React Data GridSearch

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• Description
• Options
  • search
• Methods
  • destroy
  • disablePlugin
  • enablePlugin
  • getCallback
  • getQueryMethod
  • getSearchResultClass
  • isEnabled
  • query
  • setCallback
  • setQueryMethod
  • setSearchResultClass
  • updatePlugin

Description

The search plugin provides an easy interface to search data across Handsontable.

In order to enable search mechanism, Options#search option must be set to true.

Example

// as boolean
search: true
// as a object with one or more options
search: {
  callback: myNewCallbackFunction,
  queryMethod: myNewQueryMethod,
  searchResultClass: 'customClass'
}

// Access to search plugin instance:
const searchPlugin = hot.getPlugin('search');

// Set callback programmatically:
searchPlugin.setCallback(myNewCallbackFunction);
// Set query method programmatically:
searchPlugin.setQueryMethod(myNewQueryMethod);
// Set search result cells class programmatically:
searchPlugin.setSearchResultClass(customClass);

Options

search

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search.search : boolean | object

The search option configures the Search plugin.

You can set the search option to one of the following:

Setting	Description
false (default)	Disable the Search plugin
true	Enable the Search plugin with the default configuration
An object	- Enable the Search plugin - Apply your custom configuration

If you set the search option to an object, you can configure the following search options:

Option	Possible settings	Description
searchResultClass	A string	Add a custom CSS class name to search results
queryMethod	A function	Add a custom query method
callback	A function	Add a custom callback function

Read more:

• Searching values
• Searching values: Custom query method
• Searching values: Custom callback

Default: false
Example

// enable the `Search` plugin with the default configuration
search: true,

// enable the `Search` plugin with a custom configuration
search: {
  // add a `customClass` CSS class name to search results
  searchResultClass: 'customClass',
  // add a custom query method
  queryMethod(queryStr, value) {
    ...
  },
  // add a custom callback function
  callback(instance, row, column, value, result) {
    ...
  }
}

Methods

destroy

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search.destroy()

Destroys the plugin instance.

disablePlugin

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search.disablePlugin()

Disables the plugin functionality for this Handsontable instance.

enablePlugin

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search.enablePlugin()

Enables the plugin functionality for this Handsontable instance.

getCallback

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search.getCallback() ⇒ function

Gets the callback function.

Returns: function - Return the callback function.

getQueryMethod

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search.getQueryMethod() ⇒ function

Gets the query method function.

Returns: function - Return the query method.

getSearchResultClass

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search.getSearchResultClass() ⇒ string

Gets search result cells class name.

Returns: string - Return the cell class name.

isEnabled

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search.isEnabled() ⇒ boolean

Checks if the plugin is enabled in the handsontable settings. This method is executed in Hooks#beforeInit hook and if it returns true then the AutoRowSize#enablePlugin method is called.

query

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search.query(queryStr, [callback], [queryMethod]) ⇒ Array<object>

Makes the query.

Param	Type	Description
queryStr	string	Value to be search.
[callback]	function	optional Callback function performed on cells with values which matches to the searched query.
[queryMethod]	function	optional Query function responsible for determining whether a query matches the value stored in a cell.

Returns: Array<object> - Return an array of objects with row, col, data properties or empty array.

setCallback

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search.setCallback(newCallback)

Sets the callback function. This function will be called during querying for each cell.

Param	Type	Description
newCallback	function	A callback function.

setQueryMethod

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search.setQueryMethod(newQueryMethod)

Sets the query method function. The function is responsible for determining whether a query matches the value stored in a cell.

Param	Type	Description
newQueryMethod	function	A function with specific match logic.

setSearchResultClass

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search.setSearchResultClass(newElementClass)

Sets search result cells class name. This class name will be added to each cell that belongs to the searched query.

Param	Type	Description
newElementClass	string	CSS class name.

updatePlugin

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search.updatePlugin()

Updates the plugin's state.

This method is executed when updateSettings() is invoked with any of the following configuration options:

• search