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By default DataTables will strip HTML from the filter (so it doesn't sort on tag names for example). If you want to explicitly tell it to filter / sort on an attribute you can use type based plug-ins: http://datatables.net/development/filtering http://datatables.net/development/sorting Allan

like what the search filter does. Can someone help

but since my individual filters take up the first

Allan to reset the filtering on the table, and

number you want to filter on. DataTables does global filtering + column filtering on each

Yes absolutely DataTables can do that. You simply call the fnFilter API method with what you want to filter the table on :-). Allan

ability to sort and filter on abstract data. Currently

Try: [code] "mDataProp": function (data, action, val) { if ( action === set ) { data.propertyAdaptor = val; data.propertyAdaptor_formatted = ""; for(i=0; i<propertySize; i=i+1){ { data.propertyAdaptor_formatted += data.propertyAdaptor[i].value; } } else if ( action === 'display' || action === 'sort' || action === 'filter' || action === 'type' ) { return data.propertyAdaptor_formatted; } return data.propertyAdaptor; } [/code] Allan

code] $("tfoot input").keyup( function () { /* Filter on the column (the

I think the best way is to use the jQuery filter() method: http://api.jquery.com/filter/ [code] $('input:eq('+(index+1)+')', this).filter(':not(:disabled)').attr('checked', true).change(); [/code] ( not actually tested, but I think it should work :-) ) Allan