Indicates if result of the search should be highlighted. Every time user submits a search, regardless whether local or remote data source, the result of the search will be highlighted on the screen. It uses $('#id').w2marker() plugin defined in utilities. This property can be set during object creation: let grid = new w2grid({ name : 'grid', markSearch : false, columns : [ { field: 'recid', text: 'ID', size: '50px' }, { field: 'lname', text: 'Last Name', size: '30%' }, { field: 'fname', text: 'First Name', size: '30%' }, { field: 'email', text: 'Email', size: '40%' }, { field: 'sdate', text: 'Start Date', size: '120px' }, { field: 'sdate', text: 'End Date', size: '120px' } ] }); Or any time during run-time: grid.markSearch = false;