This example combines the envelope display controller example with the in table controls example to show a form which is presented in an 'envelope' display, based on controls which are generated links in the table.
The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 | var editor; // use a global for the submit and return data rendering in the examples$(document).ready(function() { editor = new $.fn.dataTable.Editor( { ajax: "../../controllers/staff.php", table: "#example", display: 'envelope', 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" } ] } ); // New record $('a.editor_create').on( 'click', function (e) { e.preventDefault(); editor .title( 'Create new record' ) .buttons( { "label": "Add", "fn": function () { editor.submit() } } ) .create(); } ); // Edit record $('#example').on( 'click', 'a.editor_edit', function (e) { e.preventDefault(); editor .title( 'Edit record' ) .buttons( { "label": "Update", "fn": function () { editor.submit() } } ) .edit( $(this).closest('tr') ); } ); // Delete a record $('#example').on( 'click', 'a.editor_remove', function (e) { e.preventDefault(); editor .title( 'Edit record' ) .message( "Are you sure you wish to delete this row?" ) .buttons( { "label": "Delete", "fn": function () { editor.submit() } } ) .remove( $(this).closest('tr') ); } ); $('#example').DataTable( { ajax: "../../controllers/staff.php", columns: [ { data: null, render: function ( data, type, row ) { // Combine the first and last names into a single table field return data.first_name+' '+data.last_name; } }, { data: "position" }, { data: "office" }, { data: "extn" }, { data: "start_date" }, { data: "salary", render: $.fn.dataTable.render.number( ',', '.', 0, '$' ) }, { data: null, className: "center", defaultContent: '<a href="" class="editor_edit">Edit</a> / <a href="" class="editor_remove">Delete</a>' } ] } );} ); |
In addition to the above code, the following Javascript library files are loaded for use in this example:
Editor submits and retrieves information by Ajax requests. The two blocks below show the data that Editor submits and receives, to and from the server. This is updated live as you interact with Editor so you can see what is submitted.
The following shows the data that has been submitted to the server when a request is made to add, edit or delete data from the table.
// No data yet submittedThe following shows the data that has been returned by the server in response to the data submitted on the left and is then acted upon.
// No data yet received