jQuery DataTable : Individual column searching on table header

Question

I have followed the steps on Individual column searching (text inputs) and Individual column searching (select inputs) to use multiple filters on jQuery DataTable and there are multiple filters on the footer. On the other hand, I want to move these filters to the header of the DataTable, but cannot align them horizontally as displayed on the image below. There are some examples as Custom filtering - range search, but they are not aligned as well. Is it possible to do this?

$(document).ready(function() {
    // Setup - add a text input to each footer cell
    $('#example tfoot th').each( function () {
        var title = $(this).text();
        $(this).html( '<input type="text" placeholder="Search '+title+'" />' );
    } );

    // DataTable
    var table = $('#example').DataTable();

    // Apply the search
    table.columns().every( function () {
        var that = this;

        $( 'input', this.footer() ).on( 'keyup change', function () {
            if ( that.search() !== this.value ) {
                that
                    .search( this.value )
                    .draw();
            }
        } );
    } );
} );

Answer 1

Here solution to your problem please add necessary things datatable configuration.

Column filter is moved from footer to table header by using CSS, i.e. just by using

<style>
tfoot {
     display: table-header-group;
}
</style>

https://jsfiddle.net/dipakthoke07/ehhfsrfq/2/

Hope this help you.

Answer 2

this can be achived by css.

$(document).ready(function() {	
	// Setup - add a text input to each footer cell

		
	$('#example tfoot th').each( function () {
		var title = $(this).text();
		$(this).html( '<input type="text" placeholder="'+title+' Search" />' );
	} );

	// DataTable
	var table = $('#example').DataTable({
		"paging":   false,
		"info":     false,
		"scrollY": 200,
		"scrollX": true
	});

	// Apply the search
	table.columns().every( function () {
		var that = this;

		$( 'input', this.footer() ).on( 'keyup change', function () {
			if ( that.search() !== this.value ) {
				that
					.search( this.value )
					.draw();
			}
		} );
	} );
		
} );

<style>
body{border:0}
.dataTables_scroll{position:relative}
.dataTables_scrollHead{margin-bottom:40px;}
.dataTables_scrollFoot{position:absolute; top:38px}
</style>

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.19/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.19/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css">

<table id="example" class="display nowrap" style="width:100%">
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th>First name</th>
			<th>Last name</th>
			<th>Position</th>
			<th>Office</th>
			<th>Age</th>
			<th>Start date</th>
			<th>Salary</th>
			<th>Extn.</th>
			<th>E-mail</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	
	<tfoot>
		<tr>
			<th>First name</th>
			<th>Last name</th>
			<th>Position</th>
			<th>Office</th>
			<th>Age</th>
			<th>Start date</th>
			<th>Salary</th>
			<th>Extn.</th>
			<th>E-mail</th>
		</tr>
	</tfoot>
	
