Mutators & Accessors Updated

Mutators (setters) and Accessors (getters) allow you to manipulate the table data as it enters and leaves your Tabulator, allowing you to convert values for use in your table and then change them again as they leave.

Mutators Updated

Mutators are used to alter data as it is parsed into Tabulator. For example if you wanted to convert a numeric column into a boolean based on its value, before the data is used to build the table.

You can set mutators on a per column basis using the mutator option in the column definition object.

You can pass an optional additional parameter with mutator, mutatorParams that should contain an object with additional information for configuring the mutator.

{title:"Has Too Many Cars", field:"cars", mutatorParams:{threshold:5}, mutator:function(value, data, type, mutatorParams, cell){
        //value - original value of the cell
        //data - the data for the row
        //type - the type of mutation occuring (data|edit)
        //mutatorParams - the mutatorParams object from the column definition
        //cell - when the "type" argument is "edit", this contains the cell component for the edited cell, otherwise it is undefined

        return value > mutatorParams.threshold; //return the new value for the cell data.
    },
}

Mutation Type

By default mutators are applied to data when it is parsed into the table with the setData function and when a user edits a cell. If you only want your mutators to be applied in one of these cases, you can use the mutateType option to specify when you want your mutator to be used.

{title:"Has Too Many Cars", field:"cars", mutateType:"data",  mutator:tooManyCarsMutator} //mutate only parsed data not cell edits.

mutateType can have one of three values:

• data - Only mutate data when using the setData function.
• edit - Only mutate data when a user edits a cell.
• all - Mutate data on setData and cell edit.

Mutators vs Formatters
An important difference between a mutator and a formatter is that a mutator will alter the data contained in the table, which will then be visible in the data retrieved using the getData function, a formatter will only alter how data is displayed in cells but will not affect the data itself. (see Formatting for more details)

Accessors

Accessors are used to alter data as it leaves the table through the getData function.

You can set accessors on a per column basis using the accessor option in the column definition object.

You can pass an optional additional parameter with accessor, accessorParams that should contain an object with additional information for configuring the accessor.

The example below shows a usage case that ensures float values in a column are rounded down to integers before you retrieved the data.

{title:"Tax Owed (£)", field:"tax", accessorParams:{}, accessor:function(value, data, accessorParams){
        //value - original value of the cell
        //data - the data for the row
        //accessorParams - the accessorParams object passed from the column definition

        return Math.floor(value); //return the new value for the cell data.
    },
}

Accessors will only be applied to the data returned by the getData function and will not affect the data used by the table itself.

Formatting Data Updated Try Interactive Demo

Tabulator allows you to format your data in a wide variety of ways, so your tables can display information in a more graphical and clear layout.

You can set formatters on a per column basis using the formatter option in the column definition object.

You can pass an optional additional parameter with the formatter, formatterParams that should contain an object with additional information for configuring the formatter.

{title:"Name", field:"name", formatter:"star", formatterParams:{stars:6}}

Tabulator comes with a number of preconfigured formatters including:

• plaintext - This is the default formatter for all cells, and simply displays the value of the cell as text.
• textarea - shows text with carriage returns intact (great for multiline text), this formatter will also adjust the height of rows to fit the cells contents when columns are resized
• html - displays un-sanitized html
• money - formats a number into currency notation (eg. 1234567.8901 -> 1,234,567.89)
• optional formatterParams:
• decimal - Symbol to represent the decimal point (default ".")
• thousand - Symbol to represent the thousands seperator (default ",")
• symbol - currency symbol (no default)
• symbolAfter - position the symbol after the number (default false)
• precision - the number of decimals to display (default is 2), setting this falue to false will display however many decimals are provided with the number
• email - renders data as an anchor with a mailto: link to the cell value
• image - created an img tag with the src attribute set to the cell value
• link - renders data as an anchor with a link to the given value
• tick - displays a green tick if the value is (true|'true'|'True'|1) and an empty cell if not
• tickCross - displays a green tick if the value is (true|'true'|'True'|1) and a red cross if not
• color - sets the background colour of the cell to the value. Can be any valid CSS color eg. #ff0000, #f00, rgb(255,0,0), red, rgba(255,0,0,0), hsl(0, 100%, 50%)
• star - displays a graphical star rating based on integer values
  • optional formatterParams:
  • stars - maximum number of stars to be displayed (default 5)
• progress - displays a progress bar that fills the cell from left to right, using values 0-100 as a percentage of width#
  • optional formatterParams:
  • min - minimum value for progress bar (default 0)
  • max - minimum value for progress bar (default 100)
  • color - colour of progress bar (default #2DC214)
• buttonTick - displays a tick icon on eac row (for use as a button)
• buttonCross - displays a cross icon on eac row (for use as a button)
• rownum - shows an incrementing row number for each row.
• handle - fills the cell with hamburger bars, to be used as a row handle

Note: To guard against code injection, any formatters that are meant to display text (plaintext, textarea, money, email, link) have the data sanitized first to escape any potentially harmful HTML or JavaScript from making into the table, this causes any such data to be displayed as its plain text alternative. If you want the HTML to be displayed correctly use the html formatter, but be aware if your data can be user edited this could allow for malicious script injection.

Note: For a guide to adding your own formatters to this list, have a look at the Extending Tabulator section.

Custom Formatters

As well as the built-in formatters you can define a formatter using a custom formatter function.

The formatter function accepts two arguments, the CellComponent for the cell being formatted and the formatterParams option from the column defintion.

The function must return the contents of the cell, either the text value of the cell, valid HTML or a jQuery element.

{title:"Name", field:"name", formatter:function(cell, formatterParams){
        //cell - the cell component
        //formatterParams - parameters set for the column

        return "Mr" + cell.getValue(); //return the contents of the cell;
    },
}

Formatters vs Mutators
An important difference between a formatter and a mutator is that a formatter will only alter how data is displayed in cells but will not affect the data itself, while a mutator will alter the data contained in the table, which will then be visible in the data retrieved using the getData function. (see Mutators for more details)

Variable Height Formatters New

By default formatters will keep their contents within the height of the current row, hiding any overflow. The only exception to this is the textarea formatter which will automatically vary its height when the column is resized so its contents does not overflow.

If you would like this functionally to appear in another type of formatter you can set the variableHieght property to true in the column definition and it will will behave in a similar way to the textarea formatter:

{title:"Name", field:"name", formatter:myCustomFormatter, variableHeight:true}

Icon/Button Columns

You can create icon/button columns, by not specifying the field option in the column definition object and creating a custom formatter for the column contents. In the example below we have created a print button on the left of each row.

//custom formatter definition
var printIcon = function(cell, formatterParams){ //plain text value
    return "<i class='fa fa-print'></i>";
};

//column definition in the columns array
{formatter:printIcon, width:40, align:"center", cellClick:function(e, cell){alert("Printing row data for: " + cell.getRow().getData().name)}},

Row Formatting Try Interactive Demo

Tabulator also allows you to define a row level formatter using the rowFormatter option. this lets you alter each row of the table based on the data it contains.

The function accepts one argument, the RowComponent for the row being formatted.

The example below changes the background colour of a row to blue if the col value for that row is "blue".

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    rowFormatter:function(row){
        //row - row component

        var data = row.getData();

        if(data.col == "blue"){
            row.getElement().css({"background-color":"#A6A6DF"});
        }
    },
});

ToolTips

You can set tooltips to be displayed when the cursor hovers over cells. By default, tooltips are not displayed.

Tooltips can either be set globally using the tooltips options parameter:

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    tooltips:true,
});

Or on a per column basis in the column definition array:

//column definition in the columns array
{formatter:printIcon, width:40, align:"center", tooltip:true},

The tooltip parameter can take three different types of value

• boolean - a value of false disables the tooltip, a value of true sets the tooltip of the cell to its value
• string - a string that will be displayed for all cells in the matching column/table.
• function - a callback function that returns the string for the cell. see below:

The function accepts one argument, the CellComponent for the cell the tooltip is being generated for.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    tooltips:function(cell){
        //cell - cell component

        //function should return a string for the tooltip of false to hide the tooltip
        return  cell.getColumn().getField() + " - " + cell.getValue(); //return cells "field - value";
    },
});

Note: setting a tooltip value on a column will override the global setting.

Header ToolTips

It is also possible to set tooltips to display on the column headers. This is particularly useful when your columns are too narrow to display full header names.

Header tooltips can either be set globally using the tooltipsHeader options parameter:

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    tooltipsHeader:true, //enable header tooltips
});

Or on a per column basis in the column definition array:

//column definition in the columns array
{title:"name", field:"name", width:40, align:"center", tooltipHeader:true},

The tooltip tooltipHeader can take three different types of value

• boolean - a value of false disables the tooltip, a value of true sets the tooltip of the column header to its title value.
• string - a string that will be displayed for the tooltip.
• function - a callback function that returns the string for the column header. see below:

The function accepts one argument, the ColumnComponent for the column the tooltip is being generated for.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    tooltips:function(column){
        //column - column component

        //function should return a string for the header tooltip of false to hide the tooltip
        return  column.getDefinition().title;
    },
});

Note: setting a tooltipHeader value on a column will override the global setting.

Filtering Data Updated Try Interactive Demo

Tabulator allows you to filter the table data by any field in the data set.

To set a filter you need to call the setFilter method, passing the field you wish to filter, the comparison type and the value to filter for.

This funtion will replace any exiting filters on the table with the specified filters.

$("#example-table").tabulator("setFilter", "age", ">", 10);

Tabulator comes with a number of filter comparison types including:

• = - Displays only rows with data that is the same as the filter
• < - displays rows with a value less than the filter value
• <= - displays rows with a value less than or qual to the filter value
• > - displays rows with a value greater than the filter value
• >= - displays rows with a value greater than or qual to the filter value
• != - displays rows with a value that is not equal to the filter value
• like - displays any rows with data that contains the specified string anywhere in the specified field. (case insesitive)

If you wish to apply multiple filters then you can pass an array of filter objects to this function, the data will then have to pass all filters to be displayed in the table.

$("#example-table").tabulator("setFilter", [
    {field:"age", type:">", value:52}, //filter by age greater than 52
    {field:"height", type:"<", value:142}, //and by height less than 142
]);

Filters will remain in effect until they are cleared, including during setData calls.

Custom Filter Functions

If you want to perform a more complicated filter then you can pass a callback function to the setFilter method, you can also pass an optional second argument, an object with paramters to be passed to the filter function.

function customFilter(data, filterParams){
    //data - the data for the row being filtered
    //filterParams - params object passed to the filter

    return data.name == "bob" && data.height < filterParams.height; //must return a boolean, true if it passes the filter.
}

$("#example-table").tabulator("setFilter", customFilter, {height:3});

Additional Filter Functions Updated

There are a number of additional filter functions that can be called to customise your filtering experience

Add Filter to Exsiting Filters

If you want to add another filter to the existing filters then you can call the addFilter function:

$("#example-table").tabulator("addFilter", "age", ">", 22);

Remove One of Many Existing Filters

If you want to remove one filter from the current list of filters you can use the removeFilter function:

$("#example-table").tabulator("removeFilter", "age", ">", 22);

Get Current Filters

You can retrieve an array of the current filters using the getFilter function:

var filters = $("#example-table").tabulator("getFilter");

This will return an array of filter objects

[
    {field:"age", type:">", value:52}, //filter by age greater than 52
    {field:"height", type:"<", value:142}, //and by height less than 142
]

Clear All Filters

To remove all filters from the table, use the clearFilter function.

$("#example-table").tabulator("clearFilter");

This will clear all programatically set filters, if you wisht to clear all header filters as well pass an argument of true to this function.

$("#example-table").tabulator("clearFilter", true);

Clear Header Filters

To remove just the header filters, leaving the programatic filters in place, use the clearHeaderFilter function.

$("#example-table").tabulator("clearHeaderFilter");

Header Filtering Try Interactive Demo

Is is possible to filter the table data directly from the column headers, by setting the headerFilter parameter in the column definition object for that column.

{title:"Name", field:"name", headerFilter:true} //show header filter matching the cells editor

Setting this parameter to true will cause an editor element matching the columns editor type to be displayed in the header below the column title, and will allow the user to filter data in the table by values in that column. The editor will be chosen using the same rules as the editor parameter, for more information on this see the Manipulating Data section.

Alternatively you can pass a string to this parameter containing any of the standard editors listed in the Manipulating Data section

{title:"Name", field:"name", headerFilter:"input"} //show headerFilter using "input" editor

You can also pass a custom editor function to this parameter in the same way as you would for column editor. For more information see the Manipulating Data section.

You can pass an optional additional parameter with the header filter, headerFilterParams that should contain an object with additional information for configuring the header filter element. This will be passed to the editor in the column header instead of the editorParams property.

{title:"Name", field:"name", headerFilter:"input", headerFilterParams:{initial:"Steve Bobberson"}} //show headerFilter using "input" editor

Note: At present, the progress and star editors are not available as header filters.

