Whole row - any cell activation

This example shows how Editor's inline editing can be used to show multiple fields as editable at the same time in a single row. This feature was added in Editor 2 and is activated by passing in a selection of cells to the inline() method. In this case we pass in all cells in the row by using the cells() method and Editor will automatically ignore cells which don't have a matching editing field.

We also retain the ability to select multiple rows for editing and deletion as in many of the other examples, but that is entirely optional and would be based on the UI you wish to present to your end user.

It should be noted that this method of editing rows can be more restrictive than the default modal method since it isn't possible to show additional fields beyond those which are used in the table's columns (see the form only data example).

	First name	Last name	Position	Office	Start date	Salary

Javascript
HTML
CSS
Ajax
Server-side script
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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 = $('#example').DataTable({
	ajax: '../php/staff.php',
	columns: [
		{
			data: null,
			orderable: false,
			render: DataTable.render.select()
		},
		{ data: 'first_name' },
		{ data: 'last_name' },
		{ data: 'position' },
		{ data: 'office' },
		{ data: 'start_date' },
		{ data: 'salary', render: DataTable.render.number(null, null, 0, '$') }
	],
	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 td:not(:first-child)', function (e) {
	var that = this;

	// Focus on the input in the cell that was clicked when Editor opens
	editor.one('open', function () {
		$('input', that).focus();
	});

	editor.inline(table.cells(this.parentNode, '*').nodes());
});

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, '$') }
	],
	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 td:not(:first-child)', function (e) {
	// Focus on the input in the cell that was clicked when Editor opens
	editor.one('open', () => {
		let input = this.querySelector('input');

		if (input) {
			input.focus();
		}
	});

	editor.inline(table.cells(this.parentNode, '*').nodes());
});

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.

Whole row - any cell activation

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