DataTables Changelog

This update fixes several issues with loading, searching, and entry links in tables, and improves compatibility with GravityCalendar, Multiple Forms, and PHP 8.4.

🐛 Fixed

• In some setups, such as a View with a Calendar widget from GravityCalendar 2.23.1 or older, a DataTables View embedded outside the page content (for example, by the theme) searched with "Contains" for most Search Operators, including "Not Equal" and "Not In" (requires GravityView 3.8.0 or newer).
• On sites with permalinks set to "Plain", Single Entry, Edit Entry, and Delete Entry links in the table opened a page of raw data.
• The Calendar widget showed no events in DataTables Views on sites running GravityCalendar 2.23.1 or older.
• The table showed "This table could not load":
  • On some sites where another plugin or the theme printed stray output, such as blank lines after a closing PHP tag;
  • After changing page, sorting, or searching when the server took more than 30 seconds to respond, before the results eventually appeared.
• On Views that union forms with Multiple Forms, the table ignored the field mapping for entries from the added form, leaving mapped columns empty or showing fields the View was not set to display, including in Copy, CSV, and Print exports and in Preloaded (Client-side) search.
• PHP deprecation notice ("Implicitly marking parameter $request as nullable is deprecated") on PHP 8.4 or newer.

This release improves accessibility and fixes several search issues, including problems with the Search Bar widget's Clear button and with Views embedded more than once on a page.

Note: DataTables now requires PHP 7.4 and WordPress 6.5 or newer.

✨ Improved

• Screen reader navigation, with the table's entries now identified as a named region, as in GravityView's other layouts.
• Date Filter Type setting in the View editor, which is now hidden rather than dimmed when processing is set to Ajax (server-side), so keyboard users can't reach it.

🐛 Fixed

• Views with the "Hide View data until search is performed" setting enabled still showed entries before a search, including in client-side processing mode.
• Issues with the Search Bar widget's Clear button:
  • After a search field was changed, the button switched to "Reset" but cleared the entire form and reloaded the results instead of restoring the values the page loaded with, as it does in GravityView's other layouts;
  • Clearing removed a field's default value instead of restoring it;
  • Clearing left fields using the Radio input type with no option selected instead of "All", and kept the selected link highlighted in fields using the Links input type.
• A table could display another table's search results when the same View was embedded more than once on a page (requires GravityView 3.7.0 or newer).

💻 Developer Updates

• DataTables templates now fire the gk/gravityview/template/entries/before and gk/gravityview/template/entries/after actions around the table, as GravityView's other layouts do.
• On GravityView versions that provide the /refresh endpoint, tables now load their rows through it instead of a separate request, and the gravityview/datatables/output filter is applied to those rows as well.

This release resolves a memory exhaustion issue that could occur when searching tables on large forms.

🐛 Fixed

• Searching a table could exhaust the site's memory on large forms, particularly with "Show entries" set to All.

This update fixes tables rendered from a stale page cache after a View's columns changed, and sorting of Currency, comma-decimal Number, and Time columns in client-side Views.

🐛 Fixed

• A page cache that served a copy saved before the View's columns were changed showed values under the wrong headings, or dropped and blanked them — the table now reports that the page is out of date instead of displaying data that does not line up.
• Sorting issues in Views using "Preloaded (Client-side)" processing:
  • A Number column formatted as Currency did not sort at all, with the heading showing its sort arrow but no row moving;
  • A Number column using a comma for its decimal point ordered by the digits rather than by the amount;
  • A Time column ordered alphabetically, placing afternoon times ahead of morning ones.

This release adds a "Column Widths" setting controlling how Percent Width columns behave on narrow screens, and fixes exports repeating link addresses after values along with several column alignment issues.

🚀 Added

• A "Column Widths" setting on the DataTables tab for columns using a Percent Width, choosing between "Widen the table and scroll sideways" (default setting that keeps every value readable) and "Keep the column at its set width" (holds your configured widths at any screen size, letting a wider value overlap the next column).