Header Filters and Programmatic Filters

Header filters and programatic filters can be set independently allowing you to use a header filter to further restrict the rows shown in an already filtered data set.

Real Time Filtering

If an input element is used as the filter element, then then the table will be filtered in real time as the user types in the input element. To prevent exessive redrawing of the table Tabulator will wait 300 miliseconds after the user has finished typing before tirggering the filter, this ensures that the table is not redrawn for every character typed by the user.

Note: If the input has a type attribute value of text it will be automatically changed to search to give the user the option to clear the input text.

Filter Comparison Types Updated

By default Tabulator will try and match the comparison type to the type of element used for the header filter.

Standard input elements will use the "like" filter, this allows for the matches to be displayed as the user types.

For all other element types (select boxes, check boxes, input elements of type number) an "=" filter type is used.

If you want to specify the type of filter used you can pass it to the headerFilterFunc option in the column definition object. This will take any of the standard filters outlined above or a custom function:

{title:"Age", field:"age", headerFilter:"input", headerFilterPlaceholder:"Max Age", headerFilterFunc:"<="} //show only rows with an age less than or equal the entered value

When using a custom filter function for a header filter, the arguments passed to the function will be slightly different from a normal custom filter function

function customHeaderFilter(headerValue, rowValue, rowData, filterParams){
    //headerValue - the value of the header filter element
    //rowValue - the value of the column in this row
    //rowData - the data for the row being filtered
    //filterParams - params object passed to the headerFilterFuncParams property

    return rowData.name == filterParams.name && rowValue < headerValue; //must return a boolean, true if it passes the filter.
}

//column defintion object in table constructor
{title:"Age", field:"age", headerFilter:"input", headerFilterPlaceholder:"Max Age", headerFilterFunc:customHeaderFilter, headerFilterFuncParams:{name:"bob"}}

As the above example demostrates it is possible to pass additional paramters to the custom filter function by passing an object to the headerFilterFuncParams option in the column definition.

{title:"Age", field:"age", headerFilter:"input", headerFilterPlaceholder:"Max Age", headerFilterFunc:customHeaderFilter, headerFilterFuncParams:{name:"bob"}}

Placeholder Text

The default placeholder text used for input elements can be set using the headerFilterPlaceholder option in the table definition

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    headerFilterPlaceholder:"filter data...", //set column header placeholder text
});

To set the placeholder text on a per column basis you can use the headerFilterPlaceholder option in the column's definition object.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    headerFilterPlaceholder:"filter data...", //set column header placeholder text
    columns:[
        {title:"Name", field:"name", headerFilter:true, headerFilterPlaceholder:"Find a Person..."} //set placeholder text on name column header filter
    ]
});

Callbacks

A range of callbacks are avaialble for tracking progress of filtering. See the Filter Callbacks section for more information.

Sorting Data Try Interactive Demo

Tabulator allows you to sort the data in your table in any way you want.

By default Tabulator will attempt to guess which sorter should be applied to a column based on the data contained in the first row. It can determine sorters for strings, numbers, alphanumeric squences and booleans, anything else will be treated as a string.

To specify a sorter to be used on a column use the param property in the columns definition object

You can pass an optional additional property with sorter, sorterParams that should contain an object with additional information for configuring the sorter.

{title:"Name", field:"name", sorter:"date", sorterParams:{format:"DD/MM/YY"}}

Tabulator comes with a number of preconfigured sorters including:

• string - sorts column as strings of characters
• number - sorts column as numbers (integer or float, will also handle numbers using "," seperators)
• alphanum - sorts column as alpha numeric code
• boolean - sorts column as booleans
• date - sorts column as dates
  • You will need to include the moment.js library to use this sorter
  • optional sorterParams:
    • format - the format of the date (default: DD/MM/YYYY)
• time - sorts column as time (formatted as hh:mm)
  • You will need to include the moment.js library to use this sorter
  • optional sorterParams:
    • format - the format of the time (default: hh:mm)

Custom Sorters

for advanced sorting can define a custom sorter function in the sorter option:

{title:"Name", field:"name", sorter:function(a, b, aData, bData, column, dir, sorterParams){
        //a, b - the two values being compared
        //aData, bData - the row objects for the values being compared (useful if you need to access additional fields in the row data for the sort)
        //column - the column component for the column being sorted
        //dir - the direction of the sort ("asc" or "desc")
        //sorterParams - sorterParams object from column definition array

        return a - b; //you must return the difference between the two values
    },
}

The fifth paramter in this callback is a ColumnComponent for the column being fitered.

Header Sorting

By default all columns in a table are sortable by clicking on the column header, if you want to disable this behaviour, set the headerSort property to false in the column defintion array:

{title:"Name", field:"name", sorter:"string", headerSort:false} //disable header sorter

Sort Data on Load

When the table is first created it can be setwith an initial set of sorters. These can be set using the initialSort option. This will take the same sorter array as the setSort function. (see Initial Data Sorting for more details)

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    initialSort:[
        {column:"age", dir:"asc"}, //sort by this first
        {column:"height", dir:"desc"}, //then sort by this second
    ]
});

Trigger Sorting Programmatically

You can trigger sorting using the setSort function

$("#example-table").tabulator("setSort", "age", "asc");

If you wish to sort by multiple columns then you can pass an array of sorting objects to this function, the data will then be sorted in the order of the objects.

$("#example-table").tabulator("setSort", [
    {column:"age", dir:"asc"}, //sort by this first
    {column:"height", dir:"desc"}, //then sort by this second
]);

Get Current Sorters

If you need to retrieve the details of the currently sorted column at any point you can use the getSort function.

$("#example-table").tabulator("getSort");

This will return an array of sort objects with two properties, column a string of the field name for the sorted column, and dir a string of either "asc" or "desc" indicating the direction of sort.

[
    {column:"age", dir:"asc"},
    {column:"height", dir:"desc"}
]

If the table is not currently sorted then the array will be empty.

Clear All Sorters

To remove all sorting from the table, call the clearSort function.

$("#example-table").tabulator("clearSort");

Callbacks

A range of callbacks are avaialble for tracking progress of sorting. See the Sorting Callbacks section for more information.

Column Calculations New Try Interactive Demo

Column calculations can be useed to add a row of calcualted values to the top or bottom of your table to display infmation such as the sum of a columns data.

There are two options that can be set in a column definition object to define a calculation, the topCalc option defines a calculation for the top of the column, and the bottomCalc defines a calculation for the bottom of the column. You can define, either, both or neither of the options.

{title:"Rating", field:"rating", topCalc:"avg"} //show average rating

Tabulator comes with a number of preconfigured calculations including:

• avg - the average value of the column
• optional topCalcParams/bottomCalcParams:
• precision - the number of decimals to display (default is 2), setting this falue to false will display however many decimals are provided with the number
• max - the maximum value in the column
• min - the minimum value in the column
• sum - a sum of all values in the column (only sums numerical columns)
• concat - join all values into one string
• count - a count of all non empty cells in the column

You can pass an optional additional parameter with the each calculation option, topCalcParams and bottomCalcParams that should contain an object with additional information for configuring the calculation function.

{title:"Rating", field:"rating", topCalc:customCalcFunction, topCalcParams:{age:18}}

Note: If a calculation is defined on any column the calculations rows will be shown, any column without a calculations will show as an empty cell in the calculation row

Note: At the moment all calculations are formatted as plain text, formatters for column calculations will be comming soon.

Custom Calculation Function

If you want to perform your own calculations on a column then you can pass a custom calculation function to either of the topCalc or bottomCalc options.

//count number of users over 18
var adultCalc = function(values, data, calcParams){
    //values - array of column values
    //data - all table data
    //calcParams - params passed from the column defintion object

    var count = 0;

    values.forEach(function(value){
        if(value > 18){
            count ++;
        }
    });

    return calc;
}

 //in your column definition for the column
 {title:"Age", field:"age", topCalc:adultCalc},
  

Calculations For Grouped Data

When you are using the groupBy option with your table, the calculation rows will be displayed differently. Instead of being displayed at the top and bottom of the table, they will be displayed inside each group, at the top and bottom of that group, showing the calculations for that group.

Editing & Manipulating Data Updated

Tabulator allows you to manipulate the data in the table in a number of different ways

Editable Data Try Interactive Demo

Columns of the table can be set as editable using the editor parameter in the column definition. (see Define Columns for more details).

When a user clicks on an editable column the will be able to edit the value for that cell.

By default Tabulator will use an editor that matches the current formatter for that cell. if you wish to specify a specific editor, you can set them per column using the editor option in the column definition. Passing a value of true to this option will result in Tabulator applying the editor that best matches the columns formatter, if present.

You can pass an optional additional parameter with the editor, editorParams that should contain an object with additional information for configuring the editor.

{title:"Rating", field:"rating", editor:"star", editorParams:{start:4}}

Tabulator comes with a number of preconfigured editors including:

• input - editor for plain text.
• textarea - editor for multi-line text, allows the row to vertically resize to fit the text as it is entered.
• number - editor for numbers with increment and decrement buttons.
• tick - editor for tick and tickCross columns.
• star - editor for star columns (can use left/right arrow keys and enter for selection as well as mouse).
• progress - editor for progress bar columns (can use left/right arrow keys and enter for selection as well as mouse)

Custom Editor

If you need a different type of editor, you can pass a custom editor function to the editor option. This function should take four parameters, a CellComponent for the cell being edited, a function to call when the cell has ben rendered, which can be used to set focus or tidy up the display after the element has become visible, a function to call to pass back the new value, when the user has successfully entered new data in the cell, and a function to call if the user aborts the edit.

var selectEditor = function(cell, onRendered, success, cancel, editorParams){
    //cell - the cell component for the editable cell
    //onRendered - function to call when the editor has been rendered
    //success - function to call to pass the succesfully updated value to Tabulator
    //cancel - function to call to abort the edit and return to a normal cell
    //editorParams - editorParams object set in column defintion

    //create and style editor
    var editor = $("<select><option value=''></option><option value='male'>male</option><option value='female'>female</option></select>");
    editor.css({
        "padding":"3px",
        "width":"100%",
        "box-sizing":"border-box",
    });

    //Set value of editor to the current value of the cell
    editor.val(cell.getValue());

    //set focus on the select box when the editor is selected (timeout allows for editor to be added to DOM)
    onRendered(function(){
      editor.focus();
    });

    //when the value has been set, trigger the cell to update
    editor.on("change blur", function(e){
        success(editor.val());
    });

    //return the editor element
    return editor;
};

//in your column definition for the column
{title:"Gender", field:"gender", editor:selectEditor}}

Optional Editing

There are some circumstances where you may want to block editibility of a cell for one reason or another. To meet this need you can use the editable option. This lets you set a callback that is executed before the editor is built, if this callback returns true the editor is added, if it returns false the edit is aborted and the cell remains a non editable cell. The function has one paramter, the CellComponent of the cell about to be edited.

var editCheck = function(cell){
    //cell - the cell component for the editable cell

    //get row data
    var data = cell.getRow().getData();

    return data.age > 18; // only allow the name cell to be edited if the age is over 18
}

//in your column definition for the column
{title:"Name", field:"name", editor:"string", editable:editCheck}}

Data Mutation
if you have defined any mutator functions in your column definition array, these will be applied to your edited value as it is being parsed into the table. (see Mutators for more details)

Updating Data

If you want to update an existing set of data in the table, without completely replacing the data as the setData method would do, you can use the updateData method.

This function takes an array of row objects and will update each row based on its index value. (the index defaults to the "id" parameter, this can be set using the index option in the tabulator constructor). Options without an index will be ignored, as will items with an index that is not already in the table data. The addRow function should be used to add new data to the table.

$("#example-table").tabulator("updateData", [{id:1, name:"bob", gender:"male"}, {id:2, name:"Jenny", gender:"female"}]);

The function will not replace the rows with the provided data, it will only update any of the provided parameters.

//data before update {id:1, name:"Steve", gender:"male", age:20}

$("#example-table").tabulator("updateData", [{id:1, name:"bob"}]); //update data

//data after update  = {id:1, name:"bob", gender:"male", age:20}

Update or Add Data

If the data you are passng to the table contains a mix of existing rows to be updated and new rows to be added then you can call the updateOrAddData function. This will check each row object provided and update the existing row if available, or else create a new row with the data.

$("#example-table").tabulator("updateOrAddData", [{id:1, name:"bob"}, {id:3, name:"steve"}]);

Data Mutation
if you have defined any mutator functions in your column definition array, these will be applied to the new data before the table is updated. (see Mutators for more details)

Retreiving Data Updated

Retrieve All Data

You can retrieve the data stored in the table using the getData function.

var data = $("#example-table").tabulator("getData");

This will return an array containing the data objects for each row in the table.

