jQuery DataTables – Row selection using checkboxes and Select extension

For more information, see https://www.gyrocode.com/projects/jquery-datatables-checkboxes/

by Ufuk Ozdemir

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/v/dt/dt-1.10.16/sl-1.2.5/datatables.min.css">
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/v/dt/dt-1.10.16/sl-1.2.5/datatables.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//gyrocode.github.io/jquery-datatables-checkboxes/1.2.10/css/dataTables.checkboxes.css">
<script src="//gyrocode.github.io/jquery-datatables-checkboxes/1.2.10/js/dataTables.checkboxes.min.js"></script>

	<table id="example" class="display" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
	   <thead>
		  <tr>
			 <th></th>
			 <th>Name</th>
			 <th>Position</th>
			 <th>Office</th>
			 <th>Extn</th>
			 <th>Start date</th>
			 <th>Salary</th>
		  </tr>
	   </thead>
	   <tfoot>
		  <tr>
			 <th></th>
			 <th>Name</th>
			 <th>Position</th>
			 <th>Office</th>
			 <th>Age</th>
			 <th>Start date</th>
			 <th>Salary</th>
		  </tr>
	   </tfoot>
	</table>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
   var table = $('#example').DataTable({
      'ajax': 'https://api.myjson.com/bins/1us28',
      'columnDefs': [
         {
            'targets': 0,
            'checkboxes': {
               'selectRow': true
            }
         }
      ],
      'select': {
         'style': 'multi'
      },
      'order': [[1, 'asc']]
   });
});