Title: datatables_columnfilterwidgets Dropdown
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# datatables_columnfilterwidgets Dropdown

 *  Resolved [samharry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samharry/)
 * (@samharry)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/datatables_columnfilterwidgets-dropdown/)
 * Your dropdown works very different and I think most of our clients would get 
   confused. When you make a selection, the text shows up underneath the dropdown
   and in order to select anything from the dropdown again, you have to click on
   the crossed out text in order for the dropdown to be active again.
 * We would love to just select an option from the drop down and then see the results.
   Then go back to the dropdown and select another option to see different results.
 * We know you have another extension datatables_multi_filter_select, but it’s placement
   at the bottom of the table is not so easy to find. It also displays all columns
   and has no default text to see what the dropdown displays.
 * An example we like would be like this site [http://www.autochlor.com/sds-msds/](http://www.autochlor.com/sds-msds/)
 * We would be more than happy to pay for this feature.
 * Oh.. this might be the best plugin we have ever seen in WordpRess. Nice job!
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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/datatables_columnfilterwidgets-dropdown/#post-6328899)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
 * I see what you mean, but as the JavaScript code for the ColumnFilterWidgets Extension
   is not developed by me, there’s nothing really that I can do here 🙁
 * The reason why the dropdown values are added underneath the table is that some
   tables allow multi-filtering, i.e. choosing different values.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [samharry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samharry/)
 * (@samharry)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/datatables_columnfilterwidgets-dropdown/#post-6328924)
 * Thanks for the quick reply Tobias.
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/datatables_columnfilterwidgets-dropdown/#post-6328925)
 * Hi,
 * sure, no problem.
    Sorry that I could not provide a solution here.
 * Best wishes,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [samharry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samharry/)
 * (@samharry)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/datatables_columnfilterwidgets-dropdown/#post-6329157)
 * My client wants to know if you would add this as a feature to the plugin. They
   will pay for it. You can reach us at [http://www.atlantasky.com](http://www.atlantasky.com)
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/datatables_columnfilterwidgets-dropdown/#post-6329159)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for the offer, but unfortunately, I’ll have to decline.
    I’m just not 
   familiar enough with that partical JS library and don’t have necessary time to
   work on this 🙁 Sorry.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [samharry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samharry/)
 * (@samharry)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/datatables_columnfilterwidgets-dropdown/#post-6329160)
 * No need to apologize. We just thought it would be easier if you did this. We 
   will get one of our developers to create this add-on.
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/datatables_columnfilterwidgets-dropdown/#post-6329161)
 * Hi,
 * sounds good! If there are any problems along the way, the documentation of the
   DataTables JS library [http://datatables.net/](http://datatables.net/) that TablePress
   uses, should probably be helpful.
 * Best wishes,
    Tobias

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 * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/datatables_columnfilterwidgets-dropdown/#post-6329161)
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