By default getData will return an array containing all the data held in the Tabulator. If you only want to access the currently filtered/sorted elements, you can pass a value of true to the first argument of the function.

var data = $("#example-table").tabulator("getData", true); //return currently filtered data

Retrieve Row Data

To rereive the data of a specific row, you can retrieve the Row Component with the getRow function, then use the getData function on the component. The first argument is the row you are looking for, it will take any of the standard row component looukup options.

var row = $("#example-table").tabulator("getRow", 1); //return row compoenent with index of 1
var rowData = row.getData();

Data Accessors
If you have defined any accessors on your columns, then these will be applied to the data before the data is returned from any of the above functions. (see Accessors for more details)

Retrieving Row ComponentsNew

You can retrieve all the row components in the table using the getRows function.

var rows = $("#example-table").tabulator("getRows");

This will return an array containing the Row Component for each row in the table.

By default getRows will return an array containing all the Row Component's held in the Tabulator. If you only want to access the currently filtered/sorted elements, you can pass a value of true to the first argument of the function.

var rows = $("#example-table").tabulator("getRows", true); //return currently filtered data

Emptying the Table

You can remove all data from the table using the clearData function:

$("#example-table").tabulator("clearData");

Row Manipulation Try Interactive Demo

There are a number of ways to manipulate individual rows in the table without affecting any other currently rendered rows.

Add Row

You can add a row to the table using the addRow function.

The first argument should be a row data object. If you do not pass data for a column, it will be left empty. To create a blank row (ie for a user to fill in), pass an empty object to the function.

The second argument is optional and determines whether the row is added to the top or bottom of the table. A value of true will add the row to the top of the table, a value of false will add the row to the bottom of the table. If the parameter is not set the row will be placed according to the addRowPos global option.

$("#example-table").tabulator("addRow", {name:"Billy Bob", age:"12", gender:"male", height:1}, true);

By default any new rows will be added to the bottom of the table, to change this to the top set the addRowPos option to "top";

If you want to add the row next to an existing row you can pass an optional third agument to the function that will position the new row next to the specified row (above or below based on the value of the second argument). This argument will take any of the standard row component looukup options:

$("#example-table").tabulator("addRow", {name:"Billy Bob", age:"12"}, true, 3); //add new row above existing row with index of 3

Data Mutation
if you have defined any mutator functions in your column definition array, these will be applied to the new data before the row is added. (see Mutators for more details)

Update Row

You can update any row in the table using the updateRow function.

The first argument is the row you want to update, it will take any of the standard row component looukup options.

The second argument should be the updated data object for the row. As with the updateData function, this will not replace the exisiting row data object, it will only update any of the provided parameters.

$("#example-table").tabulator("updateRow", 1, {id:1, name:"bob", gender:"male"});

Once complete, this function will trigger the rowUpdated and dataEdited events.

This function will return true if the update was successfull or false if the requested row could not be found. If the new data matches the existing row data, no update will be performed.

If you already have the RowComponent for the row you wish to update, you can call the update function directly on the component:

row.update({"name":"steve"}); //update the row data for field "name"

Data Mutation
if you have defined any mutator functions in your column definition array, these will be applied to the new data before the row is updated. (see Mutators for more details)

Update or Add Row

If you don't know whether a row already exists you can use the updateOrAddRow function. This will check if a row with a matching index exists, if it does it will update it, if not it will add a new row with that data. This takes the same arguments as the updateRow function.

$("#example-table").tabulator("updateOrAddRow", 3, {id:3, name:"steve", gender:"male"});

Get Row Element

To rereive the jQuery element of a specific row, you can retrieve the RowComponent with the getRow function, then use the getElement function on the component. The first argument is the row you are looking for, it will take any of the standard row component looukup options.

var row = $("#example-table").tabulator("getRow", 1); //return row compoenent with index of 1
var rowElement = row.getElement();

Delete Row

You can delete any row in the table using the deleteRow function. The first argument is the row you want to delete, it will take any of the standard row component looukup options.

$("#example-table").tabulator("deleteRow", 15);

If you already have the RowComponent for the row you wish to delete, you can call the delete function directly on the component:

row.delete();

Interaction History Try Interactive Demo

If you set the history option to true, Tabulator will keep track of all user interactions with table data including cell edits, row addition and deletion.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    history:true, //record table history
});

Undo Action

With history enabled you can use the undo function to automatically undo a user action, the more times you call the function, the further up the history log you go.

$("#example-table").tabulator("undo");

If the keybindings extension is installed, this action can also be triggered with the ctrl + z key combination.

Redo Action

With history enabled you can use the redo function to automatically redo user action that has been undone, the more times you call the function, the further up the history log you go. once a user interactes with the table then can no longer redo any further actions until an undo is performed

$("#example-table").tabulator("redo");

If the keybindings extension is installed, this action can also be triggered with the ctrl + y key combination.

Navigation

When a cell is being edited it is possible to move the editor focus from the current cell to one if its neighbours. There are a number of functions that can be called to move the focus in different directions.

Note: These actions will only work when a cell is editable and has focus.

Note: Navigation commands will only focus on editable cells, that is cells with an editor and if present an editable function that returns true.

Previous Cell

Use the navigatePrev function to shift focus to the next editable cell on the left, if none available move to the right most editable cell on the row above.

$("#example-table").tabulator("navigatePrev");

If the keybindings extension is installed, this action can also be triggered with the shift + tab key combination.

Next Cell

Use the navigateNext function to shift focus to the next editable cell on the right, if none available move to left most editable cell on the row below.

$("#example-table").tabulator("navigateNext");

If the keybindings extension is installed, this action can also be triggered with the tab key combination.

Left Cell

Use the navigateLeft function to shift focus to next editable cell on the left, return false if none available on row.

$("#example-table").tabulator("navigateLeft");

Right Cell

Use the navigateRight function to shift focus to next editable cell on the right, return false if none available on row.

$("#example-table").tabulator("navigateRight");

Up Cell

Use the navigateUp function to shift focus to the same cell in the row above.

$("#example-table").tabulator("navigateUp");

If the keybindings extension is installed, this action can also be triggered with the up arrow key combination.

Down Cell

Use the navigateDown function to shift focus to the same cell in the row below.

$("#example-table").tabulator("navigateDown");

If the keybindings extension is installed, this action can also be triggered with the down arrow key combination.

Navigation from Cell Components

If you have a CellComponent, you can call navigation functions directly on the component. For more details see the CellComponent documentation

Callbacks

A range of callbacks are avaialble for tracking progress of data manipulation. See the Data Callbacks section for more information.

Table Layout Updated

Tabulator has tons of different ways of customizing the layout the table, have a look through the next few sections to see how you can configure your tables to meet your use case.

Fit Columns to Data Try Interactive Demo

By default Tabulator will resize your tables columns to fit the data held in each column, unless you specify a width or minWidth in the column constructor. If the width of all columns exceeds the width of the containing element, a scroll bar will appear.

Fit Columns to Container Try Interactive Demo

As an alternative to the default column fit you can use the fitColumns option to cause tabulato to resize columns so they fit perfectly in the available table width.

If a width is specified on any columns, where possible the columns will be set at this width and other columns will be resized around them. If there is not enough space to fit all the columns in, then all column widths are ignored and they are sized equally.

In this layout style at least one column must not have a width specified so it can be resized to fill any spare space.

To enable this layout mode set the fitColumns option to true in your table constructor object.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    fitColumns:true, // this option takes a boolean value (default = false)
});

Responsive Layout Try Interactive Demo

Responsive layout will automatically hide/show columns to fit the width of the Tabulator element. This allows for clean rendering of tables on smaller mobile devices, showing important data while avoiding horizontal scroll bars. You can enable responsive layouts using the responsiveLayout option.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    responsiveLayout:true, // this option takes a boolean value (default = false)
});

By default, columns will be hidden from right to left as the width of the table decreases. You can choose exatly how columns are hidden using the responsive property in the column definition object.

When responsive layout is enabled, all columns are given a default responsive value of 1. The higher you set this value the sooner that column will be hidden as the table width decreases. If two columns have the same responsive value then they are hidden from right to left (as defined in the column definition array, ignoring user moving of the columns). If you set the value to 0 then the column will never be hidden regardless of how narrow the table gets.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    responsiveLayout:true, // enable responsive layouts
    columns:[ //set column definitions for imported table data
        {title:"Name", field:"name", responsive:0}, // this column wil never be hidden
        {title:"Age", field:"age" , responsive:3}, // hidden first
        {title:"Gender", field:"gender" }, // hidden fifth
        {title:"Height", field:"height" , responsive:2}, // hidden third
        {title:"Favourite Color", field:"color" , responsive:2}, // hidden second
        {title:"Date of Birth", field:"dob" }, // hidden fourth
    ],
});

Note: If you are using the fitColumns feature, you will need to set a minWidth property on the columns you want to respond responsively to ensure they are hidden when necessary, otherwise Tabulator will keep on reducing the width of the columns instead.

Resizable Columns

By default it is possible to manually resize columns by dragging the borders of the column in both the column headers and the cells of the column.

If you want to alter this behaviour you can use the resizableColumns to choose where the resize handles are available. It supports four possible options:

• true - enable column resizing from both cells and headers
• "header" - enable column resizing from headers only
• "cell" - enable column resizing from cells only
• false - disable column resizing

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    resizableColumns:false, // this option takes a boolean value (default = true)
});

Minimum Column Width

It is possible to set a minimum column width to prevent resizing columns from becoming too small.

This can be set globally, by setting the columnMinWidth option to the column width when you create your Tabulator.

This option can be overridden on a per column basis by setting the minWidth property on the column definition.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    columnMinWidth:80, //Minimum column width in px (default = 40)
});

Wrap Column Header Title Text

By default Tabulator will try and keep column header titles on one line, truncating the text with ellipsis if it gets wider that the column.

If you would like to wrap the text instead then you will need to edit the CSS white-space value for the column headers and set it to normal.

.tabulator .tabulator-header .tabulator-col .tabulator-col-content .tabulator-col-title {
    white-space: normal;
}

Frozen Columns Try Interactive Demo

You can freeze the position of columns on the left and right of the table using the frozen property in the column definition array. This will keep the column still when the table is scrolled horizontally.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    [
        {title:"Name", field:"name", frozen:true}, //frozen column on left of table
        {title:"Age", field:"age"},
        {title:"Eye Colour", field:"eyes"},
        {title:"Height", field:"height", frozen:true}, //frozen column on right of table
    ]
});

You can freeze any number of columns on the left or right of the table, but they must be next to eachother in the column definition array.

Tabulator builds the frozen columns by looking through the column definition array from both sides, building up the frozen columns as it see the frozen property. Once a non-frozen column is reached it stops building the frozen list for that side of the table.

Note: Frozen columns are locked in place and cannot be reordered by dragging and dropping the column header. It is also not possible to freeze a column that is part of a column group.

Redrawing the table

If the size of the element containing the Tabulator changes or you create a table before its containing element is visible, it will necessary to redraw the table to make sure the rows and columns render correctly.

This can be done by calling the redraw method. For example, to trigger a redraw whenever the viewport width is changed:

$(window).resize(function(){
    $("#example-table").tabulator("redraw");
});

The redraw function also has an optional boolean argument that when set to true triggers a full rerender of the table including all data on all rows.

$(window).resize(function(){
    $("#example-table").tabulator("redraw", true); //trigger full rerender including all data and rows
});

Virtual DOM Updated Try Interactive Demo

As of version 3.0 tabulator renders its table using a Virtual DOM, this means that it only renders the rows you seen in the table (plus a few above and below the current view) and creates and destroys the rows as you scroll through the table. If no height is set the table will revert to the standard DOM mode and try and render all rows at once, which will have a performance impact on tables with a large number of rows.

This allows tabulator to handle thousands of rows with no overhead as it only processes the information it nedds to display.

In order for the virtual DOM to function correctly you must ensure that the height option is set in the table constructor, this can be set to any valid CSS value.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    height:"100%",
});

Note: It is not possible to externally add event bindings to elements in the table because they are created and destoryed by Tabulator as needed. The good news is there are callbacks and options to register almsost every binding through the setup options.

Render Buffer New

The virtual DOM renders a number of rows above and below the visible rows to ensure a smooth scrolling experience. This buffer will be set at the current of the height of table so there is always and additional tables height worth of rows above and beyond the view.

In some situations, where you have a full screen table with a large number of columns, this can result in slow rendering performance in older browsers. In these situations it is possible to manually set the height of the buffer in pixels using the virtualDomBuffer option. By setting this to a smaller number than the height you can reduce the number of rows that are rendered and increase the performance on older browsers.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    virtualDomBuffer:300, //set virtual DOM buffer to 300px
});

Changing Table Height

If you want to manually change the height of the table at any time, you can use the setHeight function, which will also redraw the virtual DOM if necessary.

If the height of the table changes at any point (for example the height is set at a percentage and the user resizes the window), you will need to call the redraw function to ensure that the virtual DOM updates to display the corret number of rows.

