diff --git a/views/ngXosLib/xosHelpers/spec/ui/table.test.js b/views/ngXosLib/xosHelpers/spec/ui/table.test.js
index 321a476..0ecdd2f 100644
--- a/views/ngXosLib/xosHelpers/spec/ui/table.test.js
+++ b/views/ngXosLib/xosHelpers/spec/ui/table.test.js
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@
                 {categories: ['Film', 'Music']}
               ];
               scope.config = {
+                filter: 'field',
                 columns: [
                   {
                     label: 'Categories',
@@ -342,11 +343,17 @@
             });
 
             it('should format data using the formatter property', () => {
-              let td1 = $(element).find('tbody tr:first-child')[0];
+              let td1 = $(element).find('tbody:last-child tr:first-child')[0];
               expect($(td1).text().trim()).toEqual('Formatted Content');
               // the custom formatted should receive the entire object, otherwise is not so custom
               expect(formatterFn).toHaveBeenCalledWith({categories: ['Film', 'Music']});
             });
+
+            it('should not render the filter field', () => {
+              // displayed value is different from model val, filter would not work
+              let filter = $(element).find('tbody tr td')[0];
+              expect($(filter)).not.toContainElement('input');
+            });
           });
 
           describe('and is icon', () => {
diff --git a/views/ngXosLib/xosHelpers/src/ui_components/dumbComponents/table/table.component.js b/views/ngXosLib/xosHelpers/src/ui_components/dumbComponents/table/table.component.js
index 94e2ab3..1e60458 100644
--- a/views/ngXosLib/xosHelpers/src/ui_components/dumbComponents/table/table.component.js
+++ b/views/ngXosLib/xosHelpers/src/ui_components/dumbComponents/table/table.component.js
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@
                 <tr>
                   <td ng-repeat="col in vm.columns">
                     <input
-                      ng-if="col.type !== 'boolean' && col.type !== 'array' && col.type !== 'object'"
+                      ng-if="col.type !== 'boolean' && col.type !== 'array' && col.type !== 'object' && col.type !== 'custom'"
                       class="form-control"
                       placeholder="Type to search by {{col.label}}"
                       type="text"