Title: User editable fields possible?
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# User editable fields possible?

 *  Resolved [Goingfor2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goingfor2/)
 * (@goingfor2)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-editable-fields-possible/)
 * Is it possible to have a column within the table that is user editable, and when
   the field is change, it changes the table based on the new data?
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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-editable-fields-possible/#post-5829725)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your question, and sorry for the trouble.
 * Unfortunately, I have bad news though. It is not possible to edit tables from
   the frontend, and it most likely won’t be in the future. The reason for this 
   is that this would bring very complex issues with it, that affect the core internals
   of how the table data is saved. Therefore, tables can only be edited on the “
   Edit” screen in the admin area.
    I hope that TablePress is still useful for you.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  [Arkona](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arkona/)
 * (@arkona)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-editable-fields-possible/#post-5830176)
 * Sorry to trouble you.
    It does not help to solve these problems? [https://editor.datatables.net/](https://editor.datatables.net/)
   Or have I misunderstood?
 *  Thread Starter [Goingfor2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goingfor2/)
 * (@goingfor2)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-editable-fields-possible/#post-5830177)
 * That’s the closet I’ve seen, but I’m looking for something that does math as 
   well. Multiply columns together, get averages, etc. But that one may work if 
   I can’t find one that does what I need.
 *  [Arkona](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arkona/)
 * (@arkona)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-editable-fields-possible/#post-5830178)
 * TablePress can not have user feedback. You can not make it so that the user can
   add to the table a row of data, for that would organize the store, poll or quiz.
   
   But believes the data using formulas TablePress well. Almost like Exel. [https://tablepress.org/tablepress-features-formulas/](https://tablepress.org/tablepress-features-formulas/)
   If we could get the answer the user and save it to the table it would be very
   good. With TablePress we could process the received data as we want. And not,
   as we are allowed to plug-ins for different stores, polls and quizzes. This opportunity
   would give us a lot of freedom to WordPress.
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-editable-fields-possible/#post-5830179)
 * Hi,
 * yes, the DataTables Editor script is very nice, but it also won’t work with TablePress
   out of the box. It’s more targetted directly at mySQL tables.
 * Unfortunately, editing tables from the frontend brings a lot of problems and 
   issues that have to be thought through thoroughly. That’s why I’m reluctant to
   adding support for that.
 * Regards,
    Tobias

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