$("#example-table").tabulator("redraw");

Standard DOM Exceptions

In order for the virtual DOM to function correctly it needs to know the height of the table, so you must ensure that the height option of the table is set so the table can calculate correctly what it should be displaying.

When pagination is enabled Tabulator will revert to using standard DOM rendering as it will only be displaying one page at a time.

Disabling the Virtual DOM

f you need to disable virtual rendering for any reason you can set the virtualDom option to false to force standard rendering.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    virtualDom:false, //disable virtual DOM rendering
});

Note: You must have the height option set to enable progressive rendering.

Empty Table Placeholder

You can use the placeholder option to display a message to your users when the table has no data set. The function can either take a string to display or, the HTML or jQuery element to display in the empty table.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    placeholder:"No Data Available", //display message to user on empty table
});

Table Footer

The footer element that the tables uses for holding pagination elements etc, is automatically generated by Tabulator.

If you want to use your own element for any reason, for example you want to add aditional elements to the footer, then you can use the footerElement option to pass a jquery selector for the footer element into the table.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    footerElement:$("<div class='tabulator-footer'><button>Custom Button</button></div>"); //set custom table footer with custom button
});

Note: To ensure correct functioning of the table, it is recommended that you apply the tabulator-footer class to the footer element

Callbacks

A range of callbacks are avaialble for tracking progress of table rendering. See the Layout Callbacks section for more information.

Pagination Try Interactive Demo

If you would prefer to display your data as pages rather than a scrolling list Tabulator can help you out there too.

There are two forms of pagination available. local pagination, where Tabulator will parse in all available data and then paginate this data set. Or remote pagination, where Tabulator will load indiviudal pages of data via Ajax from a remote server.

When pagination is enabled, a footer element will be added to the bottom of the table, with a range of navigation controls to allow your users to easily switch between pages.

The first page of a table will automatically be loaded when the table is created if pagination is enabled.

If you are a Laravel user then you should find that the auto generated URL's and data processing work straight out the box with no aditional configuration needed.

Note: Changing the filter or sorting while pagination is enabled will revert the table back to the first page.

Note: Pagination and row grouping cannot be used togeather, enabling one will disable the other.

Remote Pagination

To enable remote pagination, set the pagination option to remote, and set the url for the Ajax request using the ajaxURL paramter. You can also pass an optional object to ajaxParams for any paramters you want to pass with the url (these should be static parameters, the page number etc, will be added later on).

By default the page size will be set by the amount of data returned by the remote server, if you need to tell the remote server how many rows to send you can set the paginationSize paramter.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    pagination:"remote", //enable remote pagination
    ajaxURL:"http://testdata.com/data", //set url for ajax request
    ajaxParams:{token:"ABC123"}, //set any standard paramters to pass with the request
    paginationSize:5, //optional paramter to request a certain number of rows per page
});

Request URL

Tabulator will automaticly create a page request URL when a user selects a page.

By default a url will be generated using the provided ajaxURL and a number of system generated parameters:

• page - the page number being requested
• size - the number of rows to a page (if paginationSize is set)
• sort - the first currently sorted field (if any)
• sort_dir - the first currently sort direction (if any)
• filter - the first currently filtered field (if any)
• filter_value - the first current filter value (if any)
• filter_type - the first current filter type (if any)

If you need to change the names of any of these paramters to fit your existing system, you can use the paginationDataSent option to set alternative parameter names.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    pagination:"remote", //enable remote pagination
    ajaxURL:"http://testdata.com/data", //set url for ajax request
    paginationDataSent:{
        "page":"pageNo", //change page request parameter to "pageNo"
    } ,
});

Custom Pagination URL Construction

If you need to have more complex control over the request URL, you can pass a callback to the paginator option to return the URL you wish to use for each page.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    pagination:"remote", //enable remote pagination
    ajaxURL:"http://testdata.com/data", //set url for ajax request
    paginator: function(url, pageNo, pageSize, ajaxParams ){
        //url - the url from the ajaxURL paramter
        //pageNo - the requested page number
        //pageSize - the value of the paginationSize paramter
        //ajaxParams - the value of the ajaxParams parameter

        return ""; //must return the string of the page request URL
    },
});

Note: If you use a paginator function you will need to manyally add the sort and filter parameters to the request url.

Returned Data

The remote server should return a JSON formatted object with the following structure:

{
    "last_page":15, //the total number of available pages
    "data":[ // an array of row data objects
        {id:1, name:"bob", age:"23"}, //example row data object
    ]
}

If you need to change the names of any of these paramters to fit your existing system, you can use the paginationDataReceived option to set alternative parameter names.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    pagination:"remote", //enable remote pagination
    ajaxURL:"http://testdata.com/data", //set url for ajax request
    paginationDataReceived:{
        "last_page":"max_pages", //change last_page parameter name to "max_pages"
    } ,
});

Local Pagination

Local pagination works by loading the entier data set into the table then generating paged views of that data.

To enable local pagination set the pagination option to local.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    pagination:"local", //enable local pagination.
});

Setting Page size

With local pagination there are a couple ways to set the number of rows in each page.

You can specify the page size during table creation by setting the paginationSize option. If no height option is specified the table will resize to fit the number of rows on the page.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    pagination:"local", //enable local pagination.
    paginationSize:5, // this option can take any positive integer value (default = 10)
});

Alternatively, if you specify the height option, and don't define the paginationSize option the page size will be automatically set to fill the height of the table.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    height:"300px",
    pagination:"local", //enable local pagination.
});

Advance Controls

A number of additional controls are available to help customize the pagination experience.

Set Current Page

When pagination is enabled the table footer will contain a number of pagination controls for navigating through the data.

In addition to these controls it is possible to change page using the setPage function

$("#example-table").tabulator("setPage", 5); // show page 5

The setPage function takes one parameter, which should be an integer representing the page you wish to see. There are also four strings that you can pass into the parameter for special functions.

• "first" - show the first page
• "prev" - show the previous page
• "next" - show the next page
• "last" - show the last page

Change Page Size

You can change the page size at any point by using the setPageSize function. (this setting will be ignored if using remote pagination with the page size set by the server)

$("#example-table").tabulator("setPageSize", 50); // show 50 rows per page

Get Current Page Number

To retrieve the curren page use the getPage function. this will return the number of the current page. If pagination is disabled this will return false.

$("#example-table").tabulator("getPage"); // returns current page

Get Maximum Page Number

To retrieve the maximum available page use the getPageMax function. this will return the number of the maximum available page. If pagination is disabled this will return false.

$("#example-table").tabulator("getPageMax"); // returns maximum page

Custom Pagination Control Element

By default the pagination controls are added to the footer of the table. If you wish the controls to be created in another element pass a JQuery object for that element to the paginationElement option.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    pagination:"local",
    paginationElement:$("#pagination-element"), //build pagination controls in this element
});

Callbacks

A range of callbacks are avaialble for pagination. See the Pagination Callbacks section for more information.

Grouping Data Updated Try Interactive Demo

You can group rows togeather that share a column value, this creates a visible header for each group and allows the user to colapse groups that they dont want to see.

Rows can be grouped by a common field value by setting the groupBy option to the name of the field to be grouped.

groupBy:"gender",

If you need to group by more complex value, you can pass a function that returns a string that represents the group.

groupBy:function(data){
    //data - the data object for the row being grouped

    return data.gender + " - " + data.age; //groups by data and age
}

Note: Grouping and pagination cannot be used togeather, enabling one will disable the other.

Custom Group Headers

You can set the contents of the group headers with the groupHeader option. This should return the contents of the group header.

groupHeader:function(value, count, data){
    //value - the value all members of this group share
    //count - the number of rows in this group
    //data - an arrya of all the row data objects in this group

    return value + "<span style='color:#d00; margin-left:10px;'>(" + count + " item)</span>";
},

Group Open State

You can set the default open state of groups using the groupStartOpen property.

groupStartOpen:true,

This can take one of three possible values:

• true - all groups start open (default value)
• false - all groups start closed
• function() - a callback to decide if a group should start open or closed

Group Open Function

If you want to decide on a group by group basis which should start open or closed then you can pass a function to the groupStartOpen property. This should return true if the group should start open or false if the group should start closed.

groupStartOpen:function(value, count, data){
    //value - the value all members of this group share
    //count - the number of rows in this group
    //data - an arrya of all the row data objects in this group

    return count > 3; //all groups with more than three rows start open, any with three or less start closed
},

Multi Level Grouping New

To set multiple levels of grouping, pass an array to the groupBy option. Each item in the array will be a sub-group of the previous item.

groupBy:["gender", "color"], //group by gender then favourite color

To then set the default open state of each of these levels you can pass an array to the groupStartOpen option.

groupStartOpen:[true, false], //start with gender groups open and color sub groups closed

You can also set a different header for each level of group, as above you pass an array to the groupHeader option.

groupHeader:[
    function(value, count, data){ //generate header contents for gender groups
        return value + "<span style='color:#d00; margin-left:10px;'>(" + count + " item)</span>";
    },
    function(value, count, data){ //generate header contents for color groups
        return value + "<span style='color:#0dd; margin-left:10px;'>(" + count + " item)</span>";
    },
],

Sub Group Styling

Each group header element is assigned a class based on its level in the grouping list. This allows you to differentiate between different gouping levels by styling thier classes. By default each level's headers are indented more than the last.

For example, all group headers in the first grouping level will be assigned the class tabulator-group-level-1

Note: You can have as many levels of subgroup as you like, but Tabulator only comes with indent styling built in for the first five levels of subgroup.

Changing Group Setup New

If you want to alter the structure of the groups after the table has been created there are a number of functions available.

Change the GroupBy Fields

You can use the setGroupBy function to change the fields that rows are grouped by. This function has one argument and takes the same values as passed to the groupBy setup option.

$("#example-table").tabulator("setGroupBy", "gender");

Change the Start Open States

You can use the setGroupStartOpen function to change the default open state of groups. This function has one argument and takes the same values as passed to the groupStartOpen setup option.

$("#example-table").tabulator("setGroupStartOpen", true);

Change the Header Formatter

You can use the setGroupHeader function to change the header generation function for each group. This function has one argument and takes the same values as passed to the groupHeader setup option.

$("#example-table").tabulator("setGroupHeader", function(value, count, data){
    //value - the value all members of this group share
    //count - the number of rows in this group
    //data - an arrya of all the row data objects in this group

    return count > 3; //all groups with more than three rows start open, any with three or less start closed
});

Note: If you use the setGroupStartOpen or setGroupHeader before you have set any groups on the table, the table will not update until the setGroupBy function is called.

Callbacks

A range of callbacks are avaialble for grouping. See the Group Callbacks section for more information.

Selectable Rows Try Interactive Demo

Row selection allows users to select and highlight a number of rows that you can then take action on. This allows rows to be selected in a number of ways:

• Clicking on a row, to toggle its state.
• Holding down the shift key and click dragging over a number of rows to toggle the state of all rows the cursor passes over.
• Programmatically with the selectRow and deselectRow functions.

To enable row selection, set the selectable option to true

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    selectable:true,
});

The selectable option can take one of a several values:

• false - selectable rows are disabled
• true - selectable rows are enabled, and you can select as many as you want
• integer - any integer value, this sets the maximum number of rows that can be selected (when the maximum number of selected rows is exceded, the first selected row will be deselected to allow the next row to be selected).
• "highlight" (default) - rows have the same hover stylings as selectable rows but do not change state when clicked. This is great for when you want to show that a row is clickable but don't want it to be selectable.

Note: using the setData function will clear the currently selected rows.

Rolling Selection

By default, row selection works on a rolling basis, if you set the selectable option to a numeric value then when you select past this number of rows, the first row to be selected will be deselected. If you want to disabled this behaviour and instead prevent selection of new rows once the limit is reached you can set the selectableRollingSelection option to false.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    selectable:5,
    selectableRollingSelection:false, // disable rolling selection
});

Persistent Selection

By default Tabulator will maintain selected rows when the table is filtered, sorted or paginated (but NOT when the setData function is used). If you want the selected rows to be cleared whenever the table view is updated then set the selectablePersistance option to false.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    selectable:true,
    selectablePersistence:false, // disable rolling selection
});

Selection Eligibility

You many want to exclude certain rows from being selected. The selectableCheck options allows you to pass a function to check if the current row should be selectable, returning true will allow row selection, false will result in nothing happening. The function should accept a RowComponent as its first argument.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    selectableCheck:function(row){
        //row - row component
        return row.getData().age > 18; //alow selection of rows where the age is greater than 18
    },
});

Note: Any selectable rows will be assigned the tabulator-selectable class, any unselectable rows will be assigned the tabulator-unselectable class.

Programmatic Row Selection

As well as clicking on a row, you can trigger the selection or deselection of a row programmatically.

Select Row

To programmatically select a row you can use the selectRow function.

To select a specific row you can pass the any of the standard row component looukup options into the first argument of the function. If you leave the argument blank you will select all rows (if you have set the selectable option to a numeric value, it will be ignored when selecting all rows).

