Bubble editing, as provided by bubble() is
typically used with a single field for rapid editing, however, it is also quite possible to display multiple fields in a bubble. This can be done by using the
editField option in the DataTables column definition for the column and setting it to be an array of the field names you wish to edit.
This example shows the Name column rendered in the DataTable as the first name and second name combined in a single column. If you click on that column, you will see that the two fields are shown individually as editable in the bubble interface. The remaining columns are individually editable fields.
| 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: "../../controllers/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: "datetime"
}, {
label: "Salary:",
name: "salary"
}
]
} );
$('#example').on( 'click', 'tbody td:not(:first-child)', function (e) {
editor.bubble( this );
} );
$('#example').DataTable( {
dom: "Bfrtip",
ajax: "../../controllers/staff.php",
columns: [
{
data: null,
defaultContent: '',
className: 'select-checkbox',
orderable: false
},
{
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;
},
editField: ['first_name', 'last_name']
},
{ data: "position" },
{ data: "office" },
{ data: "start_date" },
{ data: "salary", render: $.fn.dataTable.render.number( ',', '.', 0, '$' ) }
],
order: [ 1, 'asc' ],
select: {
style: 'os',
selector: 'td:first-child'
},
buttons: [
{ extend: "create", editor: editor },
{ extend: "edit", editor: editor },
{ extend: "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:
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.