New optional placeBefore parameter for row().child.show()

[KarloX2]

Makes it possible to control the placement of the child rows, either immediately after the parent row (which is the default), or (as a new option) immediately before the parent row. This can be specified on a per-row basis.

[DataTables]

Excellent thank you for this! Are you happy for it to be included under the MIT license?

I might sit on it for a little while, before merging it in to see if there is any other interest in it, but that's a good patch - thanks!

[KarloX2]

Thanks. Yes, MIT license is ok, of course.

[KarloX2]

Just a brief explanation about how I use this feature in my application:

A child row is placed before every regular data row with a message text (in a cell over the entire table width) and this message is the most important and leading piece of information for every record and is always visible. The cells/fields in the regular row beneath are logically details (like when-raised, level of importance, source of information etc.) of this message, and visibility of some of these columns can be selected, but the ("child-") message row can’t be hidden.