I want to search a specific textbox within a column but not the other textboxes within that column.

apikman

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kthorngren

You can use column().nodes() to get the column noes which can be used as part of a jQuery selector to find the specific input you want. If this doesn't help please provide a test case showing what you have with specifics of how you want to find the specific input.
https://datatables.net/manual/tech-notes/10#How-to-provide-a-test-case

Kevin