DataTables presenting with a card view

hm123

@gyrocode yes that css rule does work, thank you.

But only with exportOptions { columns: [':visible'], rows: [':visible']} in the code instead of exportOptions: { rows: [':visible']}, which you seem to have given in the example, as it still copies hidden columns to the clipboard.

I've also implemented a rough fix for the hidden thead that takes up space

example: https://jsfiddle.net/suwznyaf/

bfarkas

This is awesome, and so simple in the scheme of things. Is there an easy way to control which view is shown on page load? i.e. have the table load in card view?

kthorngren

Looks like you will need to add the calls cards to the table tag. The rowCallback converts to card mode if the table has the class cards.

Kevin

mr.eddyma

The example is very useful! How can make the card view in center position? Besides, how can set the card view as default mode when the page is loaded? Thanks!

kthorngren

How can make the card view in center position?

Remove the float: left from this CSS:

.cards tbody tr {
   float: left;
   ....

how can set the card view as default mode when the page is loaded?

Add the class cards to the table tag.

Kevin

gegeon

Hi everyone, thank you for this topic it's so helpful !!
However, I am stuck on one thing:
How can I get the amount of columns to adapt window's width ?
It sounds simple but unless I refresh the page, my table width doesn't adapt.
Just like here:
https://ghsfha.org/datatables_cards_button.html

But in this example, it works:
https://web.archive.org/web/20170605170544/azguys.com/datatables/index.html

What am I missing?

Thanks you!

kthorngren

@gegeon The table looks like this:

<table id="register" class="table table-sm table-hover" cellspacing="0">

Try adding style="width:100%" as shown in this example.

Kevin

gegeon

@kthorngren
Thanks for the prompt reply. I tried but it doesn't work, I tried adding this 100% width to every possible div and to the table but it just doesn't want to react to window resizing.

Would any of those prevent the inline style from working?

        dom: 'tp',
        processing: true,
        displayLength: 30,
        scrollX: false,
        scrollY:2000,
        scrollCollapse: true,
        info: false,
        lengthChange: false,
        deferRender: true,
        autoWidth: false,

kthorngren

@gegeon Your example wasn't updated so I moved your code here:
http://live.datatables.net/kesehabo/1/edit

Added style="width:100%" to the table tag and it resizes with the web page. However there is a point where the web page width won't display all the columns so the table overflows. You can use scrollX or the Responsive extension for this.

Kevin

gegeon

Thank you @kthorngren !!
The above example wasn't actually my code, just a similar example, but you made me notice that I was using a previous version of css/js datatables files.
I updated them and now it works fine

galadriann

Hi All,
Thanks to all for your great tips.. I was able to create my "simple recipe" page where I keep all my recipes
I wanted to keep the paging so I changed the datable setup like this, in case anyone may be interested, also moved the search field to the left as I find it more convenient.

 var table = $('#register').DataTable({
            "lengthMenu": [[12, 24, 48, 96], [ 12, 24, 48, 96]], 
            dom: '<"left_filter "f><"right_length "l>rt<"bottom"lp><"clear">',
            // pageLength: -1,
            select: 'single', 

DA84

Hi,

very new to CSS/styling. How can I make this the default view?

Loren Maxwell

@DA84, just includes the cards class in your table from the start.

sakis

Hi everyone,
congratulations on a great job of presenting data in card view. It really works great!
I will add some code to improve the project as well.

How can make the card view in center position?

Just add into the buttons action function this code $("tbody").toggleClass("row").toggleClass("justify-content-center");

var table = $('#register').DataTable({
                dom: 'fBti',
                pageLength: -1,
                buttons: [
                    {
                        text: '<i class="fa fa-id-badge fa-fw fa-lg" aria-hidden="true"></i>',
                        className: 'animated bounce',
                        action: function () {
                            // Add
                            $("tbody").toggleClass("row").toggleClass("justify-content-center");

                            $("#register").toggleClass("cards");
                            $("#register thead").toggle();
                            $("#card-toggle .fa").toggleClass("fa-table");
                            $("#card-toggle .fa").toggleClass("fa-id-badge");

If you have added class cards in table to make card view the default mode, you have also to add manually the above classes to tbody

<tbody class="row justify-content-center">
</tbody>

https://live.datatables.net/mirazamo/1/edit

Enjoy, thanks!

allan

Clever solution with the Bootstrap classes - like it!

Allan

ITAppData@HomeStreet.com

Seems this has stopped working with the new 2.0 release. Seems related to the colgroup that is generated now. I've been poking at it but curious if there is a new clever way to do this with the layout functions?

For clarification it does work but the width of the cards gets messed up

colin

@ITAppData@HomeStreet.com Are you able to link to a page or create a test case that demonstrates this, please? As you say, there have been a few big changes to the code base, but it would be good to ensure these old edge cases are still possible.
Information on how to create a test case (if you aren't able to link to the page you are working on) is available here.

Colin

allan

It might be that you need to detach the colgroup element when the table draws. This wasn't a plug-in that we tested before 2.0 dropped I'm afraid.

Allan

kthorngren

Here is the last example updated with DT 2.0:
https://live.datatables.net/mirazamo/18

It displays the cards in one column no matter the width of the page, ie, not responsive as the original example:
https://live.datatables.net/mirazamo/1/edit

Kevin

Loren Maxwell

It does seem to be the colgroup tag as @allan suggests, When it's removed the cards display as expected.

ITAppData@HomeStreet.com

Thanks everyone.

No worries at all @allan - I didn't really consider this ever an officially supported plugin so it wasn't too surprising.

A quick and dirty solution to resolve is to detach the colgroup. I do it as so in the initComplete

            initComplete: function () {
                var api = this.api();
                var apiTable = $(api.table().node());
                $('colgroup', apiTable).detach();
            }

Doesn't solve for toggling back and forth and isn't the best option, but it works for the interim

allan

Nice one.

This is actually one of the things that I was to do as first class and supported extension for DataTables in future

Allan

bow

I've read about colgroups and probably should put in... After upgrading to 2.0 every refill of the existing table with data generates one more colgroup at the head of the table (even after .clear() ). Of course several colgroups mess the table appearance. May be it's related somehow though I use the only one plugin: "datatable.net-select".

allan

Yes, that was a bug unfortunately. I committed a fix and it will be in DataTables 2.0.1 due for release tomorrow.

Allan

bow

So nice to hear that, Allan, many thanks!