SO - 16600991

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdn.datatables.net/1.10.4/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css">
<script src="//cdn.datatables.net/1.10.4/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="display" id="example">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>Rendering engine</th>
            <th>Browser</th>
            <th>Platform(s)</th>
            <th>Engine version</th>
            <th>CSS grade</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr class="gradeX">
            <td>Trident</td>
            <td>Internet
                Explorer 4.0</td>
            <td>Win 95+</td>
            <td class="center">4</td>
            <td class="center">X</td>
        </tr>
        <tr class="gradeC">
            <td>Trident</td>
            <td>Internet
                Explorer 5.0</td>
            <td>Win 95+</td>
            <td class="center">5</td>
            <td class="center">C</td>
        </tr>
        <tr class="gradeA">
            <td>Trident</td>
            <td>Internet
                Explorer 5.5</td>
            <td>Win 95+</td>
            <td class="center">5.5</td>
            <td class="center">A</td>
        </tr>
        <tr class="gradeA">
            <td>Trident</td>
            <td>Internet
                Explorer 6</td>
            <td>Win 98+</td>
            <td class="center">6</td>
            <td class="center">A</td>
        </tr>
        <tr class="gradeA">
            <td>Trident</td>
            <td>Internet Explorer 7</td>
            <td>Win XP SP2+</td>
            <td class="center">7</td>
            <td class="center">A</td>
        </tr>
        <tr class="gradeA">
            <td>Trident</td>
            <td>AOL browser (AOL desktop)</td>
            <td>Win XP</td>
            <td class="center">6</td>
            <td class="center">A</td>
        </tr>
        <tr class="gradeA">
            <td>Gecko</td>
            <td>Firefox 1.0</td>
            <td>Win 98+ / OSX.2+</td>
        ...

JavaScript

var oTable = $('#example').dataTable();

oTable.fnFilter('firefox', null, false, true, false );

$('body').prepend('<p>DataTables version:' +  $.fn.dataTable.version + ' - showing filter text even if the fith parameter is set to false:</p>')