Pre-filter a table when it is shown.
This feature module is part of the TablePress Premium plans.
Sometimes it can be useful to initialize the “Search:” field above a table with a filter word. The advantage of this method over the Row Filtering module is, that the site visitor can change the filter word, to e.g. show all entries in the table.
Feature description
Here is an example with a pre-filled Search field:
| Last Name | First Name | Birthday | Company | Phone (Ext.) | ZIP code | Country | Balance | Points | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banks | Travis | 05/04/1969 | Apple | 200-4324 | 64655 | Italy | $61.17 | 8 | 6.6 |
| Cain | Lawrence | 05/16/1994 | IBM | 701-3108 | 98004 | United States | $54.81 | 5 | 2.5 |
| Middleton | Dennis | 01/10/1992 | 580-9501 | 80913 | Spain | $24.83 | 4 | 5.2 | |
| Valenzuela | Lunea | 01/09/1966 | Cisco | 970-8655 | 51606 | Germany | $74.07 | 7 | 3.7 |
| Burgess | Quynn | 09/24/1988 | Mozilla | 430-8943 | 78965 | France | $16.13 | 8 | 2.9 |
| Lott | Lillith | 12/10/1978 | Dell | 587-2289 | 88178 | Australia | $30.12 | 1 | 7.9 |
| Freeman | Cheyenne | 01/28/1981 | LG | 396-5473 | 14711 | Germany | $49.82 | 1 | 6.0 |
| Houston | Jorden | 05/03/1978 | Adobe | 970-1182 | 96036 | Canada | $47.31 | 2 | 1.5 |
| Harris | Merritt | 12/29/1989 | Apple | 160-5977 | 25178 | United States | $77.33 | 6 | 0.1 |
| Gregory | Brynn | 01/13/1994 | Adobe | 663-6039 | 91558 | Spain | $90.24 | 9 | 8.2 |
| Curry | Mason | 03/15/1969 | Sony | 115-4778 | 87513 | Australia | $21.68 | 5 | 6.6 |
| Holland | Alyssa | 06/25/1976 | Xerox | 704-4977 | 97921 | Canada | $50.31 | 7 | 9.5 |
| Logan | Shay | 09/13/1968 | IBM | 687-6482 | 03023 | United States | $46.39 | 8 | 7.6 |
| Moran | August | 07/04/1986 | Cisco | 651-1214 | 60737 | India | $22.64 | 1 | 7.5 |
| Vasquez | Kelsey | 03/31/1968 | Samsung | 470-7358 | 79655 | Germany | $84.05 | 3 | 4.5 |
| Stein | Lawrence | 10/15/1960 | Toshiba | 929-5407 | 36044 | Italy | $77.11 | 2 | 8.6 |
| Battle | Wylie | 01/03/1988 | 368-2276 | 37585 | Australia | $46.37 | 10 | 2.8 | |
| Booker | Logan | 12/16/1975 | Apple | 830-5701 | 22074 | United States | $40.71 | 1 | 9.0 |
| Gilbert | Chaney | 06/06/1970 | Sony | 132-5560 | 89630 | Canada | $78.45 | 9 | 1.2 |
| Buckley | Stone | 09/11/1980 | Cisco | 422-7998 | 74057 | United States | $30.01 | 2 | 7.9 |
Usage instructions
To use this feature with your tables, enable the “Automatic Filter” module on the TablePress “Modules” screen.
Then, activate and configure the feature for the desired tables on the corresponding “Edit” screen.
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