Tabulator is getting a little better every day. So what’s new in the latest version you ask?

Have a look below to check out the latest features that Tabulator has to offer!

Version 3.2 Released23/07/2017

Its been a busy month in the world of Tabulator, following tons of great user feedback I am happy to announce the release of Tabulator 3.2

Virtual DOM Render Speed Dramatically Improved

The render speed of the virtual DOM has been dramatically improved, allowing for a great experience even on older browsers like IE 11. Fallback modes have also been introduced to replace some of the graphically intensive operations with simpler alternatives on less capable browsers.

The virtualDomBuffer option has been added to allow more control over the efficiency of the renderer.

For more information checkout the Virtual DOM Documentation

Column Field Binding to Nested Objects

You can now bind columns to fields inside object by passing the nested field name to the column definition object using dot notation.

For more information checkout the Column Definition Documentation

Column Calculations

It is now possible to add calculation rows to the top and bottom of your tables, providing a range of calculations on the column data, including, max, min, average, sum and count.

For more information checkout the Calculations Documentation

Multi Level Grouping

You can now create groups inside groups when grouping rows, allowing you to nest row groups as many times as you want.

You can now alter the grouping structure once the table has been created, using the new setGroupBy, setGroupStartOpen and setGroupHeader functions.

For more information checkout the Grouping Data Documentation

Touch Events

Touch events have been added on cells, rows and headers to allow you to act on tap, double tap and tap hold events.

For more information checkout the Callbacks Documentation

Header Filter Functions

You can now set custom filter functions on header filter elements instead of just the default like and equals filters.

For more information checkout the Header Filters Documentation

Filter Parameters

You can now pass a paramters object to custom filter functions when they are called.

For more information checkout the Filtering Documentation

Scroll Key Bindings

New key bindings have been added to allow control of page up, page down, home and end scroll events.

For more information checkout the Keybindings Documentation

Mutator Cell Components

When edit type mutators are called, the cell component for the edited cell is now passed to the mutator.

For more information checkout the Mutators Documentation

Get Rows Function

The getRows function has been added to allow retrieval of all table row components.

Download Data Updates

You can now hide columns in downloaded data by setting the download property to false in a columns definition array.

The downloadDataMutator table option allows you to mutated data before it is parsed into the download file.

For more information checkout the Download Documentation

Localization Updates

The item and items text in group headers is now localizable.

For more information checkout the Localization Documentation

New Component Object Functions

The select, deselect and toggleSelect functions have been added to the row component

The getData and getField functions have been added to the cell component as shortcuts so you dont have to call getRow or getColumn first.

The getSubGroups and getParentGroup functions have been added to the group component.

For more information checkout the Component Objects Documentation

Resizable Column Updates

The resizableColumns option now accepts the values of header and cell to give more choice on how a user can resize columns.

Variable Height Formatters

The textarea formatter will now automatically adjust the height of a row as its column is resized to ensure that no text is hidden by overflowing the cell. To enable this behaviour on other formatters you can now use the variableHieght property in column definition object.

For more information checkout the Column Definition Documentation

General System Tweaks

A number of small tweaks have been made to the system including:

  • The pagination element will now act responsively, hiding the page number selector when the table is too narrow to display it
  • The fit columns to data display mode now correctly resizes columns when data is set
  • The redraw function has been improved to give a better look after redrawing a previously hidden table
  • Fixed placeholder element rendering on table redraw
  • Initial data is now correctly loaded into table in local pagination mode
  • Cell navigation functions now work correctly after column reorder

Version 3.1 Released18/06/2017

Well its been a really busy month, with all the great feeback from the 3.0 release I have made a load of improvements to existing funcctionality and added a load of new features!

Virtual DOM Improvements

Additional tweaks have been made to the virtual DOM to make it more efficient, it also handles tables with wide variations in row height much better.

The setHeight function has been added to help with changing the table height after initialization.

The redraw function has been fixed so resizing tables can now be correctly redrawn.

Key Bindings

The new key bindings extension allows for direct interaction with Tabulator with the use of keyboard shortcuts.

For more information checkout the Key Bindings Documentation

Interaction History

The new history extension tracks user interaction with the table, recording cell edit, row add and row delete events. It allows the user to call undo and redo functions on the table to move back and forward through their history.

This extension can also be linked to the key bindings extension to allow users to use keyboard shortcuts to undo and redo edits.

