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worked in the right-top searchBox. oTable.fnFilterOnReturn(); //How can i

Update: The columns DO sort (though the arrows are not visible). The Search and Limit input boxes are mostly in the way, but if you can find a place to click a column it seems to work.

To use filtering you can't disabled filtering ( bFilter ) since that obviously disables filtering, but if you don't want the search input box, use the sDom option and remove f . Allan

to get the current search string into your footer

no i just want the search box thing and thats it so i can type something in and it will just show that

allan your search filtring code working lots of thanks ..........

Hi Iain, DataTables should update the global search input when you do a global search via the fnFilter method (although there is an option to disable that action). I've put an example together here: http://live.datatables.net/oluver/edit#javascript,html Allan

might want to disable search on a particular column?

but tried a custom search based on one of

text inside select from search. Then I will use