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>Tiger</td>
			<td>Nixon</td>
			<td>System Architect</td>
			<td>Edinburgh</td>
			<td>61</td>
			<td>2011/04/25</td>
			<td>$320,800</td>
			<td>5421</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Garrett</td>
			<td>Winters</td>
			<td>Accountant</td>
			<td>Tokyo</td>
			<td>63</td>
			<td>2011/07/25</td>
			<td>$170,750</td>
			<td>8422</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Ashton</td>
			<td>Cox</td>
			<td>Junior Technical Author</td>
			<td>San Francisco</td>
			<td>66</td>
			<td>2009/01/12</td>
			<td>$86,000</td>
			<td>1562</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cedric</td>
			<td>Kelly</td>
			<td>Senior Javascript Developer</td>
			<td>Edinburgh</td>
			<td>22</td>
			<td>2012/03/29</td>
			<td>$433,060</td>
			<td>6224</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Airi</td>
			<td>Satou</td>
			<td>Accountant</td>
			<td>Tokyo</td>
			<td>33</td>
			<td>2008/11/28</td>
			<td>$162,700</td>
			<td>5407</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Brielle</td>
			<td>Williamson</td>
			<td>Integration Specialist</td>
			<td>New York</td>
			<td>61</td>
			<td>2012/12/02</td>
			<td>$372,000</td>
			<td>4804</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Herrod</td>
			<td>Chandler</td>
			<td>Sales Assistant</td>
			<td>San Francisco</td>
			<td>59</td>
			<td>2012/08/06</td>
			<td>$137,500</td>
			<td>9608</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Rhona</td>
			<td>Davidson</td>
			<td>Integration Specialist</td>
			<td>Tokyo</td>
			<td>55</td>
			<td>2010/10/14</td>
			<td>$327,900</td>
			<td>6200</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Colleen</td>
			<td>Hurst</td>
			<td>Javascript Developer</td>
			<td>San Francisco</td>
			<td>39</td>
			<td>2009/09/15</td>
			<td>$205,500</td>
			<td>2360</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Sonya</td>
			<td>Frost</td>
			<td>Software Engineer</td>
			<td>Edinburgh</td>
			<td>23</td>
			<td>2008/12/13</td>
			<td>$103,600</td>
			<td>1667</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Jena</td>
			<td>Gaines</td>
			<td>Office Manager</td>
			<td>London</td>
			<td>30</td>
			<td>2008/12/19</td>
			<td>$90,560</td>
			<td>3814</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Quinn</td>
			<td>Flynn</td>
			<td>Support Lead</td>
			<td>Edinburgh</td>
			<td>22</td>
			<td>2013/03/03</td>
			<td>$342,000</td>
			<td>9497</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Charde</td>
			<td>Marshall</td>
			<td>Regional Director</td>
			<td>San Francisco</td>
			<td>36</td>
			<td>2008/10/16</td>
			<td>$470,600</td>
			<td>6741</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Haley</td>
			<td>Kennedy</td>
			<td>Senior Marketing Designer</td>
			<td>London</td>
			<td>43</td>
			<td>2012/12/18</td>
			<td>$313,500</td>
			<td>3597</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Tatyana</td>
			<td>Fitzpatrick</td>
			<td>Regional Director</td>
			<td>London</td>
			<td>19</td>
			<td>2010/03/17</td>
			<td>$385,750</td>
			<td>1965</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Michael</td>
			<td>Silva</td>
			<td>Marketing Designer</td>
			<td>London</td>
			<td>66</td>
			<td>2012/11/27</td>
			<td>$198,500</td>
			<td>1581</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Paul</td>
			<td>Byrd</td>
			<td>Chief Financial Officer (CFO)</td>
			<td>New York</td>
			<td>64</td>
			<td>2010/06/09</td>
			<td>$725,000</td>
			<td>3059</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Gloria</td>
			<td>Little</td>
			<td>Systems Administrator</td>
			<td>New York</td>
			<td>59</td>
			<td>2009/04/10</td>
			<td>$237,500</td>
			<td>1721</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Bradley</td>
			<td>Greer</td>
			<td>Software Engineer</td>
			<td>London</td>
			<td>41</td>
			<td>2012/10/13</td>
			<td>$132,000</td>
			<td>2558</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Dai</td>
			<td>Rios</td>
			<td>Personnel Lead</td>
			<td>Edinburgh</td>
			<td>35</td>
			<td>2012/09/26</td>
			<td>$217,500</td>
			<td>2290</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Jenette</td>
			<td>Caldwell</td>
			<td>Development Lead</td>
			<td>New York</td>
			<td>30</td>
			<td>2011/09/03</td>
			<td>$345,000</td>
			<td>1937</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Yuri</td>
			<td>Berry</td>
			<td>Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)</td>
			<td>New York</td>
			<td>40</td>
			<td>2009/06/25</td>
			<td>$675,000</td>
			<td>6154</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Caesar</td>
			<td>Vance</td>
			<td>Pre-Sales Support</td>
			<td>New York</td>
			<td>21</td>
			<td>2011/12/12</td>
			<td>$106,450</td>
			<td>8330</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Doris</td>
			<td>Wilder</td>
			<td>Sales Assistant</td>
			<td>Sidney</td>
			<td>23</td>
			<td>2010/09/20</td>
			<td>$85,600</td>
			<td>3023</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Angelica</td>
			<td>Ramos</td>
			<td>Chief Executive Officer (CEO)</td>
			<td>London</td>
			<td>47</td>
			<td>2009/10/09</td>
			<td>$1,200,000</td>
			<td>5797</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Gavin</td>
			<td>Joyce</td>
			<td>Developer</td>
			<td>Edinburgh</td>
			<td>42</td>
			<td>2010/12/22</td>
			<td>$92,575</td>
			<td>8822</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Jennifer</td>
			<td>Chang</td>
			<td>Regional Director</td>
			<td>Singapore</td>
			<td>28</td>
			<td>2010/11/14</td>
			<td>$357,650</td>
			<td>9239</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Brenden</td>
			<td>Wagner</td>
			<td>Software Engineer</td>
			<td>San Francisco</td>
			<td>28</td>
			<td>2011/06/07</td>
			<td>$206,850</td>
			<td>1314</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Fiona</td>
			<td>Green</td>
			<td>Chief Operating Officer (COO)</td>