For more information checkout the Interaction History Documentation

Cell Navigation

A range of new cell navigation functions have been added to allow users to navigate the focused editable cell around the table.

These controls can be linked to the keybindings extension to allow users to navigate through the table using the keyboard.

For more information checkout the Navigation Documentation

Custom Footer Element

The footerElement option has been added to allow for customisation of the table footer element.

For more information checkout the Table Footer Documentation

Column Layout Saving

The new getColumnLayout and setColumnLayout functions allow you to store and retrieve custom column layout settings from anywhere you want.

For more information checkout the Persistent Columns Documentation

General System Tweaks

A number of small tweaks have been made to the system including:

  • The updateRow function now only triggers the updated cells to redraw, not the whole row
  • The setColumns function now renders correctly when called multiple times
  • The setValue function on Cell Components now mutates the incomming data by default
  • Input and text area editors have been updated to ensure they take up the full row height when they are displayed

Version 3.0 Updates and Stable Release Date!29/05/2017

A big Thank You goes out to everyone that has provided feedback on the beta so far, it has been a massive help. Keep up the good work!

Following on from the feedback the following tweaks have been made to the beta:

Column Widths

The default "fit to data" column width calculations now take column header titles into account so you dont end up with titles with ellipsis when the column data is small.

Additional Paramters

The editorParams, headerFilterParams, mutatorParams and accessorParams column definition properties have been added to allow you to pass additional data into editors, mutators and accessors, allowing for better code reuse and simple configuration.

Row Styling

Styling of rows in the virtual DOM has been fixed. Rows are now assigned a tabulator-row-odd or tabulator-row-even class based on their position in the table.

Data Sanitization

Text based formatters now sanitize data before it is added to the table to prevent HTML and JavaScript injection attacks. To display HTML direcly in the cell you can now use the new html formatter.

For more information checkout the Formatting Documentation

Improved Framework Compatibility

A new wrapper has been added around the jQuery widget binding to allow for better compatability with node.js and Joomla.

IE 11 Compatability

A number of polyfills have been included in the library to give IE 11 and other older browsers access to all of Tabulators functionality.

Virtual DOM Example

A new example table has been created to demonstrate the new virtual DOM with 1000 randomly generated rows.

Have a play for yourself on the Examples Page

General Bug Fixing

A number of regressions and differences with version 2.12 have been fixed.

Stable Release Date Set

As the issues for 3.0 beta start to dry up we are looking very close to a stable release! With this in mind I am giving one more week for user feedback, and setting the release date for the stable version of 3.0 to next weekend, 03/06/2017

Version 3.0 Beta Available!21/05/2017

The beta version of tabulator 3.0 is now available to Download from GitHub. And what a a treat is is going to be!

I have been busy beavering away for the last month, compleatly rebuilding Tabulator from the ground up to make it faster, more feature packed, and more extensible than ever before.

There are a lot of changes in 3.0 so here is a highlight of the updates, checkout the Documentation for full details of all the changes.

Virtual DOM

Tabulator now uses a virtual DOM to render only the rows that are currently visible in the display. This allows the table to process 10,000's of rows with no performance overhead!

For more information checkout the Virtual DOM Documentation

Modular Structure

The Tabulator code base has now been split into core modules and extenisons to make it easier to maintain and much more extensible.

The extension modules can be removed as needed to allow you to build your own version of Tabulator including only the extensions you will use.

To make the process of creating your own custom build easier, Tabulator now uses the Gulp task runner.

As a bonus, the new modular structure has exposed even more configuration options that you can customise to personalize your tables.

For more information checkout the Extensions Documentation

Components

One of the biggest changes of this release is the introduction of the component.

Version 2 struggled with many callbacks, each with their own set of arguments that constantly needed updating to match users needs. To simplify this, callbacks are now passed component objects that represent the cells, rows, columns and groups of the table.

Each object has its own set of fuctions that you can call on it to access DOM elements, get parent components, set values and trigger actions.

Any future functionality needed in callbacks will be added to the components, keeping the argument lists the same, making it easier to move from version to version.

For more information checkout the Components Documentation

SASS Stylesheets

Tabulator is now styled using SASS instead of LESS.

Minified Source Files

Minified JS and CSS files are now available in the /dist/ folder.

Console Logging

To help developers out, Tabulator now produces a wide array of console warnings and errors when you try and make it do something it shouldn't.

