Change the text label for the table filter (aka Search)?

logopogo

Is it possible to change the text label for the table filter (aka Search) from "Search:" to something else (ie: "Filter:" or "Quick Search:" etc...)?
I want to see if there is a way via the dataTable options before I try to hack it with jQuery or a regExp.

The closest thing I can find is the DOM option, but this looks to only be for element ordering and to create general wrapper elements around them - not to customise the actual markup of the elements themselves.

tangerine

 "oLanguage": {
    "sSearch": "your-text-here"
  }

logopogo

Thanks tangerine.

Can I ask why the preceding 'o' and 's' before the option names?

And what is the correct way to implement this if I have other options assigned? Is the following correct:

$('#clientTable').DataTable({

"stateSave": true,

"dom": "fltpi",

"columnDefs": [

{ "orderable": false, "targets": [0, 5] }

],

"oLanguage": {

"sSearch": "Quick Search:"

}

});

It seems to work ok but now I have an issue with my 'columnDefs'

tangerine

Can I ask why the preceding 'o' and 's' before the option names?

o for object, s for string. Google "Hungarian notation".

It seems to work ok but now I have an issue with my 'columnDefs'

What "issue"?

allan

Have a look also at language and language.search which are the new camelCase notation for those parameters which is preferred in the documentation.

Allan