$("#example-table").tabulator("selectRow", 1); //select row with id of 1

If you want to select multiple rows you can pass an array of row component looukup options into the first paramter

Note: If you do not pass any arguments to the selectRow function, all rows will be selected.

Deselect Row

To programmatically deselect a row you can use the deselectRow function.

To deselect a specific row you can pass any of the standard row component looukup options into the first argument of the function. If you leave the argument blank you will deselect all rows.

$("#example-table").tabulator("deselectRow", 1); //deselect row with id of 1

If you want to deselect multiple rows you can pass an array of row component looukup options into the first paramter

Note: If you do not pass any arguments to the the deselectRow function, all rows will be deselected.

Get Selected Data

To get the data objects for the selected rows you can use the getSelectedData function.

This will return an array of the selected rows data objects in the order in which they were selected.

var selectedData = $("#example-table").tabulator("getSelectedData"); //get array of currently selected data.

Get Selected Row Components

To get the RowComponent's for the selected rows at any time you can use the getSelectedRows function.

This will return an array of RowComponent's for the selected rows in the order in which they were selected.

var selectedRows = $("#example-table").tabulator("getSelectedRows"); //get array of currently selected row components.

Callbacks

A range of callbacks are avaialble for row selection. See the Selection Callbacks section for more information.

Movable Rows and Columns

Movable Rows Try Interactive Demo

To allow the user to move rows up and down the table, set the movableRows parameter in the options:

$('#example-table'),tabulator({
    movableRows: true, //enable user movable rows
})

This will allow users to drag rows around by clicking and dragging on any part of the row.

Note: When grouping is enabled, rows can only be moved within their own group.

Row Handles

If you would prefer the user only be able to move a column around by one particular cell, the you can set the rowHandle property to true in the column definition object for that column to restrict the trigger for row movment to that cell only.

$('#example-table'),tabulator({
    movableRows: true, //enable user movable rows
    columns:[
        {rowHandle:true, formatter:"handle", headerSort:false, frozen:true, width:30, minWidth:30},
        {title:"name", field:"name"} //normal column
    ]
})

Moving on Touch Devices

The jQuery library does not currently support touch events. To enable movable rows on a touch device, you will need to include the excellent touchpunch.js library which adds touch event support touch event support to jQuery.

Scroll To Row

If you want to trigger an animated scroll to a row then you can use the scrollToRow function. The first argument should be any of the standard row component looukup options for the row you want to scroll to.

$("#example-table").tabulator("scrollToRow", 23);

Movable Columns

To allow the user to move columns along the table, set the movableColumns parameter in the options:

$('#example-table'),tabulator({
    movableColumns: true, //enable user movable columns
})

This will allow users to drag columns around using the column headers at the top of the table.

Callbacks

A range of callbacks are avaialble for row and column movements. See the Row Callbacks and Column Callbacks sections for more information.

Column Management

Set New Column Definitions

To update the current column definitions for a table use the setColumns function. This function takes a column definition array as its only argument.

//new column definition array
var newColumns = [
    {title:"Name", field:"name", sorter:"string", width:200},
    {title:"Age", field:"age", sorter:"number", align:"right", formatter:"progress"},
    {title:"Height", field:"height", formatter:"star", align:"center", width:100},
    {title:"Favourite Color", field:"col", sorter:"string"},
    {title:"Date Of Birth", field:"dob", sorter:"date", align:"center"},
],

$("#example-table").tabulator("setColumns", newColumns) //overwrite existing columns with new columns definition array

Add Column

If you wish to add a single column to the table, you can do this using the addColumn function.

$("#example-table").tabulator("addColumn", {title:"Age", field:"age"}, true, "name");

This function takes three arguments:

• Columns Definition - The column definition object for the column you want to add.
• Before (optional) - Determines how to position the new column. A value of true will insert the column to the left of exisiting columns, a value of false will insert it to the right. If a Position argument is supplied then this will determine whether the new colum is inserted before or after this column.
• Position (optional) - The field to insert the new column next to, this can be any of the standard column component looukup options.

Delete Column

To permanently remove a column from the table deleteColumn function. This function takes any of the standard column component looukup options as its first parameter.

$("#example-table").tabulator("deleteColumn", "name");

Alternativly if you have the ColumnComponent of the column you wish to delete, you can call the delete function directly on the component.

column.delete();

Get Column Definitions

To get the current column definition array (including any changes made through user actions, such as resizing or re-ordering columns), call the getColumnDefinitions function. this will return the current columns definition array.

var colDefs = $("#example-table").tabulator("getColumnDefinitions") //get column definition array

Get Column Components

To get an array of ColumnComponent's for the current table setup, call the getColumns function.

var cols = $("#example-table").tabulator("getColumns") //get array of column components

Persistent Column Layout Try Interactive Demo

Tabulator can store the layout of columns so that each time a user comes back to the page, the table is laid out just as they left it.

To enable column layout persistence, use the persistentLayout parameter. This can take one of three possible values:

• local - (string) Store the persistence information in the localStorage object
• cookie - (string) Store the persistence information in a cookie
• true - (boolean) check if localStorage is available and store persistance information, otherwise store in cookie

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    persistentLayout:true, //Enable column layout persistence
});

If you are planning on having multiple tables on the same page using column persistence then Tabulator needs a way to uniquely identify each table. There are two ways to do this either set the id attribute on the element that will hold the Tabulator, Tabulator will automatically use this id as a reference for the persistence id.

<div id="example-table"></div>

Alternatively if you do not want to give an id to the table holding element you can set the tabulator options parameter persistentLayoutID to a unique persistence id for that table.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    persistentLayout:true, //Enable column layout persistence
    persistentLayoutID:"example1", //id string, can only be numbers, letters, hyphens and underscores.
});

Note: If you update the column definition array after the the column layout has been stored you will have to change the persistentLayoutID or delete your cookies/local storage to clear out the old column layout information, otherwise you may get errors when your table renders.

Get Column Layout Information

If you want to handle column layout persistence manually, for example storing it in a database to use elsewhere, you can use the getColumnLayout function to retrieve a layout object for the current table.

var columnLayout = $("#example-table").tabulator("getColumnLayout");

Set Column Layout

If you have previously used the getColumnLayout function to retrieve a tables layout, you can use the setColumnLayout function to apply it to a table.

$("#example-table").tabulator("setColumnLayout", columnLayout);

Editable Column Titles

Column titles can be made user editable by setting the editableTitle parameter to true in a columns definition object.

{title:"Name", field:"name", editableTitle:true} //alow user to update this columns title

This will result in the columns title being displayed in an input element, that will let the user change the title.

After a the user changes a column title the colTitleChanged callback is triggered.

("#example-table").tabulator({
    colTitleChanged:function(value, col, cols){
        //value - the new column value
        //col - the updated column definition object for the affected column
        //cols - the updated column definition array for all columns in the table
    },
});

Column Visibility

Column visibility can be set in a number of different ways.

Column Definition Visibility

You can set the column visibility when you create the column definition array:

{title:"Name", field:"name", visible:false}, //create hidden column for the field "name"

By default columns are set with a visible parameter value of true.

Show Column

You can show a hidden column at any point using the showColumn function. Pass the field name of the column you wish to show as the first parameter of the function.

$("#example-table").tabulator("showColumn","name") //show the "name" column

Alternativly if you have the ColumnComponent of the column you wish to show, you can call the show function directly on the component.

column.show();

Hide Column

You can hide a visible column at any point using the hideColumn function. Pass the field name of the column you wish to hide as the first parameter of the function.

$("#example-table").tabulator("hideColumn","name") //hide the "name" column

Alternativly if you have the ColumnComponent of the column you wish to hide, you can call the hide function directly on the component.

column.hide();

Toggle Column

You can toggle the visibility of a column at any point using the toggleColumn function. Pass the field name of the column you wish to toggle as the first parameter of the function.

$("#example-table").tabulator("toggleColumn","name") ////toggle the visibility of the "name" column

Alternativly if you have the ColumnComponent of the column you wish to toggle, you can call the toggle function directly on the component.

column.toggle();

Callbacks

A range of callbacks are avaialble for columns. See the Column Callbacks section for more information.

CSS Classes & Theming Updated Try Interactive Demo

As of version 2.1 all Tabulator elements are styled using a range CSS classes to make it easier for you to manipulate the look, feel and function of the table.

A SASS file is also provided for each stylesheet, containing a set of variables to make generating your own theme even easier. These can be found in the src/scss directory

Packaged Themes

As well as the default theme, tabulator comes with a number of pre packaged themes. To use one of these simply include the matching css file instead of the default tabulator.css

All stylesheets can be found in the /dist/css directory, with standard CSS and minified versions available.

For example to use the simple theme, you would need to use the following css link:

<link href="/dist/css/tabulator_simple.min.css" rel="stylesheet">

Alongside the default theme, the following packaged themes are available:

• Simple - A plain, simplistic layout showing only basic grid lines. (/themes/tabulator_simple.css)
• Midnight - A dark, stylish layout using simple shades of grey. (/themes/tabulator_midnight.css)
• Modern - A neat, stylish layout using one primary color. (/themes/tabulator_modern.css)
• Site - The theme used for tables on this site.

Framework Themes

Tabulator also comes with a number of themes to ie in with popular frontend layout frameworks.

Bootstrap Theme

A Bootstrap 3 compatible theme that can be included from:

<link href="/dist/css/bootstrap/tabulator_bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">

The stylesheet maps the standard bootstrap table styling onto Tabulator. If you have customised your bootstrap theme, then the /src/scss/bootstrap directory also contains a variables.scss file containing all the standard bootstrap variables. Make any changes in here to match your custom theme and recompile the tabulator_bootstrap.css file and Tabulator will now match your theme.

The theme also mape some of the standard table styling classes. You can use any of these classes on your tablutor element and get the same effect as bootstrap:

• table-striped - alternating row colors
• table-bordered - borders arround table and between cells
• table-condensed - minimal cell and header padding

You can also apply the following classes to rows using the rowFormatter to get the same results as in bootstrap:

• active
• success
• info
• warning
• danger

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    rowFormatter:function(row, data){
        if(data.age >= 18){
            row.getElement().addClass("success"); //mark rows with age greater than or equal to 18 as successfull;
        }
    },
});

For full details on the bootstrap table layout, checkout the Bootstrap Website.

Semantic UI Theme

A Semantic UI compatible theme that can be included from:

<link href="/dist/css/semantic-ui/tabulator_semantic-ui.min.css" rel="stylesheet">

The stylesheet maps the standard semantic ui table styling onto Tabulator. If you have customised your theme, then the /src/scss/semantic-ui directory also contains the variables.scss and variables_table.scss files containing all the standard semantic ui variables. Make any changes in here to match your custom theme and recompile the tabulator_semantic-ui.css file and Tabulator will now match your theme.

The theme also mape some of the standard table styling classes. You can use any of these classes on your tablutor element and get the same effect as semantic ui:

• striped - alternating row colors
• celled - borders between cells
• compact - minimal cell and header padding
• very compact - almost no cell and header padding
• padded - more cell and header padding
• very padded - a lot more cell and header padding

The full range of colour classes can also be used:

• inverted
• red
• orange
• yellow
• olive
• green
• teal
• blue
• violet
• purple
• brown
• grey
• black

You can also apply the following classes to rows or cells using the rowFormatter to get the same results as in semantic ui:

• positive
• negative
• error
• warning
• active
• disabled

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    rowFormatter:function(row, data){
        if(data.age < 18){
            row.getElement().addClass("warning"); //mark rows with age less than 18 with a warning state;
        }
    },
});

For full details on the Semantic UI table layout, checkout the Semantic UI Website.

CSS Classes Updated

All elements of Tabulator have classes set to make theming your tables as easy as possible.

General Classes

Headers & Columns Updated

Rows Updated

Pagination

SASS Variables

The packaged SASS theme files is included in the project with a number of setup variables to make theming a table even easier.

General

Headers & Columns

Rows

Pagination

Component Objects Updated

Component objects allow you to interact directly with various parts of your tables. They are usually passed in the arguments of callbacks and expose a range of functions that can be called directly on the object.