New Callbacks

The callback system has been completely overhauled, with components passed into every callback. Existing callbacks have had functionality changes and loads of new callbacks have been created.

For more information checkout the Callback Documentation

Naming Conventions

The naming of configuration options and callbacks in version 2 had become a bit eratic. To help make things more intuative a number of properties and functions have been renamed to follow a standard convention.

Have a look through the documentation to familiarize yourself with the changes.

Remote Sorting and Filtering

The ajaxFiltering and ajaxSorting options now give you the choice of passing filter and sort parameters a remote server to let it do the fitlering and sorting instead of Tabulator.

For more information checkout the Ajax Documentation

Empty Table Placeholder

Empty tables can look a bit dull and confuse your users. There is now a placeholder option that lets you add placeholder text or elements to your table to show your users it is supposed to be empty.

For more information checkout the Placeholder Documentation

Excel Downloads

The long awaited ability to download table data as an xlsx file is now available.

For more information checkout the Download Documentation

Improved Sorters and Formatters

Tabulator will now automatically try and guess the appropriate sorter for a column based on its data, without you having to declare it in the column definition array.

Sorters and formatters have all received a bit of a polish to make them eaiser to use, and faster. The updated date and time formatters use the moment.js library to perform even more complex sorting functionality.

For more information checkout the Sorting Documentation and Formatting Documentation

Multiple Filters

You can now apply multiple filters at the same time, as well as independently apply header filters and programmatic filters.

For more information checkout the Filter Documentation

New Editor Functionality

Editors have been completly overhauled, custom editors now have access to the success, cancel and onRendered functions, to make interaction with the table simpler than ever.

The new editable column option allows you to use a callbck to check whether a cell should be editable.

For more information checkout the Editors Documentation

Improved Column Resizing

Columns can now be resized from the edge of the column anywhere in the table, rather than just the table header.

For more information checkout the Column Resizing Documentation

Version 2.12 Released12/04/2017

Its been a couple of months since the last update so we have a bumper release for you this month!

Advanced Ajax Config

The new ajaxConfig option has been added, to allow complete configuration of ajax requests

More information can be found in the Ajax documentation

Bootstrap and Semantic UI Themes

Two additional themes have been added to make Tabulator layout and functionality comparable with the Bootstrap and Semantic UI layout frameworks.

More information can be found in the Themes documentation

Enhanced Data Access Functions

Two new functions, updateOrAddRow & updateOrAddData, have been added to allow you to insert new data or update existing data in the same function.

The addRow has been enhanced to allow you to add a new row anywhere in the table.

The getRow and getRowData functions now allow you to find individual row DOM elements and their associated data without having to search through the whole table.

When a cell is being edited, its parent row has the tabulator-row-editing class added to help with custom styling.

More information can be found in the Manipulating Data documentation

Header Filter Improvements

Header filter placeholders can now be set on a per column basis using the headerFilterColumnPlaceholders option.

Header filter placeholders can now be localized in the langs option.

More information can be found in the Header Filters documentation

Header Events

Three new callbacks, headerOnClick, headerOnDblClick & headerOnContext, have been added to the column definition object to track user interaction with the column header elements.

More information can be found in the Callbacks documentation

Row Scroll Animations

You can now trigger Tabulator to scroll to a specific row using the scrollToRow function.

More information can be found in the Rows documentation

Sorter Improvements

Custom sorter functions are now passed the field being sorted and the direction of the sort.

More information can be found in the Sorting documentation

Fixes

A number of fixes have been made throughout Tabulator, rendering glitches and IE compatibility improvements.

Tabulator Now Hosted on CDNJS25/02/2017

Thanks to the lovely team over at CDNJS, Tabulator is now availble to use from their extensive list of libraries.

More information can be found in the Setup documentation

Version 2.11 Released12/02/2017

Its been a busy month in the world of Tabulator. This release contains a number of new features and a ton of improvements to existing components.

Responsive Layout

Responsive layout will automatically hide/show columns to fit the width of the Tabulator element.

More information can be found in the Responsive Layout documentation

Row Selection Improvements

The selectableRollingSelection and selectablePersistence options have been added to give you more control over how the row selection feature functions.

More information can be found in the Selectable Rows documentation

HTML Options Parsing

When building a Tabulator from an HTML table, you can now set tabulator options directly in the table markup using tabulator- attributes.

More information can be found in the Set Table Data documentation

Improved CSV Generation

CSV generation now automatically escapes reserved characters, and you can pass additional setup options and custom delimiters in the new options object.