✨ Improved

• A Percent Width is now the share of the table a column aims for rather than one it is held to, so columns whose values need more room can take it once the rows load — choose "Keep the column at its set width" to have the percentages honored exactly.

🐛 Fixed

• Exports repeated a value's link address after it — a name linked to its entry exported as Jane Doe (https://example.com/view/entry/123/), and phone or email columns exported their own address alongside the value (File Upload, Website, Entry Link and Edit Link columns still export the address, since there the address is the value).
• Column alignment issues, most visible on mobiles devices:
  • Columns were narrower than the values they held, breaking headings one letter per line and running values across the column beside them;
  • Column headings and the footer stayed behind when the table was scrolled sideways, leaving every heading over the wrong column;
  • Column headings and the footer kept a width the rows no longer had when a web font finished loading after the table drew — including tables using a floating header, where headings stayed out of line even after the header dropped back into place.

A huge bug fix update, columns can now be pinned, and exports now contain every entry rather than just the current page. Includes security improvements; please update!

GravityView 2.57 or newer is now required.

🚀 Added

• Field settings to pin a column to the left or right edge of the table, and to choose which columns collapse first in Responsive mode.
• A "Clear Filters" button that empties every field filter at once, enabled in View Settings on the DataTables tab.

✨ Improved

• Expands exports to cover every matching entry, honoring the active search, filters and sorting.
• Shows a message and a Retry button when a table cannot load its data, instead of appearing to load forever. Administrators also see which plugin caused the failure.
• Truncates a long field filter label with an ellipsis instead of cutting it mid-word, and carries the full text for hovering and for screen readers.

🔒 Security

• Fixes a View restricted using the "Search Value" setting exposing additional entry data outside the search. Please update.

🐛 Fixed

• Removes the Page Links, Pagination Info and Page Size widgets from DataTables Views; any already added stop rendering. The table's own page-size menu does what Page Size did without reloading the page, and the other two never displayed anything.
• Fixes a table too wide for the space around it being cut off or pushing the whole page sideways, instead of scrolling within its own area.
• Fixes CSV files containing accented text not displaying properly in Excel.
• Fixes sorting issues:
  • A View sorted by "Random" repeating rows as you page through. It now loads all matching entries at once, which adds to the initial load time on a View with many entries;
  • The View's Sort Field setting not being applied;
  • A direction set on a shortcode or block being ignored;
  • Sorting by a joined form's field (Multiple Forms) preventing the table from loading, or leaving the rows in place;
  • A blank date sorting as though it were today.
• Fixes searching issues:
  • A Search Bar search combined with a column filter matching either one instead of both;
  • Multi-word searches not requiring every word;
  • Column filters on joined Name and Address fields searching the wrong form;
  • A multi-select search field preventing search from working.
• Fixes field filter issues:
  • A View with "Enable Field Filters" on, but no fields chosen in "Fields With Filter", showing no filters instead of one on every eligible column;
  • "Clear" leaving the column filters in place;
  • A cleared date range keeping its dates on screen;
  • Filters not being clickable on a table with pinned columns;
  • Resizing the window discarding whatever had been typed.
• Fixes column width issues:
  • "Percent Width" not applying in both processing modes;
  • Columns left blank not sharing the width remainder evenly;
  • Widths shifting once data loads. (Superseded in the next release: widths shift again by design where a column would otherwise be too narrow for its content. Choose "Keep the column at its set width" under Column Widths to hold them.)
• Fixes issues on pages that embed the same View more than once: "Clear" reset every copy, searching from the second acted on the first, and all copies shared one saved table state.
• Fixes FixedHeader forcing the horizontal-scroll layout, and its floating header drifting out of line with its columns.
• Fixes settings that were not being applied:
  • "Offset entries starting from";
  • "Save Table State" on embedded Views;
  • Scroller's "Row Height";
  • Auto-Update interval of 0.
• Fixes "No Entries Behavior" being disabled by any URL parameter on the page, including tracking parameters such as utm_source, and the "No Entries Message" and "No Search Results Text" being discarded on translated sites.
• Fixes a table's saved page, search and filters staying in the browser indefinitely; they are now forgotten once the browser is closed.
• Fixes RowGroup overriding the View's Sort direction, and storing its grouping field by column position, so reordering or deleting a column regrouped the table by a different field. Existing Views keep grouping by the same field.
• Fixes smaller issues: single entry pages rendering empty action columns or an empty back-link paragraph, the loading overlay covering the column headings, Column Visibility listing a hidden column used for sorting, a button with no label rendering blank instead of falling back to its default name, URL parameters with numeric names not reaching the table, settings left over from the retired TableTools buttons overwriting the export buttons you configured, and Views saved before DataTables 3.3 offering a date range their processing mode cannot search.