Row Component Updated

The row component provides access to a specific row. The example below shows how it is passed to the rowFormatter callback:

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    rowFormatter:function(row){
        var data = row.getData(); //get data object for row

        if(data.col == "blue"){
            row.getElement().css({"background-color":"#A6A6DF"}); //apply css change to row element
        }
    },
});

The component provides the following functions:

Get Data

The getData function returns the data object for the row.

var rowData = row.getData();

Get Element

The getElement function returns the jQuery DOM element for the row.

var rowElement = row.getElement();

Get Cells

The getCells function returns an array of CellComponent objects, one for each cell in the row.

var cells = row.getCells();

Get Cell in Specific Column

The getCell function returns the CellComponent for the specified column from this row.

var cells = row.getCell(column);

Get Index

The getIndex function returns the index value for the row.

var rowIndex = row.getIndex();

Delete

The delete function deletes the row, removing its data from the table

row.delete();

Scroll To

The scrollTo function will scroll the table to the row if it passes the current filters.

row.scrollTo();

Update

You can update the data in the row using the update function. You should pass an object to the function containing any fields you wish to update. This object will not replace the row data, only the fields included in the object will be updated.

row.update({"name":"steve"}); //update the row data for field "name"

Select New

The select function will select the current row.

row.select();

Deselect New

The deselect function will deselect the current row.

row.deselect();

Toggle Selection New

The toggleSelect function will toggle the selected state the current row.

row.toggleSelect();

Normalize Height

If you are making manual adjustments to elements conained within the row, it may sometimes be necessary to recalculate the height of all the cells in the row to make sure they remain aligned. Call the normalizeHeight function to do this.

row.normalizeHeight();

Column Component

The column component provides access to a specific column. The example below shows how it is passed to the columnMoved callback.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    columnMoved:function(column){
        alert("The user has moved column: " + column.getField()); //display the columns field name
    }
});

The component provides the following functions:

Get Element

The getElement function returns the jQuery DOM element for the column.

var columnElement = column.getElement();

Get Definition

The getDefinition function returns the column defintion object for the column.

var columnDefinition = column.getDefinition();

Get Field

The getField function returns the field name for the column.

var columnField = column.getField();

Get Cells

The getCells function returns an array of CellComponent objects, one for each cell in the column.

var cells = column.getCells();

Get Visibility

The getVisibility function returns a boolean to show if the column is visible, a value of true means it is visible.

var visible = column.getVisibility();

Show Column

The show function shows the column if it is hidden.

column.show();

Hide Column

The hide function hides the column if it is visible.

column.hide();

Toggle Visibility

The toggle function toggles the visibility of the column, switching between hidden and visible.

column.toggle();

Delete

The delete function deletes the column, removing it from the table

column.delete();

Cell Component Updated

The cell component provides access to a specific cell. The example below shows how it is passed to the cellClick callback for a cell.

{title:"Name", field:"name", cellClick:function(e, cell){
        alert("The cell has a value of:" + cell.getValue()); //display the cells value
    },
}

The Component provides the following functions:

Get Value

The getValue function returns the current value for the cell.

var cellValue = cell.getValue();

Get Old Value

The getOldValue function returns the previous value of the cell. Very usefull in the event of cell update callbacks.

var cellOldValue = cell.getOldValue();

Get Element

The getElement function returns the jQuery DOM element for the cell.

var cellElement = cell.getElement();

Get Row

The getRow function returns the RowComponent for the row that contains the cell.

var row = cell.getRow();

Get Column

The getColumn function returns the ColumnComponent for the column that contains the cell.

var column = cell.getColumn();

Get Data New

The getData function returns the data for the row that contains the cell.

var data = cell.getData();

Get Field New

The getField function returns the field name for the column that contains the cell.

var field = cell.getField();

Set Value

You can change the value of the cell using the setValue function. The first parameter should be the new value for the cell, the second optional parameter will apply the column mutators to the value when set to true (default = true).

cell.setValue("Steve", true); //set the cell's value to "Steve" and apply the column mutators if present

Check Height

If you are making manual adjustments to elements contained withing the cell, or the cell itself, it may sometimes be necessary to recalculate the height of all the cells in the row to make sure they remain aligned. Call the checkHeight function to check if the height of the cell has changed and normalize the row if it has.

cell.checkHeight();

Edit

You and programatically cause a cell to open its editor element using the edit function.

cell.edit();

Navigation

When a cell is being edited it is possible to move the editor focus from the current cell to one if its neighbours. There are a number of functions that can be called on the nav function to move the focus in different directions.

cell.nav().left(); //move focus left to next editable cell.

You can navigat any direction around the table using the following functions:

• prev - next editable cell on the left, if none available move to the right most editable cell on the row above
• next - next editable cell on the right, if none available move to left most editable cell on the row below
• left - next editable cell on the left, return false if none available on row
• right - next editable cell on the right, return false if none available on row
• up - move to the same cell in the row above
• down - move to the same cell in the row below

Group Component Updated

The group component provides access to a set of grouped rows. The example below shows how it is passed to the groupVisibilityChanged callback.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    groupVisibilityChanged:function(group, visible){
        alert("The user has " (visible ? "opened" : "collapsed") +" group: " + group.getKey()); //display the groups unique key
    }
});

The component provides the following functions:

Get Element

The getElement function returns the jQuery DOM element for the gruop header.

var groupElement = group.getElement();

Get Key

The getKey function returns the unique key that is shared between all rows in this group.

var key = group.getKey();

Get Rows

The getRows function returns an array of RowComponent objects, one for each row in the group.

var rows = group.getRows();

Get Sub Groups New

The getSubGroups function returns an array of GroupComponent objects, one for each sub group of this group.

var subGroups = group.getSubGroups();

Get Parent Group New

The getParentGroup function returns the GroupComponent for the parent group of this group. if no parent exists, this function will return false

var parentGroup = group.getParentGroup();

Get Visibility

The getVisibility function returns a boolean to show if the group is visible, a value of true means it is visible.

var visible = group.getVisibility();

Show Group

The show function shows the group if it is hidden.

group.show();

Hide Group

The hide function hides the group if it is visible.

group.hide();

Toggle Visibility

The toggle function toggles the visibility of the group, switching between hidden and visible.

group.toggle();

Component Lookup

Any function that takes a component as and argument will also attempt to find that component based on the value provided if it is not a component iteslf. The following values can be used for each copmonent type:

Row

• A RowComponent
• The index value of the row
• jQuery Element of the row

Column

• A ColumnComponent
• The field name of the column
• jQuery Element of the column

Cell

• A CellComponent

Setup Options Updated

Tabulator has a wide range of setup options to help you customise the user experience of your tables. This section outlines all the available options and links to the relevant section in this documentation to show you how to use them.

Each of these options can be set in the constructor object when you define your Tabulator.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    height:"300px", //set the table height option
});

General Table Configuration

Columns

Rows

Data

When loading data, Tabulator can display a loading overlay over the table. This consists of a modal background and a loader element. The loader element can be set globally in the options and should be specified as a div with a display style of inline-block.

Default loader element

<div style='display:inline-block; border:4px solid #333; border-radius:10px; background:#fff; font-weight:bold; font-size:16px; color:#000; padding:10px 20px;'>Loading Data</div>

Default loader error element

<div style='display:inline-block; border:4px solid #D00; border-radius:10px; background:#fff; font-weight:bold; font-size:16px; color:#590000; padding:10px 20px;'>Loading Error</div>

Initial Data Sorting

You can set initial sorters, specifying what sort should be applied when data is first loaded into the table.

Pagination

Persistent Layout

Callbacks & Events Updated Try Interactive Demo

Tabulator features a range of callbacks to allow you to handle user interaction and system events.

These callbacks can all be set in the options object when you create your Tabulator.

Table Callbacks

Table Building

When a the tabulator constructor is called, the tableBuilding callback will triggered:

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    tableBuilding:function(){
    },
});

Table Built

When a the tabulator constructor is called and the table has finished being rendered, the tableBuilt callback will triggered:

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    tableBuilt:function(){
    },
});

Column Callbacks Updated

Column Header Click

The headerClick callback is triggered when a user left clicks on a column or group header, it can be set on a per column basis using the option in the columns definition object.

{title:"Name", field:"name", headerClick:function(e, column){
        //e - the click event object
        //column - column component
    },
}

Column Header Double Click

The headerDblClick callback is triggered when a user double clicks on a column or group header, it can be set on a per column basis using the option in the columns definition object.

{title:"Name", field:"name", headerDblClick:function(e, column){
        //e - the click event object
        //column - column component
    },
}

Column Header Right Click

The headerContext callback is triggered when a user right clicks on a column or group header, it can be set on a per column basis using the option in the columns definition object.

{title:"Name", field:"name", headerContext:function(e, column){
        //e - the click event object
        //column - column component
    },
}

Column Header Tap New

The headerTap callback is triggered when a user taps on the column header on a touch display, it can be set on a per column basis using the option in the columns definition object.

{title:"Name", field:"name", headerTap:function(e, column){
        //e - the tap event object
        //column - column component
    },
}

Column Header Double Tap New

The headerDblTap callback is triggered when a user taps on the column header on a touch display twice in under 300ms, it can be set on a per column basis using the option in the columns definition object.

{title:"Name", field:"name", headerDblTap:function(e, column){
        //e - the tap event object
        //column - column component
    },
}

Column Header Tap Hold New

The headerTapHold callback is triggered when a user taps on the column header on a touch display and holds their finger down for over 1 second, it can be set on a per column basis using the option in the columns definition object.

{title:"Name", field:"name", headerTapHold:function(e, column){
        //e - the tap event object
        //column - column component
    },
}

Column Moved

The columnMoved callback will be triggered when a column has been successfully moved.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    columnMoved:function(column, columns){
        //column - column component of the moved column
        //columns- array of columns in new order
    }
});

Column Resized

The columnResized callback will be triggered when a column has been resized by the user.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    columnResized:function(column){
        //column - column component of the resized column
    }
});

Column Visibility Changed

The columnVisibilityChanged callback is triggered whenever a column changes between hidden and visible states.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    columnVisibilityChanged:function(column, visible){
        //column - column component
        //visible - is column visible (true = visible, false = hidden)
    },
});

Column Title Changed

The columnTitleChanged callback is triggered whenever a user edits a column title when the editableTitle parameter has been enabled in the column definition array.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    columnTitleChanged:function(column){
        //column - column component
    },
});

Row Callbacks Updated

Row Click

The rowClick callback is triggered when a user clicks on a row.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
        rowClick:function(e, row){
        //e - the click event object
        //row - row component
    },
});

Row Double Click

The rowDblClick callback is triggered when a user double clicks on a row.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
        rowDblClick:function(e, row){
        //e - the click event object
        //row - row component
    },
});

Row Context Menu

The rowContext callback is triggered when a user right clicks on a row.

If you want to prevent the browsers context menu being triggered in this event you will need to include the preventDefault() function in your callback.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    rowContext:function(e, row){
        //e - the click event object
        //row - row component

        e.preventDefault(); // prevent the browsers default context menu form appearing.
    },
});

Row Tap New

The rowTap callback is triggered when a user taps on a row on a touch display.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
        rowTap:function(e, row){
        //e - the tap event object
        //row - row component
    },
});

Row Double Tap New

The rowDblTap callback is triggered when a user taps on a row on a touch display twice in under 300ms.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
        rowDblTap:function(e, row){
        //e - the tap event object
        //row - row component
    },
});

Row Tap Hold New

The rowTapHold callback is triggered when a user taps on a row on a touch display and holds their finger down for over 1 second.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
        rowTapHold:function(e, row){
        //e - the tap event object
        //row - row component
    },
});

Row Added

The rowAdded callback is triggered when a row is added to the table by the addRow and updateOrAddRow functions.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    rowAdded:function(row){
        //row - row component
    },
});

Row Updated

The rowUpdated callback is triggered when a row is updated by the updateRow, updateOrAddRow, updateData or updateOrAddData, functions.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    rowUpdated:function(row){
        //row - row component
    },
});

Row Deleted

The rowDeleted callback is triggered when a row is deleted from the table by the deleteRow function.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    rowDeleted:function(row){
        //row - row component
    },
});

Row Moved

The rowMoved callback will be triggered when a row has been successfully moved.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    rowMoved:function(row){
        //row - row component
    }
});

Cell Callbacks Updated

Cell Click

The cellClick callback is triggered when a user left clicks on a cell, it can be set on a per column basis using the option in the columns definition object.

{title:"Name", field:"name", cellClick:function(e, cell){
        //e - the click event object
        //cell - cell component
    },
}

Cell Double Click

The cellDblClick callback is triggered when a user double clicks on a cell, it can be set on a per column basis using the option in the columns definition object.

{title:"Name", field:"name", cellDblClick:function(e, cell){
        //e - the click event object
        //cell - cell component
    },
}

Cell Right Click

The cellContext callback is triggered when a user right clicks on a cell, it can be set on a per column basis using the option in the columns definition object.

{title:"Name", field:"name", cellContext:function(e, cell){
        //e - the click event object
        //cell - cell component
    },
}

Cell Tap New

The cellTap callback is triggered when a user taps on a cell in this column on a touch display, it can be set on a per column basis using the option in the columns definition object.

{title:"Name", field:"name", cellTap:function(e, cell){
        //e - the tap event object
        //cell - cell component
    },
}

Cell Double Tap New

The cellDblTap callback is triggered when a user taps on a cell in this column on a touch display twice in under 300ms, it can be set on a per column basis using the option in the columns definition object.

