This example is an extension of the simple bubble editing one, which shows bubble editing being used with DataTables' scrolling features.
| First name | Last name | Position | Office | Start date | Salary |
|---|
The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:
var editor = new DataTable.Editor({
ajax: '../../controllers/staff.php',
fields: [
{
label: 'First name:',
name: 'first_name'
},
{
label: 'Last name:',
name: 'last_name'
},
{
label: 'Position:',
name: 'position'
},
{
label: 'Office:',
name: 'office'
},
{
label: 'Extension:',
name: 'extn'
},
{
label: 'Start date:',
name: 'start_date',
type: 'datetime'
},
{
label: 'Salary:',
name: 'salary'
}
],
table: '#example'
});
$('#example').DataTable({
ajax: '../../controllers/staff.php',
columns: [
{
data: null,
orderable: false,
render: DataTable.render.select()
},
{ data: 'first_name' },
{ data: 'last_name' },
{ data: 'position' },
{ data: 'office' },
{ data: 'start_date' },
{ data: 'salary', render: DataTable.render.number(null, null, 0, '$') }
],
layout: {
topStart: {
buttons: [
{ extend: 'create', editor: editor },
{ extend: 'edit', editor: editor },
{ extend: 'remove', editor: editor }
]
}
},
paging: false,
order: [1, 'asc'],
scrollY: 300,
select: {
style: 'os',
selector: 'td:first-child'
}
});
// Activate the bubble editor on click of a table cell
$('#example').on('click', 'tbody td:not(:first-child)', function (e) {
editor.bubble(this);
});
const editor = new DataTable.Editor({
ajax: '../../controllers/staff.php',
fields: [
{
label: 'First name:',
name: 'first_name'
},
{
label: 'Last name:',
name: 'last_name'
},
{
label: 'Position:',
name: 'position'
},
{
label: 'Office:',
name: 'office'
},
{
label: 'Extension:',
name: 'extn'
},
{
label: 'Start date:',
name: 'start_date',
type: 'datetime'
},
{
label: 'Salary:',
name: 'salary'
}
],
table: '#example'
});
const table = new DataTable('#example', {
ajax: '../../controllers/staff.php',
columns: [
{
data: null,
orderable: false,
render: DataTable.render.select()
},
{ data: 'first_name' },
{ data: 'last_name' },
{ data: 'position' },
{ data: 'office' },
{ data: 'start_date' },
{ data: 'salary', render: DataTable.render.number(null, null, 0, '$') }
],
layout: {
topStart: {
buttons: [
{ extend: 'create', editor: editor },
{ extend: 'edit', editor: editor },
{ extend: 'remove', editor: editor }
]
}
},
paging: false,
order: [1, 'asc'],
scrollY: 300,
select: {
style: 'os',
selector: 'td:first-child'
}
});
// Activate the bubble editor on click of a table cell
table.on('click', 'tbody td:not(:first-child)', function (e) {
editor.bubble(this);
});
In addition to the above code, the following Javascript library files are loaded for use in this example:
The HTML shown below is the raw HTML table element, before it has been enhanced by DataTables:
This example uses a little bit of additional CSS beyond what is loaded from the library files (below), in order to correctly display the table. The additional CSS used is shown below:
The following CSS library files are loaded for use in this example to provide the styling of the table:
This table loads data by Ajax. The latest data that has been loaded is shown below. This data will update automatically as any additional data is loaded.
The script used to perform the server-side processing for this table is shown below. Please note that this is just an example script using PHP. Server-side processing scripts can be written in any language, using the protocol described in the DataTables documentation.