DataTable Control: Basic Example

A demonstration of the DataTable's basic feature set.

DataTable Caption
id	date	quantity	amount	title
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po-0167	03/24/1980	1	$4.00	A Book About Nothing
po-0783	01/03/1983		$12.12	The Meaning of Life
po-0297	12/12/1978	12	$1.25	This Book Was Meant to Be Read Aloud
po-1482	03/11/1985	6	$3.50	Read Me Twice

Sample Code for this Example

Data:


1	YAHOO.example.Data = {
2	bookorders: [
3	{id:"po-0167", date:new Date(1980, 2, 24), quantity:1, amount:4, title:"A Book About Nothing"},
4	{id:"po-0783", date:new Date("January 3, 1983"), quantity:null, amount:12.12345, title:"The Meaning of Life"},
5	{id:"po-0297", date:new Date(1978, 11, 12), quantity:12, amount:1.25, title:"This Book Was Meant to Be Read Aloud"},
6	{id:"po-1482", date:new Date("March 11, 1985"), quantity:6, amount:3.5, title:"Read Me Twice"}
7	]
8	}
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CSS:


1	.yui-skin-sam .yui-dt-liner { white-space:nowrap; }
2	/
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Markup:


1	<div id="basic"></div>
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JavaScript:


1	YAHOO.util.Event.addListener(window, "load", function() {
2	YAHOO.example.Basic = function() {
3	var myColumnDefs = [
4	{key:"id", sortable:true, resizeable:true},
5	{key:"date", formatter:YAHOO.widget.DataTable.formatDate, sortable:true, sortOptions:{defaultDir:YAHOO.widget.DataTable.CLASS_DESC},resizeable:true},
6	{key:"quantity", formatter:YAHOO.widget.DataTable.formatNumber, sortable:true, resizeable:true},
7	{key:"amount", formatter:YAHOO.widget.DataTable.formatCurrency, sortable:true, resizeable:true},
8	{key:"title", sortable:true, resizeable:true}
9	];
10
11	var myDataSource = new YAHOO.util.DataSource(YAHOO.example.Data.bookorders);
12	myDataSource.responseType = YAHOO.util.DataSource.TYPE_JSARRAY;
13	myDataSource.responseSchema = {
14	fields: ["id","date","quantity","amount","title"]
15	};
16
17	var myDataTable = new YAHOO.widget.DataTable("basic",
18	myColumnDefs, myDataSource, {caption:"DataTable Caption"});
19
20	return {
21	oDS: myDataSource,
22	oDT: myDataTable
23	};
24	}();
25	});
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YAHOO.util.Event.addListener(window, "load", function() {
    YAHOO.example.Basic = function() {
        var myColumnDefs = [
            {key:"id", sortable:true, resizeable:true},
            {key:"date", formatter:YAHOO.widget.DataTable.formatDate, sortable:true, sortOptions:{defaultDir:YAHOO.widget.DataTable.CLASS_DESC},resizeable:true},
            {key:"quantity", formatter:YAHOO.widget.DataTable.formatNumber, sortable:true, resizeable:true},
            {key:"amount", formatter:YAHOO.widget.DataTable.formatCurrency, sortable:true, resizeable:true},
            {key:"title", sortable:true, resizeable:true}
        ];

var myDataSource = new YAHOO.util.DataSource(YAHOO.example.Data.bookorders);
        myDataSource.responseType = YAHOO.util.DataSource.TYPE_JSARRAY;
        myDataSource.responseSchema = {
            fields: ["id","date","quantity","amount","title"]
        };

var myDataTable = new YAHOO.widget.DataTable("basic",
                myColumnDefs, myDataSource, {caption:"DataTable Caption"});
                
        return {
            oDS: myDataSource,
            oDT: myDataTable
        };
    }();
});

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