I have created a text filter for a column but I cannot enter any data into it.  Filtering is turned on the column and if I use another type of filter, there is no problem.  It's just the text filter that's not working.  Any ideas?

Thanks for replying, Aleksandar.  Unfortunately, I can't do what you asked as the system is currently on a local machine only and not accessible to the outside world.  However, I can give you more details as to what is happening.  

The problem only occurs if I open the table from within the admin dashboard using the standard wpDataTables interface.  I have inserted the table using a Gutenberg block into a page.  If the page is then displayed, the filter works correctly.

Is it possible that this is the way that the system is supposed to work?

If it would help, I could provide you with some screenshots.

Best regards,

Ian

Hello again,

I just tried out the other three tables and they all have the same fault.  Here's a screen grab which shows all the filter settings and the filter block itself.  As before, I can't enter anything into the block.

Aleksandar,

I am prepared to do this but there is some information in it which I cannot share with third parties. I suggest I proceed as follows:

1) make a duplicate of the full site

2) remove the sensitive material (this would only be content not the structure of the site)

3) duplicate the reduced site and send it to you

4) restore the original site

I would, of course, make sure that the error was still present on the reduced site before sending it to you

Ian

Alexandar,

I have created a duplicate of the site.  How can I send it to you; the compressed size is 70Mb (mostly plugins - including, of course, wpDataTables).

By the way, I have discovered that the fault only occurs if the filters are above the table; if they are below the table, everything is fine.  I am also still getting this error:

Notice: Undefined index: undefined in C:\xampp\htdocs\wp-mgf\wp-content\plugins\wpdatatables\source\class.wpdatacolumn.php on line 602

if I deactivate the Social Media plugin.  

Best wishes,

Ian

Alexandar,

Further to my earlier reply, if I delete the Social Media plugin, the undefined index error goes away.

Ian

Hi Alexandar,

Thanks for trying.  I'm afraid that the problem still persists at my end.  Front end pages are fine but I still have the problem on the back-end whether I use the local copy on my laptop or the server version to which you have access.  I have also have the problem on the server if I access it from another computer.  I have just noted that the number filter has the same problem as well. 

I am at a total loss as to what is going on.  The server site was copied from my laptop using the WordPress importer plugin so it's possible that any corruption on my laptop was transferred to the server.  However, that does not explain why you are able to use the server version without problems.  The only thing that I can think of doing  now is to reinstall wpDataTables on my laptop (which has the full licence) and see what happens.  Can I do that and still keep all the existing data tables?

I will do so, Alexandar.

By the way, I'd just like to say wpDataTables has been a real life-saver for me.  Some of our plant lists have hundreds of entries. For our current site, we keep the data in Excel spreadsheets and use VBA to generate the HTML for the site.  That's not really an option for a WordPress site but keeping the basic data in some form of spreadsheet which can form the the basis of a nicely formatted page is the only way that these lists can be managed. wpDataTables does the job perfectly.