💻 Developer Updates

• Adds filters:
  • gk/gravityview/datatables/response/error-payload - the error response sent to the browser;
  • gk/gravityview/datatables/export/max-rows - the 1,000-row export cap;
  • gk/gravityview/datatables/columns/widths - column widths after they are calculated;
  • gk/gravityview/datatables/search/split-words - whether a multi-word search splits into per-word matches.
• Registers field settings on gk/gravityview/template/options instead of the deprecated gravityview_template_field_options.
• Extends the REST and inspector schema to cover the whole DataTables settings group, including processing_mode, so a client can discover whether a View uses server-side or client-side processing.
• Passes the View's own strings, merged over the bundled locale, to gravityview/datatables/config/language rather than the locale alone.

This release tightens security around who can load a View's entries and fixes several loading and sorting issues in DataTables Views.

🔒 Security

• Tightened the access checks applied before a View's entries are returned to the browser.

🐛 Fixed

• Logged-out visitors saw "Loading data…" indefinitely, with no explanation, when a full-page cache served a page whose security token had since expired.
• After a failed request, a later search that genuinely returned no results was labeled as a server error.
• When rows were grouped by a column ("RowGroup"), clicking its header for descending order flipped the arrow but left the rows unchanged — the groups now reverse, and sorting any other column still keeps the rows grouped.
• A sort parameter in the page address discarded every column the visitor sorted for as long as it stayed in the address bar — clicking a column header now takes precedence, and where the sorted field is a column the table also starts on the order the address asks for.

This release improves rendering performance, fixes Views interfering with each other when embedded together on one page, corrects filtered search-result counts, and fixes URL-based Filter & Sort conditions returning no entries behind a full-page cache.

✨ Improved

• Page rendering performance: the table configuration is now built once per View and shared across DataTables features instead of being rebuilt by each feature.
• Client-side search performance when multiple Views are displayed on the same page.

🐛 Fixed

• Tables did not display when the same View was embedded more than once on a page.
• Responsive, FixedHeader, and FixedColumns settings were applied to the wrong table when multiple Views were displayed on the same page.
• A View using client-side processing conflicted with other tables on the page that use the DataTables library.
• The table information text did not report the total number of entries when results were filtered by a search ("Showing X to Y of Z entries (filtered from N total entries)").
• On a View with URL-based Filter & Sort conditions (e.g. {get:city}), the DataTables AJAX refresh could return no entries (clearing the results and any Calendar widget) when the page was served from a full-page cache. The AJAX request now also carries the live URL query so the filters resolve regardless of the cached markup.

💻 Developer Updates

• DataTables now uses current GravityView hooks instead of ones deprecated in GravityView 2.55.
• The gk.datatables.options JavaScript filter now receives a per-table copy of the configuration. Mutating the filtered object no longer modifies the shared window.gvDTglobals entries; return the modified object instead.

This update resolves single-entry links failing on Views with a large number of columns, along with multiple Search Bar Clear button issues.

🐛 Fixed

• Single-entry links (View, Edit, Delete) on Views with a large number of columns could fail with an "HTTP 414 Request-URI Too Long" error, because DataTables request parameters were appended to each link's URL.
• Search Bar Clear button issues:
  • Clearing a search reset the results but left date picker fields populated, making the search appear still active;
  • After clearing a search, the Clear button could not reappear when changing inputs or searching again until the page was reloaded.
• A "translation loading was triggered too early" PHP notice in WordPress 6.7+.

