Duplicate button
This example shows how a duplicate button can be created for Editor, allowing a row to be selected and a new entry form be populated with the values from the selected row. This can allow data entry that contains common information, such as monthly salary information, invoices, etc, to be performed extremely quickly.
The duplicate button is created using the selected
button type defined by Select as a basis (this
handles the row selection for us). The button's action (buttons.buttons.action
) then simply places the selected row(s) into an editing state.
The next step is to use mode()
to change the
editing mode from edit to create. This retains the same values in the form, but alters the action Editor will submit to the server.
The Join table example is used as a basis here to show the duplicate button working with complex nested data.
First name | Last name | Phone # | Location |
---|---|---|---|
First name | Last name | Phone # | Location |
- Javascript
- HTML
- CSS
- Ajax
- Server-side script
- Comments
The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:
var editor = new DataTable.Editor({
ajax: '../php/join.php',
fields: [
{
label: 'First name:',
name: 'users.first_name'
},
{
label: 'Last name:',
name: 'users.last_name'
},
{
label: 'Phone #:',
name: 'users.phone'
},
{
label: 'Site:',
name: 'users.site',
type: 'select'
}
],
table: '#example'
});
var table = $('#example').DataTable({
ajax: {
url: '../php/join.php',
type: 'POST'
},
columns: [
{ data: 'users.first_name' },
{ data: 'users.last_name' },
{ data: 'users.phone' },
{ data: 'sites.name' }
],
layout: {
topStart: {
buttons: [
{ extend: 'create', editor: editor },
{ extend: 'edit', editor: editor },
{
extend: 'selected',
text: 'Duplicate',
action: function (e, dt, node, config) {
// Start in edit mode, and then change to create
editor
.edit(table.rows({ selected: true }).indexes(), {
title: 'Duplicate record',
buttons: 'Create from existing'
})
.mode('create');
}
},
{ extend: 'remove', editor: editor }
]
}
},
select: true
});
const editor = new DataTable.Editor({
ajax: '../php/join.php',
fields: [
{
label: 'First name:',
name: 'users.first_name'
},
{
label: 'Last name:',
name: 'users.last_name'
},
{
label: 'Phone #:',
name: 'users.phone'
},
{
label: 'Site:',
name: 'users.site',
type: 'select'
}
],
table: '#example'
});
const table = new DataTable('#example', {
ajax: {
url: '../php/join.php',
type: 'POST'
},
columns: [
{ data: 'users.first_name' },
{ data: 'users.last_name' },
{ data: 'users.phone' },
{ data: 'sites.name' }
],
layout: {
topStart: {
buttons: [
{ extend: 'create', editor: editor },
{ extend: 'edit', editor: editor },
{
extend: 'selected',
text: 'Duplicate',
action: function (e, dt, node, config) {
// Start in edit mode, and then change to create
editor
.edit(table.rows({ selected: true }).indexes(), {
title: 'Duplicate record',
buttons: 'Create from existing'
})
.mode('create');
}
},
{ extend: 'remove', editor: editor }
]
}
},
select: true
});
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 interaction for this demo is shown below. This server uses PHP, so the PHP script is shown, however our download packages include the equivalent script for other platforms, including .NET and Node.js. Server-side scripts can be written in any language, using the protocol described in the Editor documentation.
Other examples
Simple initialisation
- Basic initialisation
- Multi-row editing
- Field types
- Setting defaults
- Local table editing
- Internationalisation (local)
- Internationalisation (from JSON file)
- In table form controls
- Server-side processing
- Custom form layout / templates (attributes)
- Custom form layout / templates (tags)
- Join tables - working with multiple SQL tables
Advanced initialisation
- Data shown only in the form
- Data shown in table only
- Multi-item editing (rows, columns, cells)
- REST interface
- Complex (nested) JSON data source
- Ajax override - using localStorage for the data source
- Row ID source specification
- Compound database primary key
- DOM sourced table
- SQL VIEW
- Join tables - self referencing join
- Join tables - link table
- Join tables - Cascading lists
- Join tables - one-to-many join
- File upload
- File upload (many)
- Parent child editor
DataTables extensions
- Excel like keyboard navigation
- Excel like AutoFill feature
- AutoFill and KeyTable together
- CSV import
- Export buttons
- Responsive table extension
- Row reordering
- SearchBuilder Integration for Editor
- SearchBuilder Integration for Editor with PreDefined Criteria
- SearchBuilder Integration for Editor with Select Elements
- SearchPanes Integration for Editor
- SearchPanes Integration for Editor with CascadePanes
- SearchPanes Integration for Editor with ViewTotal
Inline editing
- Simple inline editing
- Tab between columns
- Editing options - submit on blur
- Editing options - submit full row data
- Inline editing with a submit button
- Edit icon
- Joined tables
- Selected columns only
- Responsive integration
- FixedColumns integration
- Server-side processing
- Whole row - icon controls
- Whole row - any cell activation
- Whole row - inline create
- Whole row - blur submit
Styling
- Bootstrap 3
- Bootstrap 4
- Bootstrap 5
- Bootstrap 5 with floating labels
- Foundation
- Bulma
- Fomantic-UI (formally Semantic-UI)
- jQuery UI
- Field display styling options
- Multi-column layout
- Large window layout
- Stacked inputs
- Envelope display controller
- Envelope display with in table controls
- Custom form layout / templates