jquery-searchable | Tiny , fast jQuery plugin to search through elements | Plugin library

First of all, I guess you misinterpret the meaning with onSearchEmpty. It is supposed to be triggered when the search term is empty. There is actually no callbacks for the search "results".

Second, you can skip the entire $( '#searchable-container' ).searchable({ }) and work on $( '#table' ).searchable({ }) only. I guess it was some kind of test?

Third, when there is no callbacks for the search, you must create that yourself. This searchable plugin does nothing but updating the rows display, the same will your slideup / down do. You can create a generic handler like this :