how filtering works ?

Sudipta

Can anybody help me understand how filtering is done in Datatable library?

BernardoLima

Do you want to implement filtering on you datatable?
Or do you want just to understand how it works?

Sudipta

i want to implement filtering on my datatable. The table I'm working with has nested tables, so I think not filtering logic can not be applied

allan

Filtering in DataTables works by having an internal property called `aiDisplay` , with is an array of indexes pointing to the `aoData` array, which is the row definitions for each row used int he table. When the table is drawn a loop it performed over `aiDisplay` , selecting the rows to be shown. To filter out rows, they are removed from `aiDisplay` . That's how the filtering works in DataTables.

Allan

Sudipta

Ok done that. I had a table with nested tables inside. After applying datatable the width of the tables changes . Previously the width of the table in 692px , but after applying datatable the width of the table changes to 1537px. And this width can be decreased in any way . Can anybody help ?

allan

Done what?

Also, please link to a test case if you have a specific question.

Allan