Handsontable is a minimalistic approach to Excel-like table editor in HTML & jQuery
See the live demo at: http://warpech.github.com/jquery-handsontable/
First, include all the dependencies:
<script src="jquery.handsontable.js"></script>
<script src="lib/bootstrap-typeahead.js"></script><!-- only if you need the autocomplete feature -->
<script src="lib/jquery.autoresize.js"></script><!-- only if you need the autoexpanding textarea -->
<link rel="stylesheet" media="screen" href="jquery.handsontable.css">Then, run handsontable() constructor on an empty div:
<div id="dataTable" class="dataTable"></div>
<script>
$("#dataTable").handsontable({
rows: 6,
cols: 8
onChange: function (change) {
//here put some code that saves current data
//this part is up to you (not a part of Handsontable)
var lastChange = change;
var allData = $("#dataTable").handsontable("getData");
}
});
</script>Maybe you want to show some default data. Use the handsontable('loadData', data) method:
<script>
var data = [
["", "Kia", "Nissan", "Toyota", "Honda"],
["2008", 10, 11, 12, 13],
["2009", 20, 11, 14, 13],
["2010", 30, 15, 12, 13]
];
$("#dataTable").handsontable("loadData", data);
</script>| Option | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|
| handsontable(options) | Constructor | Accepts configuration object (see Options) |
| handsontable('updateSettings', options) | Method | Use it if you need to change configuration after initialization |
| handsontable('loadData', data) | Method | Reset all cells in the grid to contain data from the data array |
| handsontable('setDataAtCell', row, col, value) | Method | Set new value to a cell |
| handsontable('clear') | Method | Empty all cells |
| handsontable('getData') | Method | Return 2-dimensional array with the current grid data |
| handsontable('alter', 'insert_row', index) | Method | Insert new row above the row at given index |
| handsontable('alter', 'insert_col', index) | Method | Insert new column before the column at given index |
| handsontable('alter', 'remove_row', index, [toIndex]) | Method | Remove the row at given index [optionally to another index] |
| handsontable('alter', 'remove_col', index, [toIndex]) | Method | Remove the column at given index [optionally to another index] |
| handsontable('getCell', row, col) | Method | Return <td> element for given row, col |
The table below presents configuration options that are interpreted by handsontable() constructor:
| Option | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
rows |
Number | 5 | Initial number of rows |
cols |
Number | 5 | Initial number of columns |
minWidth |
Number | 0 | Handsontable will add as many columns as needed to meet the given width in pixels |
minHeight |
Number | 0 | Handsontable will add as many rows as needed to meet the given height in pixels |
minSpareCols |
Number | 0 | When set to 1 (or more), Handsontable will add a new column at the end of grid if there are no more empty columns |
minSpareRows |
Number | 0 | When set to 1 (or more), Handsontable will add a new row at the end of grid if there are no more empty rows |
multiSelect |
Boolean | true | If true, selection of multiple cells using keyboard or mouse is allowed |
fillHandle |
Boolean/String | true | Defines if the fill handle (drag-down and copy-down) functionality should be enabled. Possible values: true (to enable in all directions), "vertical" or "horizontal" (to enable in one direction), false (to disable completely). |
contextMenu |
Boolean/Array | false | Defines if the right-click context menu should be enabled. Context menu allows to create new row or column at any place in the grid. Possible values: true (to enable all context options), false (to disable completely) or array of available strings: row_above, row_below, col_left, col_right, remove_row, remove_col. |
undo |
Boolean | true | If true, undo/redo functionality is enabled |
legend |
Array | undefined | Legend definitions. See Defining legend |
autocomplete |
Array | undefined | Autocomplete definitions. See Defining autocomplete |
onBeforeChange |
Function(changes) | undefined | Callback to be fired before one or more cells is changed (with changes array as an argument). Its main purpose is validation of the input. You can disregard a single change by setting changes[i][3] to false, or cancel all edit by returning false. |
onChange |
Function(changes) | undefined | Callback to be fired after one or more cells is changed (with changes array as an argument). Its main purpose is saving the input. |
The legend option is an array of mixins that define multiple legends for the grid.
With your imagination, legend can be used to make any of the grid cells read-only, use different text color, or show a tooltip (title) when hovered with mouse cursor.
Example:
legend: [
{
match: function (row, col, data) {
return (row === 0); //if it is first row
},
style: {
color: '#666', //make the text gray and bold
fontWeight: 'bold'
},
title: 'Heading', //make some tooltip
readOnly: true //make it read-only
},
{
match: function (row, col, data) {
return (row > 0 && data()[0][col].indexOf('color') > 0); //if first cell in this column contains word "color"
},
style: {
fontStyle: 'italic' //make cells text in this column written in italic
}
}The autocomplete option is an array of mixins that define multiple autocomplete providers for the grid.
To keep Handsontable lightweight, this feature has a dependency on another jQuery plugin: bootstrap-typeahead. It is included in the repo.
Example:
autoComplete: [
{
match: function (row, col, data) {
if (data()[0][col].indexOf("color") > -1) { //if column name contains word "color"
return true;
}
return false;
},
highlighter: function (item) {
var query = this.query.replace(/[\-\[\]{}()*+?.,\\\^$|#\s]/g, '\\$&');
var label = item.replace(new RegExp('(' + query + ')', 'ig'), function ($1, match) {
return '<strong>' + match + '</strong>';
});
return '<span style="margin-right: 10px; background-color: ' + item + '"> </span>' + label;
},
source: function () {
return ["yellow", "red", "orange", "green", "blue", "gray", "black", "white"]
}
},
{
match: function (row, col, data) {
return (col === 0); //if it is first column
},
source: function () {
return ["BMW", "Chrysler", "Nissan", "Suzuki", "Toyota", "Volvo"]
}
}
],If you are interested in more complicated data grid solutions, consider:
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