This example demonstrates Editor's ability to edit data multiple layers deep, which we term nested editing. Using the datatable field type we can use another Editor
instance to make the data in the field editable in exactly the same way we can for the host table.
In this case the list of options for the site is editable, letting options be created, edited or removed from the list as required without needing to leave the form for another page.
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 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 | var editor; // use a global for the submit and return data rendering in the examples$(document).ready(function() { var siteEditor = new $.fn.dataTable.Editor( { ajax: '../../controllers/sitesNested.php', fields: [ { label: 'City:', name: 'name' }, { label: 'Continent:', name: 'continent', type: 'datatable' } ] } ); editor = new $.fn.dataTable.Editor( { ajax: '../../controllers/joinNested.php', table: '#example', 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: 'datatable', editor: siteEditor, optionsPair: { value: 'id', }, config: { ajax: '../../controllers/sitesNested.php', buttons: [ { extend: 'create', editor: siteEditor }, { extend: 'edit', editor: siteEditor }, { extend: 'remove', editor: siteEditor } ], columns: [ { title: 'Name', data: 'name' }, { title: 'Continent', data: 'continent' } ] } } ] } ); $('#example').DataTable( { dom: 'Bfrtip', ajax: { url: '../../controllers/joinNested.php', type: 'POST' }, columns: [ { data: 'users.first_name' }, { data: 'users.last_name' }, { data: 'users.phone' }, { data: 'sites.name' } ], select: true, 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.
// No data yet submittedThe 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