formOptions.main

Form configuration options for the main editing display.
Please note - this property requires the Editor extension for DataTables.

Description

This option provides the ability of setting default styling and behavioural options for the main editing form display (create(), edit() and remove()). Options can also be set when calling the API methods, which will override the options defined by this parameter.

For full details of the form options available, please refer to the form-options object's documentation.

Type

This option can be given in the following type(s):

• object

Default

The default configuration for this object is:

{
    buttons:       true,
    focus:         0,
    message:       true,
    onBackground:  'blur',
    onBlur:        'close',
    onComplete:    'close',
    onEsc:         'close',
    onFieldError:  'focus',
    onReturn:      'submit',
    refresh:       false,
    submit:        'all',
    title:         false,
    drawType:      false,
    scope:         'row'
}

Examples

const editor = new DataTable.Editor({
	ajax: '/api/staff',
	table: '#myTable',
	formOptions: {
		main: {
			onReturn: false,
			onBackground: false
		}
	}
});

const editor = new DataTable.Editor({
	ajax: '/api/staff',
	table: '#myTable',
	formOptions: {
		main: {
			submit: 'changed'
		}
	}
});

const editor = new DataTable.Editor({
	ajax: '/api/staff',
	table: '#myTable',
	formOptions: {
		main: {
			refresh: true
		}
	}
});