Is it possible to filter a table based on the cell classes?

svivian

I have a table that shows various ticks and crosses in it. A ticked cell has this HTML:

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And unticked:

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I would like to add a filter control as a checkbox, so that when the checkbox is checked, it filters all ticked cells in that column. Is this possible?

I've started with this:

[code]$('#chk-var1').click( function() {
oTable.fnFilter( this.value, 3 );
} );[/code]

But I don't know where to go from here. Any guidance would be much appreciated!

svivian

Well I found a solution that works. I put a 'Y' in the columns that had a tick, with the CSS property "text-indent:-9999em" to hide it. Now I can filter on the text.

If there are any better solutions, I'd love to hear :)

allan

You can use custom row filtering ( http://datatables.net/development/filtering#row_filters ) which will give you access to the DOM for the row, and you just return true or false if you want it to be filtered in or out.

Regards,
Allan