It can sometimes be useful to allow editing on specific columns only. This is done by only calling the inline() method for the cells that you wish to be editable
when activated (typically a click). There are a number of methods for doing this, primarily involving the jQuery selector for which cells the event should activate
on.
This example uses the method of applying a class name (editable in this case, but it could be anything) to the
columns that should be editable (using columns.className). Then the selector for the event handler for inline() simply becomes tbody td.editable.
In this example only the first name, last name and salary columns are inline editable. They are styled using the class name to indicate this.
| 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:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 | var editor; // use a global for the submit and return data rendering in the examples$(document).ready(function() { editor = new $.fn.dataTable.Editor( { ajax: "../php/staff.php", table: "#example", fields: [ { label: "First name:", name: "first_name" }, { label: "Last name:", name: "last_name" }, { label: "Salary:", name: "salary" } ] } ); // Activate an inline edit on click of a table cell $('#example').on( 'click', 'tbody td.editable', function (e) { editor.inline( this ); } ); $('#example').DataTable( { dom: 'Bfrtip', ajax: '../php/staff.php', columns: [ { data: null, defaultContent: '', className: 'select-checkbox', orderable: false }, { data: 'first_name', className: 'editable' }, { data: 'last_name', className: 'editable' }, { data: 'position' }, { data: 'office' }, { data: 'start_date' }, { data: 'salary', render: $.fn.dataTable.render.number( ',', '.', 0, '$' ), className: 'editable' } ], select: { style: 'os', selector: 'td:first-child' }, buttons: [ { extend: 'create', editor: editor }, { extend: 'edit', editor: editor }, { extend: 'remove', editor: editor } ] } );} ); |
In addition to the above code, the following Javascript library files are loaded for use in this example:
Editor submits and retrieves information by Ajax requests. The two blocks below show the data that Editor submits and receives, to and from the server. This is updated live as you interact with Editor so you can see what is submitted.
The following shows the data that has been submitted to the server when a request is made to add, edit or delete data from the table.
1 | // No data yet submitted |
The following shows the data that has been returned by the server in response to the data submitted on the left and is then acted upon.
1 | // No data yet received |