item_list.js

function filterItems(field, url) {
  $.get(url,
    { 'filter': $(field).val(),
      '_eventName': 'findByName'
    },
    function(data) {
      $('#item_table').html(data);
    }
  );
}

function ajaxLink(link, update) {
  $.get(link, function(data) {
    $(update).html(data);
    $(update).show();
  });
  return false;
}

item_list.jsp

<%@ include file="/WEB-INF/jsp/common/taglibs.jsp" %>

<s:layout-render name="/WEB-INF/jsp/common/layout.jsp" title="Found Items" currectSection="ItemList">

    <s:layout-component name="head">
        <script type="text/javascript" src="${contextPath}/script/jquery-1.3.2.min.js" ></script>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="${contextPath}/script/item_list.js" ></script>
    </s:layout-component>

    <s:layout-component name="body">
  
        <div id="item_table">
  
        <div>Found Items</div>
        
        <s:url var="url" beanclass="org.stripesbook.quickstart.action.ItemListActionBean"/>
        Item Filter: <input type="text" onkeyup="filterItems(this, '${url}');"/><br/>

        <d:table name="${actionBean.items}" id="item" requestURI="" defaultsort="1" 
            pagesize="30" sort="list" defaultorder="descending">

            <d:column title="Date Found" sortProperty="dateFound" sortable="true" >
                <fmt:formatDate type="date" dateStyle="full" value="${item.dateFound}" />
            </d:column>

            <d:column title="Name" sortable="true">
                <s:link beanclass="org.stripesbook.quickstart.action.ItemDetailActionBean">
                                <s:param name="item" value="${item.id}"/>
                                ${item.name}
                 </s:link>
            </d:column>

            <d:column title="City" property="cityId" sortable="true" />
            <d:column title="State" property="stateId" sortable="true" />

            <d:column title="Picture" sortable="true">
                <c:if test="${item.imageExists}">
                    x
                </c:if>
            </d:column>
        </d:table>
        </div>
  </s:layout-component>
</s:layout-render>

ItemListActionBean.java

	public Resolution findByName() {
		
		logger.debug("*** in findByName()");
		
		Session sess = org.stripesbook.quickstart.util.DAO.getSession();
		
		if (filter != null && filter.length() > 0) {
			items = sess.createCriteria(Item.class)
				.add(Restrictions.ilike("name", filter+"%"))
				.list();
		}
		
		logger.debug("*** after filter");
		
		return new ForwardResolution(LIST);
	}