Search

viraln25 , Yep, the DataTables search box only searches for row data - so

Just in case the problem might have been whitespaces, I trimmed the any extra spaces on the column from the database and trimmed the search variable. No solution there.

obviously applying the complete search string to every field

use the global input search and not pollute the

https://datatables.net/manual/server-side#Sent-parameters search.value is what you need to manipulate or columns[i].search.value for specific column search

The easiest way would be to use column().search() with a regex search. Using a global search with the ^ won't work as it is not applied to each column what searching. See this example: http://live.datatables.net/fuqaqeci/2/edit Kevin

want to code the search myself but want Editor's

things to look. The search functionality is really what

I just wanted the search on the left, the

Found a solution for the timing... let keyTmr = null; $('#tbl-customers-content > thead ' ).on( 'keyup','input',function () { let inp = this; if (keyTmr) { window.clearTimeout(keyTmr); } timer = window.setTimeout( function() { timer = null; let ind = inp.getAttribute("src_ind"); tbl_customers .column( ind ) .search( inp.value ) .draw(); }, 750); });