HTML
<table id="example" class="display" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<thead>
<tr>
<th></th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Position</th>
<th>Office</th>
<th>Salary</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tfoot>
<tr>
<th></th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Position</th>
<th>Office</th>
<th>Salary</th>
</tr>
</tfoot>
</table>CSS:
td.details-control {
background: url('../resources/details_open.png') no-repeat center center;
cursor: pointer;
}
tr.shown td.details-control {
background: url('../resources/details_close.png') no-repeat center center;
}Ajax:
{
"data": [{
"name": "Tiger Nixon",
"position": "System Architect",
"salary": "$320,800",
"start_date": "2011/04/25",
"office": "Edinburgh",
"extn": "5421"
},
{
"name": "Olivia Liang",
"position": "Support Engineer",
"salary": "$234,500",
"start_date": "2011/02/03",
"office": "Singapore",
"extn": "2120"
},
{
"name": "Bruno Nash",
"position": "Software Engineer",
"salary": "$163,500",
"start_date": "2011/05/03",
"office": "London",
"extn": "6222"
},
{
"name": "Sakura Yamamoto",
"position": "Support Engineer",
"salary": "$139,575",
"start_date": "2009/08/19",
"office": "Tokyo",
"extn": "9383"
},
{
"name": "Thor Walton",
"position": "Developer",
"salary": "$98,540",
"start_date": "2013/08/11",
"office": "New York",
"extn": "8327"
},
{
"name": "Finn Camacho",
"position": "Support Engineer",
"salary": "$87,500",
"start_date": "2009/07/07",
"office": "San Francisco",
"extn": "2927"
},
{
"name": "Serge Baldwin",
"position": "Data Coordinator",
"salary": "$138,575",
"start_date": "2012/04/09",
"office": "Singapore",
"extn": "8352"
},
{
"name": "Zenaida Frank",
"position": "Software Engineer",
"salary": "$125,250",
"start_date": "2010/01/04",
"office": "New York",
"extn": "7439"
},
{
"name": "Zorita Serrano",
"position": "Software Engineer",
"salary": "$115,000",
"start_date": "2012/06/01",
"office": "San Francisco",
"extn": "4389"
},
{
"name": "Jennifer Acosta",
"position": "Junior Javascript Developer",
"salary": "$75,650",
"start_date": "2013/02/01",
"office": "Edinburgh",
"extn": "3431"
},
{
"name": "Cara Stevens",
"position": "Sales Assistant",
"salary": "$145,600",
"start_date": "2011/12/06",
"office": "New York",
"extn": "3990"
},
{
"name": "Hermione Butler",
"position": "Regional Director",
"salary": "$356,250",
"start_date": "2011/03/21",
"office": "London",
"extn": "1016"
},
{
"name": "Lael Greer",
"position": "Systems Administrator",
"salary": "$103,500",
"start_date": "2009/02/27",
"office": "London",
"extn": "6733"
},
{
"name": "Jonas Alexander",
"position": "Developer",
"salary": "$86,500",
"start_date": "2010/07/14",
"office": "San Francisco",
"extn": "8196"
},
{
"name": "Shad Decker",
"position": "Regional Director",
"salary": "$183,000",
"start_date": "2008/11/13",
"office": "Edinburgh",
"extn": "6373"
},
{
"name": "Michael Bruce",
"position": "Javascript Developer",
"salary": "$183,000",
"start_date": "2011/06/27",
"office": "Singapore",
"extn": "5384"
},
{
"name": "Donna Snider",
"position": "Customer Support",
"salary": "$112,000",
"start_date": "2011/01/25",
"office": "New York",
"extn": "4226"
}]
}JavaScript:
/* Formatting function for row details - modify as you need */
function format ( d ) {
// `d` is the original data object for the row
return '<table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="padding-left:50px;">'+
'<tr>'+
'<td>Full name:</td>'+
'<td>'+d.name+'</td>'+
'</tr>'+
'<tr>'+
'<td>Extension number:</td>'+
'<td>'+d.extn+'</td>'+
'</tr>'+
'<tr>'+
'<td>Extra info:</td>'+
'<td>And any further details here (images etc)...</td>'+
'</tr>'+
'</table>';
}
$(document).ready(function() {
var table = $('#example').DataTable( {
"ajax": "../ajax/data/objects.txt",
"columns": [
{
"class": 'details-control',
"orderable": false,
"data": null,
"defaultContent": ''
},
{ "data": "name" },
{ "data": "position" },
{ "data": "office" },
{ "data": "salary" }
],
"order": [[1, 'asc']]
} );
// Add event listener for opening and closing details
$('#example tbody').on('click', 'td.details-control', function () {
var tr = $(this).closest('tr');
var row = table.row( tr );
if ( row.child.isShown() ) {
// This row is already open - close it
row.child.hide();
tr.removeClass('shown');
}
else {
// Open this row
row.child( format(row.data()) ).show();
tr.addClass('shown');
}
} );
} );