Dynamically add extra input fields to Editor modal window

nigel pasco

Hi, just throwing out a general query of the form... can this be done? I am not sure if or how to go about this one.

Maybe best expalined by an example:
I have a datatables showing persons and the company they belong to from the table 'persons'. Clicking the 'New' Editor opens the form (modal) to input user name and select company from another table 'companies'. However, what if the required company is not in the list? I would like to include an 'add new company' option to the company drop-down list, which on-click will dynamically raise another input text field (or possibly another form in another modal window) to add a new company name to the 'company' table before submitting the intial form.

This is easily do-able with a standard ajax call in php, however I can't get my head around how it could be done with datatables.

Any thoughts people?

allan

Yes - the add() method can be used to add fields dynamically. Likewise clear() can be used to remove them. show() and hide() may also be of some interest.

Allan

nigel pasco

Well, there I go. I should have guessed that it would be so simple :P

Thanks for the info Allan.
nige