how to build a custom filter plugin

WestFarmer

hi, I am using DataTables against a server side api wihch support filtering data like this:

{
// ... other options
filter : {
    logic : 'and', filters : [{
        field : 'userId', operator : 'equals', value : 'foo'
    },{
        field : 'userName', operator : 'contains', value : 'jack'
    }]
}
}

I want to add a 'filter' button before the search box, when user click that button, a filter form will be popped up, let user to choose filter operation from 'equals contains startsWith ...', and fill in filter value, then apply the filters.

how can I do this ?

allan

This example shows how you might add custom elements into the toolbars. Another option would be to create a feature plug-in, or perhaps to use Buttons.

Use ajax.reload() to reload the data for the table when the filter changes and ajax.data to get the data for the filter to submit to the server.

Allan