seperate filter panel for primefaces datatable

[arashbahal]

hi all.
i want to have a separate filter (search) panel for datatable filtering (not on the header of each column).
when user clicks search button on the search panel, the datatable must be filtered accordingly.
i am looking for a working example code.
how could i achieve this by primefaces?
thanks in advance

[Raubvogel87]

You mean filtering like in http://www.primefaces.org/showcase-labs ... tering.jsf ?

[arashbahal]

no, i need to something like this:

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<p:outputpanel >
name:
<h:inputtext value="something"/>
family:
<h:inputtext value="something"/>
<p:commandbutton update="datatable" value="search"/>
</p:outputpanel >
<p:datatable value="..." var="row" id="datatable"/>
<p:column >
<h:outputtext value="#{row.name}"/>
</P:column/>
<p:column >
<h:outputtext value="#{row.family}"/>
</P:column/>
</p:datatable>

i want to when user enter values into outpanel's textfields and then hit search button, the datatable be filered accordingly.
thanks