jQuery UI is a popular suite of Javascript widgets such as DatePicker, AutoComplete and Dialog. Although jQuery UI isn't a CSS framework in the same sense as Bootstrap or Foundation it does provide a common styling framework for its widgets through its ThemeRoller component.
Like DataTables, Editor provides integration files which can be used to have the form styled in the same basic way as other jQuery UI widgets. This example shows that integration, with the Dialog control being used to display the Editor form.
Name | Position | Office | Extn. | Start date | Salary |
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| Name | Position | Office | Extn. | 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 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 | 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: "Position:", name: "position" }, { label: "Office:", name: "office" }, { label: "Extension:", name: "extn" }, { label: "Start date:", name: "start_date", type: "date", def: function () { return new Date(); }, dateFormat: $.datepicker.ISO_8601 }, { label: "Salary:", name: "salary" } ] } ); var table = $('#example').DataTable( { lengthChange: false, 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: $.fn.dataTable.render.number( ',', '.', 0, '$' ) } ], select: true } ); // Display the buttons new $.fn.dataTable.Buttons( table, [ { extend: "create", editor: editor }, { extend: "edit", editor: editor }, { extend: "remove", editor: editor } ] ); table.buttons().container() .prependTo( $('div.fg-toolbar:eq(0)', table.table().container() ) );} ); |
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 |