Title: Dropdown filter
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Dropdown filter

 *  Resolved [Freddela](https://wordpress.org/support/users/freddela/)
 * (@freddela)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-filter/)
 * Hello
    I want to know if it is possible to use a dropdown table filter like this:
   [http://www.jqueryscript.net/demo/Simple-jQuery-Dropdown-Table-Filter-Plugin-ddtf-js/](http://www.jqueryscript.net/demo/Simple-jQuery-Dropdown-Table-Filter-Plugin-ddtf-js/)
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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-filter/#post-7137018)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
 * Yes, for this, you could take a look at the TablePress Extension from [https://tablepress.org/extensions/datatables-columnfilterwidgets/](https://tablepress.org/extensions/datatables-columnfilterwidgets/)
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  [toyataupitz1995](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toyataupitz1995/)
 * (@toyataupitz1995)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-filter/#post-7137031)
 * Hi ,
 * I try to use this but they say every time that :No matching records found..
    
   What am I doing wrong
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-filter/#post-7137033)
 * Hi,
 * for this to work, the “Search” checkbox on the table’s “Edit” screen must be 
   checked.
 * You can then however hide the search field, if you don’t actually want it, with“
   Custom CSS” like
 *     ```
       #tablepress-123_filter {
         display: none;
       }
       ```
   
 * where `123` is the table ID.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  [toyataupitz1995](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toyataupitz1995/)
 * (@toyataupitz1995)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-filter/#post-7137035)
 * Yes, the “Search” checkbox is already checked..
    But there is just the same problem
   that it only shows: No matching records found
 * [http://www.frankfurt-universe.de/spielplan/](http://www.frankfurt-universe.de/spielplan/)
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-filter/#post-7137065)
 * Hi,
 * ah, the problem then probably is the HTML in that column to make the text bold-
   faced. I suggest to remove all those `<strong>` tags and instead bold the column
   with some “Custom CSS” like
 *     ```
       .tablepress-id-11 .column-1 {
         font-weight: bold;
       }
       ```
   
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  [toyataupitz1995](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toyataupitz1995/)
 * (@toyataupitz1995)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-filter/#post-7137066)
 * Thank you!
    It works finally without the ** tag :):) **
 * Regards,
    Toya
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-filter/#post-7137067)
 * Hi,
 * no problem, you are very welcome! 🙂 Good to hear that this helped!
 * Best wishes,
    Tobias
 * P.S.: In case you haven’t, please [rate TablePress](https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/tablepress)
   here in the plugin directory. Thanks!
 *  [toyataupitz1995](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toyataupitz1995/)
 * (@toyataupitz1995)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-filter/#post-7137073)
 * I have made 🙂
 * One more question:
    Is there a possibility that i can take off the selection 
   i have chosen under the Dropdown, so you know that you have to delete them again,
   to get back to the overview ?
 * Because so it is difficult recognizable what the people have to do, to get back
   to the Overview.
 * Regards,
    Toya
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-filter/#post-7137075)
 * Hi Toya,
 * unfortunately, I’m not aware of a solution to that, sorry 🙁 From what I know
   the script that is used for this by default only offers that mode where you have
   to click the text that is added below the dropdown again.
 * Regards,
    Tobias

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 * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-filter/#post-7137075)
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