Fnfilter In Datatable. Global being searchable across all columns. Function oncolumnindex var index null.
The filtering functionality that is provided by datatables is very useful for quickly search through the information in the table however the search is global and you or the end user may wish to filter only on a particular column of data. It is recommended to set it to null rather than let it be undefined. By default this is a global search box events.
You can t use fnfilter on it s own for what you are looking for as you say it s looking specifically for matching text.
The documentation for this can be found here. Clear current value in the search bar otable fnfilter. What i want though is the second select option dropdown list of locations to fnfilter specific values france or italy sometimes and multiple values france and italy other times. By default this is a global search box events.
