Question

I’m trying to set an initial/default value for the filter input in a DataTable. Doing it with jquery on document ready causes the filter to perform a search for the value. I’ve searched through the DataTables documentation but can’t find anything that references this.

Answer 1

Use fnInitComplete parameter on table initialization:

$("#table").dataTable({
  "fnInitComplete": function(oSettings, json) {
      $("#" + oSettings.sTableId+"_filter input").val("value");
   }
});