When a user enters characters into the search bar (not individual column search)

rdigiorgio

To reproduce the issue, create a Datatable with a global search and use ajax to provide the search results. The defaults make a request for every character typed. This creates very large loads on servers.

We would like to require the user to push the enter key to start a search we are getting too many requests for each character. Another option would be to have some type of rate-limiting.

kthorngren

Sounds like you have server side processing enabled. There are many threads on the forum with this question. See if this thread helps.

Kevin

rdigiorgio

I want the same behavior on Column Search. Is the identification of the DOM element input too broad?

kthorngren

Is the identification of the DOM element input too broad?

Are you asking about this selector $(".dataTables_filter input")?

You can make it more specific if you want.

Kevin