searchBuilder.columns

Since: SearchBuilder 1.0.0

Restrict which columns can be filtered on.
Please note - this property requires the SearchBuilder extension for DataTables.

Description

This option is an alias to searchBuilder.columns, which should be preferred when using DataTables 2+. It can be used to configure SearchBuilder regardless of how the panes are inserted into the document (layout or searchBuilder).

Please refer to the documentation for searchBuilder.columns for full details of this option.

Type

column-selector

Description:: number[] of the columns that can be filtered. This accepts all of the options of column-selector such as class name selector, jQuery pseudo selects and column index selectors.

Example

Allow three columns to be filtered on:

new DataTable('#myTable', {
	searchBuilder: {
		columns: [1, 2, 3]
	},
	layout: {
		top1: 'searchBuilder'
	}
});