launch search or filter from outside datatable search filter
launch search or filter from outside datatable search filter
is it possible to launch a search from a certain button click outside of the datatables?
more background info:
i have a list of users, users can belong to multiple groups, though the groups are not visible in the datatable, i would like the user to be able to filter on a certain group. without reloading the whole data in the table.
aka: a select box, where you pick a group, and the datatable updates (without having to fetch all new rows) by way of a search or a filter or something.
i choose to explore the search on a hidden column first, because i was insecure on if a filter would work.
i saw the demo (http://datatables.net/examples/api/multi_filter_select.html) but that filters on the content of a row exactly. not sure if its possible to have group1, group2, group3 in 1 column, and then filter on all rows that have group2 in it (just an example)
any hints on how to tackle this issue would help me big time,
thanks in advance
more background info:
i have a list of users, users can belong to multiple groups, though the groups are not visible in the datatable, i would like the user to be able to filter on a certain group. without reloading the whole data in the table.
aka: a select box, where you pick a group, and the datatable updates (without having to fetch all new rows) by way of a search or a filter or something.
i choose to explore the search on a hidden column first, because i was insecure on if a filter would work.
i saw the demo (http://datatables.net/examples/api/multi_filter_select.html) but that filters on the content of a row exactly. not sure if its possible to have group1, group2, group3 in 1 column, and then filter on all rows that have group2 in it (just an example)
any hints on how to tackle this issue would help me big time,
thanks in advance
This discussion has been closed.