Title: Search function request
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Search function request

 *  Resolved [dm5k](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dm5k/)
 * (@dm5k)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-function-request/)
 * Would it be possible in a future update for the search to filter by comma separated
   keywords? So that way someone can filter out only the keywords they want to see
   in the table..
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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-function-request/#post-3443665)
 * Hi,
 * I’m not exactly sure what you mean here. Can you maybe explain this with a small
   example?
 * (Note that this functionaliy is provided by the external DataTables JavaScript
   library, which I can not extend. But maybe I know a solution.)
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [dm5k](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dm5k/)
 * (@dm5k)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-function-request/#post-3443687)
 * Ok what I mean is if I type in for example sony the table shows results for sony
   only. But when I type in sony, panasonic it shows nothing. Is there a way to 
   show both results?
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-function-request/#post-3443734)
 * Hi,
 * ah, ok. Thanks for the example.
 * I’m afraid that this is not possible, and as this is a feature of the DataTables
   JavaScript library, I don’t have a way to change this. Sorry 🙁
 * But maybe there’s a solution for you: Instead of using the regular filter field,
   you could use an Extension that adds drop down select boxes above a table. For
   more information on that, please see [http://tablepress.org/extensions/datatables-columnfilterwidgets/](http://tablepress.org/extensions/datatables-columnfilterwidgets/)
   
   That page also has a link to an example table that uses this.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [dm5k](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dm5k/)
 * (@dm5k)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-function-request/#post-3443791)
 * Wow awesome I’ll check that out thanks Tobias =)
 * Ryan
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-function-request/#post-3443801)
 * Hi Ryan,
 * great 🙂 I hope that this helps you.
 * Best wishes,
    Tobias

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