remove search box

mjim

How do I remove search box?

I don't need this because I want to add a select drop down to filter based on fixed values in various columns.

Thanks
Jim

mjim

Anyone? Shouldn't be too difficult for someone who knows.

Thanks
Jim

andrewmoreno

You could use the following two links to help you:

I am not an expert, but you could override the sDom variable and remove the "f" that represents the filter.
http://datatables.net/examples/basic_init/dom.html

There is also a boolean variable for using the filter, but I do not know if setting it to false will also remove the search box.
http://www.datatables.net/usage/features#bFilter

Hope this helps.

mjim

"bFilter": false does hide the search form.

Thanks Andrew.

Jim

ianhickey

You could add the following to your html


.dataTables_filter {
display: none;
}

GregP

I find the sDom method preferable to the bFilter method, because sDom just removes visibility while bFilter removes functionality.

If indeed you want to remove filtering functionality altogether, bFilter false will probably also remove some unecessary event listeners, which is a good thing.