YUI Library Examples: DataTable Control: Row Selection

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YAHOO.util.Event.addListener(window, "load", function() {
    YAHOO.example.RowSelection = new function() {
        var myColumnDefs = [
            {key:"Date",formatter:YAHOO.widget.DataTable.formatDate, sortable:true},
            {key:"To", sortable:true},
            {key:"From", sortable:true},
            {key:"Subject", sortable:true}
        ];

this.myDataSource = new YAHOO.util.DataSource(YAHOO.example.Data.emails);
        this.myDataSource.responseType = YAHOO.util.DataSource.TYPE_JSON;
        this.myDataSource.responseSchema = {
            resultsList: "messages",
            fields: ["Date","To","From","Subject","XID","Date","Attachment"]
        };

this.standardSelectDataTable = new YAHOO.widget.DataTable("standard",
                myColumnDefs, this.myDataSource, {
                    caption:"Standard Row Selection with Support for Modifier Keys"
                });
                
        // Subscribe to events for row selection
        this.standardSelectDataTable.subscribe("rowMouseoverEvent", this.standardSelectDataTable.onEventHighlightRow);
        this.standardSelectDataTable.subscribe("rowMouseoutEvent", this.standardSelectDataTable.onEventUnhighlightRow);
        this.standardSelectDataTable.subscribe("rowClickEvent", this.standardSelectDataTable.onEventSelectRow);

// Programmatically select the first row
        this.standardSelectDataTable.selectRow(this.standardSelectDataTable.getTrEl(0));
        // Programmatically bring focus to the instance so arrow selection works immediately
        this.standardSelectDataTable.focus();
        
        this.singleSelectDataTable = new YAHOO.widget.DataTable("single",
                myColumnDefs, this.myDataSource, {
                    caption:"Single-Row Selection with Modifier Keys Disabled",
                    selectionMode:"single"
                });
                
        // Subscribe to events for row selection
        this.singleSelectDataTable.subscribe("rowMouseoverEvent", this.singleSelectDataTable.onEventHighlightRow);
        this.singleSelectDataTable.subscribe("rowMouseoutEvent", this.singleSelectDataTable.onEventUnhighlightRow);
        this.singleSelectDataTable.subscribe("rowClickEvent", this.singleSelectDataTable.onEventSelectRow);
        
        // Programmatically select the first row
        this.singleSelectDataTable.selectRow(this.singleSelectDataTable.getTrEl(0));
    };
});

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