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for the individual column filters, but it isn't checked for the global filter being applied to the

user clicks on the filter, the custom event will

accomplish is mimicking iTunes' filtering functionality. After you filter your library in iTunes,

I'm sure it would be possible :-). All you need to do is put your text box on the page and then bind an event listener that will call fnFilter on key up events with the value form the filter. Allan

thing is... when I filter for a known value

Allan, I had tried using fnFilter with the false parameter, but did not know to clear the filter. Once I used your suggestion about clearing the filter it worked just like I wanted. Thanks much. Regards, Jim

defined for ALL column filters. If you pass the

layout of pagination, search, filter and info. Hope this

Set [code]"bSearchable": false[/code] in either the aoColumns or aoColumnDefs specification for each of the columns that you don't want to filter on. See http://datatables.net/usage/columns#bSearchable

function(node){ // clear alle search filters oTable.fnFilterClear(); // collect data from