More information can be found in the Download Table Data documentation

Row Number Formatter

A new rownum formatter has been added to show an incrementing row number next to each row in a table. The formatter has been designed to work with standard and paginated tables.

More information can be found in the Formatters documentation

Cell Context Menu Callback

The onContext callback has been added to the column definition object to trigger an action on a right click on a cell.

More information can be found in the Column Definition documentation

Fixes and Improvements

There have been a number of small tweaks to Tabulator to improve functionality, including:

  • String row id's can now be used throughout Tabulator.
  • Header filters that use an input element now have a 300ms delay before they trigger a filter on keypress.

Version 2.10 Released21/01/2017

To celebrate the new year, we have a new release of Tabulator, packed full of new and improved features:

Selectable Rows

A range of options are now available to allow users to select one or multiple rows on the table.

More information can be found in the Selectable Rows documentation

Column Freezing

Columns can now be frozen in place on the left and right edges of the table to keep them in position during horizontal scrolling.

More information can be found in the Frozen Columns documentation

Double Click Events

A new rowDblClick callback is available to capture when a user double clicks on a row.

A new onDblClick column definition property is available to capture when a user double clicks on a cell.

More information can be found in the Callbacks & Events documentation

Table Build Callbacks

The tableBuilding and tableBuilt callbacks are now available to trigger events during Tabulators build process.

More information can be found in the Callbacks & Events documentation

Fixes and Improvements

There have been a number of small tweaks to Tabulator to improve functionality, including:

  • Momentum scrolling on mobile devices
  • Improved header filter functionality
  • UI and Styling fixes
  • The open state of row groups can now be set using the groupStartOpen property

Version 2.9 Released12/12/2016

It has been a busy month in the world of Tabulator, this months update sees a bucket load of new and improved features:

Localization

You can now localize the contents of a Tabulator to the language of the browser being used to view it. A whole host of configuration options are now available to make your tables accessible no mater where in the world they are being used.

More information can be found in the Localization documentation

Downloadable Table Data

It is now possible to download data as a file direct from Tabulator with no need to download files from the server. At present CSV and JSON files are available, with more coming soon. You can even define your own file formatter to create your own custom file types.

More information can be found in the Downloading Table Data documentation

Progressive Rendering with Ajax

The existing progressive rendering functionality can now be combined with ajax pagination, to allow table data to be loaded from a remote server as a user scrolls down the table.

More information can be found in the Remote Pagination documentation

Ajax Request Methods

You can now set the HTTP request method to be used with ajax requests

More information can be found in the Ajax Request documentation

Column Sizing

Column sizing has been improved so you can now specify column widths in both pixels and percentage of total table width.

the minWidth column definition option is now available to set minimum width on a column by column basis.

More information can be found in the Column Definition documentation

Aditional Functions and Callbacks

getSort Function

Returns information on the currently sorted column and sort direction.

More information can be found in the Sorting documentation

getPageMax Function

When using pagination this function returns the maximum available page for the paginated data.

More information can be found in the Pagination documentation

ajaxResponse Callback

The ajaxResponse callback is triggered whenever a response from an ajax request is received. It allows access to all received ajax data before the data is loaded into the table, and provides an opportunity to make and changes to the data before it is parsed into Tabulator.

More information can be found in the Callbacks & Events documentation

Sparklines Demo Added12/11/2016

A guide to using the Sparklines js library to add graphs to your Tabulator..

The demo can be found here.

Version 2.8 Released06/11/2016

Aria Accessibility

Aria accessibility tags have now been added to every element in Tabulator make the table machine readable by screen readers and other digital accessibility equipment.

More information can be found in the Accessibility documentation

Column Grouping

Columns can now be grouped together in the column definition array to allow for complex multi-line table header generation.

More information can be found in the Column Grouping documentation

HTML Table Import Column Definitions

You can now use the column definitions array when importing table data from HTML table elements, this opens up all of the standard column setup options to imported tables.

More information can be found in the HTML Table Import documentation

Persistent Columns now available with localStorage Option

In addition to storing persistent column layouts in cookies, you can now store them in the localStorage object.

More information can be found in the Persistent Column Layout documentation

Version 2.7 Released16/10/2016

Remote Ajax Pagination

You can now accept paginated data directly from a remote server.

