JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.2.0/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.2.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-2">
<input type="text" id="search" placeholder="search">
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-9">
<table class="table table-striped">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>#</th>
<th>First Name</th>
<th>Last Name</th>
<th>Username</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Mark</td>
<td>Otto</td>
<td>@mdo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Jacob</td>
<td>Thornton</td>
<td>@fat</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>Larry</td>
<td>the Bird</td>
<td>@twitter</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4</td>
<td>Florin</td>
<td>Andrei</td>
<td>Mihai</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>5</td>
<td>Florin</td>
<td>Cosmin</td>
<td>Onciu</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
JavaScript
var columnFilter = 2;
// to apply the filter on the second column in a table
$('body').on('keyup', '#search', function(e){
try{
var self = $(this);
var value = $.trim(self.val()).toLowerCase();
// apply the filter only on the iLocation column
var locationFilter = 'td:nth-child('+columnFilter+')';
$(locationFilter).each(function(i, val) {
var cellContent = $.trim($(this).text()).toLowerCase();
if(cellContent.indexOf(value) == -1){
$(val).parent('tr').hide();
}
else {
$(val).parent('tr').show();
}
});
} catch(e){
console.log('Error! - ' +e);
}
});