Three years ago, Xianying Tan helped me add the SearchBuilder extension of DataTables to the DT package. This extension did not exist when I first started developing DT, otherwise I would not have spent countless hours on creating a variety of filters in DT by myself and make them work in both the client and server modes. This extension is much, much more flexible than my clumsy “homemade” filters.
Yes, SearchBuilder has been made available to …