Feature request - Implement a modern data table widget

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Most of our tables are either straight html tables using expPagination or use YUI2 data-tables with json data (YUI2 interaction is now deprecated in YUI 3.13.0)

The best widget seems to be a jQuery plugin: DataTables http://www.datatables.net. The great thing is that it can overlay a simple table markup in html or pull data via ajax. It also has a responsive plugin to allow the table to condense to fewer columns as the screen width changes which would make us more 'mobile friendly' #1114 https://github.com/Comanche/datatables-responsive

In particular, we'd probably need (have) to update/change the file manager which is based solely on YUI2 data-tables. Perhaps we could change to a new design entirely or pick up another 3rd party library such as Pydio (ajaxplorer) http://pyd.io/

We also use YUI2 data-tables on Manage users/groups

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A better replacement for the file manager would be elFinder http://elfinder.org/ which already has hooks for CKEditor & TinyMCE, where we could subclass the volume drive to tie it into expFile. elFinder includes a built-in uploader (just drag drop files into the pane or use the upload command) and has access to Pixlr an online image editor.

FWIW, I have a pre-release implementation working locally except for the expFile integration.

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(from [21a072f]) Initial implementation of DataTables widget; updates all the user/group management screens to allow quicker better management of large lists [#1116 #747]
21a072f

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(from [16e7c6d]) Adds DataTables widgetto forms showall view to add dynamic filtering [#1116 #897]
16e7c6d

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(from [bd8668c]) Adds DataTable widget to permissions; adds responsive datatables bootstrap views along with bootstrap theming to user/group/permissions management views [#1116]
bd8668c

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(from [9a4a9b2]) Fixes responsive nature of bootstrap forms showall view [#1116 #1114]
9a4a9b2

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implemented

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Lighthouse URL: https://exponentcms.lighthouseapp.com/projects/61783/tickets/1116