Vue Bootstrap Table Search
Vue Table Search - Bootstrap 4 & Material Design
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Vue Bootstrap table search are a component which are super fast and easy to use searching functionality dedicated to our tables.
To manipulate table search use one of the options presented below.
Basic example
<template>
<div>
<mdb-datatable-2 v-model="data" :searching="{value: search, field: 'office'}" />
<mdb-input class="mt-0" v-model="search" label="Search by office" />
</div>
</template>
<script>
import { mdbDatatable2, mdbInput } from 'mdbvue';
export default {
name: 'DatatablePage',
components: {
mdbDatatable2,
mdbInput
},
data() {
return {
search: '',
data: {
columns: [
{
label: 'Name',
field: 'name',
sort: true
},
{
label: 'Position',
field: 'position',
sort: true
},
{
label: 'Office',
field: 'office',
sort: true
},
{
label: 'Age',
field: 'age',
sort: true
},
{
label: 'Start date',
field: 'date',
sort: true
},
{
label: 'Salary',
field: 'salary',
sort: false,
format: value => "£" + value
}
],
rows: [
{
name: 'Tiger Nixon',
position: 'System Architect',
office: 'Edinburgh',
age: '61',
date: '2011/04/25',
salary: '$320'
},
{
name: 'Garrett Winters',
position: 'Accountant',
office: 'Tokyo',
age: '63',
date: '2011/07/25',
salary: '$170'
},
{
name: 'Ashton Cox',
position: 'Junior Technical Author',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '66',
date: '2009/01/12',
salary: '$86'
},
{
name: 'Cedric Kelly',
position: 'Senior Javascript Developer',
office: 'Edinburgh',
age: '22',
date: '2012/03/29',
salary: '$433'
},
{
name: 'Airi Satou',
position: 'Accountant',
office: 'Tokyo',
age: '33',
date: '2008/11/28',
salary: '$162'
},
{
name: 'Brielle Williamson',
position: 'Integration Specialist',
office: 'New York',
age: '61',
date: '2012/12/02',
salary: '$372'
},
{
name: 'Herrod Chandler',
position: 'Sales Assistant',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '59',
date: '2012/08/06',
salary: '$137'
},
{
name: 'Rhona Davidson',
position: 'Integration Specialist',
office: 'Tokyo',
age: '55',
date: '2010/10/14',
salary: '$327'
},
{
name: 'Colleen Hurst',
position: 'Javascript Developer',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '39',
date: '2009/09/15',
salary: '$205'
},
{
name: 'Sonya Frost',
position: 'Software Engineer',
office: 'Edinburgh',
age: '23',
date: '2008/12/13',
salary: '$103'
},
{
name: 'Jena Gaines',
position: 'Office Manager',
office: 'London',
age: '30',
date: '2008/12/19',
salary: '$90'
},
{
name: 'Quinn Flynn',
position: 'Support Lead',
office: 'Edinburgh',
age: '22',
date: '2013/03/03',
salary: '$342'
},
{
name: 'Charde Marshall',
position: 'Regional Director',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '36',
date: '2008/10/16',
salary: '$470'
},
{
name: 'Haley Kennedy',
position: 'Senior Marketing Designer',
office: 'London',
age: '43',
date: '2012/12/18',
salary: '$313'
},
{
name: 'Tatyana Fitzpatrick',
position: 'Regional Director',
office: 'London',
age: '19',
date: '2010/03/17',
salary: '$385'
},
{
name: 'Michael Silva',
position: 'Marketing Designer',
office: 'London',
age: '66',
date: '2012/11/27',
salary: '$198'
},
{
name: 'Paul Byrd',
position: 'Chief Financial Officer (CFO)',
office: 'New York',
age: '64',
date: '2010/06/09',
salary: '$725'
},
{
name: 'Gloria Little',
position: 'Systems Administrator',
office: 'New York',
age: '59',
date: '2009/04/10',
salary: '$237'
},
{
name: 'Bradley Greer',
position: 'Software Engineer',
office: 'London',
age: '41',
date: '2012/10/13',
salary: '$132'
},
{
name: 'Dai Rios',
position: 'Personnel Lead',
office: 'Edinburgh',
age: '35',
date: '2012/09/26',
salary: '$217'
},
{
name: 'Jenette Caldwell',
position: 'Development Lead',
office: 'New York',
age: '30',
date: '2011/09/03',
salary: '$345'
},
{
name: 'Yuri Berry',
position: 'Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)',
office: 'New York',
age: '40',
date: '2009/06/25',
salary: '$675'
},
{
name: 'Caesar Vance',
position: 'Pre-Sales Support',
office: 'New York',
age: '21',
date: '2011/12/12',
salary: '$106'
},
{
name: 'Doris Wilder',
position: 'Sales Assistant',
office: 'Sidney',
age: '23',
date: '2010/09/20',
salary: '$85'
},
{
name: 'Angelica Ramos',
position: 'Chief Executive Officer (CEO)',
office: 'London',
age: '47',
date: '2009/10/09',
salary: '$1'
},
{
