Minimum Characters in Filter

abchi

This is an awesome tool and I love it so far.

I am using datatables to retrieve data from server with Search(filter) enabled. What I want to do is invoke the server call after the user has typed the mininum characters in the search box.

Thanks.

allan

Hi abchi,

This would be possible with a modification to the fnSetFilteringDelay() plug-in API function ( http://datatables.net/plug-ins/api#fnSetFilteringDelay ). Basically an extra condition on the string length before setting the filter should do the trick (although remember to consider a blank string input to clear the filter ;-) ).

Regards,
Allan

abchi

Beautiful.. Thanks so much, Allan.

unsiv48

i need to set minimum 3 characters for search filter text box.. how to do that..?

Please help me to solve this issue guys..

with regards,
Unsiv