Here's a link to my 'textFilter' plugin. It should do what you need, and works on other types of elements like lists. I hope this helps. This is my first jQuery plugin so if you have any suggestions let me know :)
http://www.virgentech.com/js/virgentech/plugins/jquery.textfilter.js Usage should be pretty straightforward. $(input [expr]).textFilter(elements to search [expr], [config settings [object]]); Examples: $(document).ready(function() { // Observes the text input with id 'find-books' // and filters the list items found in the ul with id 'books' $('#find-books').textFilter('ul#books li'); // Searches all td elements for a match and hides its 'tr' if not a match // You can optionally specify an element to observe to clear the search when clicked $('#find-people').textFilter('table#people tbody tr td', { container: 'tr', // used by $.parents() clear: $('#find-people').next('input[type=button]') // clears the search when clicked }); // You can specify a specific td to search for by using a classname in the CSS selector // By default a small delay is used so large tables don't cause problems. // You can set the delay in seconds // You can also specify the number of characters at minimum to search for $('#find-places').textFilter('table#places tbody tr td.city', { container: 'tr', clear: $('#find-places').next('input[type=button]'), delay: 0.4, // sets delay of 0.4 seconds min: 3 // needs at least 3 chars in search box before searching }); }); -Hector On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 10:34 PM, aquaone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > would this help? > > http://www.compulsivoco.com/2008/08/tablesorter-filter-results-based-on-search-string/ > > > On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 19:31, rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Hello. >> I'm here for advice on which approach to take with this problem. >> >> I am using the wonderful tablesorter 2 plugin (http:// >> tablesorter.com/). >> >> I have a table that contains data. I'd like to provide an input field >> above the table so that a user can filter rows based on a string >> matched from one particular column. >> >> Is this something I could implement as an add-on to tablesorter or am >> I better off keeping this functionality altogether separate. >> >> Hope that makes sense. >> >> Thanks for reading >> Richard >> > >
