Search

you actually use a search plug-in for this. Using

Using this example http://live.datatables.net/banomuqi/1/edit the search values appear in console.log for each column and main table search but how can I check if all are empty?

serverSide: true, So the search and sort is to be handled by your server-side processing script. Does it accept the data that DataTables sends? Allan

over column().cache()? Because the search cache won't be populated

Here is the picture of my view. You can see the search box and export excel button in two different rows. i need them in single row

not Datatables. A google search yields this as one

customize the width of search dropdown list?

val = $.fn.dataTable.util.escapeRegex( $(this).val() ); column .search( val ? '^'+val+'$' : '', true, false

the plural columns. This search will be an AND

If you want the default search input to show then you need to add the f option to the dom. Here is the Bootstrap example: https://datatables.net/reference/option/dom#Styling Kevin