jQWidgets jqxDataTable enableBrowserSelection Property

Last Updated : 03 Aug, 2022

jQWidgets is a JavaScript framework for making web-based applications for PC and mobile devices. It is a compelling, optimized, platform-independent, and widely supported framework. The jqxDataTable is used for reading and displaying the data from the HTML Table. This is also used to display data from various data sources like XML, JSON, Array, CSV, or TSV.

The enableBrowserSelection property is used to enable or disable the default selection of the web browser’s text. It is of Boolean type and its default value is false.

Syntax:

Set the enableBrowserSelection property:

$('Selector').jqxDataTable({ enableBrowserSelection: true });

Return the enableBrowserSelection property:

var enableBrowserSelection = $('Selector').jqxDataTable('enableBrowserSelection');

Linked Files: Download jQWidgets from the given link. In the HTML file, locate the script files in the downloaded folder.

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css” type=”text/css” />
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”scripts/jquery.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxcore.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxdata.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxbuttons.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxscrollbar.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxlistbox.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxdropdownlist.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxdatatable.js”></script>

Example 1: The below example illustrates the jqxDataTable enableBrowserSelection property in jQWidgets.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html lang="en"> 
  
<head> 
    <link rel="stylesheet" href= 
"jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css" 
          type="text/css"/> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="scripts/jquery.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxcore.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxdata.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxbuttons.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxscrollbar.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxlistbox.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxdropdownlist.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxdatatable.js"> 
    </script> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <center> 
        <h1 style="color: green;"> 
            GeeksforGeeks 
        </h1> 
        <h3> 
            jQWidgets jqxDataTable enableBrowserSelection 
            Property 
        </h3> 
        <div id="#Data_Table"></div> 
        <table id="Data_Table" border="1"> 
            <thead> 
                <tr> 
                    <th>Employee_Name</th> 
                    <th>Company</th> 
                    <th>Designation</th> 
                </tr> 
            </thead> 
            <tbody> 
                <tr> 
                    <td>Rohit</td> 
                    <td>GeeksforGeeks</td> 
                    <td>HR</td> 
                </tr> 
                <tr> 
                    <td>Rahul</td> 
                    <td>Capgemini</td> 
                    <td>Software Engineer</td> 
                </tr> 
                <tr> 
                    <td>Vivek</td> 
                    <td>CESC</td> 
                    <td>Electrical Engineer</td> 
                </tr> 
                <tr> 
                    <td>Amit</td> 
                    <td>Apple</td> 
                    <td>Manager</td> 
                </tr> 
            </tbody> 
        </table> 
  
        <input type="button" 
               style="margin: 29px;" 
               id="jqxbtn" 
               value="Click here" /> 
        <div id="log"></div> 
    </center> 
    <script type="text/javascript"> 
        $(document).ready(function () { 
            $("#Data_Table").jqxDataTable({ 
                enableBrowserSelection: true, 
                columns: [{ 
                    text: 'Employee_Name', 
                    dataField: 'Employee_Name', 
                    width: 190 
                }, { 
                    text: 'Company', 
                    dataField: 'Company', 
                    width: 160 
                }, { 
                    text: 'Designation', 
                    dataField: 'Designation', 
                    width: 190 
                }] 
            }); 
            $("#jqxbtn").jqxButton({ 
                width: 280 
            }); 
            $("#jqxbtn").on("click", function () { 
                var ebs = $('#Data_Table').jqxDataTable( 
                    'enableBrowserSelection' 
                ); 
                $('#log').text(ebs); 
            }); 
        }); 
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html>

Output:

Example 2: The following is another example of the jqxDataTable enableBrowserSelection property that is set to “null”.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html lang="en"> 
  
<head> 
    <link rel="stylesheet" href= 
"jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css" 
          type="text/css"/> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="scripts/jquery.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxcore.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxdata.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxbuttons.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxscrollbar.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxlistbox.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxdropdownlist.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxdatatable.js"> 
    </script> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <center> 
        <h1 style="color: green;"> 
            GeeksforGeeks 
        </h1> 
        <h3> 
            jQWidgets jqxDataTable enableBrowserSelection 
            Property 
        </h3> 
        <div id="#Data_Table"></div> 
        <table id="Data_Table" border="1"> 
            <thead> 
                <tr> 
                    <th>Employee_Name</th> 
                    <th>Company</th> 
                    <th>Designation</th> 
                </tr> 
            </thead> 
            <tbody> 
                <tr> 
                    <td>Rohit</td> 
                    <td>GeeksforGeeks</td> 
                    <td>HR</td> 
                </tr> 
                <tr> 
                    <td>Rahul</td> 
                    <td>Capgemini</td> 
                    <td>Software Engineer</td> 
                </tr> 
                <tr> 
                    <td>Vivek</td> 
                    <td>CESC</td> 
                    <td>Electrical Engineer</td> 
                </tr> 
                <tr> 
                    <td>Amit</td> 
                    <td>Apple</td> 
                    <td>Manager</td> 
                </tr> 
            </tbody> 
        </table> 
  
        <input type="button" 
               style="margin: 29px;" 
               id="jqxbtn" 
               value="Click here" /> 
        <div id="log"></div> 
    </center> 
    <script type="text/javascript"> 
        $(document).ready(function () { 
            $("#Data_Table").jqxDataTable({ 
                enableBrowserSelection: null, 
                columns: [{ 
                    text: 'Employee_Name', 
                    dataField: 'Employee_Name', 
                    width: 190 
                }, { 
                    text: 'Company', 
                    dataField: 'Company', 
                    width: 160 
                }, { 
                    text: 'Designation', 
                    dataField: 'Designation', 
                    width: 190 
                }] 
            }); 
            $("#jqxbtn").jqxButton({ 
                width: 280 
            }); 
            $("#jqxbtn").on("click", function () { 
                var ebs = $('#Data_Table').jqxDataTable( 
                    'enableBrowserSelection' 
                ); 
                if (ebs === null) { 
                    $('#log').text(ebs); 
                } 
                else { 
                    $('#log').text("Not null!"); 
                } 
            }); 
        }); 
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html>