More information can be found in the Pagination documentation

New Data Update Functions

The updateData function has been added to allow updates to existing data without redrawing the entire table.

The updateRow function has been added to allow updating of an individual row.

The rowUpdated event is now triggered when a row is updated.

More information can be found in the Editing & Manipulating Data documentation

Extendable Mutators and Accessors

Mutators and Accessors can now be extended to allow for easy reuse of code.

More information can be found in the Extending Tabulator documentation

Ajax URL Autoloading

If the ajaxURL option is set in a table constructor, the data is now automatically loaded once the table is created, without any need to call the setData function.

Version 2.6 Released09/10/2016

Mutators and Accessors Added

Mutators (setters) and Accessors (getters) have been added to 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.

More information can be found in the Mutators & Accessors documentation

Time Sorter Added

A time sorter has been added to help sorting time columns.

More information can be found in the Sorters documentation

Money Formatter Improved

The money formatter has been improved to cope with non numeric values.

getData Function Improved

The getData function can now be passed an argument to decide if you want to return all of the table data or just that matching the current filter/sort.

More information can be found in the Editing & Manipulating Data documentation

Extending Tabulator Documentation Added08/10/2016

A guide to adding your own custom extensions to Tabulator has been added to the documentation section.

The full guide can be found here.

Version 2.5 Released10/09/2016

Callbacks and Events Overhaul

This release has seen a complete overhaul of the callbacks and events system to make interacting with Tabulator programmatically even easier.

Full documentation of all the new callbacks can be found in the Calbacks Documentation.

New Data Flow Callbacks Added

New callbacks to monitor all stages of data flow in the system have been added.

  • dataLoading
  • dataLoaded
  • dataLoadError
  • dataEdited
  • dataFiltering
  • dataFiltered
  • dataSorting
  • dataSorted

rowEdit Callback Replaced With cellEdited

The rowEdit callback has been replaced with the cellEdited callback. Not only is this more descriptive of the event, it also contains new arguments, passing the old value of the cell, the new value, the DOM objects for the cell and the row and the name of the field being edited.

rowContext Callback No Longer Prevents Default Browser Context Menu

The rowContext callback no longer prevents the default browser context menu from opening.

Callbacks Renamed

Several callbacks have been renamed to make sure they all follow the same naming conventions.

Callbacks ending in Load now end in Loaded.

Callbacks ending with Edit now end with Edited.

Movable Row Placeholder Style Added

The tabulator-row-moving class has been added to allow styling of the movable row placeholder.

Scrollable Empty Tables

Empty tables can now be scrolled horizontally if the combined width of the column headers exceeds the width of the tabulator elemen.

Improved Custom Sorters and Editors

Sorter and editor functions are now passed an additional data argument so they can see all the data for the current row rather than just the cell being processed.

Version 2.4 Released13/08/2016

Packaged Themes

Four new prepacked themes have now been included with tabulator:

  • 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)
  • Autumn - A colorful, bright layout using shades of orange and brown. (/themes/tabulator_autumn.css)

A demo of each of these in action can be found on the Examples page.

Textarea Formatter and Editor

A new textarea formatter and editor have been added to allow for the display and editing of multi-line text.

For more Information on the formatter, check out the Formatter Documentation.

For more Information on the editor, check out the Editor Documentation.

Header Filters

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

For more Information on the header filtering, check out the Header Filtering Documentation.

Editable Column Titles

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

For more Information, check out the Editable Column Title Documentation.

IE Compatibility Issues Resolved

Various compatibility issues with Internet Explorer 11 have now been resolved.

Examples Section Updated10/08/2016

Source Views

You can now view the source code relating to any example by clicking the View Source button under the example table.

To try for your self, check out the Examples Page

Version 2.3 Released 04/07/2016

Column Header Tooltips

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

More information can be found in the Formatting Data documentation

Add and Remove Columns

You can now add and remove columns from a table using the addColumn and deleteColumn functions.

More information can be found in the Movable Rows and Columns documentation

setColumns Rendering Fix

Set columns has been updated to fix a rendering glitch when changing the number of columns.

New dataFiltered Callback

The dataFiltered callback is now available offering access to the filtered subset of the table data after new data is loaded into a table or a filter operation is performed.

More information can be found in the Callbacks documentation

Input Validation

All functions now validate argument data before updating the table.

