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How to add blank value or select text to dropdown list on this table?

How to add "Select" value to dropdown list on my table? I want something like this. See screenshot below.

Should look like this

Here is my code:

http://live.datatables.net/xedexixi/1/edit

about 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo
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Something like this?

$('.cb-dropdown').prepend('<li><label><span>Select: </span><input type="checkbox" value="Select"></label></li>');


$(document).ready(function() {
  

  function cbDropdown(column) {
    return $('<ul>', {
      'class': 'cb-dropdown'
    }).appendTo($('<div>', {
      'class': 'cb-dropdown-wrap'
    }).appendTo(column));

  }

  $('#example').DataTable({
    initComplete: function() {
      
      this.api().columns().every(function() {
        var column = this;
        var ddmenu = cbDropdown($(column.header()))
          .on('change', ':checkbox', function() {
            var active;
            var vals = $(':checked', ddmenu).map(function(index, element) {
              active = true;
              return $.fn.dataTable.util.escapeRegex($(element).val());
            }).toArray().join('|');

            column
              .search(vals.length > 0 ? '^(' + vals + ')$' : '', true, false)
              .draw();

            // Highlight the current item if selected.
            if (this.checked) {
              $(this).closest('li').addClass('active');
            } else {
              $(this).closest('li').removeClass('active');
            }

            // Highlight the current filter if selected.
            var active2 = ddmenu.parent().is('.active');
            if (active && !active2) {
              ddmenu.parent().addClass('active');
            } else if (!active && active2) {
              ddmenu.parent().removeClass('active');
            }
          });

        column.data().unique().sort().each(function(d, j) {
          var // wrapped
            $label = $('<label>'),
            $text = $('<span>', {
              text: d
            }),
            $cb = $('<input>', {
              type: 'checkbox',
              value: d
            });

          $text.appendTo($label);
          $cb.appendTo($label);

          ddmenu.append($('<li>').append($label));
        });
      });
     $('.cb-dropdown').prepend('<li><label><span>Select: </span><input type="checkbox" value="Select"></label></li>');
   }
    
  });
});
about 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report
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