Html Builder - Column Control

Column Control is an extension for DataTables that allows adding column-specific controls such as ordering and searching.

See datatables.net official documentation for column control config for details.

Column Control can be configured using the columnControl method. It is available in both Yajra\DataTables\Html\Builder and Yajra\DataTables\Html\Column classes.

$builder->columnControl($attributes);
$column->columnControl($attributes);

The difference is that when using it in the Yajra\DataTables\Html\Column class, the configuration will only apply to that specific column. Whereas using it in the Yajra\DataTables\Html\Builder class will apply the configuration to all columns.

Helper methods are also available for easier configuration. Here are some examples:

Add search input to each column header

$builder->columnControlSearch();
// instead of
$builder->columnControl([
    [
        'target' => 'thead:1', // second row of the thead
        'content' => ['search'],
    ]
]);

Add search input to each column footer

$builder->columnControlFooterSearch();
// instead of
$builder->columnControl([
    [
        'target' => 'tfoot',
        'content' => ['search'],
    ]
]);

Add content to header or footer

$content = ['search'];
$target = 1;
 
$builder
    ->columnControlHeader($content, $target)
    ->columnControlFooter($content, $target);

See available contents for more options.