I am using the plugin the ColumnFilter to render filters for each column in Datatables.
ColumnFilter renders two input boxes (From & To) in order to perform 'range' filtering of a table.
I am trying to replace these input boxes with a jqueryUI slider but cannot seem to make it work.
I have managed to make a slider control two separate 'from' & 'too' inputs with the following code:
//SLIDER
$(function() {
var $slider = $('#Slider'),
$lower = $('input#Min'),
$upper = $('input#Max'),
min_rent = 0,
max_rent = 400;
$lower.val(min_rent);
$upper.val(max_rent);
$('#Slider').slider({
orientation: 'horizontal',
range: true,
animate: 200,
min: 0,
max: 400,
step: 1,
value: 0,
values: [min_rent, max_rent],
slide: function(event,ui) {
$lower.val(ui.values[0]);
$upper.val(ui.values[1]);
}
});
$lower.change(function () {
var low = $lower.val(),
high = $upper.val();
low = Math.min(low, high);
$lower.val(low);
$slider.slider('values', 0, low);
});
$upper.change(function () {
var low = $lower.val(),
high = $upper.val();
high = Math.max(low, high);
$upper.val(high);
$slider.slider('values', 1, high);
});
});
This works fine and I can see the values change in the two input boxes change as I move the slider.
However, when I swap the input#Min and inut#Max element for the the two input boxes that are rendered by the ColumnFilter plugin. Nothing seems to happen. I cannot see any values update in the input boxes and the table does not auto sort as expected.
Perhaps I am approaching this the wrong way? Is there any other way to make a slider work with Datatables and the Columnfilter plugin?
Many thanks!