• An additional data parameter was added to the filter functions. It is an object which contains all data provided to the filter type functions (see all the data values here).
• *WARNING* In a future update, the filter function parameters will change to clean up the code (I know, it's messy)!

  filter_functions : {
    // function(e, n, f, i, $r, c, data) {} <- current parameters
    0 : function(c, data) {} // planned change (version undetermined)
  }

  The e (exact table cell text), n (normalized table cell text), f (filter input value), i (column index) and $r (current row; jQuery object) are all already included in the data object.

• When a default filter select is added to a column, it is now parsed from the assigned parser, then sorted using the textSorter setting, and falls back to an alphanumeric sort.
• Adding a class of "filter-select-nosort" will now leave the select options unsorted.

filter_functions : {

  // Add select menu to this column
  // set the column value to true, and/or add "filter-select" class name to header
  '.first-name' : true

}

<th class="filter-select" data-placeholder="Select a name">First Name</th>

<th class="filter-select filter-match" data-placeholder="Select a name">First Name</th>

• The select contents are now parsed from the assigned parser, then sorted using the textSorter option
• Add a class name of "filter-select-nosort" to prevent sorting the select options (v2.16.3).

filter_functions : {

  // Exact match only
  1 : function(e, n, f, i, $r, c, data) {
    return e === f;
  }

}

filter_functions : {

  // Add these options to the select dropdown (regex example)
  2 : {
    "A - D" : function(e, n, f, i, $r, c, data) { return /^[A-D]/.test(e); },
    "E - H" : function(e, n, f, i, $r, c, data) { return /^[E-H]/.test(e); },
    "I - L" : function(e, n, f, i, $r, c, data) { return /^[I-L]/.test(e); },
    "M - P" : function(e, n, f, i, $r, c, data) { return /^[M-P]/.test(e); },
    "Q - T" : function(e, n, f, i, $r, c, data) { return /^[Q-T]/.test(e); },
    "U - X" : function(e, n, f, i, $r, c, data) { return /^[U-X]/.test(e); },
    "Y - Z" : function(e, n, f, i, $r, c, data) { return /^[Y-Z]/.test(e); }
  }

}

filter_functions : {
  // Add these options to the select dropdown (numerical comparison example)
  // Note that only the normalized (n) value will contain numerical data
  // If you use the exact text, you'll need to parse it (parseFloat or parseInt)
  4 : {
    "< $10"      : function(e, n, f, i, $r, c, data) { return n < 10; },
    "$10 - $100" : function(e, n, f, i, $r, c, data) { return n >= 10 && n <=100; },
    "> $100"     : function(e, n, f, i, $r, c, data) { return n > 100; }
  }
}

<th class="filter-select filter-onlyAvail">Discount</th>

• First, filter the "First Name" column by selecting the name "Clark"
• Now use the "Discount" filter select box, you'll notice that only the values associated with the first name of Clark are showing as options.

function(e, n, f, i, $r, c, data) { return test; /* test should be a Boolean (true or false) */ }

• This data has been parsed by the assigned column parser, so make sure the same type of data is being compared as parsed data may not be what you expect.
• Normalized numerical values within the table will be of numeric type and not of string type, as the sorter needs to use mathematical comparisons while sorting.
• The data will be in lower-case if the filter_ignoreCase option is true.
• Dates like in the last column of the table below will store the time in seconds since 1970 (using javascript's .getTime() function).
• The percentage column will only store the number and not percentage sign.

• This allows access to any extra information within. To access the current cell, just use $r.children().eq(i).
• * NOTE * The row object provided is not attached to the table, so using something like .parent() or .closest() will not work!
• For this reason, the next parameter (c) was added.