Show search box only

spidogr

Probably this has been asked before, but I cannot find an answer.
Is it possible for the table to be hidden and appear only after the user starts typing in the search box?
This is for a server side approach (mysql), so ideally, no request should be send to the server when the table initializes.

allan

Hi,

You can't use the search box that DataTables creates for that, but you can readily use your own search box to search DataTables through the search() method. Here is a little example: http://live.datatables.net/keteqiyo/1/edit .

Allan

cyrus_elsesoftug

$(document).ready(function() {
$('#your_tableID').DataTable( {

} );

} );

May that could help you out. only that it keeps the pagination

cyrus_elsesoftug

ok!!! this then worked fine for me.
disable pagination by doing this

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#You_tableID').DataTable( {
        "bPaginate": false
    } );
} );