Form control and display options

Like the other editing methods in Editor, the bubble() method accepts an optional form-options parameter which can be used to control the display of the bubble. These options include the ability to show the form header and general information text, among others.

In this example the columns have the following behaviour:

1 - Row selection for the primary editing form
2 - Name - Shows a title using the title option and two fields to edit
3 - Position - Editing without a submit button (press return to edit)
4 - Office - Default editing options
5 - Start date - Shows a message using the message option
6 - Salary - Shows a title and a message

Typically you wouldn't show a mix of displays as in this example, but it is done this way here to show how the form-options type can be used to display different options.

Default options for the form-options parameter of the bubble() method can be set at initialisation time using the formOptions.bubble options (example).

	Name	Position	Office	Start date	Salary

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The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:

var editor = new DataTable.Editor({
	ajax: '../php/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'
});

var table = $('#example').DataTable({
	ajax: '../php/staff.php',
	columns: [
		{
			data: null,
			orderable: false,
			render: DataTable.render.select()
		},
		{
			data: null,
			render: function (data, type, row) {
				// Combine the first and last names into a single table field
				return data.first_name + ' ' + data.last_name;
			}
		},
		{ data: 'position' },
		{ data: 'office' },
		{ data: 'start_date' },
		{ data: 'salary', render: DataTable.render.number(null, null, 0, '$') }
	],
	layout: {
		topStart: {
			buttons: [
				{ extend: 'create', editor: editor },
				{ extend: 'edit', editor: editor },
				{ extend: 'remove', editor: editor }
			]
		}
	},
	order: [1, 'asc'],
	select: {
		selector: 'td:first-child',
		style: 'os'
	}
});

$('#example').on('click', 'tbody td', function (e) {
	var index = table.cell(this).index().column;

	if (index === 1) {
		editor.bubble(this, ['first_name', 'last_name'], {
			title: 'Edit name:'
		});
	}
	else if (index === 2) {
		editor.bubble(this, {
			buttons: false
		});
	}
	else if (index === 3) {
		editor.bubble(this);
	}
	else if (index === 4) {
		editor.bubble(this, {
			message: 'Date must be given in the format `yyyy-mm-dd`'
		});
	}
	else if (index === 5) {
		editor.bubble(this, {
			title: 'Edit salary',
			message: 'Enter an unformatted number in dollars ($)'
		});
	}
});

const editor = new DataTable.Editor({
	ajax: '../php/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: '../php/staff.php',
	columns: [
		{
			data: null,
			orderable: false,
			render: DataTable.render.select()
		},
		{
			data: null,
			render: (data) => 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 }
			]
		}
	},
	order: [1, 'asc'],
	select: {
		selector: 'td:first-child',
		style: 'os'
	}
});

table.on('click', 'tbody td', function (e) {
	let index = table.cell(this).index().column;

	if (index === 1) {
		editor.bubble(this, ['first_name', 'last_name'], {
			title: 'Edit name:'
		});
	}
	else if (index === 2) {
		editor.bubble(this, {
			buttons: false
		});
	}
	else if (index === 3) {
		editor.bubble(this);
	}
	else if (index === 4) {
		editor.bubble(this, {
			message: 'Date must be given in the format `yyyy-mm-dd`'
		});
	}
	else if (index === 5) {
		editor.bubble(this, {
			title: 'Edit salary',
			message: 'Enter an unformatted number in dollars ($)'
		});
	}
});

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.

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