jquery datatables select search

slayerking

I am using jquery datatables in my application but the search ignores the html select tag value.I am able to search using the value of input tag though.

How can i extend the datatables to also search for the select tag ?
Here is a jsfiddle http://jsfiddle.net/hBa3a/ when I search for gecko It doesn't filter the value

tangerine

I don't understand what you expect to achieve with the HTML select tags. Also, nothing in your code supports the use of text input fields in table cells.

allan

DataTables will automatically strip the HTML tags from the search (since you don't want the input 'p' to match `...` etc).

Currently, there isn't a built in way to search on live DOM data such as getting the value from a select list I'm sorry to say. The live DOM sorting sort of does it ( http://datatables.net/release-datatables/examples/plug-ins/dom_sort.html ), but I think I'd need to spend some time developing an identical solution for filtering. Its on my to-do list, but a little way off.

Allan

slayerking

Hello,
Thanks for your reply..
Tangerine I just made it for demo.. Sorry It's not the full code right there..
I am using the fields right there to make the row editable and there's a additional column with a save button. So, that way i don't need a separate edit page.. That's the whole idea :)

And Allan ,
It does support filtering from [code] [/code] right ?

Like in my fiddle when I search for [quote]Win 98[/quote] It does filter the correct record

Is there something like

[code]
$('#example').dataTable({
"sPaginationType": "full_numbers",
beforeSearch: function (keyword, cell_value) {
return $(cell_value).val() == keyword
}
});
[/code]

allan

Yes and no. Yes it works in 1.9.4 - no it shouldn't. That is a bug in DataTables 1.9.4 (and only that version) where it doesn't stripy he HTML from the filtered data.

So no, it doesn't work as you want it to.

Allan

tangerine

@slayerking: Sorry - I'm easily confused.... ;-)