Preamble

This example shows how you might modify the client-side show/hide details rows example for use with DataTables 1.5's server-side processing option.

Live example

Initialisation code

var oTable;

/* Formating function for row details */
function fnFormatDetails ( nTr )
{
	var aData = oTable.fnGetData( nTr );
	var sOut = '<table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="padding-left:50px;">';
	sOut += '<tr><td>Rendering engine:</td><td>'+aData[2]+' '+aData[5]+'</td></tr>';
	sOut += '<tr><td>Link to source:</td><td>Could provide a link here</td></tr>';
	sOut += '<tr><td>Extra info:</td><td>And any further details here (images etc)</td></tr>';
	sOut += '</table>';
	
	return sOut;
}

/* Event handler function */
function fnOpenClose ( oSettings )
{
	$('td img', oTable.fnGetNodes() ).each( function () {
		$(this).click( function () {
			var nTr = this.parentNode.parentNode;
			if ( this.src.match('details_close') )
			{
				/* This row is already open - close it */
				this.src = "../examples_support/details_open.png";
				oTable.fnClose( nTr );
			}
			else
			{
				/* Open this row */
				this.src = "../examples_support/details_close.png";
				oTable.fnOpen( nTr, fnFormatDetails(nTr), 'details' );
			}
		} );
	} );
}

$(document).ready(function() {
	oTable = $('#example').dataTable( {
		"bProcessing": true,
		"bServerSide": true,
		"sAjaxSource": "../examples_support/server_processing_details_col.php",
		"aoColumns": [
			{ "sClass": "center", "bSortable": false },
			null,
			null,
			null,
			{ "sClass": "center" },
			{ "sClass": "center" }
		],
		"aaSorting": [[1, 'asc']],
		"fnDrawCallback": fnOpenClose
	} );
} );

Other examples

Basic initialisation

• Zero configuration
• Feature enablement
• Sorting data
• Multi-column sorting
• Multiple tables
• Hidden columns
• DOM positioning
• State saving
• Alternative pagination styles
• Scrolling: Horizontal / Vertical / Both / Themed / Infinite
• Change language information (internationalisation)
• ThemeRoller themes (Smoothness)

Advanced initialisation

• Events (pre initialisation)
• Events (post initialisation)
• Column rendering
• Sorting without HTML tags
• Multiple table controls (sDom)
• Defining length menu options
• Custom toolbar (element) around table
• Row highlighting with CSS
• Column grouping through col/row spans
• Row grouping
• Row callback
• Footer callback
• Change language information from a file (internationalisation)

Data sources

• DOM
• Javascript array
• Ajax source
• Server side processing

Server-side processing

• Obtain server-side data
• Add extra HTTP variables
• Use HTTP POST
• Custom column ordering (in callback data)
• Pipelining data (reduce Ajax calls for paging)
• Show and hide details about a particular record
• User selectable rows (multiple rows)

API

• Dynamically add a new row
• Individual column filtering (using "input" elements)
• Individual column filtering (using "select" elements)
• Highlight rows and columns
• Show and hide details about a particular record
• User selectable rows (multiple rows)
• User selectable rows (single row) and delete rows
• Editable rows (with jEditable)
• Submit form with elements in table
• Index column (static number column)
• Show and hide columns dynamically
• API function use in initialisation object (callback)
• DataTables scrolling and tabs
• Regular expression filtering

Plug-ins

• Add custom API functions
• Sorting and type detection
• Custom pagination controls
• Range filtering / custom filtering
• Live DOM sorting
• Automatic HTML type detection

Please refer to the DataTables documentation for full information about its API properties and methods.