This release exposes DataTables View settings to GravityView's REST inspector and the GravityKit Abilities API, switches DataTables search to GravityView's built-in search, and fixes the Approval and Star column filters.

🚀 Added

• DataTables View settings can now be read, configured, and discovered through GravityView's REST inspector API and the GravityKit Abilities API, so the GravityKit MCP can manage them.

✨ Improved

• Replaces DataTables' custom entry search with GravityView's built-in search (GravityView 2.57 and newer).

🐛 Fixed

• Fixes the Approval and Star per-column filters appearing as plain text inputs instead of dropdown menus.

This update fixes DataTables scripts not loading in some embed locations.

🐛 Fixed

• Export buttons (Copy, CSV, Excel, Print) and other DataTables scripts did not load when a View was placed outside the main page content, such as in a theme template, widget, or page builder.

This release adds per-column filtering for Gravity Forms fields with multiple sub-inputs in server-side processing mode and fixes invisible filter inputs on Hidden field columns.

🚀 Added

• Server-side per-column filtering for Gravity Forms fields with multiple sub-inputs, such as Name, Address, and Email with Confirmation enabled.

🐛 Fixed

• Per-column filter inputs on DataTables columns bound to Gravity Forms Hidden fields were rendered as <input type="hidden"> and therefore invisible to the user.

This release fixes DataTables pagination state persisting when search filters change.

🐛 Fixed

• DataTables pagination state persisted when switching between different search filter values, causing tables to open on the wrong page or show no results.

This update fixes GravityEdit inline editing in client-side processing mode.

🐛 Fixed

• GravityEdit inline edit popups for radio buttons, checkboxes, and other complex fields were empty when DataTables was set to Preloaded (client-side) processing mode.

This release resolves a DataTables loading issue caused by shortcode sort field overrides, a PHP warning when rendering deleted form fields, and a PHP notice for an unregistered script dependency.

🐛 Fixed

• DataTables getting stuck on "Loading data…" when the sort_field shortcode attribute points to a column not visible in the View.
• PHP warning triggered when a View renders a field that no longer exists in the Gravity Forms form.
• PHP notice logged due to an unregistered gv-datatables script dependency on Single Entry and Edit Entry pages.

This update fixes shortcode search attributes not being applied.

🐛 Fixed

• The search_field and search_operator attributes were being ignored when embedding a DataTables View via shortcode.

This hotfix resolves an issue with sorting when the sort field is not visible in the table.

🐛 Fixed

• Sorting now works correctly when the sort field configured in View Settings is not a visible column in the DataTables table.

This release adds support for Gravity Flow Workflow Approval Links field and fixes several display and functionality issues.

🚀 Added

• Support for Gravity Flow Workflow Approval Links field.

🐛 Fixed

• Rows were not properly grouped under a single heading when using RowGroup with Inline Edit enabled.
• The {sequence} merge tag restarting on each page instead of continuing across pages.
• JavaScript error that could prevent DataTables from loading on certain site configurations.

This update fixes a search issue affecting Multi Select fields.

🐛 Fixed

• URL query parameters were not updated with all Multi Select field selections when searching, causing the table to be improperly filtered after reloading the page.

This update fixes incorrect footer totals under certain conditions when using GravityMath with DataTables.

🐛 Fixed

• Footer calculations for fields configured to include all View entries only counted those visible on the current page when using client-side processing mode.

This update adds support for Date field searches in client-side processing mode, and fixes rendering and search-related issues.

🚀 Added

• Support for searching Date and Entry Date fields using single or range inputs in client-side processing mode.

🐛 Fixed

• Number field search using ranges not working in client-side processing mode.
• Clearing search no longer reload the pages.
• JavaScript errors that occurred when the same View was rendered multiple times on a page.

This is a hotfix release to revert to 3.5.2; the 3.5.3 release introduced multiple issues that we will return to in a future release.

This update resolves an issue where Views using the DataTables layout were not working in Dashboard Views.

🐛 Fixed

• Views using the DataTables layout were not working in Dashboard Views.

This update resolves a compatibility issue with the Yoast SEO plugin.

