How to change table layout

  • Resolved Mihkel Roomet

    (@mihkelroomet)


    2 years, 1 month ago

    Is it possible to change the layout of table elements like the page numbers, search bar etc, as shown on this page?

    I’ve tried the following, but it seems to have no effect. I do have other parameters in advanced settings and they do work. I’ve tried with null and with multiple other possible options.

    {

        “layout“:

        {

            “top2Start“: “pageLength”,

            “top2End“: “search”,

            “topStart“: “info”,

            “topEnd“: “paging”

        }
    }

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  • Plugin Contributor Kim L

    (@kimmyx)

    2 years, 1 month ago

    Hi @mihkelroomet

    It’s currently not possible to use the layout option in your table’s Advanced Options. The table layout is handled using the “Arrange” option which is only available in the premium version’s Extension Manager.

    Please see: Arrange data table elements

    Hope that helps! Let us know if you have other questions.

    Thread Starter Mihkel Roomet

    (@mihkelroomet)

    2 years, 1 month ago

    Hi Kim

    It does help, I have been able to move the Summary and Pagination above the table, which is more what I want. But ideally these elements would also appear below the table, so there would be two instances of either of those elements present in the table. It doesn’t look like that’s possible, is it?

    (also I will note that I did see the “Arrange” option, but wrongly assumed it was meant for arranging the buttons CSV, Excel, etc, because it was next to options that were meant only for configuring these buttons)

    Plugin Contributor Kim L

    (@kimmyx)

    2 years, 1 month ago

    Hi @mihkelroomet,

    Thanks for the response and clarification!

    There’s actually a simpler way to do that, which is to use the dom option instead (Arrange option needs to be disabled for this to work). Reference here: https://datatables.net/reference/option/dom

    For your case, you can try: 

    { 
		 "dom": "plrtip"
    }

    Let us know if that works for you. 😊

    Addendum: WP Data Access uses DataTables version 1.13.1, so the layout option wasn’t possible. We appreciate your understanding!

    • This reply was modified 2 years, 1 month ago by Kim L.
    • This reply was modified 2 years, 1 month ago by Kim L.
    Thread Starter Mihkel Roomet

    (@mihkelroomet)

    2 years, 1 month ago

    Well, that is strange. Whenever I add the “dom” option to advanced options, the page I had my table on just displays a WordPress message saying a critical error occurred on my site. Any idea why that could be? I did disable the Arrange option and I did try with multiple different parameters like the deafult “lfrtip”, your suggested “plrtip”, an empty string, and “lfiprtip”, which is what I was going for originally.

    Plugin Contributor Kim L

    (@kimmyx)

    2 years, 1 month ago

    Hi @mihkelroomet,

    Thanks for the update.

    The option currently works for us. See here: https://share.zight.com/OAuZmO6g

    Are you currently on the latest version of WP Data Access?

    Do you have a public page where we can take a look at this table?

    If you wish to share more information privately, you can send us a message at Contact | WP Data Access.

    We’ll wait for your email!

    Thread Starter Mihkel Roomet

    (@mihkelroomet)

    2 years, 1 month ago

    I sent a direct email to your support email address, as the contact form wasn’t working for me. I do believe my WP Data Access is up to date, since it doesn’t seem possible to update it on the Plugins page and I have enabled automatic updates for it.

    Plugin Contributor Kim L

    (@kimmyx)

    2 years, 1 month ago

    Hi @mihkelroomet,

    We received your email and have responded to it.

    Please kindly check. 😊

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