yadcf

Yet Another DataTables Column Filter is a jQuery plugin.

 
 

Addendum 1/24/2019: Make a date column sort in descending order by default at a yadcf amid Razor and jQuery.

• Map the your date to a string when casting from your POCO to your DTO with Automapper. If you cannot live without a real date at your view model you are going to have to have a second property for a stringified date.
• Doctor up your stringified date like so:
  int counter = 1000000;
  myCollection.ForEach(x =>
  {
     x.MyDate = $"<span style='display:none;'>{counter.ToString()}
           </span> {x.MyDate}";
     counter++;
  });
  This allows for ascending sorting based on the hidden counter which fakes descending sorting for the date.
• At the yadcf this column...
  { title: 'My Date', name: 'MyDate', data: 'myDate' },
  ...must become...
  { title: 'My Date', name: 'MyDate', data: 'myDate',
        render: (data, type, full) => `${data}` },
  The full here variable is kind of interesting. You may dot off of it and get at other properties for the object. I don't know what type does.