JavaScript/jQuery FilterBuilder - Overview

The FilterBuilder UI component allows a user to build complex filter expressions with an unlimited number of filter conditions using the UI.

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The following code adds a simple FilterBuilder to your page. Note that each item in the fields array contains the dataField. The filter expression is defined in the value property and should contain only those data fields that are present in the fields array.

jQuery
JavaScript
$(function () {
    $("#filterBuilder").dxFilterBuilder({
        value: [
            [
                ["Product_Name", "startswith", "Super"],
                "and",
                ["Product_Cost", ">=", 300]
            ],
            "or",
            [
                ["Product_Name", "contains", "HD"],
                "and",
                ["Product_Cost", "<", 200]
            ]
        ],
        fields: [{
            caption: "ID",
            dataField: "Product_ID",
            dataType: "number"
        }, {
            dataField: "Product_Name"
        }, {
            caption: "Cost",
            dataField: "Product_Cost",
            dataType: "number",
            format: "currency"
        }]
    });
});
Angular
HTML
TypeScript
<dx-filter-builder
    [(value)]="filterValue">
    <dxi-field
        dataField="Product_ID"
        dataType="number"
        caption="ID">
    </dxi-field>
    <dxi-field dataField="Product_Name"></dxi-field>
    <dxi-field
        dataField="Product_Cost"
        dataType="number"
        caption="Cost"
        format="currency">
    </dxi-field>
</dx-filter-builder>
import { DxFilterBuilderModule } from "devextreme-angular";
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    filterValue = [
        [
            ["Product_Name", "startswith", "Super"],
            "and",
            ["Product_Cost", ">=", 300]
        ],
        "or",
        [
            ["Product_Name", "contains", "HD"],
            "and",
            ["Product_Cost", "<", 200]
        ]
    ];
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxFilterBuilderModule
    ],
    // ...
})
Vue
App.vue
<template>
    <DxFilterBuilder
        v-model:value="filterValue">
        <DxField
            data-field="Product_ID"
            data-type="number"
            caption="ID"
        />
        <DxField data-field="Product_Name" />
        <DxField
            data-field="Product_Cost"
            data-type="number"
            caption="Cost"
            format="currency"
        />
    </DxFilterBuilder>
</template>

<script>
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

import DxFilterBuilder, {
    DxField
} from 'devextreme-vue/filter-builder';

export default {
    components: {
        DxFilterBuilder,
        DxField
    },
    data() {
        return {
            filterValue: [
                [
                    ["Product_Name", "startswith", "Super"],
                    "and",
                    ["Product_Cost", ">=", 300]
                ],
                "or",
                [
                    ["Product_Name", "contains", "HD"],
                    "and",
                    ["Product_Cost", "<", 200]
                ]
            ]
        };
    }
}
</script>
React
App.js
import { useState } from 'react';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

import FilterBuilder, {
    Field
} from 'devextreme-react/filter-builder';

export default function App() {
    const [filterValue, setFilterValue] = useState([
        [
            ["Product_Name", "startswith", "Super"],
            "and",
            ["Product_Cost", ">=", 300]
        ],
        "or",
        [
            ["Product_Name", "contains", "HD"],
            "and",
            ["Product_Cost", "<", 200]
        ]
    ]);

    return (
        <FilterBuilder
            value={filterValue}
            onValueChange={setFilterValue}>
            <Field
                dataField="Product_ID"
                dataType="number"
                caption="ID"
            />
            <Field dataField="Product_Name" />
            <Field
                dataField="Product_Cost"
                dataType="number"
                caption="Cost"
                format="currency"
            />
        </FilterBuilder>
    );
}

The FilterBuilder displays the filter expression as a tree structure, where nodes represent simple filter conditions. Each condition consists of a data field, operation and value. A logical operation combines conditions into groups. For example, the following image shows how the above filter expression looks in the UI:

DevExtreme HTML5 JavaScript Filter Builder Groups

See Also
jQuery
Angular
Vue
React