Column search dropdown outside of table?

Davidny

I am looking at this: https://datatables.net/examples/api/multi_filter_select.html

The problem is I really only need the drop-down for one of my columns, not all of them. How can I modify the jquery to just have one drop-down for, say, column #3. I would also like it to not be in the footer or the header, but in a

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div> that floats above the table. Possible?

colin

Line 4 has:

this.api().columns().every( function () {

so it's iterating through the columns. Remove that loop and change line 8 to be var column = this.api().column(3).

Line 7 has:

                    .appendTo( $(column.footer()).empty() )

change that to be column().header().

Colin

Davidny

Thank you for single-column solution, is there a solution for putting it outside of the table and not part of the header?

colin

Yep, line 7 has an appendTo() call - you can append it to anything.