Sub-button actions

This example shows the use of the a split button (buttons.buttons.split) to provide additional editing options for the end user. These options might not be of high enough importance to warrant their own always visible button, or provide access to options that might not be so commonly used while keeping the UI clutter free.

In this case, two additional editing buttons are provided, the first to trigger a duplicate operation, and the second to immediately add 5% to the salary of the rows selected. These operations are controlled by the API and can be updated to be whatever operation you need (e.g. marking a row as "Archived", or "Complete", etc).

Name	Position	Office	Extn.	Start date	Salary
Name	Position	Office	Extn.	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'
});

var table = $('#example').DataTable({
	ajax: '../php/staff.php',
	columns: [
		{
			data: null,
			render: function (data, type, row) {
				// Combine the first and last names into a single table field
				return data.first_name + ' ' + data.last_name;
			}
		},
		{ data: 'position' },
		{ data: 'office' },
		{ data: 'extn' },
		{ data: 'start_date' },
		{ data: 'salary', render: DataTable.render.number(null, null, 0, '$') }
	],
	layout: {
		topStart: {
			buttons: [
				{ extend: 'create', editor: editor },
				{
					extend: 'edit',
					editor: editor,
					split: [
						{
							extend: 'selected',
							text: 'Duplicate',
							action: function (e, dt, node, config) {
								// Start in edit mode, and then change to create
								editor
									.edit(table.rows({ selected: true }).indexes(), {
										title: 'Duplicate record',
										buttons: 'Create from existing'
									})
									.mode('create');
							}
						},
						{
							extend: 'selected',
							text: 'Salary +5%',
							action: function (e, dt, node, config) {
								// Add 5% to the salaries for the selected rows and submit
								editor.edit(table.rows({ selected: true }).indexes(), false);

								let salaries = editor.field( 'salary' ).multiGet();

								Object.keys(salaries).forEach(key => {
									let current = salaries[key];

									editor.field( 'salary' ).multiSet(key, parseInt(current * 1.05));
								});

								editor.submit();
							}
						}
					]
				},
				{ extend: 'remove', editor: editor }
			]
		}
	},
	select: true
});

const editor = new DataTable.Editor({
	ajax: '../php/join.php',
	fields: [
		{
			label: 'First name:',
			name: 'users.first_name'
		},
		{
			label: 'Last name:',
			name: 'users.last_name'
		},
		{
			label: 'Phone #:',
			name: 'users.phone'
		},
		{
			label: 'Site:',
			name: 'users.site',
			type: 'select'
		}
	],
	table: '#example'
});

const table = new DataTable('#example', {
	ajax: '../php/staff.php',
	columns: [
		{
			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: 'extn' },
		{ data: 'start_date' },
		{ data: 'salary', render: DataTable.render.number(null, null, 0, '$') }
	],
	layout: {
		topStart: {
			buttons: [
				{ extend: 'create', editor: editor },
				{
					extend: 'edit',
					editor: editor,
					split: [
						{
							extend: 'selected',
							text: 'Duplicate',
							action: function (e, dt, node, config) {
								// Start in edit mode, and then change to create
								editor
									.edit(table.rows({ selected: true }).indexes(), {
										title: 'Duplicate record',
										buttons: 'Create from existing'
									})
									.mode('create');
							}
						},
						{
							extend: 'selected',
							text: 'Salary +5%',
							action: function (e, dt, node, config) {
								// Add 5% to the salaries for the selected rows and submit
								editor.edit(table.rows({ selected: true }).indexes(), false);

								let salaries = editor.field( 'salary' ).multiGet();

								Object.keys(salaries).forEach(key => {
									let current = salaries[key];

									editor.field( 'salary' ).multiSet(key, parseInt(current * 1.05));
								});

								editor.submit();
							}
						}
					]
				},
				{ extend: 'remove', editor: editor }
			]
		}
	},
	select: 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.

Sub-button actions

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