Title: Additional Search Functionality?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Additional Search Functionality?

 *  Resolved [cj1490](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cj1490/)
 * (@cj1490)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/additional-search-functionality/)
 * Hello! I am a new user of TablePress and I just want to ask if I can somehow 
   edit something to make the search text field reveal hidden columns?
 * The thing is this. I have a table that will have about 200+ columns. These columns
   are people details (name, phone #) and the rest of the columns are Magic The 
   Gathering Card names. The data they hold are numbers (or quantities for the said
   card). These 200+ columns of cards are hidden by custom CSS.
 * The behavior I am aiming for is, I type in a card name (card 1), the column for
   that card name will be revealed showing the quantities it holds. If the cell 
   under (card 1) has an empty value, that row will not be shown together with the
   people details.
 * Is this doable somewhere? I don’t know where to start editing the javascript.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tablepress/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tablepress/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/additional-search-functionality/#post-3788347)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your question.
 * Unfortunately, I have no real clue where to start with this either 🙁 This is
   indeed some very advanced stuff, and the best idea might be to somehow use the
   API functions of the DataTables JavaScript library from [http://www.datatables.net](http://www.datatables.net)
   in some custom programming.
    This will likely mean to extend the code (not necessarily
   to edit the existing JS code), but unfortunately, I have no real idea where to
   start with this. You might want to experiment with loading/initializing DataTables
   on a static table (outside of WordPress), and get everything to work there.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [cj1490](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cj1490/)
 * (@cj1490)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/additional-search-functionality/#post-3788348)
 * Where can I find the search textfield codes though? Is it in js/datatables?
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/additional-search-functionality/#post-3788352)
 * Hi,
 * yes, all of that is in the DataTables JS code. But you should not really modify
   that, as you will lose the possibility to update the file/plugin.
    Instead, you
   should alter/extend the current behavior with the API functions, that are described
   in the DataTables documenation on [http://www.datatables.net](http://www.datatables.net).
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [cj1490](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cj1490/)
 * (@cj1490)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/additional-search-functionality/#post-3788353)
 * ok thanks 🙂
 * Additional question that is completely unrelated to my previous one. I can’t 
   seem to make the Import from URL work.
 * I am pasting the URL taken from the Download button of a file in my dropbox can
   this be done? It’s a CSV file that can be downloaded in my dropbox account.
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/additional-search-functionality/#post-3788354)
 * Hi,
 * no problem!
 * I’ll answer the second question in the other thread where you posted this.
 * Regards,
    Tobias

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