Datatable Filters - Dropdown
HTML
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.9/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.9/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css">
<div id="control-panel">
<div id="checkbox-filter-div"><input type="checkbox" id="checkbox-filter" /> Software Engineers</div>
<div id="dropdown-filter-div">Filter Office: </div>
</div>
<table id="example" class="display" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Position</th>
<th>Office</th>
<th>Age</th>
<th>Start date</th>
<th>Salary</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Tiger Nixon</td>
<td>System Architect</td>
<td>Edinburgh</td>
<td>61</td>
<td>2011/04/25</td>
<td>$320,800</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Garrett Winters</td>
<td>Accountant</td>
<td>Tokyo</td>
<td>63</td>
<td>2011/07/25</td>
<td>$170,750</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ashton Cox</td>
<td>Junior Technical Author</td>
<td>San Francisco</td>
<td>66</td>
<td>2009/01/12</td>
<td>$86,000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cedric Kelly</td>
<td>Senior Javascript Developer</td>
<td>Edinburgh</td>
<td>22</td>
<td>2012/03/29</td>
<td>$433,060</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Airi Satou</td>
<td>Accountant</td>
<td>Tokyo</td>
<td>33</td>
<td>2008/11/28</td>
<td>$162,700</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Brielle Williamson</td>
<td>Integration Specialist</td>
<td>New York</td>
<td>61</td>
<td>2012/12/02</td>
<td>$372,000</td>
</tr>
...
CSS
#control-panel {
border: 1px solid black;
padding: 10px;
margin-bottom: 15px;
overflow: hidden;
}
#dropdown-filter-div {
float: right;
width: 50%;
text-align: right;
}
#checkbox-filter-div {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
.dataTables_filter {
display: none;
}
table {
border: 1px solid black;
}
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function () {
$('#example').DataTable({
ordering: false,
bLengthChange: false,
initComplete: function () {
this.api().columns(2).every(function () {
var column = this;
var select = $('<select><option value="">Show all</option></select>')
.appendTo($("#control-panel").find("div").eq(1))
.on('change', function () {
var val = $.fn.dataTable.util.escapeRegex(
$(this).val());
column.search(val ? '^' + val + '$' : '', true, false)
.draw();
});
console.log(select);
column.data().unique().sort().each(function (d, j) {
select.append('<option value="' + d + '">' + d + '</option>')
});
});
}
});
console.log()
});