Can we search DataTable on full word instead of each letter typed

hritesh

Hi,

I am trying to search a term on full word rather than on each letter typed..

Thanks

allan

The built in input will always search on each key press. It uses sub-string matching for things like "some" / "something" / "someone".

If you want to do full word matching you could use a regular expression with search() - e.g. table.search('^allan$', true, false).draw();.

Allan

colin

Hi @hritesh ,

The standard search doesn't support that - you can delay the sending with searchDelay but that's as far as it goes. That said, you could remove the standard search in the dom and create a custom search element instead that does do what you want (this demonstrates a custom search),

Cheers,

Colin