# Table Filter Control Use Plugin: [bootstrap-table-filter-control](https://github.com/wenzhixin/bootstrap-table/tree/master/src/extensions/filter-control)
Dependence if you use the datepicker option: [bootstrap-datepicker](https://github.com/eternicode/bootstrap-datepicker) v1.4.0 ## Usage ```html ``` ## Options ### filterControl * type: Boolean * description: Set true to add an `input` or `select` into the column. * default: `false` ### filterShowClear * type: Boolean * description: Set true to add a button to clear all the controls added by this plugin. * default: `false` ### alignmentSelectControlOptions * type: String * description: Set the alignemnt of the select control options. Use Use `left`, `right` or `auto`. * default: `undefined` ### hideUnusedSelectOptions * type: Boolean * description: Set to true in order to hide the options that are not in the table. This option does not work on server-side pagination. * default: `false` ### disableControlWhenSearch * type: Boolean * description: Set to true if you want to disable the control while the server is responding the data. This options will work if the sidePagination is 'server'. * default: `false` ### searchOnEnterKey * type: Boolean * description: Set to true to fire the search action when the user press the enter key. * default: `false` ## Column options ### filterControl * type: String * description: Set `input`: show an input control, `select`: show a select control, `datepicker`: show a datepicker control. * default: `undefined` ### filterData * type: String * description: Set custom select filter values, use `var:variable` to load from a variable or `url:http://www.example.com/data.json` to load from a remote json file or `jso:{key:data}` to load from a json string. * default: `undefined` ### filterDatepickerOptions * type: Object * description: If the datepicker option is set use this option to configure the datepicker with the native options. Use this way: `data-filter-datepicker-options='{"autoclose":true, "clearBtn": true, "todayHighlight": true}'`. * default: `undefined` ### filterStrictSearch * type: Boolean * description: Set to true if you want to use the strict search mode. * default: `false` ### filterStartsWithSearch * type: Boolean * description: Set to true if you want to use the starts with search mode. * default: `false` ### filterControlPlaceholder * type: String * description: Set this in order to show a placeholder only in the input filter control. * default: `` ### Icons * clear: 'glyphicon-trash icon-clear' ## Locale ### formatClearFilters * type: Function * default: `function () { return "Clear Filters";}` ## Events ### onColumnSearch(column-search.bs.table) * Fired when we are searching into the column data ## Methods ### triggerSearch * Trigger manually the search action