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The search option can be used to define an initial search term when the DataTable is created. Allan

way to reconcile the initial sorting and the state

Do you mean the columns.data property? If so, then yes, you would need to destroy and recreate the table to modify that. There is no API to change that after initialisation. Allan

with these columns now initially set as hidden, their

any code ... }); } table = $('table').DataTable({ "initComplete": function (settings, json) { afterTableInitialization(settings,json)

Thanks jr42.gordon for the reply. Goal was to apply column search for each column after the table is initialized. found a way out of it by using this.api().columns() var table = $('#example').DataTable({ "initComplete": function(settings, json) { var columns = this.api().columns(); }

datatables calculate the proper initial number of rows to

Hi, If you want to define an initial column filter for the table, the searchCols can be used for that. However, ajax.data can also be used - although you'll always be setting column index 2 search to get_author that way. Allan

The reason I want to load my initial data using js is because I do not want to use any server side code.

manage_buttons(this) out of the initComplete and moving it to