Search

DataTables' built-in filtering is "smart" in that it breaks the user's input into individual words and then matches those words in any position and in any order in the table (rather than simple doing a simple string compare). Although this can significantly enhance usability of the filtering feature, it uses a complex regular expression to perform this task, and as such it can interfere with a custom regular expression input if you enable that option (search.regex). As such, this option is provided to disable this smart filtering ability.

of the table's current search value by setting the

until you press the "Search" button at the bottom of the SearchBuilder interface.

is set to true searches will only be triggered

type into the Country search box. Note that multiple

field type">autocomplete with Ajax search for options. The initial

key to trigger a search action, rather than performing

when you wish to search data presented to the

and as a smart search or not. When smart searching is enabled on a

used so that the search is only triggered when

Please provide more details like what you mean by "search is stopping" and what search are you performing. Better is a link to a test case showing the issue to allow us to help debug. https://datatables.net/manual/tech-notes/10#How-to-provide-a-test-case Kevin

I should probably mention that doesn't work for server-side processing. Very much a client-side search action that. (Just in case anyone else finds this thread :)). Allan

used as the global search, not column specific! Remove

Instant search is very slow. When

2.1.0, StateRestore 1.4.1 */ The search of the second column

else, to support the search functionality you want. I

file by adding the "search" entry in "searchBuilder" section

to be to allow search to be easier for

the left of the search box on the top

So I want to search for all the table