app/datatables/olivander/datatable.rb in five-two-nw-olivander-0.1.2.10 vs app/datatables/olivander/datatable.rb in five-two-nw-olivander-0.1.2.11

@@ -13,25 +13,34 @@
         end
         link_to r.send(field), send(path, args)
       end
     end
 
-    def self.auto_datatable(klazz, link_path: nil, only: [])
+    def self.auto_datatable(klazz, link_path: nil, only: [], except: [], hide: [], show: [])
+      Rails.logger.debug "initializing datatable for #{klazz}"
+
+      attributes = klazz.new.attributes.select{ |x| x[0] }
+      attributes &&= only if only.size.positive?
+      attributes -= except if except.size.positive?
+
+      default_hidden = %w[id created updated created_at updated_at deleted_at current_user current_action]
+
       collection do
         klazz.all
       end
 
       datatable do
+        puts 'and also too'
         bulk_actions_col
-        klazz.new.attributes.each do |att|
-          key = att[0]
-          next if only.size.positive? && !only.include?(key)
+        attributes.each do |key|
+          puts "handling key: #{key}"
+
           sym = key.gsub('_id', '').to_sym
-          visible = !['created', 'updated', 'created_at', 'updated_at', 'deleted_at', 'current_user', 'current_action'].include?(key)
+          visible = show.include?(key) || !(default_hidden.include?(key) || hide.include?(key))
           if link_path.present? && sym == :id
             link_col sym, link_path, :id
           elsif link_path.present? && sym == :name
-            link_col sym, link_path, [:id, :name]
+            link_col sym, link_path, %i[id name]
           else
             col sym, visible: visible
           end
         end
         actions_col