🐛 Fixed

• Conflict with the Yoast SEO plugin that could prevent DataTables from rendering.

This release fixes a radio field filter displaying incorrectly and a PHP notice when viewing entries in a lightbox.

🐛 Fixed

• Radio field filter appeared as a single radio input instead of a dropdown with values.
• PHP notice when viewing an entry in a lightbox.

This release resolves issues with client-side filtering, date range filters, and navigation from Single Entry pages.

🐛 Fixed

• Client-side filtering did not work for inputs containing special characters or accents (e.g., ä, ß, İ).
• Date field filters set to a range were incorrectly displayed as a single input instead of two separate fields.
• When a View is embedded in a page or post, the "Back" button on the Single Entry page using the DataTables layout did not return to the page where the View is embedded.

This update introduces a new option to control table state persistence and fixes several bugs affecting table display, export functionality, and field filters.

🚀 Added

• Option to enable/disable table state persistence (saving pagination, sorting, etc.).

🐛 Fixed

• Loading message not disappearing after an empty Ajax response.
• Incorrect header labels in copied/exported data when columns are hidden.
• Multi Select field filter appeared as a text input instead of a dropdown.
• View was not hidden when the corresponding option was enabled in the Multiple Entries settings.
• Clearing search when using client-side processing did not refresh the table.

This update adds support for the Gravity Forms Chained Selects add-on, improves sorting and filtering behavior, and fixes several bugs.

🚀 Added

• Support for the Gravity Forms Chained Selects add-on.

✨ Improved

• Sorting arrows are hidden from column headers when fields are not sortable.

🐛 Fixed

• Sorting for text and date fields when the "Data Processing Mode" option is set to "preloaded".
• Drop Down field filter escaped special characters, such as "&", in the displayed options.
• Creating a new View from inside the Gravity Forms form editor prevented the selection of the View type.
• Filtering by a Checkbox field with multiple values selected did not return the expected results.
• The View was hidden despite there being entries when the "No Entries Behavior" was set to "Hide the View".
• Exporting or copying table data with field filters that use a drop-down list included all available options in the header label for that field.

This release addresses issues with date range filtering and field dropdowns while adding support for future GravityView functionality.

🚀 Added

• Support for a future GravityView ability to define a different layout for Single Entry screens.

🐛 Fixed

• Date range filtering not working with Gravity Forms Date fields.
• Row Group field dropdown not reflecting the current setting when the selected field uses a custom label.

This update makes the Scroller extension work with the FixedColumns and FixedHeader extensions, and fixes the preview of GravityView's Gutenberg blocks that use the DataTables layout.

🐛 Fixed

• Scroller extension can now be used with the FixedColumns and FixedHeader extensions.
• Resolved an issue preventing GravityView's Gutenberg blocks for Views from previewing when using the DataTables layout.

Developer Updates:

• Added: gk/gravityview/datatables/output/before action hook that runs before generating the output data.

This update fixes an issue with exporting, printing, or copying table data in responsive mode, enhancing your data management capabilities.

🐛 Fixed

• Table data grouped under a single column in responsive mode now exports, prints, and copies as expected.

This release fixes issues related to pagination, auto-update functionality, entry note submission, and more.

🐛 Fixed

• Pagination is no longer limited to a single page when the View includes a "Created By" field.
• Auto-update functionality is now working.
• Entry note submission is now working as expected.
• Resolved an issue with text escaping when there are no entries or search results.
• Hidden columns are now excluded when exporting, printing, or copying table data.

This release fixes issues with date sorting, search bar operability in multi-View setups, and "Created By" field filtering.

Fixed 🐛

• Incorrect results when sorting by date with client-side processing enabled and field filters disabled.
• Search bar of a non-DataTables View not working when placed on the same page with the DataTables View.
• "Created By" field filtering issue when the field is configured to display values other than the user's ID.

This release ensures that the "number of entries per page" setting is respected for existing Views prior to updating to version 3.3, and improves the styling of field filters.

🐛 Fixed

• Number of entries per page setting not being respected for existing Views after updating to version 3.3.

