How to overwrite the search api for datatable?

senjujose

I have requirement to exclude the span class inside the td from the search.

colin

Hi @senjujose ,

To do that, you would need to create a custom search. Here is the documentation, and here are a few examples,

Cheers,

Colin

senjujose

Thanks Colin, Below is my code. So can you please tell me how to include the custom search to filter the span class inside the td. It will be very helpful if you could send me a sample code

    table.columns().eq(0).each(function (colIdx) {

        $('input', table.column(colIdx).footer()).on('keyup change', function () {


            table.column(colIdx)
                .search(this.value)
                .draw();
        });
    });