Search

The HTML for the search field is <div id="DataTables_Table_0_filter" class="dataTables_filter"> <label>Search:<input type="search" class="" placeholder="" aria-controls="DataTables_Table_0"></label> </div> I solved this by adding my own styling .dataTables_filter { float: left; }

my other post... Alphabet search with Ajax populated DataTable.

styling available on the search input is (which to

got it... $search = $_POST['search']; if (!empty($search['value'])) { $sql .= " Having searchField like '%".$search['value']."%'"; } $orderBy = $_POST['order']; $orderCol = intval($orderBy[0]['column']); $sql .= " order by " . $orderCol . " " . $orderBy[0]['dir']; where searchField is a concat of all the fields displayed in the table.

write in the individual search column then it will

Hi Alex, You would need to implement a custom search plug-in. Allan

is for the built-in search field to work normally

Per the forum rules, please link to a test case showing the issue. Also the search option should not be an array. Allan

a custom function to search a table you need

I don't believe the search box DataTables adds ever has an id. It certainly wouldn't be stripped just because you moved it. What makes you think it had an id in the first place? Allan