✨ Improved

• Styling of field filters.

This release addresses minor issues in client-side processing mode introduced in version 3.3.

🐛 Fixed

• Field filters now trigger only a single Ajax request when client-side processing is enabled.
• Disabling DataTables' search filter no longer disables field filtering if client-side processing is enabled.

💌 This lovely release introduces client-side processing for DataTables, offering instant filtering, sorting, and pagination directly in your browser. Enjoy powerful new filtering options and enhanced compatibility with GravityWiz's Populate Anything Add-On.

🚀 Added

• Support for client-side processing in DataTables, enabling instant filtering, sorting, and pagination without server interaction.
  • This major update makes working with your data faster and more efficient.
  • Learn more about the new client-side processing feature.
• The ability to configure per-column filtering in the View settings.
• Support for GravityWiz's Populate Anything Add-On in field filters that use the "Select" input type.

🐛 Fixed

• A JavaScript error occurring when attempting to group rows by field values containing certain characters.
• The appearance of HTML tables nested within View fields.
• The footer calculation result not being hidden when the associated column was hidden.

• Added: Support for grouping by row values! Learn more about the new, powerful grouping feature

• Fixed: Field filters not working under specific conditions
• Fixed: JavaScript error caused by delayed search when the "Hide View data until search is performed" option is enabled

• Fixed: Style not loading for the FixedHeader DataTables extension

• Fixed: "Enable Inline Edit" toggle disappearing when using GravityEdit version 2.0 or newer

• Fixed: Error while fetching data after clearing a search

• Added: Deep-dive into your data using per-column filtering! Learn more about the new column filtering feature
• Added: Support for GravityView 2.17's "No Entries Behavior" setting (support for showing a form or redirecting to a URL when a View has no entries)
• Improved: The "Loading…" text is now always visible, regardless of the table size
• Improved: The "Show {x} entries" dropdown default appearance
• Modified: DataTables scripts, which changed the "Loading…" styling
• Modified: Requires GravityView 2.15 or newer
• Fixed: "Hide View data until search is performed" compatibility with GravityView 2.17.1

Developer Updates:

• Modified: gravityview_datatables_loading_text filter output is no longer run through esc_html(), allowing HTML to be used in the loading text
• Modified: Loading text is now wrapped in <div class="dataTables_processing_text"></div> to allow for styling
• Updated: DataTables script from 1.10.20 to 1.12
  • Buttons from 2.2.2 to 2.3.6
  • FixedColumns from 4.0.2 to 4.2.2
  • FixedHeader from 3.2.2 to 3.3.2
  • Responsive from 2.2.9 to 2.4.1
  • Scroller from 2.0.5 to 2.1.1
• Fixed: jQuery Migrate deprecation warnings

• Added: Auto-Update setting! DataTables will automatically refresh with new entries as they're added. Learn more about the new Auto-Update feature!
  • You control how frequently the data refreshes. By default, it's every 5 minutes.

• Fixed: DataTables scripts would not load when manually outputting the contents of the [gravityview] shortcode. Requires GravityView 2.13.4 or newer.

• Fixed: GravityView Entry Approval not working when in responsive mode (requires GravityView 2.13.2 or newer)
• Fixed: Images displayed in a lightbox were duplicated when in responsive mode
• Fixed: Searching while FixedColumns breaks the table layout
• Fixed: DataTables scripts were being enqueued on every page load
• Fixed: DataTables scripts were enqueued on every page load
• Fixed: The field setting "Custom CSS Class" was not being used in the output
• Improved: Minor security fix

Developer Updates:

• Modified: Changed enqueuing of scripts to happen from the gravityview/template/after action
  • This means GravityView 1.x template overrides will no longer function for DataTables. See our template migration guide for more information.
• Modified: Removed support for exporting using deprecated .swf behavior in DataTables
• Modified: Removed use of global gvDTButtons JavaScript variable on the front-end

• Fixed: Interference with a non-DataTables layout search widget clear button

• Fixed: Search widget clear/reset button would not refresh DataTables results
• Fixed: When using the Print button, single check marks were not shown. Now a check mark emoji will be shown ✔️

• Fixed: Inline Edit not working in Single Entry context

• Now the plugin dynamically refreshes events in our Gravity Forms Calendar plugin if using "Entries shown on page" setting in the Calendar widget
• Updated: Russian translation (thanks, Irina F.!) and Turkish translation (thanks, Süha K!)

