DataTables apply column formatting to filter also

Question

When creating a datatable with filter = \'top\' and also using a formatting function on a column, the formatting isn\'t applied to the filter contr

Answer 1

Not sure if there's a way to do it. A workaround can be multiplying by 100:

my_data$wt_pctile <- my_data$wt_pctile * 100

And than displaying as a string with the % sign:

datatable(my_data, filter = 'top') %>%
  formatString(suffix = "%",columns = "wt_pctile")

Answer 2

I think Yanir is halfway there! What if you multiplied by 100 and then

datatable(my_data, filter = 'top') %>%
  formatCurrency(columns = "wt_pctile", 
  currency = "%", 
  before = FALSE)

This prevents double or triple %s when sorting.