title: JQuery Datatables search within input and select
body: <p>Using Jquery Datatables with inputs and selects as shown here: <a href="http://datatables.net/examples/api/form.html">http://datatables.net/examples/api/form.html</a>
  or if I used a custom column render handler to produce the input and selects how can I make the global table search work?</p>
  
  <p>If you view the example you'll notice that only the first column, the read only one, is included in the search, what can I do to include the other columns in the search? </p>
  
  <p>If you view the example in the link in my question and type "Tokyo" into the search all rows are returned. This is because "Tokyo" is an option in all dropdowns. I would want only rows with Tokyo selected to show. If you type in "33" you see no rows even though the first row has a value of "33" in the first column.</p>
  
  <p>I can't seem to find any documentation on how to define what the search value is for a particular cell in a datatable.</p>