Filter Table and List easily using Bootstrap 4

4 min readMay 9, 2020

You can create Filterable Table, List, Paragraphs, Buttons, Etc.. using Bootstrap.

Bootstrap is a framework which contains libraries of HTML, CSS and JS.

If you’re new to Bootstrap or you don’t know what really it is.. I recommend you to go to my this article to get the entire basic idea of Bootstrap framework.

Bootstrap doesn’t have a component that permits filtering. However, we will use jQuery to filter / look for elements.

For Filter Tables, List, Paragraphs, Buttons, etc.. you need to use jQuery.

<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("#myInput").on("keyup", function() {
    var value = $(this).val().toLowerCase();
    $("#myTable tr").filter(function() {
      $(this).toggle($(this).text().toLowerCase().indexOf(value) >  -1)
    });
  });
});
</script>

Filter Tables

Here it is the source code for performing a search for items in a table.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <title>...</title>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.16.0/umd/popper.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body><div class="container mt-3">
  <h2>Filterable Table</h2>
  <p>Type something in the input field to search the table for Names, Countries or emails:</p>  
  <input class="form-control" id="myInput" type="text" placeholder="Search..">
  <br>
  <table class="table table-bordered">
    <thead>
      <tr>
        <th>Name</th>
        <th>Country</th>
        <th>Email</th>
      </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody id="myTable">
      <tr>
        <td>ABC</td>
        <td>India</td>
        <td>abc90@gmail.com</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>PQR</td>
        <td>US</td>
        <td>pqr12@gmail.com</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>XYZ</td>
        <td>UK</td>
        <td>xyz73@greatstuff.com</td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
  
</div><script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("#myInput").on("keyup", function() {
    var value = $(this).val().toLowerCase();
    $("#myTable tr").filter(function() {
      $(this).toggle($(this).text().toLowerCase().indexOf(value) > -1)
    });
  });
});
</script></body>
</html>

Before typing something in the input field:

After typing something in the input field:

Filter Lists

Here it is the source code for performing a search for items in a list.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <title>...</title>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.16.0/umd/popper.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body><div class="container mt-3">
  <h2>Filterable List</h2>
  <p>Type something in the input field to search the list for specific items:</p>  
  <input class="form-control" id="myInput" type="text" placeholder="Search..">
  <br>
  <ul class="list-group" id="myList">
    <li class="list-group-item">First item</li>
    <li class="list-group-item">Second item</li>
    <li class="list-group-item">Third item</li>
    <li class="list-group-item">Fourth</li>
  </ul>  
</div><script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("#myInput").on("keyup", function() {
    var value = $(this).val().toLowerCase();
    $("#myList li").filter(function() {
      $(this).toggle($(this).text().toLowerCase().indexOf(value) > -1)
    });
  });
});
</script></body>
</html>

Before typing something in the input field:

After typing something in the input field:

Filter Paragraphs, Buttons, Etc..

Here it is the source code for performing a search for items in a <div>.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>...</title>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.16.0/umd/popper.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body><div class="container mt-3">
  <h2>Filter Paragraphs, Buttons, Etc..</h2>
  <p>Type something in the input field to search for a text inside the div element</p>
  <input class="form-control" id="myInput" type="text" placeholder="Search..">
  <div id="myDIV" class="mt-3">
    <p>I am a boy.</p>
    <div>I am a girl.</div>
    <button class="btn">I am a button1</button>
    <button class="btn btn-info">I am a button2</button>
    <p>Another paragraph.</p>
  </div>
</div><script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("#myInput").on("keyup", function() {
    var value = $(this).val().toLowerCase();
    $("#myDIV *").filter(function() {
      $(this).toggle($(this).text().toLowerCase().indexOf(value) > -1)
    });
  });
});
</script></body>
</html>

Before typing something in the input field:

After typing something in the input field:

I hope you’ve found this article informative and helpful. I’d love to hear your feedback!

Thanks for reading! :)

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Written by Yaksh Bhesaniya