Automatic Filter

Pre-filter a table when it is shown.

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 NameFirst NameBirthdayCompanyPhone (Ext.)ZIP codeCountryBalancePointsRating
BanksTravis05/04/1969Apple200-432464655Italy$61.1786.6
CainLawrence05/16/1994IBM701-310898004United States$54.8152.5
MiddletonDennis01/10/1992Google580-950180913Spain$24.8345.2
ValenzuelaLunea01/09/1966Cisco970-865551606Germany$74.0773.7
BurgessQuynn09/24/1988Mozilla430-894378965France$16.1382.9
LottLillith12/10/1978Dell587-228988178Australia$30.1217.9
FreemanCheyenne01/28/1981LG396-547314711Germany$49.8216.0
HoustonJorden05/03/1978Adobe970-118296036Canada$47.3121.5
HarrisMerritt12/29/1989Apple160-597725178United States$77.3360.1
GregoryBrynn01/13/1994Adobe663-603991558Spain$90.2498.2
CurryMason03/15/1969Sony115-477887513Australia$21.6856.6
HollandAlyssa06/25/1976Xerox704-497797921Canada$50.3179.5
LoganShay09/13/1968IBM687-648203023United States$46.3987.6
MoranAugust07/04/1986Cisco651-121460737India$22.6417.5
VasquezKelsey03/31/1968Samsung470-735879655Germany$84.0534.5
SteinLawrence10/15/1960Toshiba929-540736044Italy$77.1128.6
BattleWylie01/03/1988Facebook368-227637585Australia$46.37102.8
BookerLogan12/16/1975Apple830-570122074United States$40.7119.0
GilbertChaney06/06/1970Sony132-556089630Canada$78.4591.2
BuckleyStone09/11/1980Cisco422-799874057United States$30.0127.9

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.