name: 'Gavin Joyce',
position: 'Developer',
office: 'Edinburgh',
age: '42',
date: '2010/12/22',
salary: '$92'
},
{
name: 'Jennifer Chang',
position: 'Regional Director',
office: 'Singapore',
age: '28',
date: '2010/11/14',
salary: '$357'
},
{
name: 'Brenden Wagner',
position: 'Software Engineer',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '28',
date: '2011/06/07',
salary: '$206'
},
{
name: 'Fiona Green',
position: 'Chief Operating Officer (COO)',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '48',
date: '2010/03/11',
salary: '$850'
},
{
name: 'Shou Itou',
position: 'Regional Marketing',
office: 'Tokyo',
age: '20',
date: '2011/08/14',
salary: '$163'
},
{
name: 'Michelle House',
position: 'Integration Specialist',
office: 'Sidney',
age: '37',
date: '2011/06/02',
salary: '$95'
},
{
name: 'Suki Burks',
position: 'Developer',
office: 'London',
age: '53',
date: '2009/10/22',
salary: '$114'
},
{
name: 'Prescott Bartlett',
position: 'Technical Author',
office: 'London',
age: '27',
date: '2011/05/07',
salary: '$145'
},
{
name: 'Gavin Cortez',
position: 'Team Leader',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '22',
date: '2008/10/26',
salary: '$235'
},
{
name: 'Martena Mccray',
position: 'Post-Sales support',
office: 'Edinburgh',
age: '46',
date: '2011/03/09',
salary: '$324'
},
{
name: 'Unity Butler',
position: 'Marketing Designer',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '47',
date: '2009/12/09',
salary: '$85'
},
{
name: 'Howard Hatfield',
position: 'Office Manager',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '51',
date: '2008/12/16',
salary: '$164'
},
{
name: 'Hope Fuentes',
position: 'Secretary',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '41',
date: '2010/02/12',
salary: '$109'
},
{
name: 'Vivian Harrell',
position: 'Financial Controller',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '62',
date: '2009/02/14',
salary: '$452'
},
{
name: 'Timothy Mooney',
position: 'Office Manager',
office: 'London',
age: '37',
date: '2008/12/11',
salary: '$136'
},
{
name: 'Jackson Bradshaw',
position: 'Director',
office: 'New York',
age: '65',
date: '2008/09/26',
salary: '$645'
},
{
name: 'Olivia Liang',
position: 'Support Engineer',
office: 'Singapore',
age: '64',
date: '2011/02/03',
salary: '$234'
},
{
name: 'Bruno Nash',
position: 'Software Engineer',
office: 'London',
age: '38',
date: '2011/05/03',
salary: '$163'
},
{
name: 'Sakura Yamamoto',
position: 'Support Engineer',
office: 'Tokyo',
age: '37',
date: '2009/08/19',
salary: '$139'
},
{
name: 'Thor Walton',
position: 'Developer',
office: 'New York',
age: '61',
date: '2013/08/11',
salary: '$98'
},
{
name: 'Finn Camacho',
position: 'Support Engineer',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '47',
date: '2009/07/07',
salary: '$87'
},
{
name: 'Serge Baldwin',
position: 'Data Coordinator',
office: 'Singapore',
age: '64',
date: '2012/04/09',
salary: '$138'
},
{
name: 'Zenaida Frank',
position: 'Software Engineer',
office: 'New York',
age: '63',
date: '2010/01/04',
salary: '$125'
},
{
name: 'Zorita Serrano',
position: 'Software Engineer',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '56',
date: '2012/06/01',
salary: '$115'
},
{
name: 'Jennifer Acosta',
position: 'Junior Javascript Developer',
office: 'Edinburgh',
age: '43',
date: '2013/02/01',
salary: '$75'
},
{
name: 'Cara Stevens',
position: 'Sales Assistant',
office: 'New York',
age: '46',
date: '2011/12/06',
salary: '$145'
},
{
name: 'Hermione Butler',
position: 'Regional Director',
office: 'London',
age: '47',
date: '2011/03/21',
salary: '$356'
},
{
name: 'Lael Greer',
position: 'Systems Administrator',
office: 'London',
age: '21',
date: '2009/02/27',
salary: '$103'
},
{
name: 'Jonas Alexander',
position: 'Developer',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '30',
date: '2010/07/14',
salary: '$86'
},
{
name: 'Shad Decker',
position: 'Regional Director',
office: 'Edinburgh',
age: '51',
date: '2008/11/13',
salary: '$183'
},
{
name: 'Michael Bruce',
position: 'Javascript Developer',
office: 'Singapore',
age: '29',
date: '2011/06/27',
salary: '$183'
},
{
name: 'Donna Snider',
position: 'Customer Support',
office: 'New York',
age: '27',
date: '2011/01/25',
salary: '$112'
}
]
}
}
}
}
</script>
As searching property You can specify plain string or an object with the option of filtering by field name.
