Deprecate ColVis & TableTools #428

Author: l-lin

demo/usages.js

@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ angular.module('showcase.usages', ['ngResource'])
         label: 'With ColReorder'
     }, {
         name: 'withColVis',
-        label: 'With ColVis'
+        label: 'With ColVis [deprecated]'
     }, {
         name: 'withTableTools',
-        label: 'With TableTools'
+        label: 'With TableTools [deprecated]'
     }, {
         name: 'withResponsive',
         label: 'With Responsive'

demo/withPlugins/withColVis.html

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 <article class="main-content">
     <header class="article-header">
-        <h1><i class="fa fa-play"></i>&nbsp;With the DataTables <a href="https://datatables.net/extensions/colvis/">ColVis</a></h1>
+        <h1>
+            <i class="fa fa-play"></i>&nbsp;With the DataTables <a href="https://datatables.net/extensions/colvis/">ColVis</a>
+            <b>[deprecated]</b>
+        </h1>
     </header>
     <section class="article-content">
         <p>
@@ -15,6 +18,10 @@ <h1><i class="fa fa-play"></i>&nbsp;With the DataTables <a href="https://datatab
         <p>
             See the <a ui-sref="api">API</a> for the complete list of methods of the helper.
         </p>
+        <p class="alert alert-danger">
+            <i class="fa fa-warning"></i>&nbsp;This extension has been retired and has been replaced by the
+            <a href="https://datatables.net/extensions/buttons/">Button extension</a>.
+        </p>
     </section>
     <section class="showcase">
         <tabset>

demo/withPlugins/withTableTools.html

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 <article class="main-content">
     <header class="article-header">
-        <h1><i class="fa fa-play"></i>&nbsp;With the DataTables <a href="https://datatables.net/extensions/tabletools/">TableTools</a></h1>
+        <h1>
+            <i class="fa fa-play"></i>&nbsp;With the DataTables <a href="https://datatables.net/extensions/tabletools/">TableTools</a>
+            <b>[deprecated]</b>
+        </h1>
     </header>
     <section class="article-content">
         <p>
@@ -15,6 +18,10 @@ <h1><i class="fa fa-play"></i>&nbsp;With the DataTables <a href="https://datatab
         <p>
             See the <a ui-sref="api">API</a> for the complete list of methods of the helper.
         </p>
+        <p class="alert alert-danger">
+            <i class="fa fa-warning"></i>&nbsp;This extension has been retired and has been replaced by the
+            <a href="https://datatables.net/extensions/select/">Select extension</a> and the <a href="https://datatables.net/extensions/buttons/">Button extension</a>.
+        </p>
     </section>
     <section class="showcase">
         <tabset>

dist/plugins/colvis/angular-datatables.colvis.js

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ function dtColVisConfig($provide, DT_DEFAULT_OPTIONS) {
              * @returns {DTOptions} the options
              */
             function withColVis() {
+                console.warn('The colvis extension has been retired. Please use the button extension instead: https://datatables.net/extensions/buttons/');
                 var colVisPrefix = 'C';
                 options.dom = options.dom ? options.dom : DT_DEFAULT_OPTIONS.dom;
                 if (options.dom.indexOf(colVisPrefix) === -1) {

dist/plugins/colvis/angular-datatables.colvis.min.js

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ function dtTableToolsConfig($provide, DT_DEFAULT_OPTIONS) {
              * @returns {DTOptions} the options
              */
             function withTableTools(sSwfPath) {
+                console.warn('The tabletools extension has been retired. Please use the select and buttons extensions instead: https://datatables.net/extensions/select/ and https://datatables.net/extensions/buttons/');
                 var tableToolsPrefix = 'T';
                 options.dom = options.dom ? options.dom : DT_DEFAULT_OPTIONS.dom;
                 if (options.dom.indexOf(tableToolsPrefix) === -1) {

dist/plugins/tabletools/angular-datatables.tabletools.js

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ function dtColVisConfig($provide, DT_DEFAULT_OPTIONS) {
              * @returns {DTOptions} the options
              */
             function withColVis() {
+                console.warn('The colvis extension has been retired. Please use the button extension instead: https://datatables.net/extensions/buttons/');
                 var colVisPrefix = 'C';
                 options.dom = options.dom ? options.dom : DT_DEFAULT_OPTIONS.dom;
                 if (options.dom.indexOf(colVisPrefix) === -1) {

dist/plugins/tabletools/angular-datatables.tabletools.min.js

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ function dtTableToolsConfig($provide, DT_DEFAULT_OPTIONS) {
              * @returns {DTOptions} the options
              */
             function withTableTools(sSwfPath) {
+                console.warn('The tabletools extension has been retired. Please use the select and buttons extensions instead: https://datatables.net/extensions/select/ and https://datatables.net/extensions/buttons/');
                 var tableToolsPrefix = 'T';
                 options.dom = options.dom ? options.dom : DT_DEFAULT_OPTIONS.dom;
                 if (options.dom.indexOf(tableToolsPrefix) === -1) {