			<td>San Francisco</td>
			<td>48</td>
			<td>2010/03/11</td>
			<td>$850,000</td>
			<td>2947</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Shou</td>
			<td>Itou</td>
			<td>Regional Marketing</td>
			<td>Tokyo</td>
			<td>20</td>
			<td>2011/08/14</td>
			<td>$163,000</td>
			<td>8899</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Michelle</td>
			<td>House</td>
			<td>Integration Specialist</td>
			<td>Sidney</td>
			<td>37</td>
			<td>2011/06/02</td>
			<td>$95,400</td>
			<td>2769</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Suki</td>
			<td>Burks</td>
			<td>Developer</td>
			<td>London</td>
			<td>53</td>
			<td>2009/10/22</td>
			<td>$114,500</td>
			<td>6832</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Prescott</td>
			<td>Bartlett</td>
			<td>Technical Author</td>
			<td>London</td>
			<td>27</td>
			<td>2011/05/07</td>
			<td>$145,000</td>
			<td>3606</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Gavin</td>
			<td>Cortez</td>
			<td>Team Leader</td>
			<td>San Francisco</td>
			<td>22</td>
			<td>2008/10/26</td>
			<td>$235,500</td>
			<td>2860</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Martena</td>
			<td>Mccray</td>
			<td>Post-Sales support</td>
			<td>Edinburgh</td>
			<td>46</td>
			<td>2011/03/09</td>
			<td>$324,050</td>
			<td>8240</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Unity</td>
			<td>Butler</td>
			<td>Marketing Designer</td>
			<td>San Francisco</td>
			<td>47</td>
			<td>2009/12/09</td>
			<td>$85,675</td>
			<td>5384</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Howard</td>
			<td>Hatfield</td>
			<td>Office Manager</td>
			<td>San Francisco</td>
			<td>51</td>
			<td>2008/12/16</td>
			<td>$164,500</td>
			<td>7031</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Hope</td>
			<td>Fuentes</td>
			<td>Secretary</td>
			<td>San Francisco</td>
			<td>41</td>
			<td>2010/02/12</td>
			<td>$109,850</td>
			<td>6318</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Vivian</td>
			<td>Harrell</td>
			<td>Financial Controller</td>
			<td>San Francisco</td>
			<td>62</td>
			<td>2009/02/14</td>
			<td>$452,500</td>
			<td>9422</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Timothy</td>
			<td>Mooney</td>
			<td>Office Manager</td>
			<td>London</td>
			<td>37</td>
			<td>2008/12/11</td>
			<td>$136,200</td>
			<td>7580</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Jackson</td>
			<td>Bradshaw</td>
			<td>Director</td>
			<td>New York</td>
			<td>65</td>
			<td>2008/09/26</td>
			<td>$645,750</td>
			<td>1042</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Olivia</td>
			<td>Liang</td>
			<td>Support Engineer</td>
			<td>Singapore</td>
			<td>64</td>
			<td>2011/02/03</td>
			<td>$234,500</td>
			<td>2120</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Bruno</td>
			<td>Nash</td>
			<td>Software Engineer</td>
			<td>London</td>
			<td>38</td>
			<td>2011/05/03</td>
			<td>$163,500</td>
			<td>6222</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Sakura</td>
			<td>Yamamoto</td>
			<td>Support Engineer</td>
			<td>Tokyo</td>
			<td>37</td>
			<td>2009/08/19</td>
			<td>$139,575</td>
			<td>9383</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Thor</td>
			<td>Walton</td>
			<td>Developer</td>
			<td>New York</td>
			<td>61</td>
			<td>2013/08/11</td>
			<td>$98,540</td>
			<td>8327</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Finn</td>
			<td>Camacho</td>
			<td>Support Engineer</td>
			<td>San Francisco</td>
			<td>47</td>
			<td>2009/07/07</td>
			<td>$87,500</td>
			<td>2927</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Serge</td>
			<td>Baldwin</td>
			<td>Data Coordinator</td>
			<td>Singapore</td>
			<td>64</td>
			<td>2012/04/09</td>
			<td>$138,575</td>
			<td>8352</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Zenaida</td>
			<td>Frank</td>
			<td>Software Engineer</td>
			<td>New York</td>
			<td>63</td>
			<td>2010/01/04</td>
			<td>$125,250</td>
			<td>7439</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Zorita</td>
			<td>Serrano</td>
			<td>Software Engineer</td>
			<td>San Francisco</td>
			<td>56</td>
			<td>2012/06/01</td>
			<td>$115,000</td>
			<td>4389</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Jennifer</td>
			<td>Acosta</td>
			<td>Junior Javascript Developer</td>
			<td>Edinburgh</td>
			<td>43</td>
			<td>2013/02/01</td>
			<td>$75,650</td>
			<td>3431</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cara</td>
			<td>Stevens</td>
			<td>Sales Assistant</td>
			<td>New York</td>
			<td>46</td>
			<td>2011/12/06</td>
			<td>$145,600</td>
			<td>3990</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Hermione</td>
			<td>Butler</td>
			<td>Regional Director</td>
			<td>London</td>
			<td>47</td>
			<td>2011/03/21</td>
			<td>$356,250</td>
			<td>1016</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Lael</td>
			<td>Greer</td>
			<td>Systems Administrator</td>
			<td>London</td>
			<td>21</td>
			<td>2009/02/27</td>
			<td>$103,500</td>
			<td>6733</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Jonas</td>
			<td>Alexander</td>
			<td>Developer</td>
			<td>San Francisco</td>
			<td>30</td>
			<td>2010/07/14</td>
			<td>$86,500</td>
			<td>8196</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Shad</td>
			<td>Decker</td>
			<td>Regional Director</td>
			<td>Edinburgh</td>
			<td>51</td>
			<td>2008/11/13</td>
			<td>$183,000</td>
			<td>6373</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Michael</td>
			<td>Bruce</td>
			<td>Javascript Developer</td>
			<td>Singapore</td>
			<td>29</td>
			<td>2011/06/27</td>
			<td>$183,000</td>
			<td>5384</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Donna</td>
			<td>Snider</td>
			<td>Customer Support</td>
			<td>New York</td>
			<td>27</td>
			<td>2011/01/25</td>
			<td>$112,000</td>
			<td>4226</td>
			<td>[email protected]</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
	
