JavaScript/jQuery Data Grid - Column Header Filter

The DevExtreme JavaScript Data Grid includes a column header filter option – with it, users can quickly filter rows against values selected in a pop-up menu. To display the built-in filter menu, users can click the Grid’s header filter icon (displayed within the column header).

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Backend API

$(() => { $('#employees').dxDataGrid({ dataSource: employees, keyExpr: 'ID', headerFilter: { visible: true, }, columns: ['FirstName', 'LastName', { dataField: 'Position', headerFilter: { allowSelectAll: false, search: { enabled: true, }, }, }, { dataField: 'City', headerFilter: { search: { enabled: true, editorOptions: { placeholder: 'Search city or state', }, searchExpr: ['City', 'State'], }, }, }, 'State', 'HomePhone', { dataField: 'HireDate', dataType: 'date', }], columnAutoWidth: true, showRowLines: true, showBorders: true, }); });

<!DOCTYPE html> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en"> <head> <title>DevExtreme Demo</title> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=5.0" /> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script>window.jQuery || document.write(decodeURIComponent('%3Cscript src="js/jquery.min.js"%3E%3C/script%3E'))</script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://cdn3.devexpress.com/jslib/25.1.3/css/dx.light.css" /> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jszip/3.1.2/jszip.min.js"></script> <script src="js/dx.all.js"></script> <script src="data.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles.css" /> <script src="index.js"></script> </head> <body class="dx-viewport"> <div class="demo-container"> <div id="employees"></div> </div> </body> </html>

#employees { max-height: 440px; }

const employees = [{ ID: 1, FirstName: 'John', LastName: 'Heart', Position: 'CEO', BirthDate: '1964/03/16', HireDate: '1995/01/15', Title: 'Mr.', Address: '351 S Hill St.', City: 'Los Angeles', State: 'California', Zipcode: 90013, Email: 'jheart@dx-email.com', Skype: 'jheartDXskype', HomePhone: '(213) 555-9208', DepartmentID: 6, MobilePhone: '(213) 555-9392', }, { ID: 2, FirstName: 'Olivia', LastName: 'Peyton', Position: 'Sales Assistant', BirthDate: '1981/06/03', HireDate: '2012/05/14', Title: 'Mrs.', Address: '807 W Paseo Del Mar', City: 'Los Angeles', State: 'California', Zipcode: 90036, Email: 'oliviap@dx-email.com', Skype: 'oliviapDXskype', HomePhone: '(310) 555-2728', DepartmentID: 5, MobilePhone: '(818) 555-2387', }, { ID: 3, FirstName: 'Robert', LastName: 'Reagan', Position: 'CMO', BirthDate: '1974/09/07', HireDate: '2002/11/08', Title: 'Mr.', Address: '4 Westmoreland Pl.', City: 'Bentonville', State: 'Arkansas', Zipcode: 91103, Email: 'robertr@dx-email.com', Skype: 'robertrDXskype', HomePhone: '(818) 555-2438', DepartmentID: 6, MobilePhone: '(818) 555-2387', }, { ID: 4, FirstName: 'Greta', LastName: 'Sims', Position: 'HR Manager', BirthDate: '1977/11/22', HireDate: '1998/04/23', Title: 'Ms.', Address: '1700 S Grandview Dr.', State: 'Georgia', City: 'Atlanta', Zipcode: 91803, Email: 'gretas@dx-email.com', Skype: 'gretasDXskype', HomePhone: '(818) 555-0976', DepartmentID: 5, MobilePhone: '(818) 555-6546', }, { ID: 5, FirstName: 'Brett', LastName: 'Wade', Position: 'IT Manager', BirthDate: '1968/12/01', HireDate: '2009/03/06', Title: 'Mr.', Address: '1120 Old Mill Rd.', State: 'Idaho', City: 'Boise', Zipcode: 91108, Email: 'brettw@dx-email.com', Skype: 'brettwDXskype', HomePhone: '(626) 555-5985', DepartmentID: 7, MobilePhone: '(626) 555-0358', }, { ID: 6, FirstName: 'Sandra', LastName: 'Johnson', Position: 'Controller', BirthDate: '1974/11/15', HireDate: '2005/05/11', Title: 'Mrs.', Address: '4600 N Virginia Rd.', State: 'Utah', City: 'Beaver', Zipcode: 90807, Email: 'sandraj@dx-email.com', Skype: 'sandrajDXskype', HomePhone: '(562) 555-8272', DepartmentID: 5, MobilePhone: '(562) 555-2082', }, { ID: 7, FirstName: 'Kevin', LastName: 'Carter', Position: 'Shipping Manager', BirthDate: '1978/01/09', HireDate: '2009/08/11', Title: 'Mr.', Address: '424 N Main St.', State: 'California', City: 'San Diego', Zipcode: 90012, Email: 'kevinc@dx-email.com', Skype: 'kevincDXskype', HomePhone: '(213) 555-8038', DepartmentID: 3, MobilePhone: '(213) 555-2840', }, { ID: 8, FirstName: 'Cynthia', LastName: 'Stanwick', Position: 'HR Assistant', BirthDate: '1985/06/05', HireDate: '2008/03/24', Title: 'Ms.', Address: '2211 Bonita Dr.', City: 'Little Rock', State: 'Arkansas', Zipcode: 90265, Email: 'cindys@dx-email.com', Skype: 'cindysDXskype', HomePhone: '(818) 555-6808', DepartmentID: 4, MobilePhone: '(818) 555-6655', }, { ID: 9, FirstName: 'Kent', LastName: 'Samuelson', Position: 'Ombudsman', BirthDate: '1972/09/11', HireDate: '2009/04/22', Title: 'Dr.', Address: '12100 Mora Dr', City: 'St. Louis', State: 'Missouri', Zipcode: 90272, Email: 'kents@dx-email.com', Skype: 'kentsDXskype', HomePhone: '(562) 555-1328', DepartmentID: 26, MobilePhone: '(562) 555-9282', }, { ID: 10, FirstName: 'Taylor', LastName: 'Riley', Position: 'Network Admin', BirthDate: '1982/08/14', HireDate: '2012/04/14', Title: 'Mr.', Address: '7776 Torreyson Dr', City: 'San Jose', State: 'California', Zipcode: 90012, Email: 'taylorr@dx-email.com', Skype: 'taylorrDXskype', HomePhone: '(310) 555-9712', DepartmentID: 5, MobilePhone: '(310) 555-7276', }];

Display Header Filter Icons

Assign true to the headerFilter.visible property to display header filter icons for all columns. To hide the icon for a specific column, set the column's allowHeaderFiltering property to false.

Enable Search UI Within Header Filters

The DevExtreme Grid includes a text-based search option. This feature allows users to search for specific values within a header filter. To configure the search panel, define the search property in the global headerFilter object or in a columns.headerFilter object.

The search panel's default behavior looks for values only within the same data field. You can include additional fields in the search. Specify the search.searchExpr property for this purpose. For example, this demo allows you to enter a state name in the City column's header filter. You can then see a list of all cities within the specified state and select city names that you want to use as a filter.

To apply a comparison operation used to search header filter values, specify the search.mode property.