Title: Auto Search
Last modified: October 4, 2018

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# Auto Search

 *  Resolved [zandarkoad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zandarkoad/)
 * (@zandarkoad)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-search-2/)
 * Hi there,
 * Fantastic plugin, we’ve tried several table plugins and this is the one we love
   the most. It’s very close to perfect.
 * We had a developer implement a feature on the page linked above that will auto
   populate the search field in the table with a text string we input into the URL.
   The only problem is the user still needs to press ENTER to actually perform the
   search. From our developer:
 * “I know how to trigger event in js, but this is a plugin, and I need to say, “
   hey plugin trigger search on input value change,” but I couldn’t find way to 
   do this. Maybe we can contact plugin developer and see.”
 * Do you have any idea how we can automatically execute a search function on a 
   table in a page by passing a parameter through the URL?
 * [https://example.com/mypagename#SEARCHSTRING](https://example.com/mypagename#SEARCHSTRING)
 * Where SEARCHSTRING is the text to search for in the table.
 * We are very, very close already. We just need the table to hit ENTER to execute
   the search. Any ideas?
 * Thanks a million,
 * -Alexander
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fauto-search-2%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 * Last reply from: [zandarkoad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zandarkoad/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-search-2/)
 * Status: resolved