Search

property which holds custom searching functions as before. An example is shown below. $('#myTable').DataTable( { searchPanes: { panes: [{ header: 'custom', options:

a user performs a search operation on the table,

server-side to handle fixed search terms. Additionally, searching by functions is not

server-side to handle fixed search terms. Additionally, searching by functions is not

has a built in search algorithm referred to as "smart" searching and is designed to

termed sticky or named searches) provides a way to easily add cumulative search terms to the table.

While search() provides the ability to

This article gave you an insight on how to add search keyword highlighting into DataTables with mark.js. datatables.mark.js and mark.js are cross-browser, unit-tested, written in ES6, maintained and open for feature requests.

to activate highlighting of search terms in a table,

var alphabet = $('<div class="alphabet"/>').append( 'Search: ' ); var columnData = table.column(0).data(); var

auto focus on the search input in the dropdown,

were asking for the search input inside the dropdown

true. Problem is, the search icon does not change

with other types of searches; however, in those cases pressing Enter still triggers the search. When using the calendar

I have tested the nightly build. It fixes the visual active state, but the "Clear Search" button remained disabled in my Server-Side setup. This commit will address that issue. Thanks for letting me know about it. Allan

I have searched high and low and

For two different search inputs supported with state

API. Using the column search API rather than the

would like to implement search highlighting using mark.js with

Use Javascript URLSearchParams to get the parameter and assign to a variable. Use search.search with the variable to set the search term used when initializing Datatables. Kevin