Possible to hide the search bar, yet use the search functionality?

I currently already have a search bar at the top of my website and would like to use that search query to filter my table. The inbuilt search algorithm works fine for my use case. I am currently using this options config.

const options = {
      filterType: 'checkbox',
      searchText: this.getDefaultSearchValue(),
      searchOpen: false,
      search: false,
      responsive: 'vertical'
    }

However, while this removes the search icon, it initially still displays the inbuilt search field leaving me with two search fields.

It looks like the searchText option is forcing the search text field to be open initially by default.

Is it possible to hide this search bar and icon at all times yet still using the inbuilt search functionality that the library provides?

[patorjk]

So good news, I was mistaken - when I did the 3.0 update, I did make searchText controllable, I just didn’t update the README for it. The example I posted previously had a bug in it (I was passing the string “business” rather than the variable “searchText” to the searchText option):

https://codesandbox.io/s/muidatatables-custom-toolbar-w3pf4?file=/index.js

I’ll update the README for the next release.

[GaganBhat]

Sweet, that’s perfect. Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for following up, I’ll go ahead and close this issue now.