Preamble

The following example shows how form elements can be used within a DataTables enhanced table. The trick here is that DataTables does not include the DOM elements which are not currently being displayed, therefore you need to add a submit event handler to gather together all of the input elements from the table, and then use the handy jQuery serialize() function to string together the data. It can then be posted to the server as you wish.

Live example

Initialisation code

var oTable;

$(document).ready(function() {
	$('#form').submit( function() {
		var sData = $('input', oTable.fnGetNodes()).serialize();
		alert( "The following data would have been submitted to the server: \n\n"+sData );
		return false;
	} );
	
	oTable = $('#example').dataTable();
} );

Other examples

Basic initialisation

• Zero configuration
• Feature enablement
• Sorting data
• Multi-column sorting
• Multiple tables
• Hidden columns
• DOM positioning
• State saving
• Alternative pagination styles
• Change language information (internationalisation)

Advanced initialisation

• Events (pre initialisation)
• Events (post initialisation)
• Column rendering
• Sorting without HTML tags
• Row callback
• Footer callback
• Ajax source
• Change language information from a file (internationalisation)

API

• Dynamically add a new row
• Dynamically create a table
• Individual column filtering
• Highlight rows and columns
• User selectable rows (multiple rows)
• User selectable rows (single row) and delete rows
• Editable rows (with jEditable)
• Submit form with elements in table
• Add custom API functions (plug-ins)

Please refer to the DataTables documentation for full information about it's API properties and methods.