Advanced table options
For advanced options of the tables have a look at specific documentation pages listed below.
Tables with additional elements and customization options
Tables with buttons, checkboxes, icons, panels & more.
Table responsive
Advanced options of responsive tables
Datatables
MDBootstrap integration with the most popular plugin enhancing the possibilities of standard tables.
Table pagination
Pagination is a simple navigation which lets you split a huge amount of content within the tables into smaller parts.
Table search
MDBootstrap search box enables super fast searching among all the data of the table.
Table sort
This functionality lets you sort the data of the tables according to any specific columns.
Table scroll
If your table is too long or too wide you can limit its size and enable scroll functionality.
Table editable
Table editable allows you to edit existing data within the table and add new data to the table.
Vue Bootstrap Datatables - API
This section present detailed information about Datatables usage, properties and customization. Dive into API references to find see all available props and methods.
Imports
To start working with Datatables you need just one component.
mdbDatatable contains huge amount of options and custom styles (corresponding to static tables).
<script>
import { mdbDatatable2 } from 'mdbvue';
</script>
Usage
There are two ways to bind your data into Datatable
You can build an object of structured data, or bind the link to external API (Json from API must have the same
structure as object described below).
<template>
<mdb-datatable :data="data" striped bordered />
</template>
<script>
import {
mdbDatatable
} from 'mdbvue';
export default {
name: 'DatatablePage',
components: {
mdbDatatable
},
data() {
return {
data: {
columns: [{
label: 'Name',
field: 'name',
sort: 'asc'
},
{
label: 'Position',
field: 'position',
sort: 'asc'
},
{
label: 'Office',
field: 'office',
sort: 'asc'
},
{
label: 'Age',
field: 'age',
sort: 'asc'
},
{
label: 'Start date',
field: 'date',
sort: 'asc'
},
{
label: 'Salary',
field: 'salary',
sort: 'asc'
}
],
rows: [{
name: 'Tiger Nixon',
position: 'System Architect',
office: 'Edinburgh',
age: '61',
date: '2011/04/25',
salary: '$320'
},
{
name: 'Garrett Winters',
position: 'Accountant',
office: 'Tokyo',
age: '63',
date: '2011/07/25',
salary: '$170'
},
{
name: 'Ashton Cox',
position: 'Junior Technical Author',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '66',
date: '2009/01/12',
salary: '$86'
},
{
name: 'Cedric Kelly',
position: 'Senior Javascript Developer',
office: 'Edinburgh',
age: '22',
date: '2012/03/29',
salary: '$433'
},
{
name: 'Airi Satou',
position: 'Accountant',
office: 'Tokyo',
age: '33',
date: '2008/11/28',
salary: '$162'
},
{
name: 'Brielle Williamson',
position: 'Integration Specialist',
office: 'New York',
age: '61',
date: '2012/12/02',
salary: '$372'
},
{
name: 'Herrod Chandler',
position: 'Sales Assistant',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '59',
date: '2012/08/06',
salary: '$137'
},
{
name: 'Rhona Davidson',
position: 'Integration Specialist',
office: 'Tokyo',
age: '55',
date: '2010/10/14',
salary: '$327'
},
{
name: 'Colleen Hurst',
position: 'Javascript Developer',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '39',
date: '2009/09/15',
salary: '$205'
},
{
name: 'Sonya Frost',
position: 'Software Engineer',
office: 'Edinburgh',
age: '23',
date: '2008/12/13',
salary: '$103'
},
{
name: 'Jena Gaines',
position: 'Office Manager',
office: 'London',
age: '30',
date: '2008/12/19',
salary: '$90'
},
{
name: 'Quinn Flynn',
