Inline inserts - adding new rows without a popup dialog box. about jquery-datatables-editable HOT 6 CLOSED

Hi,

I will see how hard it would be to add this in the next version. However I'm 
not sure is it feasible, because current table can edit existing records with 
existing ids. If I add automatically new record it must be added on the server 
side first and get the new id. This is possible only if there are no required 
fields in the record when the new one is created (this is rare case).

However I will try to add this feature too.

Regards,
Jovan

Jovan,

This turns out to be more complex than it initially seems.

Maybe it can be accomplished by adding a form in the table footer that just has 
the appearance of being a row in the table.

Or maybe a dummy key field can be generated in the table (maybe a negative 
number) that can then be overwritten after the call to the server side insert 
returns the database's new key id. 

Just some thoughts. Thanks for all your work on this so far. It is a much 
needed widget, and a great help!

Thanks!
Jon

Hi,

I have tied it but it si too complex. You can acomplish this behavoiur now if 
you set fnRowAdding() function as a parameter and manyally inject new row, 
apply editable and stop further add action. However I have no idea when cell 
content should be submitted (it would look odd if it is saved on blur of each 
cell).

Therefore I thinhk that this feature should not be included in the standard 
plugin.

However, thanks for idea.

Regards,
Jovan

This will not be included in the near future versions. Logic is to complex.

The plugin is still very useful anyway and much appreciated. Thanks for looking 
into this.

"Too complicated": The original datatables deluxe plugin "edit" support this 
behaviour.  Too bad that it costs > $100.