Hi. How can I set a custom filter in my code to ignore accents and special character from the table before filtering?
I am using DataTables plugin (http://www.datatables.net/)
Hi. How can I set a custom filter in my code to ignore accents and special character from the table before filtering?
I am using DataTables plugin (http://www.datatables.net/)
Include a version of the data that is missing the accents as a column in the datatable. You hide that column by adding an entry in the aoColumns
array in the configuration literal.
Let's say you start with 4 columns. One of these has accents. Add a fifth column with non-accented data, and add a configuration literal with { "bVisible": false }
so that it will not be displayed.
It's invisible, but it's still searchable / filterable:
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#example').dataTable( {
"aoColumns": [
null,
null,
null,
null,
{ "bVisible": false }
] } );
});
See the column documentation for more on configuration. DataTables with hidden columns is an example in use.