Search

content. It's specifically the search bar, pagination and the

to look at the search api with regex options,

function () { var table = $('#example').DataTable(); return 'Search: ' + table.search(); }, excellent solve.Thank you kthorngren.

Following on from your other https://datatables.net/forums/discussion/49302/how-to-solve-the-problem-that-the-child-form-and-parent-form-are-not-aligned#latestthread, I tried it with a simpler search, and that also works. Is your search valid? Cheers, Colin

Looks like this was the search: search%5Bvalue%5D=honda I believe the parameter is search[value] not search. The parameters sent are documented here: https://datatables.net/manual/server-side You can change from GET to POST and remove the parameters from the URL. Kevin

why clearing the bottom search worked, while clearing the

force it below my search box and then built

yes, put the text box anywhere you want. Use the search and draw functions as shown in the example https://datatables.net/reference/api/search()

key in the global search input. Escape clearing the

scripts don't support regex searches, as it is expected