ColumnControl - basic search
The ColumnControl extension for DataTables provides column specific buttons and search abilities. The Editor server-side libraries have full support for server-side processing of a DataTable with ColumnControl's search types.
This example demonstrates the search
option, shown in the second row of the header. Each search action will trigger a request to the server-side, which will run queries against the database and
return the correctly filtered data. Each column also provides different logical search operations, based on the type of data in the column (e.g. a numeric
column provides less / greater options, while string columns provide start with / ends with, etc.).
First name | Last name | Position | Office | Start date | Salary |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
First name | Last name | Position | Office | Start date | Salary |
- 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/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'
});
$('#example').DataTable({
ajax: {
url: '../php/staff.php',
type: 'POST'
},
columnControl: [
{
target: 0,
content: ['orderStatus']
},
{
target: 1,
content: ['search']
}
],
columns: [
{data: 'first_name'},
{data: 'last_name'},
{data: 'position'},
{data: 'office'},
{data: 'start_date'},
{data: 'salary', render: DataTable.render.number(null, null, 0, '$')}
],
layout: {
topStart: {
buttons: [
{ extend: 'create', editor: editor },
{ extend: 'edit', editor: editor },
{ extend: 'remove', editor: editor }
]
}
},
ordering: {
indicators: false
},
select: true,
serverSide: true
});
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'
});
new DataTable('#example', {
ajax: {
url: '../php/staff.php',
type: 'POST'
},
columnControl: [
{
target: 0,
content: ['orderStatus']
},
{
target: 1,
content: ['search']
}
],
columns: [
{ 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 }
]
}
},
ordering: {
indicators: false
},
select: true,
serverSide: 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)
- Server-side processing
- Custom form layout / templates (attributes)
- Custom form layout / templates (tags)
- Join tables - working with multiple SQL tables
- Refreshing data before editing
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
Dates and time
- Date picker
- Formatted dates (client-side with Luxon)
- Formatted dates (client-side with Moment.js)
- Formatted dates (server-side)
- Date and time input
- Time inputs
- Time increment options
- Options - min and max dates
- Options - always visible
- Options - week numbers
- Options - disable days
- Internationalisation
DataTables extensions
- AutoFill - Excel like AutoFill feature
- AutoFill + Buttons - Combining
- Buttons - Export buttons
- Buttons - CSV import
- ColumnControl - basic search
- ColumnControl - list search
- ColumnControl - formatted date and time
- KeyTable - Excel like keyboard navigation
- Responsive - Automatic column hiding
- RowReorder - Draggable rows
- SearchBuilder - Complex search operations
- SearchBuilder - Predefined criteria
- SearchBuilder - Select elements
- SearchPanes - Search lists
- SearchPanes - Cascade panes
- SearchPanes - View total
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