Responsive integration

Editor's inline editing mode supports the Responsive extension for DataTables. Responsive will automatically adjust the visibility of columns in your tables so the the layout of information is nicely presented, regardless of screen size. When columns are hidden, Responsive can add a show / hide button to allow the end user to see the information from the hidden columns.

To trigger inline editing of data in a Responsive "details row", the li element that contains the data can be passed in to inline() just the same way a table cell can. The selector used to trigger inline editing in this example will select cells from the table and the Responsive details cells.

		First name	Last name	Position	Office	Start date	Salary

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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'
});

$('#example').DataTable({
	ajax: '../php/staff.php',
	columns: [
		{
			// Responsive control column
			data: null,
			defaultContent: '',
			className: 'control',
			orderable: false
		},
		{
			// Checkbox select column
			data: null,
			orderable: false,
			render: DataTable.render.select()
		},
		{ data: 'first_name' },
		{ data: 'last_name', className: 'never' },
		{ data: 'position' },
		{ data: 'office' },
		{ data: 'start_date' },
		{ data: 'salary', render: DataTable.render.number(null, null, 0, '$') }
	],
	layout: {
		topStart: {
			buttons: [
				{ extend: 'create', editor: editor },
				{ extend: 'edit', editor: editor },
				{ extend: 'remove', editor: editor }
			]
		}
	},
	order: [2, 'asc'],
	responsive: true,
	select: {
		style: 'os',
		selector: 'td.dt-select'
	}
});

// Activate an inline edit on click of a table cell
$('#example').on('click', 'tbody td:not(.child)', function (e) {
	// Ignore the Responsive control and checkbox columns
	if ($(this).hasClass('control') || $(this).hasClass('dt-select')) {
		return;
	}

	editor.inline(this);
});

// Inline editing in responsive cell
$('#example').on('click', 'tbody ul.dtr-details li', function (e) {
	// Edit the value, but this selector allows clicking on label as well
	editor.inline($('span.dtr-data', this));
});

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'
});

const table = new DataTable('#example', {
	ajax: '../php/staff.php',
	columns: [
		{
			// Responsive control column
			data: null,
			defaultContent: '',
			className: 'control',
			orderable: false
		},
		{
			// Checkbox select column
			data: null,
			orderable: false,
			render: DataTable.render.select()
		},
		{ data: 'first_name' },
		{ data: 'last_name', className: 'never' },
		{ 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: [2, 'asc'],
	responsive: true,
	select: {
		style: 'os',
		selector: 'td.dt-select'
	}
});

// Activate an inline edit on click of a table cell
table.on('click', 'tbody td:not(.child)', function (e) {
	// Ignore the Responsive control and checkbox columns
	if (
		this.classList.contains('control') ||
		this.classList.contains('dt-select')
	) {
		return;
	}

	editor.inline(this);
});

// Inline editing in responsive cell
table.on('click', 'tbody ul.dtr-details li', function (e) {
	// Edit the value, but this selector allows clicking on label as well
	editor.inline(this.querySelector('span.dtr-data'));
});

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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