TableFilter

A Javascript library making HTML tables filterable

TableFilter is a modernised version of the HTML Table Filter generator javascript plugin. This library adds to any html table a "filter by column" feature that enables users to filter and limit the data displayed within a long table. By default, the script automatically adds a filter grid bar at the top of the desired table.

Features

• Convert a regular HTML table into an advanced grid component providing:
  • Advanced columns filtering model
  • Sorting and pagination facilities
  • Complete selection model (ezEditTable extension)
  • Extended keyboard navigation (ezEditTable extension)
  • Inline cell or row editing (ezEditTable extension)
  • Row insertion or deleting (ezEditTable extension)
  • And even more behaviors...
• Attach to an existing HTML table
• Integration with any server-side technology as this is a pure client-side solution
• Callbacks for all events, and delegates for most actions
• Exhaustive documentation and API

Getting started

• Clone the repo using Git:

git clone --bare https://github.com/koalyptus/TableFilter.git

• You can download this repository.

• Alternatively, install TableFilter files in your npm enabled project using:

npm install tablefilter --save

• or get the future features from the next release channel:

npm install tablefilter@next --save

Setup

Copy the tablefilter directory under dist and place it at desired location in your project. Then include the main js file in your page:

<script src="path/to/my/scripts/tablefilter/tablefilter.js"></script>

Place the following snippet just under the HTML table and always define a base_path property in the configuration object to reflect the path to the script

<script>
var tf = new TableFilter(document.querySelector('.my-table'), {
    base_path: 'path/to/my/scripts/tablefilter/'
});
tf.init();
</script>

If the base_path property is not specified, it will default to /tablefilter directory:

your-page.html
 |— tablefilter

Development

This project requires node.js and Grunt to be installed:

• install node.js
• install Grunt from the command line using npm (comes with node.js):

npm install -g grunt-cli

Once Grunt is sorted out you can follow the instructions below. Start by installing any dependencies.

npm install

Use the Grunt dev task to launch a build / watch cycle and start the local sever on port 8080:

grunt dev

Use the build task to generate a production build:

grunt build

The default Grunt task will create a production build, run the tests and finally generate the demos:

grunt

To run all the tests:

grunt test

and to run specific test(s):

grunt test-only:test.html
grunt test-only:test.html,test-sort.html

Demos

Check out the online examples or generate the demos locally:

grunt build-demos

then run the local webserver:

grunt server

then pick a demo from:

http://localhost:8080/demos/

Documentation

Find exhaustive documentation on the configuration options in the WIKI section.

Autogenerated documentation of the ES6 modules is available on the website: docs

Run this task to generate the documentation in the docs/docs directory:

grunt esdoc

Support

• GitHub for reporting bugs and feature requests.

License

MIT