customize searchbox behavior...

matmosis

I want to customize searchbox behavior

when searching, rows excluded from search must be set with a "display='none'" style
hidden!! not removed from html....because i still want to access (from js) to elements inside excluded row (like checkbox or input etc.)

is possibile?

Thanks
Mat

ThomD

Rather than asserting how the library "must" work, you could phrase your request as a question.

You can access the complete data set in a datatables object through the API.

Declare your table:

 dtTable = $('#example').DataTable( {
[lots of detail here of course]
});

Access the row data for row 73 (zero based index);

dtTable.row( 72 ).data()

matmosis

you are right thanks!
but i use datatable lib on a page that already exist!
my intent was to add "live search" capabilities to a pre-existent html table

this table got rows with checkboxes, inputs, selects ... and is inside a form!
form that can be submitted, and the receiving page use request.getparameters("") to get the values....and if elements are removed from html i cannot use this library!

also there are other JS functions that acting on those elements, functions that I cannot directly change for use "dtTable" approach!

sorry man for the misundarstanding but my intent was certainly not "asserting how the library should work", I just wanted to know if I could "customize" the behavior of the search function that way!!! if i can't there's no problem, I'll use something else....

thank you very much!
regards,

ThomD

You are going to need to post some sample code and describe exactly where/when you want to access hidden data. You should be able to do it with the sample I posted. Also, what version are you using?