jquery DataTables. How to get filtered (visible) rows

Question

I have a button that apply filter to jquery datatable

$(\"#buttonFilter\").button().click(function() {
                if (lboxColor.val() != null) {
                    


        

Answer 1

For datatables 1.9 and later this solution works:

myDataTableHandle = $('#example1').dataTable(...);
...
...
var myFilteredRows = myDataTableHandle._('tr', {"filter":"applied"});

and you won't have to include a separate api plugin. :)