Fast Edit

fastedit is a per-row table button that turns an existing row into editable inputs inline, so a single record can be updated without opening a separate edit page.

Like every fast element, it is used with a table. You enable it per row through $table['tb_list_button'], and fastedit_action tells the framework which table/handler the row belongs to so the change can be saved.

Use fastedit when:

• A row in an inline table needs to be edited in place.
• The detail records belong to a parent record shown on the same page.
• You want inline edit + delete on each row of a managed table.

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Enable fastedit per row

Real example from customer/related_parties.module.php — each related-party row gets a fastedit and a fastdelete button via tb_list_button. The *_action keys name the target table/handler.

Row buttons

{
  "row_id": 25,
  "fastedit": true,
  "fastedit_action": "related_parties",
  "fastdelete": true,
  "fastdelete_action": "interrelation"
}

PHP (module)

$table['tb_id']     = 'related_parties';
$table['tb_get']    = 'add_related_parties_row';
$table['tb_button'] = ['fastadd' => true, 'fastdelete' => true];
$table['tb_header'] = [ /* ... columns ... */ ];

foreach ($related_parties as $party) {

    $table['tb_body'][] = [ /* ... row cells ... */ ];

    // Per-row fast buttons
    $buttons = ['row_id' => $party['id']];
    $buttons['fastedit']          = true;
    $buttons['fastedit_action']   = 'related_parties';
    $buttons['fastdelete']        = true;
    $buttons['fastdelete_action'] = 'interrelation';

    $table['tb_list_button'][] = $buttons;
}

$buf .= $this->addons->magic->get_table($table);

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Behavior

• Bound to a table: fastedit lives in $table['tb_list_button'], one entry per row.
• Row identity: row_id identifies which record the button acts on.
• Action target: fastedit_action names the table/AJAX action used to load and save the edited row.
• Inline edit: Clicking switches the row to editable inputs; saving persists the change for that row.

Usage Notes

• Set row_id on every tb_list_button entry so the framework knows which record to edit.
• Pair fastedit with fastedit_action; without the action the row cannot be saved.
• To edit all rows of a table at once (not just one), use Full Fast Edit.