getFilter

returns the filter object that is used to filter the values of the specified column

object|HTMLElement getFilter(id columnID);

columnID

the id of a column

object|HTMLElement

the Webix view object or the HTML element of the filter

Example

columns:[
    { id:"title", header:["Film title", {content:"textFilter"}] },
    { id:"year", header:["Released", {content:"selectFilter"}] }
]
// ...
 
// gets to the filter object of each column and retrieves its current value
var title = this.getFilter("title").value; 
var year = this.getFilter("year").value;

Related samples

Filtering by Several Criteria (OR Logic)

Details

Depending on the filter type, the method returns either the HTML element or the Webix view object of the filter.

An HTML element is returned for the filters based on HTML5 inputs:

textFilter
numberFilter
selectFilter
dateFilter
server equivalents of the above

A Webix view object is returned for the filters based on Webix inputs:

richSelectFilter
multiSelectFilter
multiComboFilter
datepickerFilter
dateRangeFilter
server equivalents of the above