Title: Search Functionality for multiple tables
Last modified: March 28, 2019

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# Search Functionality for multiple tables

 *  Resolved [hayeske3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hayeske3/)
 * (@hayeske3)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-functionality-for-multiple-tables/)
 * I’ve got several tables within a tab table and I was wondering if there’s an 
   option for a search box for ALL of the tables on that page? I am using the Ajax
   Search Pro plugin and it works a bit, but didn’t know if there’s an easier way?
   The Ajax Search plugin needs a lot of tweaking to get it right. I have 14 tables
   on the page and I’m using a tabbed table to keep it simpler/cleaner. Each table
   only has 8-10 entries so it’s not a lot to go through, but if I had a search 
   box that could search all tables at once, that would be amazing!
 * Thanks!

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-functionality-for-multiple-tables/#post-11369577)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
 * No, sorry, that’s not possible out of the box. You would need a custom search
   field with custom JavaScript code that then passed the search term down to the
   individual tables search fields. Unfortunately, I don’t have a readily usable
   solution for that, sorry.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [hayeske3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hayeske3/)
 * (@hayeske3)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-functionality-for-multiple-tables/#post-11370284)
 * Hello Tobias,
    Thanks for the response! I’ll figure it out from here. I didn’t
   want to start on it if there was an easier solution.
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-functionality-for-multiple-tables/#post-11370307)
 * Hi,
 * no problem! I hope that you can find a good solution!
 * Best wishes,
    Tobias

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 * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-functionality-for-multiple-tables/#post-11370307)
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