position: 'Support Lead',
office: 'Edinburgh',
age: '22',
date: '2013/03/03',
salary: '$342'
},
{
name: 'Charde Marshall',
position: 'Regional Director',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '36',
date: '2008/10/16',
salary: '$470'
},
{
name: 'Haley Kennedy',
position: 'Senior Marketing Designer',
office: 'London',
age: '43',
date: '2012/12/18',
salary: '$313'
},
{
name: 'Tatyana Fitzpatrick',
position: 'Regional Director',
office: 'London',
age: '19',
date: '2010/03/17',
salary: '$385'
},
{
name: 'Michael Silva',
position: 'Marketing Designer',
office: 'London',
age: '66',
date: '2012/11/27',
salary: '$198'
},
{
name: 'Paul Byrd',
position: 'Chief Financial Officer (CFO)',
office: 'New York',
age: '64',
date: '2010/06/09',
salary: '$725'
},
{
name: 'Gloria Little',
position: 'Systems Administrator',
office: 'New York',
age: '59',
date: '2009/04/10',
salary: '$237'
},
{
name: 'Bradley Greer',
position: 'Software Engineer',
office: 'London',
age: '41',
date: '2012/10/13',
salary: '$132'
},
{
name: 'Dai Rios',
position: 'Personnel Lead',
office: 'Edinburgh',
age: '35',
date: '2012/09/26',
salary: '$217'
},
{
name: 'Jenette Caldwell',
position: 'Development Lead',
office: 'New York',
age: '30',
date: '2011/09/03',
salary: '$345'
},
{
name: 'Yuri Berry',
position: 'Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)',
office: 'New York',
age: '40',
date: '2009/06/25',
salary: '$675'
},
{
name: 'Caesar Vance',
position: 'Pre-Sales Support',
office: 'New York',
age: '21',
date: '2011/12/12',
salary: '$106'
},
{
name: 'Doris Wilder',
position: 'Sales Assistant',
office: 'Sidney',
age: '23',
date: '2010/09/20',
salary: '$85'
},
{
name: 'Angelica Ramos',
position: 'Chief Executive Officer (CEO)',
office: 'London',
age: '47',
date: '2009/10/09',
salary: '$1'
},
{
name: 'Gavin Joyce',
position: 'Developer',
office: 'Edinburgh',
age: '42',
date: '2010/12/22',
salary: '$92'
},
{
name: 'Jennifer Chang',
position: 'Regional Director',
office: 'Singapore',
age: '28',
date: '2010/11/14',
salary: '$357'
},
{
name: 'Brenden Wagner',
position: 'Software Engineer',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '28',
date: '2011/06/07',
salary: '$206'
},
{
name: 'Fiona Green',
position: 'Chief Operating Officer (COO)',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '48',
date: '2010/03/11',
salary: '$850'
},
{
name: 'Shou Itou',
position: 'Regional Marketing',
office: 'Tokyo',
age: '20',
date: '2011/08/14',
salary: '$163'
},
{
name: 'Michelle House',
position: 'Integration Specialist',
office: 'Sidney',
age: '37',
date: '2011/06/02',
salary: '$95'
},
{
name: 'Suki Burks',
position: 'Developer',
office: 'London',
age: '53',
date: '2009/10/22',
salary: '$114'
},
{
name: 'Prescott Bartlett',
position: 'Technical Author',
office: 'London',
age: '27',
date: '2011/05/07',
salary: '$145'
},
{
name: 'Gavin Cortez',
position: 'Team Leader',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '22',
date: '2008/10/26',
salary: '$235'
},
{
name: 'Martena Mccray',
position: 'Post-Sales support',
office: 'Edinburgh',
age: '46',
date: '2011/03/09',
salary: '$324'
},
{
name: 'Unity Butler',
position: 'Marketing Designer',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '47',
date: '2009/12/09',
salary: '$85'
},
{
name: 'Howard Hatfield',
position: 'Office Manager',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '51',
date: '2008/12/16',
salary: '$164'
},
{
name: 'Hope Fuentes',
position: 'Secretary',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '41',
date: '2010/02/12',
salary: '$109'
},
{
name: 'Vivian Harrell',
