Xcrud button to search for predefined word and predefined column

I solved it myself with my own little function. It might not be the slickest solution but it works well and like this you can have direct any buttons or menu entries with automatic search in specific columns or all column for phrases.

You then connect your button/link with a simple onclick or like this: search_xcrud('phrase','colname');

Here the function:

function search_xcrud(phrase, col=''){

  console.log('Xcrud Search Started: ' + phrase+ ' Col: ' + col);
  $('input[name ="phrase"]').val(phrase);
  $('select[name ="column"]').val(col);
  $( '.search-go' ).trigger( "click" );

}

You can use the function without "col" and than the function searches in all columns. If you search for a specific column you need to enter the name of the table with the exact label as used in $xcrud->columns!

Example: If you use for example table "clients" with the columns id,name,age.

$xcrud->table('Clients');
$xcrud->columns('id, name, age');

You would call the function like this:

search_xcrud('myphrase','Clients.name'); // incl. tablename and colname! 

If you have doubts about the right column check your source code and look for the select box with the name "column" for all your options in this situation. This depends on the use of relations etc. and might change in this cases.

I hope this helps others since I was looking since quite some time for a easy solution without somehow touching the original Xcrud code. PS: Xcrud is fantastic!

if you have any questions let me know.