search highlighting using mark.js

ltdeta · 12:10PM

I want to add custom mark.js options, such as wildcard search, but it only works when I trigger the search manually.

$("#example").mark("R*os", {
    wildcards: "enabled",
    caseSensitive: true
});

Using the same settings to initialize the DataTable, the search functionality in the search field is not working when typing.

var table = new DataTable('#example',
 { mark:
    {  wildcards: "enabled",
      caseSensitive: true
    }
 }                         
);

kthorngren · 1:40PM

Maybe I'm misunderstanding the problem description. It seems the widlcards option works:
https://live.datatables.net/teripiyu/2/edit

the search functionality in the search field is not working when typing.

Possibly you need to use search.regex to allow for regex searching in the global search input. Best practice is to disable search.smart if enabling regex searching. Like this:
https://live.datatables.net/yafevico/1/edit

Kevin

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