Using DataTables in-combination with the excellent jEditable plugin for jQuery allows you to produce a table which can have individual cells edited. The table can then be updated such that filtering, sorting etc. will all work as expected. This is showing in the demo below.
The example shows how a table element can be edited (you could limit to a particular column if you wish using the selector), posted to the server (for saving in a database or whatever) and then placed back into the DataTable. The server's processing in this example simply appends the string '(server updated)' to indicate that something has happened on the server.
Note also that this example makes use of the information in the 'ID' attribute of the TR element. This is useful in order to tell the server what row is being updated - this can readily be expended to include column information as required. Further to this, it is worth noting that to use this type of example with DataTables' server-side processing option, you must use fnDrawCallback to apply the event listeners on each draw.
Rendering engine | Browser | Platform(s) | Engine version | CSS grade |
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Trident | Internet Explorer 4.0 | Win 95+ | 4 | X |
Trident | Internet Explorer 5.0 | Win 95+ | 5 | C |
Trident | Internet Explorer 5.5 | Win 95+ | 5.5 | A |
Trident | Internet Explorer 6 | Win 98+ | 6 | A |
Trident | Internet Explorer 7 | Win XP SP2+ | 7 | A |
Trident | AOL browser (AOL desktop) | Win XP | 6 | A |
Gecko | Firefox 1.0 | Win 98+ / OSX.2+ | 1.7 | A |
Gecko | Firefox 1.5 | Win 98+ / OSX.2+ | 1.8 | A |
Gecko | Firefox 2.0 | Win 98+ / OSX.2+ | 1.8 | A |
Gecko | Firefox 3.0 | Win 2k+ / OSX.3+ | 1.9 | A |
Gecko | Camino 1.0 | OSX.2+ | 1.8 | A |
Gecko | Camino 1.5 | OSX.3+ | 1.8 | A |
Gecko | Netscape 7.2 | Win 95+ / Mac OS 8.6-9.2 | 1.7 | A |
Gecko | Netscape Browser 8 | Win 98SE+ | 1.7 | A |
Gecko | Netscape Navigator 9 | Win 98+ / OSX.2+ | 1.8 | A |
Gecko | Mozilla 1.0 | Win 95+ / OSX.1+ | 1 | A |
Gecko | Mozilla 1.1 | Win 95+ / OSX.1+ | 1.1 | A |
Gecko | Mozilla 1.2 | Win 95+ / OSX.1+ | 1.2 | A |
Gecko | Mozilla 1.3 | Win 95+ / OSX.1+ | 1.3 | A |
Gecko | Mozilla 1.4 | Win 95+ / OSX.1+ | 1.4 | A |
Gecko | Mozilla 1.5 | Win 95+ / OSX.1+ | 1.5 | A |
Gecko | Mozilla 1.6 | Win 95+ / OSX.1+ | 1.6 | A |
Gecko | Mozilla 1.7 | Win 98+ / OSX.1+ | 1.7 | A |
Gecko | Mozilla 1.8 | Win 98+ / OSX.1+ | 1.8 | A |
Gecko | Seamonkey 1.1 | Win 98+ / OSX.2+ | 1.8 | A |
Gecko | Epiphany 2.20 | Gnome | 1.8 | A |
Webkit | Safari 1.2 | OSX.3 | 125.5 | A |
Webkit | Safari 1.3 | OSX.3 | 312.8 | A |
Webkit | Safari 2.0 | OSX.4+ | 419.3 | A |
Webkit | Safari 3.0 | OSX.4+ | 522.1 | A |
Webkit | OmniWeb 5.5 | OSX.4+ | 420 | A |
Webkit | iPod Touch / iPhone | iPod | 420.1 | A |
Webkit | S60 | S60 | 413 | A |
Presto | Opera 7.0 | Win 95+ / OSX.1+ | - | A |
Presto | Opera 7.5 | Win 95+ / OSX.2+ | - | A |
Presto | Opera 8.0 | Win 95+ / OSX.2+ | - | A |
Presto | Opera 8.5 | Win 95+ / OSX.2+ | - | A |
Presto | Opera 9.0 | Win 95+ / OSX.3+ | - | A |
Presto | Opera 9.2 | Win 88+ / OSX.3+ | - | A |
Presto | Opera 9.5 | Win 88+ / OSX.3+ | - | A |
Presto | Opera for Wii | Wii | - | A |
Presto | Nokia N800 | N800 | - | A |
Presto | Nintendo DS browser | Nintendo DS | 8.5 | C/A1 |
KHTML | Konqureror 3.1 | KDE 3.1 | 3.1 | C |
KHTML | Konqureror 3.3 | KDE 3.3 | 3.3 | A |
KHTML | Konqureror 3.5 | KDE 3.5 | 3.5 | A |
Tasman | Internet Explorer 4.5 | Mac OS 8-9 | - | X |
Tasman | Internet Explorer 5.1 | Mac OS 7.6-9 | 1 | C |
Tasman | Internet Explorer 5.2 | Mac OS 8-X | 1 | C |
Misc | NetFront 3.1 | Embedded devices | - | C |
Misc | NetFront 3.4 | Embedded devices | - | A |
Misc | Dillo 0.8 | Embedded devices | - | X |
Misc | Links | Text only | - | X |
Misc | Lynx | Text only | - | X |
Misc | IE Mobile | Windows Mobile 6 | - | C |
Misc | PSP browser | PSP | - | C |
Other browsers | All others | - | - | U |
Rendering engine | Browser | Platform(s) | Engine version | CSS grade |
$(document).ready(function() { /* Init DataTables */ var oTable = $('#example').dataTable(); /* Apply the jEditable handlers to the table */ $('td', oTable.fnGetNodes()).editable( '../examples_support/editable_ajax.php', { "callback": function( sValue, y ) { var aPos = oTable.fnGetPosition( this ); oTable.fnUpdate( sValue, aPos[0], aPos[1] ); }, "submitdata": function ( value, settings ) { return { "row_id": this.parentNode.getAttribute('id') }; }, "height": "14px" } ); } );
Please refer to the DataTables documentation for full information about its API properties and methods.