position: 'Financial Controller',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '62',
date: '2009/02/14',
salary: '$452'
},
{
name: 'Timothy Mooney',
position: 'Office Manager',
office: 'London',
age: '37',
date: '2008/12/11',
salary: '$136'
},
{
name: 'Jackson Bradshaw',
position: 'Director',
office: 'New York',
age: '65',
date: '2008/09/26',
salary: '$645'
},
{
name: 'Olivia Liang',
position: 'Support Engineer',
office: 'Singapore',
age: '64',
date: '2011/02/03',
salary: '$234'
},
{
name: 'Bruno Nash',
position: 'Software Engineer',
office: 'London',
age: '38',
date: '2011/05/03',
salary: '$163'
},
{
name: 'Sakura Yamamoto',
position: 'Support Engineer',
office: 'Tokyo',
age: '37',
date: '2009/08/19',
salary: '$139'
},
{
name: 'Thor Walton',
position: 'Developer',
office: 'New York',
age: '61',
date: '2013/08/11',
salary: '$98'
},
{
name: 'Finn Camacho',
position: 'Support Engineer',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '47',
date: '2009/07/07',
salary: '$87'
},
{
name: 'Serge Baldwin',
position: 'Data Coordinator',
office: 'Singapore',
age: '64',
date: '2012/04/09',
salary: '$138'
},
{
name: 'Zenaida Frank',
position: 'Software Engineer',
office: 'New York',
age: '63',
date: '2010/01/04',
salary: '$125'
},
{
name: 'Zorita Serrano',
position: 'Software Engineer',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '56',
date: '2012/06/01',
salary: '$115'
},
{
name: 'Jennifer Acosta',
position: 'Junior Javascript Developer',
office: 'Edinburgh',
age: '43',
date: '2013/02/01',
salary: '$75'
},
{
name: 'Cara Stevens',
position: 'Sales Assistant',
office: 'New York',
age: '46',
date: '2011/12/06',
salary: '$145'
},
{
name: 'Hermione Butler',
position: 'Regional Director',
office: 'London',
age: '47',
date: '2011/03/21',
salary: '$356'
},
{
name: 'Lael Greer',
position: 'Systems Administrator',
office: 'London',
age: '21',
date: '2009/02/27',
salary: '$103'
},
{
name: 'Jonas Alexander',
position: 'Developer',
office: 'San Francisco',
age: '30',
date: '2010/07/14',
salary: '$86'
},
{
name: 'Shad Decker',
position: 'Regional Director',
office: 'Edinburgh',
age: '51',
date: '2008/11/13',
salary: '$183'
},
{
name: 'Michael Bruce',
position: 'Javascript Developer',
office: 'Singapore',
age: '29',
date: '2011/06/27',
salary: '$183'
},
{
name: 'Donna Snider',
position: 'Customer Support',
office: 'New York',
age: '27',
date: '2011/01/25',
salary: '$112'
}
]
}
}
}
};
</script>
<style>
</style>
<template>
<mdb-datatable data="https://YOUR_API_URL" striped bordered />
</template>
<script>
import {
mdbDatatable
} from 'mdbvue';
export default {
name: 'DatatablePage',
components: {
mdbDatatable
}
};
</script>
data = {
columns: [{
label: String(displayed column label),
field: String(corresponding key for cells),
sort: String(Optional, 'asc' / 'desc', describes the initial sorting direcotry),
format: Function(optional, formats the displayed data)
}],
rows: [
{
field: String(corresponds column 's field, contains cell data),
field: String,
field: String,
...
}
]
}
API Reference
All properties and options refered to mdb-datatable-2 component.
- property available only for PRO users.
API Reference: Events
| Event | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
@selected |
It emits selected row data. | <mdb-datatable-2 @selected="selected = $event"
/> |
@fields |
Emits columns after a component mounts and once data is fetched from API | <mdb-datatable-2 v-model="https://..." @fields="setColumns"
/> |
@pages |
Emits an array of pages (sorted & grouped entries) | <mdb-datatable-2 v-model="..." @pages="setPages"
/> |