# Editor example Form control and display options

Like the other editing methods in Editor, the `bubble()` method accepts an optional `form-options` parameter which can be used to control the display of the bubble. These options include the ability to show the form header and general information text, among others.

In this example the columns have the following behaviour:

- 1 - Row selection for the primary editing form
- 2 - Name - Shows a title using the `title` option and two fields to edit
- 3 - Position - Editing without a submit button (press return to edit)
- 4 - Office - Default editing options
- 5 - Start date - Shows a message using the `message` option
- 6 - Salary - Shows a title and a message

Typically you wouldn't show a mix of displays as in this example, but it is done this way here to show how the `form-options` type can be used to display different options.

Default options for the `form-options` parameter of the `bubble()` method can be set at initialisation time using the `formOptions.bubble` options (example).

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

- Javascript
- HTML
- CSS
- Ajax
- Server-side script

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

`var editor; // use a global for the submit and return data rendering in the examples $(document).ready(function() { editor = new $.fn.dataTable.Editor( { ajax: "../../controllers/staff.php", table: "#example", 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" } ] } ); $('#example').on( 'click', 'tbody td', function (e) { var index = $(this).index(); if ( index === 1 ) { editor.bubble( this, ['first_name', 'last_name'], { title: 'Edit name:' } ); } else if ( index === 2 ) { editor.bubble( this, { buttons: false } ); } else if ( index === 3 ) { editor.bubble( this ); } else if ( index === 4 ) { editor.bubble( this, { message: 'Date must be given in the format `yyyy-mm-dd`' } ); } else if ( index === 5 ) { editor.bubble( this, { title: 'Edit salary', message: 'Enter an unformatted number in dollars ($)' } ); } } ); $('#example').DataTable( { dom: "Bfrtip", ajax: "../../controllers/staff.php", columns: [ { data: null, defaultContent: '', className: 'select-checkbox', orderable: false }, { 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: "start_date" }, { data: "salary", render: $.fn.dataTable.render.number( ',', '.', 0, '$' ) } ], order: [ 1, 'asc' ], select: { style: 'os', selector: 'td:first-child' }, buttons: [ { extend: "create", editor: editor }, { extend: "edit", editor: editor }, { extend: "remove", editor: editor } ] } ); } );`

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

- https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.js
- https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.20/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js
- https://cdn.datatables.net/buttons/1.6.0/js/dataTables.buttons.min.js
- https://cdn.datatables.net/select/1.3.1/js/dataTables.select.min.js
- ../../js/dataTables.editor.min.js

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:

``

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

- https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.20/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css
- https://cdn.datatables.net/buttons/1.6.0/css/buttons.dataTables.min.css
- https://cdn.datatables.net/select/1.3.1/css/select.dataTables.min.css
- ../../css/editor.dataTables.min.css

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.