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I just reused the column.search() function once the table

If the id is in a column, then you would use column().search() on that column. Is it in a column? If not, you would need to put it into one. Allan

the table or use columns.render to create one. Allan

Ok but as you see in my code i need to access td.i could not find any way to access td in columns.render

hmm, but columns.render works on the table. I only want to filter the html out for the editor, not in the table itself.

Use columns.render rather than columns.createdCell (or its legacy fnCreatedCell name). The render function will run every time the cell is updated, while the created will only run once. Allan

This would for with column().search(), but it doesn't work

a way using the column().search() method to search for

You can just add the width attribute to the column, or use columns.width. Column width is not something that the state will save in DataTables. Allan

use a string with columns.render, but that only allows