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How To Do Excel-Like Row Selection in jQuery DataTable?

Published by Samir Pandya
How To Do Excel Like Row Selection in jQuery DataTable

Introduction

The DataTables in jQuery comes in the form of a plugin. It further lets you create table listings and add interactions to those.

It is a modern jQuery plugin for adding interactive and advanced control in HTML tables for web pages.

Moreover, the jQuery DataTables is also efficient in offering searching, sorting, and pagination without any need for configuration.

With DataTables, you can manage plenty of data together and keep those well-organized. The data in the jQuery DataTables are easy to select through its row selection. But for better ease, you might want to know how to implement Excel-like capabilities in it. 

Hence, here in this blog, we have listed everything you need to know.

What Is Row Selection In jQuery DataTable?

The Row Selection in jQuery comes in a very powerful form of task that gives the users the option to select rows in a table. You can do it easily with a click event when you want to add or remove any class in the table rows.

What Is Row Selection In jQuery DataTable

Usually, the technique which is mostly used for row selection is rows(.).data9.)API. It can be used to get the data from the select rows. However, even if much simpler at the initial stage, it can appear much more complex sometimes.

How To Make An Excel-Like Row Selection In jQuery?

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As we have said earlier, even though the row selection method on jQuery might seem simpler at the beginning, it can turn difficult later. Thus, here are some easier shortcuts that you can use to select rows on DataTables, just like the way you do on Excel. Have a look.

  • ARROW UP – This shortcut lets you change your row selection towards the upper direction.
  • ARROW DOWN – Using the arrow-down shortcut from your keyboard, you can change your row selection towards the downward direction.
  • SHIFT+ARROW UP – With this shortcut key, you can seamlessly select all your records in the upper direction.
  • SHIFT+ARROW DOWN – Apart from just one row, using this shortcut, you can select all your records towards the down direction.
  • PAGE DOWN – You can use this shortcut key to scroll your table towards the down direction. Scroll the table down direction.
  • PAGE UP – With your PAGE UP shortcut from the keyboard, you can scroll the entire table to the upper direction quite quickly.
  • SHIFT+PAGEDOWN – Use this shortcut key to scroll your table downwards by selecting all your records. It is useful when you want to select all quite easy to move or copy records in bulk.
  • SHIFT+PAGE UP – Similarly, if you want to scroll your table to the upper direction by selecting all your records, then you can use this shortcut key to do so. It will make your job fast and easy.
  • CTRL+HOME – If you want to first record in your DataTables, then you need to press these shortcut keys.
  • CTRL+END – In case you quickly want to select the last record of your table, then you can use these shortcuts.
  • CTRL+SHIFT+HOME – With this shortcut key, you can select all the records from your current row to the first record of your table.
  • CTRL+SHIFT+END – This shortcut key lets you select all your records from the current row to the last record of your table.

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Handle Multiple Rows Selection Using jQuery Datatable

Handling multiple rows selection with jQuery datatable adds a strong and intuitive interaction feature to your datatables. You can perform numerous actions, manipulate selected data, provide a user-friendly experience - all with the invaluable ability of jQuery datatable row selection.

Let’s get it straight how can we handle multiple rows selection using the jQuery datatable!

  • Enable Multiple Rows Selection using jQuery Datatable

Configure the plugin with the available appropriate options to enable the multiple rows selection. Here are the steps:

  1. Initialize the datatables plugin on your HTML table.
  2. Add the select option to datatable initialization.
  3. Enable the option of the style - “Multi” so that users can select multiple rows.
  4. Datatables provide visual feedback to indicate selected rows by default. You can modify or add your custom CSS classes to style the selected rows as desired.
  5. Update the CSS class as per your application’s design requirement.

Following above steps, you can successfully enable multiple rows selection in jQuery datatable.

  • Handle Row Selection Events in jQuery Datatable

Enabling multiple rows selection is not enough, the way to handle it is essential.

  1. Row Selection Event:

    jQuery datatable provides an event called “Select” that is triggered whenever a row is selected to execute your custom code.

  2. Deselection Event:

    Similarly, there is a “Deselect” event that is triggered whenever a row is deselected to perform actions.

With these event handlers in place, you can capture row selection and deselection events in jQuery datatables.

Advanced Techniques For Multiple Row Selection in jQuery Datatable

- Programmatic Selection

-Preselecting Rows

-Styling Selected Rows

-Clearing Selection

These advanced techniques can control row selection, preselect rows as needed, apply custom styles, and programmatically manipulate the selection based on your application’s requirements.

Concluding

No matter how much easier the DataTables in jQuery is, nothing can beat the simplicity of functionality in Excel. 

However, using the above-mentioned shortcut keys can let you have that ease in your jQuery DataTables that can make your job quicker and more convenient.

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Samir Pandya is the Founder of Polyxer Systems, an outsourcing and technology consultancy specializing in Turnkey Software Development.

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