Like the other editing methods in Editor, the bubble() method accepts an optional form-options parameter which can be used to control the display of the bubble. These options include the ability to show the
form header and general information text, among others.
In this example the columns have the following behaviour:
title option and two fields to editmessage optionTypically you wouldn't show a mix of displays as in this example, but it is done this way here to show how the form-options type can be used to display
different options.
Default options for the form-options
parameter of the bubble() method can be set at
initialisation time using the formOptions.bubble options (example).
| Name | Position | Office | Start date | Salary |
|---|
The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:
var editor = new DataTable.Editor({
ajax: '../../controllers/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'
});
$('#example').DataTable({
ajax: '../../controllers/staff.php',
buttons: [
{ extend: 'create', editor: editor },
{ extend: 'edit', editor: editor },
{ extend: 'remove', editor: editor }
],
columns: [
{
data: null,
defaultContent: '',
className: 'select-checkbox',
orderable: false
},
{
data: null,
render: function (data, type, row) {
// Combine the first and last names into a single table field
return data.first_name + ' ' + data.last_name;
}
},
{ data: 'position' },
{ data: 'office' },
{ data: 'start_date' },
{ data: 'salary', render: DataTable.render.number(null, null, 0, '$') }
],
dom: 'Bfrtip',
order: [1, 'asc'],
select: {
selector: 'td:first-child',
style: 'os'
}
});
$('#example').on('click', 'tbody td', function (e) {
var index = table.cell(this).index().column;
if (index === 1) {
editor.bubble(this, ['first_name', 'last_name'], {
title: 'Edit name:'
});
}
else if (index === 2) {
editor.bubble(this, {
buttons: false
});
}
else if (index === 3) {
editor.bubble(this);
}
else if (index === 4) {
editor.bubble(this, {
message: 'Date must be given in the format `yyyy-mm-dd`'
});
}
else if (index === 5) {
editor.bubble(this, {
title: 'Edit salary',
message: 'Enter an unformatted number in dollars ($)'
});
}
});
const editor = new DataTable.Editor({
ajax: '../../controllers/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: '../../controllers/staff.php',
buttons: [
{ extend: 'create', editor },
{ extend: 'edit', editor },
{ extend: 'remove', editor }
],
columns: [
{
data: null,
defaultContent: '',
className: 'select-checkbox',
orderable: false
},
{
data: null,
render: data => data.first_name + ' ' + data.last_name
},
{ data: 'position' },
{ data: 'office' },
{ data: 'start_date' },
{ data: 'salary', render: DataTable.render.number(null, null, 0, '$') }
],
dom: 'Bfrtip',
order: [1, 'asc'],
select: {
selector: 'td:first-child',
style: 'os'
}
});
table.on('click', 'tbody td', function (e) {
let index = table.cell(this).index().column;
if (index === 1) {
editor.bubble(this, ['first_name', 'last_name'], {
title: 'Edit name:'
});
}
else if (index === 2) {
editor.bubble(this, {
buttons: false
});
}
else if (index === 3) {
editor.bubble(this);
}
else if (index === 4) {
editor.bubble(this, {
message: 'Date must be given in the format `yyyy-mm-dd`'
});
}
else if (index === 5) {
editor.bubble(this, {
title: 'Edit salary',
message: 'Enter an unformatted number in dollars ($)'
});
}
});
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 processing for this table is shown below. Please note that this is just an example script using PHP. Server-side processing scripts can be written in any language, using the protocol described in the DataTables documentation.