Row Filtering: Show only a Certain number of Rows

Hi,

thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.

This is not trivial, but possible. For details, please see https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/i-want-the-table-to-be-invisible-until-filter-is-applied/#post-4272342

Regards,
Tobias

Thanks for the suggestion. I downloaded/installed the datatables inverted filter plugin and changed line 22 from /** to /caterpillar-engine-model-numbers-prefixes but it made my entire site unreachable.

I think I will just display my table in the standard fashion for now.

Hi,

my bad, the necessary changes are in line 32, where you have to modify the
if ( ! is_page( array( 'page-slug-1', 'page-slug-1' ) ) ) {
to contain your desired pages’ slugs.

Regards,
Tobias

Ok, thanks for the clarification.

Do I include the trailing slash?

Also, what is the correct syntax if I only want to use this display method on one page?

if ( ! is_page( array( '/caterpillar-engine-model-numbers-prefixes', '/caterpillar-engine-model-numbers-prefixes' ) ) ) {
or
if ( ! is_page( array( '/caterpillar-engine-model-numbers-prefixes', ) ) ) {

• This reply was modified 7 years, 2 months ago by motorambler.

Hi,

it would be the second version, with just one entry in the array. Also, the / has to be removed.

Regards,
Tobias

Hi Tobias,

Thanks for the continued help. I edited line 32 per your suggestion but it did not work — it does not affect the table at all.

Maybe TablePress is not be the best solution for my specific needs, or I just let TablePress display a set number of rows and enable pagination.

Hi,

that’s strange. Is the Extension really activated as a plugin?

Regards,
Tobias

Yes, I uploaded and activated the plugin, and edited line 32 per your instructions, but the table did not change at all. I tried flushing the cache & turning pagination on and off but it didn’t make a difference — the table always looked exactly the same. I was using the default TablePress shortcode.

Hi,

Can you please post a link to the page with the table where this problem happens, so that I can take a direct look? Thanks!

Regards,
Tobias

https://hdpowerequipment.com/caterpillar-engine-model-numbers-prefixes/

Unfortunately, I have already deactivated/deleted the plugin. I can reinstall it later today when I am back in front of my computer.

Hi,

yes, that would be necessary, if you want me to take a deeper look ??

Regards,
Tobias

Ok, here are the steps I just did:

– Installed & activated the TablePress Inverted Filters plugin
– FTP to webroot/wp-content/plugins/tablepress-datatables-inverted-filter &
downloaded tablepress-datatables-inverted-filter.php
– Edited file to look like this (showing lines 30 – 34):

function tablepress_datatables_inverted_filter( $commands ) {
	// Only use this functionality on these pages:
	if ( ! is_page( array( '/caterpillar-engine-model-numbers-prefixes/' ) ) ) {
		return $commands;
	}

– Uploaded edited file
– TablePRess settings for this table are set to show all rows (no pagination)
– Shortcode used is: [table id=1 /]

As you can see, the entire table is visible.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 2 months ago by motorambler.
• This reply was modified 7 years, 2 months ago by motorambler.

Hi,

as I said above, please remove the / ??

Regards,
Tobias

Hi Tobias,

Sorry about that, I have too many versions of this php file sitting on my desktop and must have uploaded the wrong file — whoops!. Anyway, I have removed the trailing slash from the URL and then cleared the cache, but it does not seem to make a difference.

Hi,

that’s really weird then ?? Sorry that I can not help with a working solution here.

Regards,
Tobias