# Editor example Sub-button actions

This example shows the use of the a split button (`buttons.buttons.split`) to provide additional editing options for the end user. These options might not be of high enough importance to warrant their own always visible button, or provide access to options that might not be so commonly used while keeping the UI clutter free.

In this case, two additional editing buttons are provided, the first to trigger a duplicate operation, and the second to immediately add 5% to the salary of the rows selected. These operations are controlled by the API and can be updated to be whatever operation you need (e.g. marking a row as "Archived", or "Complete", etc).

Name | Position | Office | Extn. | Start date | Salary
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Name | Position | Office | Extn. | Start date | Salary

- JavaScript
- HTML
- CSS
- Ajax
- Server-side script

The JavaScript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:

`const editor = new DataTable.Editor({ ajax: '../php/staff.php', fields: [ { label: 'First name:', name: 'first_name' }, { label: 'Last name:', name: 'last_name' }, { label: 'Position:', name: 'position' }, { label: 'Office:', name: 'office' }, { label: 'Extension:', name: 'extn' }, { label: 'Start date:', name: 'start_date', type: 'datetime' }, { label: 'Salary:', name: 'salary' } ], table: '#example' }); const table = new DataTable('#example', { ajax: '../php/staff.php', columns: [ { data: null, render: function (data, type, row) { // Combine the first and last names into a single table field return data.first_name + ' ' + data.last_name; } }, { data: 'position' }, { data: 'office' }, { data: 'extn' }, { data: 'start_date' }, { data: 'salary', render: DataTable.render.number(null, null, 0, '$') } ], layout: { topStart: { buttons: [ { extend: 'create', editor: editor }, { extend: 'edit', editor: editor, split: [ { extend: 'selected', text: 'Duplicate', action: function (e, dt, node, config) { // Start in edit mode, and then change to create editor .edit(table.rows({ selected: true }).indexes(), { title: 'Duplicate record', buttons: 'Create from existing' }) .mode('create'); } }, { extend: 'selected', text: 'Salary +5%', action: function (e, dt, node, config) { // Add 5% to the salaries for the selected rows and submit editor.edit(table.rows({ selected: true }).indexes(), false); let salaries = editor.field( 'salary' ).multiGet(); Object.keys(salaries).forEach(key => { let current = salaries[key]; editor.field( 'salary' ).multiSet(key, parseInt(current * 1.05)); }); editor.submit(); } } ] }, { extend: 'remove', editor: editor } ] } }, select: true });`

In addition to the above code, the following JavaScript library files are loaded for use in this example:

The HTML shown below is the raw HTML table element, before it has been enhanced by DataTables:

This example uses a little bit of additional CSS beyond what is loaded from the library files (below), in order to correctly display the table. The additional CSS used is shown below:

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The following CSS library files are loaded for use in this example to provide the styling of the table:

This table loads data by Ajax. The latest data that has been loaded is shown below. This data will update automatically as any additional data is loaded.

The script used to perform the server-side processing for this table is shown below. Please note that this is just an example script using PHP. Server-side processing scripts can be written in any language, using the protocol described in the DataTables documentation.