{title:"Name", field:"name", cellDblTap:function(e, cell){
        //e - the tap event object
        //cell - cell component
    },
}

Cell Tap Hold New

The cellTapHold callback is triggered when a user taps on a cell in this column on a touch display and holds their finger down for over 1 second, it can be set on a per column basis using the option in the columns definition object.

{title:"Name", field:"name", cellTapHold:function(e, cell){
        //e - the tap event object
        //cell - cell component
    },
}

Cell Editing

The cellEditing callback is triggered when a user starts editing a cell.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    cellEdited:function(cell){
        //cell - cell component
    },
});

Cell Edit Cancelled

The cellEditCancelled callback is triggered when a user aborts a cell edit and the cancel function is called.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    cellEditCancelled:function(cell){
        //cell - cell component
    },
});

Cell Edited

The cellEdited callback is triggered when data in an editable cell is changed.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    cellEdited:function(cell){
        //cell - cell component
    },
});

Data Callbacks

Data Loading

The dataLoading callback is triggered whenever new data is loaded into the table.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    dataLoading:function(data){
        //data - the data loading into the table
    },
});

Data Loaded

The dataLoaded callback is triggered when a new set of data is loaded into the table.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    dataLoaded:function(data){
        //data - all data loaded into the table
    },
});

Data Edited

The dataEdited callback is triggered whenever the table data is changed by the user. Triggers for this include editing any cell in the table, adding a row and deleting a row.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    dataEdited:function(data){
        //data - the updated table data
    },
});

HTML Importing

The htmlImporting callback is triggered when Tabulator starts importing data from an HTML table.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    htmlImporting:function(){
    },
});

HTML Imported

The htmlImported callback is triggered when Tabulator finishes importing data from an HTML table.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    htmlImported:function(){
    },
});

Ajax Callbacks

Ajax Request

The ajaxRequesting callback is triggered when ever an ajax request is made.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    ajaxRequesting:function(url, params){
        //url - the URL of the request
        //params - the parameters passed with the request
    },
});

Ajax Response

The ajaxResponse callback is triggered when a successful ajax request has been made. This callback can also be used to modify the received data before it is parsed by the table. If you use this callback it must return the data to be parsed by Tabulator, otherwise no data will be rendered.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    ajaxResponse:function(url, params, response){
        //url - the URL of the request
        //params - the parameters passed with the request
        //response - the JSON object returned in the body of the response.

        return response; //return the response data to tabulator
    },
});

Ajax Error

The ajaxError callback is triggered there is an error response to an ajax request.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    ajaxError:function(xhr, textStatus, errorThrown){
        //xhr - the XHR object
        //textStatus - error type
        //errorThrown - text portion of the HTTP status
    },
});

Filter Callbacks

Data Filtering

The dataFiltering callback is triggered whenever a filter event occurs, before the filter happens.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    dataFiltering:function(filters){
        //filters - array of filters currently applied

    },
});

Data Filtered

The dataFiltered callback is triggered after the table dataset is filtered.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    dataFiltered:function(filters, rows){
        //filters - array of filters currently applied
        //rows - array of row components that pass the filters
    },
});

Sorting Callbacks

Data Sorting

The dataSorting callback is triggered whenever a sort event occurs, before sorting happens.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    dataSorting:function(sorters){
        //sorters - an array of the sorters currently applied
    },
});

Data Sorted

The dataSorted callback is triggered after the table dataset is sorted.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    dataSorted:function(sorters, rows){
        //sorters - array of the sorters currently applied
        //rows - array of row components in their new order
    },
});

Layout Callbacks

Render Started

The renderStarted callback is triggered whenever all the rows in the table are about to be rendered. This can include:

• Data is loaded into the table when setData is called
• A page is loaded through any form of pagination
• Rows are added to the table during progressive rendering
• Columns are changed by setColumns
• The data is filtered
• The data is sorted
• The redraw function is called

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    renderStarted:function(){
    },
});

Render Complete

The renderComplete callback is triggered after the table has been rendered

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    renderComplete:function(){
    },
});

Pagination Callbacks

Page Loaded

Whenever a page has been loaded, the pageLoaded callback is called, passing the current page number as an argument.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    pageLoaded:function(pageno){
        //pageno - the number of the loaded page
    }
});

Localization

Table Localized

When a localization event has occured, the localized callback will triggered, passing the current locale code and language object:

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    localized:function(locale, lang){
        //locale - a string representing the current locale
        //lang - the language object for the current locale
    },
});

Group Callbacks

Data Grouping

The dataGrouping callback is triggered whenever a data grouping event occurs, before grouping happens.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    dataGrouping:function(){

    },
});

Data Grouped

The dataGrouped callback is triggered whenever a data grouping event occurs, after grouping happens.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    dataGrouped:function(groups){
        //groups - array of top level group components
    },
});

Group Visibility Changed

The groupVisibilityChanged callback is triggered whenever a group changes between hidden and visible states.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    groupVisibilityChanged:function(group, visible){
        //group - group component
        //visible - is group visible (true = visible, false = hidden)
    },
});

Selection Callbacks

Row Selected

The rowSelected event is triggered when a row is selected, either by the user or programatically.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    rowSelected:function(row){
        //row - row component for the selected row
    },
});

Row Deelected

The rowDeselected event is triggered when a row is deselected, either by the user or programatically.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    rowDeselected:function(row){
        //row - row component for the deselected row
    },
});

Row Selection Changed

Whenever the number of selected rows changes, through selection or deselection, the rowSelectionChanged event is triggered. This passes an array of the data objects for each row in the order they were selected as the first argument, and an array of jQuery elements for each of the rows in order of selection as the second argument.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    rowSelectionChanged:function(data, rows){
        //rows - array of row components for the selected rows in order of selection
        //data - array of data objects for the selected rows in order of selection
    },
});

Key Bindings Updated

If you give a table focus by clicking on it, you can then interact with the table using the a number of different keyboard short cuts.

Customize Key Bindings

If you would prefer to use different key combinations then that is no problem, you can use the keybindings option to change any of the above bindings.

The keybindings option takes an object that should consist of properties with the name of the action you wish to bind and a value of the key code string.

The key code should consist of the keycodes for the keys to be pressed, seperated by the + symbol. The exceptions to this are ctrl and shift which should be used to check that the ctrl or shift keys are pressed as well.

The example below shows how to change the key bindings for the redo function to user the ctrl and r keys:

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    keybindings:{
        "redo" : "ctrl + 82", //bind redo function to ctrl + r
    },
});

Disable A Default Key Binding

To disable any of the default keybindings, pass a value of false to is property in the keybindings option:

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    keybindings:{
        "navUp" : false, //disable navUp keybinding
    },
});

Disable All Key Bindings

To disable all key bindings set the keybindings option to false

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    keybindings:false, //disable all key bindings
});

Download Table Data Updated Try Interactive Demo

Tabulator allows you to download the table data as a file directly from your browser, no server needed.

The download will contain the text values of all data currently visible in the table, matching the current column layout, column titles, sorting and filtering.

You have a choice of four file types to choose from:

• csv - Comma seperated value file
• json - JSON formatted text file
• xlsx - Excel File (Requires the SheetJS Library)

To trigger a download, call the download function, passing the file type (from the above list) as the first argument, and an optional second argument of the file name for the download (if this is left out it will be "Tabulator.ext"). The optional third argument is an object containing any setup options for the formatter, such as the delimeter choice for CSV's).

$("#example-table").tabulator("download", "csv", "data.csv"); //download table data as a CSV formatted file with a file name of data.csv

Custom CSV Delimiters

By default CSV files are created using a comma (,) delimiter. If you need to change this for any reason the you can pass the options object with a delimiter property to the download function which will then use this delimiter instead of the comma.

$("#example-table").tabulator("download", "csv", "data.csv", {delimiter:"."}); //download a CSV file that uses a fullstop (.) delimiter

Custom File Formatter

If you want to create a custom file type from the table data then you can pass a function to the type argument, instead of a string value. At the end of this function you must call the setFileContents function, passing the formatted data and the mime type.

//custom file formatter
var fileFormatter = function(columns, data, options, setFileContents){
    //columns - column definition array for table (with columns in current visible order);
    //data - currently displayed table data
    //options - the options object passed from the download function
    //setFileContents - function to call to pass the formatted data to the downloader

    //create a list of all name fields
    var names = [];

    data.forEach(function(row){
        names.push(row.name);
    })

    //trigger file download, passing the formatted data and mime type
    setFileContents(names.join(", "), "text/plain");
}

//trigger file download
$("#example-table").tabulator("download", fileFormatter, "test.txt");

Note: You can find out more about data URI's Here.

Hide Column In Download New

If you dont want to show a particular column in the downloaded data you can set the download property in its column definition object to false:

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    columns:[
        {title:"Hidden Column", field:"secret", download:false} //hide data in download
    ]
});

Mutate Data Before Download New

If you want to make any changes to the table data before it is parsed into the download file you can pass a mutator function to the downloadDataMutator option in the table definition.

In the example below we map the numerical age column into a string of "adult" or "child" based on the age value

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    downloadDataMutator:function(data){
        //data - active table data array

        data.forEach(function(row){
            row.age = row.age >= 18 ? "adult" : "child";
        });

        return data;
    }
});

Localization Updated Try Interactive Demo

If you want to make your table accessible to users from a wide variety of languages then Tabulators localization features are for you.

Using the langs option you can specify the localized content for the table in any number of languages.

You can store as many languages as you like, creating an object inside the langs object with a property of the locale code for that language. A list of locale codes can be found here.

At present there are three parts of the table that can be localised, the column headers, the header filter placeholder text and the pagination buttons. To localize the pagination buttons, create a pagination property inside your language object and give it the properties outlined below.

If you wish you can also localize column titles by adding a columns property to your language object. You should store a property of the field name of the column you wish to change, with a value of its title. Any fields that match this will use this title instead of the one provided by the column definition array.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    locale:true,
    langs:{
        "en-gb":{
            "columns":{
                "name":"Name", //replace the title of column name with the value "Name"
            },
            "ajax":{
                "loading":"Loading", //ajax loader text
                "error":"Error", //ajax error text
            },
            "groups":{ //copy for the auto generated item count in group header
                "item":"item", //the singluar for item
                "items":"items", //the plural for items
            },
            "pagination":{
                "first":"First", //text for the first page button
                "first_title":"First Page", //tooltip text for the first page button
                "last":"Last",
                "last_title":"Last Page",
                "prev":"Prev",
                "prev_title":"Prev Page",
                "next":"Next",
                "next_title":"Next Page",
            },
            "headerFilters":{
                "default":"filter column...", //default header filter placeholder text
                "columns":{
                    "name":"filter name...", //replace default header filter text for column name
                }
            }
        }
    },
});

Setting the Locale

You can set the current local in one of two ways. If you want to set it when the table is created, simply include the locale option in your Tabulator constructor. You can either pass in a string matching one of the language options you have defined, or pass in the boolean true which will cause Tabulator to auto-detect the browsers language settings from the navigator.language object.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    locale:true, //auto detect the current language.
});

You can also set the language at any point after the table has loaded using the setLocale function, which takes the same range of values as the locale setup option mentioned above.

$("#example-table").tabulator("setLocale", "fr"); //set locale to french

Note: if Tabulator cant find a match, it will try and find the next best thing. For example if you were trying to set the locale to Belgian French "fr-be", if that option had not been defined, then Tabulator would go on to look for an"fr" option instead. if no matching locale is found then Then tabulator will default to using its built-in English language text.

When a localization event has occured, the localized callback will triggered, passing the current locale code and language object:

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    localized:function(locale, lang){
        //locale - a string representing the current locale
        //lang - the language object for the current locale
    },
});

Getting the Current Locale

It is possible to retrive the locale code currently being used by Tabulator using the getLocale function:

$("#example-table").tabulator("getLocale"); //return string for current locale code

Extending Localization

As well as the default columns and pagination properties required in the language object, you can also add any additional properties you like to the object to be used in localising other elements.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    langs:{
        "en-gb":{
            "custom":{
                "site_name":"What A Great Table Based Site!!!",
            },
            "columns":{
                "name":"Name", //replace the title of column name with the value "Name";
            },
            "pagination":{
                "first":"First", //text for the first page button
                "first_title":"First Page", //tooltip text for the first page button
                "last":"Last",
                "last_title":"Last Page",
                "prev":"Prev",
                "prev_title":"Prev Page",
                "next":"Next",
                "next_title":"Next Page",
            },
        }
    },
});

You can then access these at any point using the getLang function, which will return the language object for the currently active locale.

$("#example-table").tabulator("getLang"); //return current lang object

Accessibility

Tabulator makes full use of aria accessibility tags to make the table machine readable by screen readers and other digital accessibility equipment.

