# Editor example Whole row - blur submit

When inline editing, by default Editor will cancel the editing action if the end user clicked outside of the fields which are being edited. You might wish instead to submit the form, which is shown in this example (instead of using the `submitTrigger` form option to present a save button, although both methods can be mixed). For this we use the `onBlur` option of the `formOptions` given to the `inline()` method when called.

| First name | Last name | Position | Office | Start date | Salary |  |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---

- Javascript
- HTML
- CSS
- Ajax
- Server-side script

The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:

`var editor = new DataTable.Editor({ ajax: '../../controllers/staff.php', fields: [ { label: 'First name:', name: 'first_name' }, { label: 'Last name:', name: 'last_name' }, { label: 'Position:', name: 'position' }, { label: 'Office:', name: 'office' }, { label: 'Extension:', name: 'extn' }, { label: 'Start date:', name: 'start_date', type: 'datetime' }, { label: 'Salary:', name: 'salary' } ], table: '#example' }); var table = $('#example').DataTable({ ajax: '../../controllers/staff.php', buttons: [ { extend: 'create', editor: editor }, { extend: 'edit', editor: editor }, { extend: 'remove', editor: editor } ], columns: [ { data: null, defaultContent: '', className: 'select-checkbox', orderable: false }, { data: 'first_name' }, { data: 'last_name' }, { data: 'position' }, { data: 'office' }, { data: 'start_date' }, { data: 'salary', render: DataTable.render.number(null, null, 0, '$') }, { data: null, defaultContent: '<i class="fa fa-pencil"/>', className: 'row-edit dt-center', orderable: false }, { data: null, defaultContent: '<i class="fa fa-trash"/>', className: 'row-remove dt-center', orderable: false } ], dom: 'Bfrtip', order: [[1, 'asc']], select: { style: 'os', selector: 'td:first-child' } }); // Activate an inline edit on click of a table cell $('#example').on('click', 'tbody td.row-edit', function (e) { editor.inline(table.cells(this.parentNode, '*').nodes(), { onBlur: 'submit' }); }); // Delete row $('#example').on('click', 'tbody td.row-remove', function (e) { editor.remove(this.parentNode, { title: 'Delete record', message: 'Are you sure you wish to delete this record?', buttons: 'Delete' }); });`
`const editor = new DataTable.Editor({ ajax: '../../controllers/staff.php', fields: [ { label: 'First name:', name: 'first_name' }, { label: 'Last name:', name: 'last_name' }, { label: 'Position:', name: 'position' }, { label: 'Office:', name: 'office' }, { label: 'Extension:', name: 'extn' }, { label: 'Start date:', name: 'start_date', type: 'datetime' }, { label: 'Salary:', name: 'salary' } ], table: '#example' }); const table = new DataTable('#example', { ajax: '../../controllers/staff.php', buttons: [ { extend: 'create', editor }, { extend: 'edit', editor }, { extend: 'remove', editor } ], columns: [ { data: null, defaultContent: '', className: 'select-checkbox', orderable: false }, { data: 'first_name' }, { data: 'last_name' }, { data: 'position' }, { data: 'office' }, { data: 'start_date' }, { data: 'salary', render: DataTable.render.number(null, null, 0, '$') }, { data: null, defaultContent: '<i class="fa fa-pencil"/>', className: 'row-edit dt-center', orderable: false }, { data: null, defaultContent: '<i class="fa fa-trash"/>', className: 'row-remove dt-center', orderable: false } ], dom: 'Bfrtip', order: [[1, 'asc']], select: { style: 'os', selector: 'td:first-child' } }); // Activate an inline edit on click of a table cell table.on('click', 'tbody td.row-edit', function (e) { editor.inline(table.cells(this.parentNode, '*').nodes(), { onBlur: 'submit' }); }); // Delete row table.on('click', 'tbody td.row-remove', function (e) { editor.remove(this.parentNode, { title: 'Delete record', message: 'Are you sure you wish to delete this record?', buttons: 'Delete' }); });`

In addition to the above code, the following Javascript library files are loaded for use in this example:

- https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.7.0.js
- https://cdn.datatables.net/1.13.5/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js
- https://cdn.datatables.net/buttons/2.4.1/js/dataTables.buttons.min.js
- https://cdn.datatables.net/select/1.7.0/js/dataTables.select.min.js
- https://cdn.datatables.net/datetime/1.5.1/js/dataTables.dateTime.min.js
- ../../js/dataTables.editor.min.js

The HTML shown below is the raw HTML table element, before it has been enhanced by DataTables:

This example uses a little bit of additional CSS beyond what is loaded from the library files (below), in order to correctly display the table. The additional CSS used is shown below:

``

The following CSS library files are loaded for use in this example to provide the styling of the table:

- https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css
- https://cdn.datatables.net/1.13.5/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css
- https://cdn.datatables.net/buttons/2.4.1/css/buttons.dataTables.min.css
- https://cdn.datatables.net/select/1.7.0/css/select.dataTables.min.css
- https://cdn.datatables.net/datetime/1.5.1/css/dataTables.dateTime.min.css
- ../../css/editor.dataTables.min.css

This table loads data by Ajax. The latest data that has been loaded is shown below. This data will update automatically as any additional data is loaded.

The script used to perform the server-side processing for this table is shown below. Please note that this is just an example script using PHP. Server-side processing scripts can be written in any language, using the protocol described in the DataTables documentation.