It can often be useful to have more information available in your form that you show in your table (the table for example would show a summary, while the form, with more screen real estate available to it can show detailed information). This is readily done with DataTables and Editor through the fact that DataTables can use objects as a data source. These objects provide all the information needed for the form, but only a limited selection of the available properties are shown in the table, while the form makes full use of the whole object.
This example (which is of course grossly simplified in order to make the point!) shows three fields only in the table, while the form provides editing abilities for seven different fields.
| First name | Last name | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| First name | Last name | Phone |
The Javascript below is what is used on this page for the example shown.
The HTML shown below shows the TABLE that is used in this example.
The code below is that HTML that is used to drive the server-side section of this exampe.
The HTML shown below includes the Javascript and CSS files that are required for the Editor operation on this page. You can use this as a template for your own pages, but if you move the files you might need to update the paths.
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.
// 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.
// No data yet received
DataTables can request information to display from the server when the page first loads. The block below shows the response from the server.