disable search box and enable search columns

merlin2049er

I have a search box with a magnifying lens in the table header. It's id ='datatable_filter', I don't need this (but it's working), I need to disable this and get my search columns over every column filtering. ( id="datatable_search_columns" , which isn't working...)

kthorngren

Guessing you are setting searching to false to remove the search element. This also turns off all table searching. Instead use the dom option to define which elements Datatables displays, ie, remove the f from the default value.

If this doesn't help then post a link to your page or a test case replicating the issue so we can help debug.
https://datatables.net/manual/tech-notes/10#How-to-provide-a-test-case

Kevin

merlin2049er

Good, setting searching option to false turns off that magnifying glass (search) in the table header.

Now, how do I enable the search over each column?

kthorngren

Here are a couple examples:
https://datatables.net/examples/api/multi_filter.html
https://datatables.net/examples/api/multi_filter_select.html

Kevin