# How to use editor:true feature in uitable?

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-use-editor-true-feature-in-uitable/46503
**Category:** Dashboard
**Created:** [31 May 2021 11:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-use-editor-true-feature-in-uitable/46503 "2021-05-31T11:14:56Z")
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#### Post date: [31 May 2021 21:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-use-editor-true-feature-in-uitable/46503/2 "2021-05-31T21:00:51Z")

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Hi,  
I think what is missing is a callback to get your data back

> [@Ui-table supports ui\_control](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-table-supports-ui-control/18870/20):
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> Hi ... did some tests and yes there is a little bit of a problem with the .getCell('id') if the id is hidden or was never visible. Could not find the cause, perhaps a bug of the tabulator version we use. But the .getIndex() from the row component should work. function(cell){ this.send({ ui\_control:{callback:'cellEdited'}, payload:cell.getValue(), oldValue:cell.getOldValue(), field:cell.getColumn().getField(), id:cell.getRow().getIndex() …

Or

> [@Examples for node-red-node-ui-table](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/examples-for-node-red-node-ui-table/14256/81):
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> Yes ... isn't too difficult. You need a callback function to send the edited data back to Node-RED. Best is to define one for the hole table independent of the type of editor defined for the column: msg.ui\_control.tabulator.cellEdited. function(cell){ this.send({ ui\_control:{callback:'cellEdited'}, payload:cell.getValue(), oldValue:cell.getOldValue(), field:cell.getColumn().getField(), id:cell.getRow().getCell('id').getValue() }); …

Only the onClick callback is defined by default

And another tip: to easily write callbacks use a function node as an editor. The. Copy paste it into your JSON using the visual editor. This handles converting of the inverted commas for you

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