Whole row - icon controls

This example demonstrates Editor's full row inline editing ability (i.e. having multiple cells in a single row editable at the same time) with icons used to trigger actions such as editing and deleting rows. This is done by triggering the inline() and remove() methods, respectively, as the icons are clicked.

The cancelTrigger and submitTrigger (and *Html) options of the form-options object passed to inline() are utalised here to provide icons to submit or cancel the form edit. These are optional and shown here for completeness.

	First name	Last 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 = $('#example').DataTable({
	ajax: '../php/staff.php',
	columns: [
		{
			data: null,
			orderable: false,
			render: DataTable.render.select()
		},
		{ data: 'first_name' },
		{ data: 'last_name' },
		{ data: 'position' },
		{ data: 'office' },
		{ data: 'start_date' },
		{ data: 'salary', render: DataTable.render.number(null, null, 0, '$') },
		{
			data: null,
			defaultContent:
				'<div class="action-buttons">' +
				'<span class="edit"><i class="fa fa-pencil"></i></span> ' +
				'<span class="remove"><i class="fa fa-trash"></i></span> ' +
				'<span class="cancel"></span>' +
				'</div>',
			className: 'row-edit dt-center',
			orderable: false
		}
	],
	layout: {
		topStart: {
			buttons: [
				{ extend: 'create', editor: editor },
				{ extend: 'edit', editor: editor },
				{ extend: 'remove', editor: editor }
			]
		}
	},
	order: [[1, 'asc']],
	select: {
		style: 'os',
		selector: 'td:first-child'
	}
});

// Activate an inline edit on click of a table cell
$('#example').on('click', 'tbody span.edit', function (e) {
	editor.inline(table.cells(this.closest('tr'), '*').nodes(), {
		cancelHtml: '<i class="fa fa-times"></i>',
		cancelTrigger: 'span.cancel',
		submitHtml: '<i class="fa fa-floppy-o"></i>',
		submitTrigger: 'span.edit'
	});
});

// Delete row
$('#example').on('click', 'tbody span.remove', function (e) {
	editor.remove(this.closest('tr'), {
		title: 'Delete record',
		message: 'Are you sure you wish to delete this record?',
		buttons: 'Delete'
	});
});

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: 'first_name' },
		{ data: 'last_name' },
		{ data: 'position' },
		{ data: 'office' },
		{ data: 'start_date' },
		{ data: 'salary', render: DataTable.render.number(null, null, 0, '$') },
		{
			data: null,
			defaultContent:
				'<div class="action-buttons">' +
				'<span class="edit"><i class="fa fa-pencil"></i></span> ' +
				'<span class="remove"><i class="fa fa-trash"></i></span> ' +
				'<span class="cancel"></span>' +
				'</div>',
			className: 'row-edit dt-center',
			orderable: false
		}
	],
	layout: {
		topStart: {
			buttons: [
				{ extend: 'create', editor: editor },
				{ extend: 'edit', editor: editor },
				{ extend: 'remove', editor: editor }
			]
		}
	},
	order: [[1, 'asc']],
	select: {
		style: 'os',
		selector: 'td:first-child'
	}
});

// Activate an inline edit on click of a table cell
table.on('click', 'tbody span.edit', function (e) {
	editor.inline(table.cells(this.closest('tr'), '*').nodes(), {
		cancelHtml: '<i class="fa fa-times"></i>',
		cancelTrigger: 'span.cancel',
		submitHtml: '<i class="fa fa-floppy-o"></i>',
		submitTrigger: 'span.edit'
	});
});

// Delete row
table.on('click', 'tbody span.remove', function (e) {
	editor.remove(this.closest('tr'), {
		title: 'Delete record',
		message: 'Are you sure you wish to delete this record?',
		buttons: 'Delete'
	});
});

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:

div.action-buttons {
		white-space: nowrap;
	}

	div.action-buttons span {
		display: inline-block;
		min-width: 18px;
		cursor: pointer;
	}

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.

Whole row - icon controls

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