Jquery Datatables: Hide Search Bar

How can I remove the search bar and footer added by the jQuery DataTables plugin?

For DataTables >=1.10, use:

$('table').dataTable({searching: false, paging: false, info: false});

If you still want to be able the .search() function of this plugin, you will need to "hide" the search bar html with the dom setting:

$('table').dataTable({dom: 'lrt'});

The defaults are lfrtip or <"H"lfr>t<"F"ip> (when jQueryUI is true), f char represents the filter (search) html in the dom, ip for the info and pagination (footer).

For DataTables <1.10, use:

$('table').dataTable({bFilter: false, bInfo: false});

or using pure CSS:

.dataTables_filter, .dataTables_info { display: none; }

jQuery DataTables: hide search bar

You need to adjust sDom attribute of your DataTable accordingly:
let table = $('#mytable').DataTable({sDom: 'lrtip'});
That's supposed to hide search box without disabling filtering feature.
Also, you might want to check out official reference doc regarding the subject.

Jquery dataTable hide searchBox but show entries downdrop

Try with this sDom:

"sDom": "rt<'fluid-row'<'col-md-5 col-sm-12'i><'col-md-7 col-sm-12'p>><'fluid-row'<'col-md-12 col-sm-12'<'pull-right'l>>>"

If you are not using bootstrap, you can remove this grid and use directly:

"sDom": "rtipl"

You can see how this works here: http://jsfiddle.net/za3jogqm/

You should read DataTables documentation to take full advantage of this functionality.

[...]

The following options are allowed:

l - Length changing

f - Filtering input

t - The table!

i - Information

p - Pagination

r - pRocessing

[...]

DataTables hide search input and row count dropdown list

You can disable both these options from the settings; there's no need to hide them separately.

Use the search and paging options:

$('#datatable').dataTable({
  searching: false,
  paging: false,
  // your other settings here...
});

remove default search box and add custom one in jquery datatable

You can use the dom option to hide the search input without disabling the search functionality. This is useful if you want to provide your own inputs for searching (perhaps on a column by column basis, or globally). It also accomplishes what you asked for initially - remove the original search input without using CSS.

Here is the documentation: https://datatables.net/examples/basic_init/dom.html

And, of course, an example:


var table = $('#example').DataTable({
        paging: false,
        bFilter: false,
        ordering: false,
        searching: true,
        dom: 't'         // This shows just the table
    });

You could also use this method to render the search input in a different place. Depending on where you need to render the input, you may be able to avoid using a custom one altogether.

Datatable remove tool bar

You need to set the sDom parameter according to your needs when initializing your datatable.

If you only want a simple table, just do :

$('#yourTable').dataTable({
    "sDom": 't'
});

Here is a list of allowed options :

l - Length changing
f - Filtering input
t - The table!
i - Information
p - Pagination
r - pRocessing

Datatables - Search Box outside datatable

You can use the DataTables api to filter the table. So all you need is your own input field with a keyup event that triggers the filter function to DataTables. With css or jquery you can hide/remove the existing search input field. Or maybe DataTables has a setting to remove/not-include it.

Checkout the Datatables API documentation on this.

Example:

HTML

<input type="text" id="myInputTextField">

oTable = $('#myTable').DataTable();   //pay attention to capital D, which is mandatory to retrieve "api" datatables' object, as @Lionel said
$('#myInputTextField').keyup(function(){
      oTable.search($(this).val()).draw() ;
})

DataTable: Hide the Show Entries dropdown but keep the Search box

You can find more information directly on this link: http://datatables.net/examples/basic_init/filter_only.html

$(document).ready(function() {
$('#example').dataTable({
    "bPaginate": false,
    "bLengthChange": false,
    "bFilter": true,
    "bInfo": false,
    "bAutoWidth": false });
});

Hope that helps !

EDIT : If you are lazy, "bLengthChange": false, is the one you need to change :)

Can't Change Search Box Width Or Position For DataTable

Not what i was hoping for but resolved by doing the below

    $('#dialPlanListTable').dataTable({
        "ordering": true,               // Allows ordering
        "searching": true,              // Searchbox
        "paging": true,                 // Pagination
        "info": false,                  // Shows 'Showing X of X' information
        "pagingType": 'simple_numbers', // Shows Previous, page numbers & next buttons only
        "pageLength": 10,               // Defaults number of rows to display in table
        "columnDefs": [
            {
                "targets": 'dialPlanButtons',
                "searchable": false,    // Stops search in the fields 
                "sorting": false,       // Stops sorting
                "orderable": false      // Stops ordering
            }
        ],
        "dom": '<"top"f>rt<"bottom"lp><"clear">', // Positions table elements
        "lengthMenu": [[10, 25, 50, -1], [10, 25, 50, "All"]], // Sets up the amount of records to display
        "language": {
            "search": "_INPUT_",            // Removes the 'Search' field label
            "searchPlaceholder": "Search"   // Placeholder for the search box
        },
        "search": {
            "addClass": 'form-control input-lg col-xs-12'
        },
        "fnDrawCallback":function(){
            $("input[type='search']").attr("id", "searchBox");
            $('#dialPlanListTable').css('cssText', "margin-top: 0px !important;");
            $("select[name='dialPlanListTable_length'], #searchBox").removeClass("input-sm");
            $('#searchBox').css("width", "300px").focus();
            $('#dialPlanListTable_filter').removeClass('dataTables_filter');
        }
    });

So got the look i was going for
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JQuery DataTables - Hide Table Until Searching

Try some thing like this:

Make a function to render the datatable with the required filter parameter and call it on search functionality. So that it cannot render table on page load. When your search functionality is initiated it will render the table with the filter parameter.

Ex:

$(document).ready(function(){
    $('#search_box').keyup(function(){
        var searchStr = $(this).val();

        if((searchStr).length)
        {
            filterData();   // call the filter function with required parameters
        }
        else
        {
            // empty the table body
        }
    });
});

function filterData()
{
    // your code
}