Search

although you can call search() DT using an event

Well I figured out the answer to my question. Hopefully this helps someone else in the future: table.column( tableColIndex) .search( searchString === null ? '' : "^("+ searchString + ")$", true, false ) .draw() The above assumes that multiple search strings are concatenated with pipes (" | "), e.g. "A1|A3|C5 Hedged"

Where is the data for your child rows stored? @Daimian is simply suggesting that you get the data and loop over it doing a simple search for the required data. Allan

person types in a search, datatables should go find

but making this global search work how you desire

If you are using the default Datatable search box you shouldn't need to. Working example: http://live.datatables.net/dakosaf/1/edit

Column Search: multiple search terms for one column, criteria's separated by "," or any other separator

using the DataTables API (search()). Allan

Hi! I did a fiddle to illustrate better. The same search box that works outside Bootstrap container will not work inside the container: http://jsfiddle.net/DanielFragaBR/ALNvR/

The search box is already outside of the <table></table> tags, by default.