fa fa-save"></i></a>', '<a href="#" class="hidden on-editing cancel-row"><i class="fa fa-times"></i></a>', '<a href="#" class="on-default edit-row"><i class="fa fa-pencil"></i></a>', '<a href="#" class="on-default remove-row"><i class="fa fa-trash-o"></i></a>' ].join(' '); data = this.datatable.row.add([ '','', '', '', '','','','','',actions ]); $row = this.datatable.row( data[0] ).nodes().to$(); $row .addClass( 'adding' ) .find( 'td:last' ) .addClass( 'actions' ); this.rowEdit( $row ); this.datatable.order([0,'asc']).draw(); // always show fields