DataTables

Display your Gravity Forms entries in a dynamic, live-updating table.

Version v2.3
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2.3 on July 3, 2018

This is a big update, bringing some great new functionality to DataTables!

Added: Searching with the Search Bar now refreshes results live—no refresh needed!
Added: Support for GravityView Inline Edit (requires Inline Edit 1.3 or newer)
Fixed: Results being cached during search
Fixed: "Hide empty fields" setting not working in "Single Entry" context
Fixed: Entry Notes not working in DataTables (requires GravityView 2.0.13)

Developer Updates:

Added: New gravityview/datatables/output filter to modify the output right before being returned from the AJAX request
Added: New setting accessible via the gravityview_datatables_js_options filter, in $settings[ajax][data][setUrlOnSearch]. The setting affects whether to update the URL with window.history.pushState when searching with the Search Bar (default: true)
Modified: Added data-viewid attribute to templates/views/datatable/datatable-header.php to support no-refresh searching
Updated: Entry_DataTable_Template class to inherit from Entry_Table_Template for rendering
Updated: DataTables scripts
Removed: gravityview/entry/cell/attributes filter introduced in 2.2

2.2.2.1 on June 1, 2018

Fixed: PHP warning "Undefined Index: 'type'"

2.2.2 on May 29, 2018

Fixed: Respect parameters passed to a DataTables View using the shortcode

Developer Updates:

Modified: When entries are loaded, remove the .gv-container-no-results and .gv-widgets-no-results CSS classes from View and GravityView Widget containers

2.2.1.3 on May 16, 2018

Modified: When Search Bar is configured, disable DataTables built-in search; otherwise, enable DataTables search
Fixed: "Hide View data until search is performed" not working
Fixed: Notice about DataTables requiring update

2.2.1.1 on May 16, 2018

Fixed: [gv_entry_link] links pointing to the wrong URL when a View is embedded

2.2.1 on May 11, 2018

Fixed: Edit Entry and Delete Entry links were going to the wrong URL
Fixed: Rows were full-height when "Scroller" option was enabled
Fixed: Restore ability for developers to define custom "Row Height"
Fixed: Only load scripts and styles for DataTables features if they are active

2.2 on May 8, 2018

Now requires GravityView 2.0
Entries load much faster than before (thanks to GravityView 2.0)
Updated DataTables scripts

2.1.3 on April 28, 2018

Getting ready for GravityView 2.0

2.1.2 on November 27, 2017

Fixed: DataTables now pre-fills ?gv_search search parameters
Updated scripts (see script changelogs)
- DataTables from 1.10.13 to 1.10.16
- Responsive from 2.1.1 to 2.2.0
- Buttons from 1.2.4 to 1.4.2
- FixedColumns from 3.2.2 to 3.2.3
- FixedHeader from 3.1.2 to 3.1.3
- Scroller from 1.4.2 to 1.4.3
Fixed: Not loading when using "Direct Access" mode
Fixed: Undefined index PHP notice
Now requires WordPress 4.0 (we do hope you are not still running 4.0!)

2.1.1 on April 13, 2017

Fixed: Incorrect paging counts
Added: Support for gravityview/search-all-split-words filter added in GravityView 1.20.2

2.1 on February 7, 2017

Updated scripts (see script changelogs)
- DataTables core updated from 1.10.11 to 1.10.13
- Buttons updated from 1.1.2 to 1.2.4
- Responsive updated from 2.0.2 to 2.1.1
- Scroller updated from 1.4.1 to 1.4.2
- FixedHeader updated from 3.1.1 to 3.1.2
- FixedColumns from 3.2.1 to 3.2.2
Fixed: Non-Latin characters affected server response length
Fixed: Set "any" as default search mode
Updated the plugin's auto-updater script

Developer Notes:

Added: Additional logging available via Gravity Forms Logging Addon
Tweak: Make sure the connected form is set during the request using GravityView_View::setForm

2.0 on April 4, 2016

Added: New Buttons extension to replace the deprecated TableTools export buttons (includes better PDF and Excel generated files)
Fixed: Overflow table when using the responsive extension
Fixed: "FixedColumns" properly scrolls the table header along with table content
Fixed: "Hide View data until search is performed" setting now works with DataTables
Fixed: When using Direct AJAX method on Views with file upload fields
Tweak: Scroller improvements by buffering more rows to allow a better scrolling experience
Fixed: Scroller now supports rowHeight setting
Fixed: Scroller "Loading" text box displayed on top of the scroll bar
Tweak: AJAX errors are shown in the browser console instead of sending alert
Tweak: Print button export format style
Updated: DataTables scripts and stylesheets
Added: Chinese translation (thanks Edi Weigh!)