The following role tags are used:

• grid - Marks the element containing the tabulator as a grid
• columngroup - Marks any column group title cells
• columnheader - Marks each column header cell
• row - Marks each row of the table
• rowgroup - Marks any sections of grouped rows
• rowheader - Marks the header of row group sections
• gridcell - Marks each cell of the table
• alert - Marks ant popup messages such as the ajax loader message
• button - used to mark the pagination controls as buttons

In addition a number of other tags are used as needed throughout Tabulator:

• aria-label - Used to hold cell value on graphically formatted cells. also used to give useful information on pagination controls
• aria-sort - Shows current sort property of each column
• aria-disabled - Shows the disabled state of pagination controls
• aria-checked - Shows the checked state of cells that use a tick formatter
• aria-valuemin - Shows the minimum possible value on the progressbar editor
• aria-valuemax - Shows the maximum possible value on the progressbar editor
• aria-valuenow - Shows the current value on the progressbar editor

Extensions

Tabulator is built in a modular fashion with a core codebase providing basic table rendering functionality and a series of extensions that provide all of its wonderfull features.

All of the available extensions are installed by default to ensure that you can provide your users with the richest experience possible with minimal setup.

Creating a Custom Tabulator Build

If you want to run a minimal installation of Tabulator, using only the extensions needed for your project then you will need to rebuild a custom distribution using the steps below.

Tabulator's codebase is composed of a number of files located in the /src folder, and is built using the Gulp Task Runner. The gulpfile.js file that controls the build can be found in the root directory.

As gulp is an Node.js tool, you will first need to make sure you have Node.js installed.

Once installed you will then need to install the gulp plugin by opening a console window and typing the following command:

npm install gulp-cli -g

You will then need to setup the project by opening a console window in the root of the Tabulator directory and typing the following command:

npm install

You are now ready to make a custom build. The /src/extensions_enabled.js file lists all extensions that will be installed in the build (they are supposed to be in comments). To remove an extension from your build, simply delete its line in the file.

Once you are happy with the list of extensions that are going to be installed you need to trigger the build process. To do this open a console in the root of the Tabulator directory and run the following command:

gulp

Wait for the command to finish processing, then the /dist folder will contain your own custom build of Tabulator!

Extending Extensions

A lot of the extensions come with a range of default settings to make setting up your table easier, for example the sorters, formatters and editors that ship with Tabulator as standard.

If you are using a lot of custom settings over and over again (for example a custom sorter). you can end up re-delcaring it several time for different tables. To make your life easier Tabulator allows you to extend the default setup of each extension to make your custom options as easily accessible as the defaults.

Using the extendExtension function on the global Tabulator variable allows you to globally add these options to all tables.

The function takes three arguments, the name of the extension, the name of the property you want to extend, and an object containing the elements you want to add in your extension. In the example below we extend the format extension to add two new default formatters:

Tabulator.extendExtension("format", "formatters", {
    bold:function(cell, formatterParams){
        return "<strong>" + cell.getValue() + "</strong>"; //make the contents of the cell bold
    },
    uppercase:function(cell, formatterParams){
        return cell.getValue().toUpperCase(); //make the contents of the cell uppercase
    }
});

These formatters can then be access like any of the default formatters in the column definition object:

{title:"name", field:"name", formatter:"bold"},
{title:"Car Registration", field:"reg", formatter:"uppercase"},

The extendExtension function must be called on Tabulator after the tabulator.js file is included but before any tables are instantiated.

Note: if you use a property in your extension object that is already in use, the exising property will be overwritten.

Available Extensions

This section will take you through all of the available extensions and how to extend them further with your own custom functionality.

As mentioned above, Tabulator comes with all extensions installed by default.

Accessors (included in tabulator.js by default)

The accessor extension allows for manipulation of data as it is retrieved from Tabulator.

More information on these functions can be found in the Accessors Documentation.

This can be extended to add custom accessor functions to the default list:

Tabulator.extendExtension("accessor", "accessors", {
    roundDown:function(value, data, accessorParams){
        return Math.floor(value); //return the new value for the cell data.
    }
});

You can use an accessor defined in the extension by passing the name to the accessor property in the column definition object.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    columns:[
        {field:"tax", title:"Tax (£)", accessor:"roundDown"},
    ],
});

Ajax Requests (included in tabulator.js by default)

The ajax extension allows for loading data from remote sources using ajax requests.

More information on these functions can be found in the Ajax Documentation.

The default ajax configuration object can be extended to changed the default request behaviour. the example below will change the default request type to POST and the contentType header to application/JSON.

Tabulator.extendExtension("ajax", "defaultConfig", {
    type:"POST",
    contentType : "application/json; charset=utf-8"
});

Column Calculation (included in tabulator.js by default)

The column calculation extension allows for automatic column calculation rows to be generated in the header and footer of the table.

More information on these functions can be found in the Column Calculations Documentation.

This can be extended to add custom calculation functions to the default list:

Tabulator.extendExtension("columnCalcs", "calculations", {
    "adult":function(values, data, calcParams){
        //values - array of column values
        //data - all table data
        //calcParams - params passed from the column defintion object

        var count = 0;

        values.forEach(function(value){
            if(value > 18){
                count ++;
            }
        });

        return calc;
    }
});

Download (included in tabulator.js by default)

The download extension allows for downloading data from the table into a file.

More information on these functions can be found in the Download Documentation.

This can be extended to add custom download functions to the default list:

Tabulator.extendExtension("download", "downloaders", {
    string:function(columns, data, options){
        var fileContents = data.toString();
        return 'data:application/txt;charset=utf-8,' + encodeURIComponent(fileContents);
    }
});

You can now use this in the download function:

$("#example-table").tabulator("download", "string", "data.txt");

Edit (included in tabulator.js by default)

The edit extension allows the user to change data in cells, header filters are also dependant on this extension.

More information on these functions can be found in the Editing Data Documentation.

This can be extended to add custom editor functions to the default list:

Tabulator.extendExtension("edit", "editors", {
    uppercaseInput:function(cell, onRendered, success, cancel, editorParams){

        //create and style input
        var input = $("<input type='text'/>");

        input.css({
            "padding":"4px",
            "width":"100%",
            "box-sizing":"border-box",
        })
        .val(cell.getValue().toUpperCase());

        onRendered(function(){
            input.focus();
        });

        //submit new value on blur
        input.on("change blur", function(e){
            success(input.val());
        });

        //submit new value on enter
        input.on("keydown", function(e){
            if(e.keyCode == 13){
                success(input.val());
            }
        });

        return input;
    },
});

You can use an editor defined in the extension by passing the name to the editor property in the column definition object.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    columns:[
        {field:"tax", title:"Tax (£)", editor:"uppercaseInput"},
    ]
});

Filter Data (included in tabulator.js by default)

The filter extension allows for filtering of the rows that appear in the table..

More information on these functions can be found in the Filter Documentation.

This can be extended to add custom filter functions to the default list:

Tabulator.extendExtension("filter", "filters", {
    "===":function(filterVal, rowVal){
        return rowVal === filterVal ? true : false;
    }
});

You can now use this in any of the filter functions:

$("#example-table").tabulator("setFilter", "age", "===", 10);

Format Data (included in tabulator.js by default)

The format extension allows different display options for data in the table.

More information on these functions can be found in the Formatter Documentation.

This can be extended to add custom formatter functions to the default list:

Tabulator.extendExtension("format", "formatters", {
    file:function(cell, formatterParams){
        return "<img class='fileicon' src='/images/fileicons/" + cell.getValue() + ".png'></img>";
    },
});

You can use a formatter defined in the extension by passing the name to the formatter property in the column definition object.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    columns:[
        {field:"Photo", title:"photo", formatter:"file"},
    ],
});

Frozen Columns (included in tabulator.js by default)

The frozen column extension allows columns to be held in place while the table is horizontally scrolled.

More information on these functions can be found in the Frozen Columns Documentation.

Group Rows (included in tabulator.js by default)

The group rows extension allows rows to be grouped togeather by a column value.

More information on these functions can be found in the Grouping Documentation.

History (included in tabulator.js by default)

The history extension allows the Tabulator to track user interaction with table data, and makes the undo and redo function available.

More information on these functions can be found in the History Documentation.

HTML Table Import (included in tabulator.js by default)

The allows HTML tables to be converted to Tabulators.

More information on these functions can be found in the HTML Import Documentation.

Key Bindings (included in tabulator.js by default)

The key bindings extension allows user interaction with the table through keyboard shortcuts.

More information on these functions can be found in the Key Bindings Documentation.

Any of the default keybindings options can be extended:

Tabulator.extendExtension("keybindings", "bindings", {
    navPrev:"shift + 9",
});

The default list of keybinding actions and their functions can be extended:

Tabulator.extendExtension("keybindings", "actions", {
    "deleteSelectedRows":function(){ //delete selected rows
        var rows = this.table.getSelectedRows();

        rows.forEach(function(row){
            row.delete();
        });
    },
});

Localization (included in tabulator.js by default. Mandatory extension - cannot be removed)

The localization extension allows for changing the text of tabulator control elements to match the language on the computer viewing them.

More information on these functions can be found in the Localization Documentation.

This can be extended to add custom language definitions to the default list:

Tabulator.extendExtension("localize", "langs", {
    "en":{
        "columns":{
        },
        "ajax":{
            "loading":"Loading",
            "error":"Error",
        },
        "pagination":{
            "first":"First",
            "first_title":"First Page",
            "last":"Last",
            "last_title":"Last Page",
            "prev":"Prev",
            "prev_title":"Prev Page",
            "next":"Next",
            "next_title":"Next Page",
        },
        "headerFilters":{
            "default":"filter column...",
            "columns":{}
        }
    },
});

This will then be available to the locale auto-detect as well as the setLocale function.

$("#example-table").tabulator("setLocale", "en");

Movable Columns (included in tabulator.js by default)

The movable columns extension allows the user to drag and drop columns in any order they like.

More information on these functions can be found in the Movable Column Documentation.

Movable Rows (included in tabulator.js by default)

The movable rows extension allows the user to drag and drop rows in any order they like.

More information on these functions can be found in the Movable Rows Documentation.

Mutators (included in tabulator.js by default)

The mutator extension allows for manipulation of data as it is entered into Tabulator.

More information on these functions can be found in the Mutators Documentation.

This can be extended to add custom mutator functions to the default list:

Tabulator.extendExtension("mutator", "mutators", {
    tooManyCars:function(value, data, type, mutatorParams){
        return value > 5;
    },
});

You can use a mutator defined in the extension by passing the name to the mutator property in the column definition object.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    columns:[
        {field:"tax", title:"Tax (£)", mutator:"tooManyCars"},
    ],
});

Pagination (included in tabulator.js by default)

The pagination extension allows rows to be split up into pages for navigation rather than using a vertical scroll bar.

More information on these functions can be found in the Pagination Documentation.

Any of the default paginationDataSent options can be extended:

Tabulator.extendExtension("page", "paginationDataSentNames", {
    "page":"pageNo",
});

Any of the default paginationDataReceived options can also be extended:

Tabulator.extendExtension("page", "paginationDataReceivedNames", {
    "last_page":"max_page",
});

Persistent Layout (included in tabulator.js by default)

The persistent layout extension allows the layout of columns to be stored in local storage or cookies so that a users preferences can be remembered every time they reload the page.

More information on these functions can be found in the Persistent Storage Documentation.

Resizable Columns (included in tabulator.js by default)

The resizable columns extension allows the user to resize columns by dragging on the edge of the columns.

More information on these functions can be found in the Resizable Columns Documentation.

Responsive Layout (included in tabulator.js by default)

The responsive layout extension hides and shows columns to ensure that they do not excede the width of the table. Great for use on mobile devices.

More information on these functions can be found in the Responsive Layout Documentation.

Selectable Rows (included in tabulator.js by default)

The selectable rows extension allows the user to select a number of rows to take action on them.

More information on these functions can be found in the Selectable Rows Documentation.

Sorting Data (included in tabulator.js by default)

The sorting extension allows for reordering of rows in the table based on a column value.

More information on these functions can be found in the Sorting Documentation.

This can be extended to add custom sorter functions to the default list:

Tabulator.extendExtension("sort", "sorters", {
    datetime:function(a, b){
       a = moment(a, "DD/MM/YYYY hh:mm");
       b = moment(b, "DD/MM/YYYY hh:mm");
       return a - b;
    },
});

You can use a sorter defined in the extension by passing the name to the sorter property in the column definition object.

$("#example-table").tabulator({
    columns:[
        {field:"start", title:"Start Time", sorter:"datetime"},
    ],
});

Default Options

If you always pass the same setup options to your Tabulator constructor object, you can also make these default by Aextending the jQuery widget, these will then automatically apply to any new Tabulator's unless the value is overwritten in construction object when you create a specific Tabulator.

This code must be inserted after the tabulator.js file is included but before any tables are instantiated.

For example the below code will cause all Tabulators to have resizable columns by default.

$.widget("ui.tabulator", $.ui.tabulator, {
    options: {
        resizableColumns:true,
    },
});

Deprecated Functionality

All depricated functions from version 2.12 and below have now been removed.