Hi,
yes, that should be no problem.
I suggest that you follow the instructions at http://www.jankoatwarpspeed.com/post/2009/07/20/Expand-table-rows-with-jQuery-jExpand-plugin.aspx to add this to the table.
In this setup, you can basically regard WP-Table Reloaded as the source of the HTML code of the table. To create the colspan that holds the details, you would use the “colspan” button below the table text input fields.
Then just load the script into the page and adjust it accordingly. You might also need to load some CSS code. To include this only on pages with the table, I suggest the HiFi plugin (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/hifi/) which allows adding content to the header and footer.
Regards,
Tobias
Thanks Tobias.
It looks like the jQuery plugin uses a row beneath the main row to expand/collapse. Will the table still be sortable?
Hi,
yes. that seems to be how it is done. There’s a row for the visible text and then a row for the details.
Unfortunately, due to the colspan, the table will no longer be sortable though, as the DataTables JavaScript library (which does the sorting) does not support colspanned cells 🙁
Regards,
Tobias
Oh that’s a shame 🙁 I really need to keep the sortable option.
Do you know if there is any other way to present additional info while maintaining the table as sortable?
Hi,
I have seen something like this with the DataTables library as well, but I can’t find it right now 🙁 I know that it was on the DataTables website (www.datatables.net), so I suggest that you look around there.
Regards,
Tobias
Hi,
no, that was not it. But fortunately I found what I meant 8 months ago (I think 🙂 ):
http://www.datatables.net/release-datatables/examples/api/row_details.html
Regards,
Tobias
Hi thank you for your amazing plugin and the good documentaion.
I want to implement the table from from the example
http://www.datatables.net/release-datatables/examples/api/row_details.html
but i have no clue how to do this.
I had a look into your documentation but it didnt help me 🙁
If a donation motivates you to help me i wont hestitate 😉
Hi,
thanks for the offer, but unfortunately, I’m not available for such professional custom work at the moment, due to severe time constraints. Sorry and thanks for your understanding.
All I can suggest here is what I wrote above: You could try to load this into the page manually with the Hifi plugin.
Regards,
Tobias
