Getting started

It is an alternative to x-editable. Written in pure JavaScript.

Here's a quick demo on JSFiddle to give you an example of how it works.

Quick start

Required

• Bootstrap 5
• Popper
• Moment.js

1. Include it on your page.

   <link rel="stylesheet" href="bootstrap.min.css">
   <script src="bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
   <script src="moment.js"></script>
   

2. Download corresponding dark-editable build and include it on your page:

   <link rel="stylesheet" href="dark-editable.css"> 
   <script src="dark-editable.js"></script>
   

   If you can import then use:

   dist/dark-editable.js
   dist/style.css
   

   If you just want to connect globally to the page then use:

   dist/dark-editable.iife.js
   dist/style.css
   

3. Markup elements that should be editable. Usually it is <A> element with additional data-* attributes

   <a id="username" data-type="text" data-pk="1" data-url="/post" data-title="Enter username">superuser</a>
   

   Main attributes you should define are:

   • type - type of input (text, textarea, select, etc)
   • url - url to server-side script to process submitted value (/post, post.php etc)
   • pk - primary key of record to be updated (ID in db)
   • id or name - name of field to be updated (column in db). Taken from id or data-name attribute
   • value - initial value. Usefull for select, where value is integer key of text to be shown. If empty - will be taken from element html contents

4. Enable popovers via JavaScript:

   const usernameEl = document.getElementById('username');
   const popover = new DarkEditable(usernameEl);
   

   Alternatively, you can set all options via javascript

   <a id="username">superuser</a>
   

   const usernameEl = document.getElementById('username');
   const popover = new DarkEditable(usernameEl, {
       type: 'text',
       pk: 1,
       url: '/post',
       title: 'Enter username'
   });
   

5. Frontend ready!
   Open your page and click on element. Enter new value and submit form. It will send ajax request with new value to /post.
   Request contains name, value and pk of record to be updated:

   POST /post
   {
       name:  'username',  //name of field (column in db)
       pk:    1            //primary key (record id)
       value: 'superuser!' //new value
   }
   

6. Write backend part:
   X-editable has no limitation to server-side part: you can write it in any language you prefer.
   For example, you want to validate submitted value on server:

   • If value is valid, you should return HTTP status 200 OK. Element on page will be updated automatically. No response body required.
   • If value is not valid, you should return HTTP status != 200 (e.g. 400 Bad request) with error message in response body. Element on page will not be updated and editable form will display error message.

   JSON response:
   If your server returns JSON, you can always send HTTP status 200 with error flag in response body.
   To process it use success handler:

   response - Fetch Response

   const usernameEl = document.getElementById('username');
   const popover = new DarkEditable(usernameEl, {
       ...
       success: async function(response, newValue) {
           const res = await response.json();
           if(res.error == 'error') return res.msg; //msg will be shown in editable form
       }
   });
   

   Work LOCALLY:
   If you don't want to send value on server, just keep empty url option. You can process value in success handler:

   const usernameEl = document.getElementById('username');
   const popover = new DarkEditable(usernameEl, {
       type: 'text',
       title: 'Enter username',
   });
   

Options

Options can be defined via javascript or via data-* html attributes.\

Name	Type	Default	Description
ajaxOptions	object	null	Text shown when element is empty
disabled	boolean	false	Sets disabled state of editable
emptytext	string	'Empty'	Text shown when element is empty.
error	function	null
success	function	null
name	string	null	Name of field. Will be submitted on server. Can be taken from id attribute
pk	string	null	Primary key of editable object (e.g. record id in database).
send	boolean	true	Strategy for sending data on server. When true data will be sent on server only if pk and url defined, otherwise new value will be stored locally.
type	string	'text'	Type of input. Can be text/textarea/select/date and more
url	string	null	Url for submit, e.g. '/post'
value	mixed	element's text	Initial value of input. If not set, taken from element's text.

Methods

Method	Parameters	Description
disable()	none	Disables editable
enable()	none	Enables editable
getValue()	none	Returns current values of editable elements
setValue(value)	- value Mixed new value	Sets new value of editable

Events

document.getElementById("username").addEventListener("save", function(e){
    alert('Saved value');
})

Event	Callback parameters	Description
show	- event Object event object	Fired when container is show and form is rendered.
shown	- event Object event object	Fired when container is shown and form is rendered.
hide	- event Object event object	Fired when container was hide. It occurs on both save or cancel.
hidden	- event Object event object	Fired when container was hidden. It occurs on both save or cancel.
init	- event Object event object	Fired when element was initialized. Please note that you should setup init handler before applying editable.
save	- event Object event object	Fired when new value was submitted.

Inputs

There are several input types supported by library. Each type may have additional configuration options.
Currently supported:

• text
• textarea
• select
• date
• datetime
• html5types

text

Text input

Name	Type	Default	Description
placeholder	string	null	Placeholder attribute of input. Shown when input is empty.

textarea

Textarea input

Name	Type	Default	Description
placeholder	string	null	Placeholder attribute of input. Shown when input is empty.

select

Select (dropdown)

Name	Type	Default	Description
source	array	[]	Source data for list. If array - it should be in format: [{value: 1, text: "text1"}, {value: 2, text: "text2"}, ...]

date

Textarea input

Name	Type	Default	Description
format	string	YYYY-MM-DD	Format used for sending value to server. Also applied when converting date from data-value attribute. Use moment.js
viewformat	string	YYYY-MM-DD	Format used for displaying date. Also applied when converting date from element's text on init. Use moment.js

datetime

Textarea input

Name	Type	Default	Description
format	string	YYYY-MM-DD	Format used for sending value to server. Also applied when converting date from data-value attribute. Use moment.js
viewformat	string	YYYY-MM-DD	Format used for displaying date. Also applied when converting date from element's text on init. Use moment.js

html5types

HTML5 input types. Following types are supported:

• password
• email
• url
• tel
• number
• range
• time

Name	Type	Default	Description
placeholder	string	null	Placeholder attribute of input. Shown when input is empty.