Like the other editing methods in Editor, the inline()E method accepts an optional form-optionsE parameter which can be used to control
the behaviour of the inline form.
In this case, we extend the tab focus control example to automatically
submit the form when the tab key is pressed. This is done by using the submitOnBlur option
of the form-optionsE options object.
| 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; // use a global for the submit and return data rendering in the examples
$(document).ready(function() {
editor = new $.fn.dataTable.Editor( {
ajax: "../php/staff.php",
table: "#example",
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: "date"
}, {
label: "Salary:",
name: "salary"
}
]
} );
editor
.on( 'onOpen', function () {
// Listen for a tab key event
$(document).on( 'keydown.editor', function ( e ) {
if ( e.keyCode === 9 ) {
e.preventDefault();
// Find the cell that is currently being edited
var cell = $('div.DTE').parent();
if ( e.shiftKey && cell.prev().length && cell.prev().index() !== 0 ) {
// One cell to the left (skipping the first column)
cell.prev().click();
}
else if ( e.shiftKey ) {
// Up to the previous row
cell.parent().prev().children().last(0).click();
}
else if ( cell.next().length ) {
// One cell to the right
cell.next().click();
}
else {
// Down to the next row
cell.parent().next().children().eq(1).click();
}
}
} );
} )
.on( 'onClose', function () {
$(document).off( 'keydown.editor' );
} );
$('#example').on( 'click', 'tbody td:not(:first-child)', function (e) {
editor.inline( this, {
submitOnBlur: true
} );
} );
$('#example').DataTable( {
dom: "Tfrtip",
ajax: "../php/staff.php",
columns: [
{ data: null, defaultContent: '', orderable: false },
{ data: "first_name" },
{ data: "last_name" },
{ data: "position" },
{ data: "office" },
{ data: "start_date" },
{ data: "salary", render: $.fn.dataTable.render.number( ',', '.', 0, '$' ) }
],
order: [ 1, 'asc' ],
tableTools: {
sRowSelect: "os",
sRowSelector: 'td:first-child',
aButtons: [
{ sExtends: "editor_create", editor: editor },
{ sExtends: "editor_edit", editor: editor },
{ sExtends: "editor_remove", editor: editor }
]
}
} );
} );
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:
table.dataTable tr td:first-child {
text-align: center;
}
table.dataTable tr td:first-child:before {
content: "\f096"; /* fa-square-o */
font-family: FontAwesome;
}
table.dataTable tr.selected td:first-child:before {
content: "\f046"; /* fa-check-square-o */
}
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.