Add inverse_link option

README.md

@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ It takes optional parameters:
 * `collapsed=0|1`: Controls whether host information is collapsed by default or not. A value of `1` will collapse all host information by defaultcontrols whether host information is collapsed by default or not. A value of `1` will collapse all host information by default. (default='0')
 * `host_details=0|1`: Render host details or not. (default=`1`)
 * `skip_empty=0|1`: Skip hosts for which no facts were gathered (unreachable, etc). (default=`0`).
+* `inverse_link=0|1`: Generate link to direct URL with the regex for the *inverse* of the current search query when typing in the search box (`1`) instead of just generating a direct URL for the current search (`0`). (default=`0`)
 
 **sql**:
 

src/ansiblecmdb/data/tpl/html_fancy.tpl

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ local_js = to_bool(context.get('local_js', '0'))
 collapsed = to_bool(context.get('collapsed', '0'))
 host_details = to_bool(context.get('host_details', '1'))
 skip_empty = to_bool(context.get('skip_empty', '0'))
+inverse_link = to_bool(context.get('inverse_link', '0'))
 
 # Get column definitions from html_fancy_defs.html
 cols = var_cols(columns)

src/ansiblecmdb/data/tpl/html_fancy_defs.html

@@ -386,7 +386,11 @@ <h3 class="toggle-collapse ${collapsed_class}" id="${host['name']}" data-host-na
     $('#filter_link').remove();
     if (table.search() == "") {
     } else {
+    % if inverse_link is True:
       $('#host_overview_tbl_filter label').after('<span id="filter_link">&nbsp; <a title="Direct link to search" href="?search='+table.search()+'">&nbsp;</a></span>');
+    % else:
+      $('#host_overview_tbl_filter label').after('<span id="filter_link">&nbsp; <a title="Direct link to inverse search" href="?search=^(?!.*'+table.search()+')">&nbsp;</a></span>');
+    % endif
     }
   } );