1.3.3 on January 25, 2016

Fixed: Fields that aren't sortable won't show the sorting icon
Fixed: Search conflict between DataTables built-in search and the GravityView shortcode search parameters

1.3.2 on January 20, 2016

Added: Support for hiding empty fields when using the Responsive extension (only hides fields on the details rows)
Fixed: Direct AJAX for WordPress 4.4

1.3.1 on August 7

Fixed: Invalid JSON response alert

1.3 on June 23, 2015

Added: Support for column widths (requires GravityView 1.9)
Added: Option to enable faster results, with potential reliability tradeoffs. Developers: to enable, return true on gravityview/datatables/direct-ajax filter.
Fixed: Make sure the Advanced Filter Extension knows the View ID
Updated: Bengali translation (thanks, @tareqhi)

1.2.4 on March 19, 2015

Fixed: Compatibility with GravityView 1.7.2
Fixed: Error with FixedHeader
Updated: Bengali translation (thanks, @tareqhi)

1.2.3 on February 19, 2015

Added: Automatic translations for DataTables content
Updated: Hungarian translation (thanks, @dbalage!)

1.2.2 on January 18, 2015

Fixed: Not showing entries when TableTools were disabled.
Added: Hook to manage table strings like 'No entries match your request.' and 'Loading Data...'. Read more.
Fixed: Loading translations
Fixed: Prevent AJAX errors from being triggered by PHP minor warnings
Improved CSV Export:
- Replace HTML <br /> with spaces in TableTools CSV export
- Remove "Map It" link for address fields
Updated: Swedish, Portuguese, and Hungarian translations

1.2.1

Fixed: Cache issues with the Edit Entry link for the same user in different logged sessions
Fixed: Missing sort icons
Fixed: Minified JS for the DataTables extensions
Fixed: When exporting tables to CSV, separate the checkboxes and other bullet contents with ;
Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 4.1

1.2

Modified: DataTables scripts are included in the extension, instead of using remote hosting
Added: Featured Entries styles (requires Featured Entries Extension 1.0.6 or higher)
Fixed: Broken Edit Entry links on Multiple Entries view
Fixed: Table hangs after removing the DataTables search filter value
Fixed: Supports multiple DataTables on a single page
Fixed: Advanced Filter filters support restored

1.1.2

Fixed: TableTools buttons were all being shown
Fixed: Check whether header_remove() function exists to fix potential AJAX error
Modified: Move from GravityView_Admin_Views:: render_field_option() to GravityView_Render_Settings:: render_field_option()
Modified: Now requires GravityView 1.1.7 or higher

1.1.1 on October 21th

Fixed: DataTables configuration not respected
Fixed: GV No-Conflict Mode style support

1.1 on October 20th

Added: Responsive DataTables Extension support
Fixed: URL parameters now properly get used in search results.
- Search Bar widget now works properly
- A-Z Filters Extension now works properly
Fixed: Prevent emails from being encrypted to fix TableTools export
Speed improvements:
- Added: Cache results to improve load times (Requires GravityView 1.3)
- Prevent GravityView from fetching entries twice on initial load (Requires GravityView 1.3)
- Enable deferRender setting by default to increase performance
Modified: Output response using appropriate HTTP headers
Modified: Allow unlimited rows in export (not limited to 200)
Modified: Updated scripts: DataTables (1.10.3), Scroller (1.2.2), TableTools (2.2.3), FixedColumns (3.0.2), FixedHeader (2.1.2)
Added: Spanish translation (thanks, @jorgepelaez) and also updated Dutch, Finnish, German, French, Hungarian and Italian translations

1.0.4

Fixed: Shortcode attributes overwrite the template settings

1.0.3 on August 22

Fixed: Conflicts with themes/plugins blocking data to be loaded
Fixed: Advanced Filter Extension now properly filters DataTables data
Updated: Bengali and Turkish translations (thanks, @tareqhi and @suhakaralar)

1.0.2 on August 8

Fixed: Possible fatal error when GravityView_Template class isn't available
Updated Romanaian translation (thanks @ArianServ)

1.0.1 on August 4

Enabled automatic updates

1.0.0 on July 24

Liftoff!

Requires GravityView 2.0

Released July 24, 2014

Last UpdatedApril 27, 2018

GravityView has deeply integrated with DataTables, the best script for working for tabular data. Browse, filter, and sort entries with live updates.

Check out a DataTables demo

Includes support for DataTables extensions:

Scroller
Buttons
- Export visible entries as PDF, CSV or Excel format
- Copy entries to clipboard
- Print entries
FixedHeader & FixedColumns
Responsive (Added in Version 1.1)