</table>

Answer 3

Here solution for individual column search in data Table. it also use for multiple row value search using regex :

$('#' + tableId + ' thead tr').clone(true).appendTo('#' + tableId + ' thead');
    $('#' + tableId + ' thead tr:eq(1) th').each(function (i) { // Creating Clone Header for Filter TextBox
        var title = $(this).text();
        if (excludeTitle.indexOf(title.trim()) == -1) { // check table column header to add filter textBox
            $(this).html('<input type="text" id="col' + i + '_filter" class="ClearFilters" placeholder="Search ' + title + '" />');
            $('input', this).on('keyup change', function () {
                if (table.column(i).search() !== this.value) { 
  var sp1 = this.value;
 var regex_check = null;
try { regex_check = new RegExp(sp1);}
  catch (error) { alert('Search parameter is not in correct format.'); return false; }
                    table.column(i).search(sp1, true).draw();
                }
            });
        }
        else {
            $(this).html('');
        }
    });

Answer 4

You may try this DataTables plug-in, looks like it fits to the purpose, though interface is somewhat different from what you required.

Answer 5

// Setup - add a text input to each footer cell
$('#example thead th').each( function () {
    var title = $(this).text();
    $(this).html( '<input type="text" placeholder="Search '+title+'" />' );
} );

// DataTable
var table = $('#example').DataTable();

// Apply the search
table.columns().every( function () {
    var that = this;

    $( 'input', this.header() ).on( 'keyup change clear', function () {
        if ( that.search() !== this.value ) {
            that
                .search( this.value )
                .draw();
        }
    } );
} );

Answer 6

In your code use this.header() instead of this.footer()

like:

$( 'input', this.header() ).on( 'keyup change', function () {

        // your code
});

Hope it will work for you.

Answer 7

$(document).ready(function() {
// Setup - add a text input to each footer cell

 var table = $('#example').DataTable( {
    orderCellsTop: true,
    fixedHeader: true
} );;


$("#example thead tr td").each( function ( i ) {
    var select = $('<select><option value=""></option></select>')
        .appendTo( $(this).empty() )
        .on( 'change', function () {
            table.column( i )
                .search( $(this).val() )
                .draw();
        } );

    table.column( i ).data().unique().sort().each( function ( d, j ) {
        select.append( '<option value="'+d+'">'+d+'</option>' )
    } );
});

} );

Answer 8

As per the other two solutions, I wanted to add more extra things to it. You are able to hide the search box for some of the columns.

const searchBoxHide = ['Start date', 'Position'];

$('#example tfoot th').each( function () {
    if ($.inArray(this.innerText, searchBoxHide) == -1) {
        var title = $(this).text();
        $(this).html( '<input type="text" placeholder="'+title+' Search" />' );
    }
} );