The child row's for a collapsed table in Responsive, by default, show a ul/li list of the data from the hidden
columns. The responsive.details.rendererR option provide the ability to create your own custom renderer. It is given
two parameters: the DataTables API instance for the table and the row index to use.
This example shows the cells()DT method
being used to select the hidden columns and constructing a table of the data. You could refine the selector to select only certain columns, or show all columns,
etc.
The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#example').DataTable( {
responsive: {
details: {
renderer: function ( api, rowIdx ) {
// Select hidden columns for the given row
var data = api.cells( rowIdx, ':hidden' ).eq(0).map( function ( cell ) {
var header = $( api.column( cell.column ).header() );
return '<tr>'+
'<td>'+
header.text()+':'+
'</td> '+
'<td>'+
api.cell( cell ).data()+
'</td>'+
'</tr>';
} ).toArray().join('');
return data ?
$('<table/>').append( data ) :
false;
}
}
}
} );
} );
In addition to the above code, the following Javascript library files are loaded for use in this example:
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:
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.