Developer Updates:

• Updated: DataTables script from 1.10.20 to 1.10.21
  • Buttons from 1.6.1 to 1.6.4
  • FixedColumns from 3.3.0 to 3.3.2
  • FixedHeader from 3.1.6 to 3.1.7
  • Responsive from 2.2.3 to 2.2.6
  • Scroller from 2.0.1 to 2.0.3
• Added: Global window events when DataTables makes/completes AJAX request and redraws
• Modified: Additional argument for the gravityview/datatables/output filter that passes a collection of filtered entries

• Truly fixed: Multi-sorting not working

• Fixed: Revert the broken 2.4.3 release. Sorry!

Developer Updates:

• Added: Prevent saving session data in browser when adding ?cache to URL
• Added: Support for modifying "No entries match your request" string using View Settings, coming soon to GravityView
• Modified: "No entries match your request." and "Loading data..." are now sanitized using esc_html()

• Fixed: Multi-sorting not working

Developer Updates:

• Updated scripts:
  • DataTables 1.10.19 to 1.10.20
  • Buttons 1.6.0 to 1.6.1

• Fixed: DataTables not working with Multiselect, Checkbox searches
• Fixed: The {get} Merge Tag doesn't work in the [gravityview] shortcode when rendering a DataTables layout

• Fixed: Fields added using Multiple Forms don't display on a Single Entry page
• Updated translations:
  • Russian (Thanks, Viktor S!)
  • Polish (Thanks, Dariusz Z!)
  • French

Developer Updates:

• Updated DataTables scripts:
  • Scroller 2.0 to 2.0.1
  • FixedHeader 3.1.5 to 3.1.6
  • FixedColumns 3.2.6 to 3.3.0
  • Buttons 1.5.6 to 1.6.0

• Added: Support for multi-sorting columns - learn how! (requires GravityView 2.3)
• Added: Allow users to show and hide columns with a new button ("Column Visibility")
• Removed the border around the Scroller "Loading data..." message

Developer Updates:

• Added gravityview_datatables_button_labels filter to modify the Buttons labels
• Updated: Scroller to 2.0 (read about the changes)
• Updated: Buttons to 1.5.6 from 1.5.4 (read about the changes)

• Fixed: Error loading more than two DataTables Views on a page
• Fixed: Error when using the Search Bar "Reset" link on non-DataTables Views
• Fixed: Allow for multiple embeds of the same View with different settings passed using the shortcode
• Fixed: Compatibility with the Multiple Forms plugin

• Fixed: Date Range searches
• Fixed: FixedHeaders functionality not working when using FixedColumns and Responsive settings

• Fixed: The field setting "Make visible only to logged-in users" hides the content, but not hide the table headers; this can cause visible table column headers to be improperly labeled
• Updated: DataTables Buttons script to latest version (For developers: see version diff here)
• Updated: Chinese translation (Thanks, Edi Weigh!)

• Added: Clear search results without a page refresh
• Updated: Polish, Russian, and Turkish (Thank you, @dariusz.zielonka, @awsswa59, and @suhakaralar!)

Developer Updates:

• Added: gravityview/datatables/output/entry filter to modify entry values before being rendered by DataTables
• Fixed: The CSS classes defined in "Custom CSS" field settings were not being added to the table headers
• Modified: Improve the speed of requests by removing WordPress widget actions during DataTables AJAX requests

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

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

• 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

• 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

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

• 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

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

• Getting ready for GravityView 2.0

• 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!)

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

• 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

• 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!)

• 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

• 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

• Fixed: Invalid JSON response alert

• 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)

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

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

• 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

• Fixed: Shortcode attributes overwrite the template settings

• 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)

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

• Enabled automatic updates

• Liftoff!