Version 2.2 Released 15/05/2016

Create tabluator from HTML Table

It is now possible to create a tabulator directly from an HTML table element, converting all the tables data directly in to tabulator

More information can be found in the Data Loading documentation

Progressive Rendering on Scroll

Progressive rendering has been updated so it is now triggered as the user scrolls down the table, leading to a much smoother rendering experience.

NOTE - Progressive rendering is no longer enabled by default, you must enable it using the progressiveRender option

More information can be found in the Progressive Rendering documentation

More CSS Styling Options

Event more Tabulator elements have had thier classes added to the CSS file

More information can be found in the CSS documentation

Improved Redraw Function

The redraw function has been updated to improve table redrawing, and to add the option for a full table redraw including all data.

More information can be found in the Layout documentation

Rendering Tweaks

A number of rendering issues have been fixed.

Version 2.1 Released 05/05/2016

Styling Moved to tabulator.css

All styling options have been moved from the tabulator constructor to tabulator.css to allow greater flexibility in styling the table.

NOTE tabulator.css must now be loaded before tabulator.js when setting up Tabulator in a file.

More information can be found in the CSS documentation

Column Resize Bug Fixed

Columns will now resize smoothly even when the cursor leaves the tabulator element.

Version 2.0 Released31/04/2016

Progressive Rendering

Progressive rendering has been added to improve the rendering of large data sets without blocking the UI.

More information can be found in the Progressive Rendering Documentation

Pagination

Pagination has been added to display only a section of data at a time, allowing for smaller tables without scroll bars

More Information can be found in the Pagination Documentation

Optimized Filtering, Sorting & Rendering

The Filtering, Sorting & Rendering systems have been significantly upgraded to offer improved performance when loading and rendering data.

Website Launched31/04/2016

We have launched our new look website to help the Tabulator community find the resources it needs to keep on building those tables.

Documentation

The Documentation section contains all the information on the latest version of tabulator.

Check out the documentation section

Quick Start

The Quick Start guide provides a simple how-to guide for getting yourself setup with Tabulator in a matter of minutes.

Check out the quick start guide

Examples

The Examples section demonstrates a wide range of different functions and uses for the Tabulator library.

Check out the documentation section

Github

A link back to the GitHub repository where the source code for this project is managed.

Check out the GitHub repository

Version 1.9 Released06/02/2016

Tooltips

On hover tooltips can now be set on a global or per column basis using the tooltip parameter.

More information can be found in the Tooltips Documentation

New Formatters

A couple of new formatters have been added for creating button columns:

  • 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)

An additional formatter has been added for colored cells:

  • 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%)

More Information can be found in the Formatting Documentation

Custom Filter Functions

If you want to perform more complicated filter operations you can now pass a callback function to the setFilter method.

More information can be found in the Filtering Documentation

Added dataEdited Event

The dataEdited event is now triggered when an action edits data in the table, (ed. editing a cell, adding/deleting a row)

Additional improvements

  • rendering speeds have been improved for large data sets (> 1000 rows)
  • row deletion bug fixed
  • examples.html has been improved

Version 1.8 Released24/01/2016

Column Layout Updates

A number of column manipulation functions have been added in this release

More information can be found in the Columns Documentation

Persistent Column Layout

Tabulator can store the layout of columns in a cookie so that each time a user comes back to the page, the table is laid out just as they left it. To enable this feature set the columnLayoutCookie options parameter to true.

Set New Column Definitions

Column definitions can be changed after Tabulator creation using the setColumns function.

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 getColumns function.

Cell Editor Updates

A number of updates have been made to the cell editing system.

More information can be found in the Manipulating Data Documentation

New Editing Class

When cells are being edited, they now gain the tabulator-editing class.

Abort Edit

It is now possible to abort the creation of an editor by returning false from the editor function instead of the editor DOM element.

Version 1.7 Released19/01/2016

Column Visibility Toggle Functions

Several new functions have been added to programmatically change column visibility.

  • showCol - function to show hidden columns.
  • hideCol - to hide visible columns.
  • toggleCol - to toggle the visibility of columns.

More information can be found in the Column Visibility Documentation

Number Editor

A new editor has been added, number uses a number formatted input element for editing numbers, Has increment and decrement buttons.

Version 1.6 Released16/01/2016

Movable Rows

Using the movableRows parameter you can now allow users to reorder the rows of the table.

Movable Columns

Using the movableCols parameter you can now allow users to reorder the columns of the table.

More information can be found in the Movable Rows & Columns Documentation