• Hover over the grey bar below the table header to open the filter row. Disable this by setting filter_hideFilters option to false.
• This widget uses jQuery's .nextUntil() function which is only available is jQuery version 1.4+.
• This widget does work with tablesorter v2.0.5.
• Using the filters:

  Type	Description	Example
  text	Any text entered in the filter will match text found within the column	abc (finds "abc", "abcd", "abcde", etc)
  "	To exactly match the search query, add a quote, apostrophe or equal sign to the beginning and/or end of the query	abc" or abc= (exactly match "abc")
  ?	Wildcard for a single, non-space character.	J?n (finds "Jan" and "Jun", but not "Joan")
  *	Wildcard for zero or more non-space characters.	B*k (matches "Black" and "Book")
  /\d/	Add any regex to the query to use in the query	/b[aeiou]g/i (finds "bag", "beg", "BIG", "Bug", etc)
  < <= >= >	Find alphabetical or numerical values less than or greater than or equal to the filtered query	>= 10 (find values greater than or equal to 10)
  !	Not operator. Filter the column with content that do not match the query.	!fe (hide rows with "female" in that column, but shows rows with "male")
  &&  or  AND	Logical "and". Filter the column for content that matches text from either side of the operator.	box && bat (matches a column cell that contains both "box" and "bat")
  | or  OR	Logical "or" (Vertical bar). Filter the column for content that matches text from either side of the bar.	box|bat (matches a column cell with either "box" or "bat")
  -  or  to	Find a range of values. Make sure there is a space before and after the dash (or the word "to").	10 - 30 or 10 to 30 (match values between 10 and 30)

  * Note: You cannot combine these operators with each other (except for the wildcards).

Filter widget defaults (added inside of tablesorter widgetOptions)

• filter_childRows : false - if true, filter includes child row content in the search.
• filter_columnFilters : true - if true, a filter will be added to the top of each table column.
• filter_cssFilter : 'tablesorter-filter' - css class name added to the filter row & each input in the row.
• filter_formatter : null - add custom filter elements to the filter row.
• filter_functions : null - add custom filter functions using this option.
• filter_hideFilters : false - if true, filters are hidden initially, but can be revealed by clicking on the filter icon.
• filter_ignoreCase : true - if true, make all searches case-insensitive.
• filter_liveSearch : true - if true, search column content while the user types (with a delay).
• filter_reset : null - jQuery selector string of an element used to reset the filters.
• filter_searchDelay : 300 - typing delay in milliseconds before starting a search.
• filter_serversideFiltering : false - if true, filter will be done server-side. The client-side filtering will be disabled, but the ui and events will still be used..
• filter_startsWith : false - if true, filter start from the beginning of the cell contents.
• filter_useParsedData : false - filter all data using parsed content.

• filter-false - disable the filter for a specific header column.
• filter-select - build a default select box for a column (shows unique column content). See the custom filter widget demo for an example.
• filter-match - only applies to "filter-select" columns. Makes the select match the column contents instead of exactly matching.
• filter-parsed - set a column to filter through parsed data instead of the actual table cell content.

filterReset

Use the filterReset method to reset (clear) all of the current filters using this method

$('table').trigger('filterReset');

search

With this method, you can pass an array of filter values:

// apply "2?%" filter to the fifth column (zero-based index)
var columns = [];
columns[5] = '2?%';
// or define the array this way var columns = [ '', '', '', '', '', '2?%' ]
$('table').trigger('search', [ columns ]);

or, just pass false to refresh the current search:

$('table').trigger('search', false);

* Note: using this search method will not update the contents of the filters within the filter row; use the $.tablesorter.setFilter() method below to do that.

Get current filters

Get an array of the currently applied filters New! v2.9.

$.tablesorter.getFilters( $('table') ); // or $('table.hasFilters')

This method returns an array of filter values or false if the selected table does not contain a filter row.

Set current filters

Set the values of the actual filters using this method; include a true boolean to actually apply the search New! v2.9.

// update filters, but don't apply the search
$.tablesorter.setFilters( $('table'), [ '', '', '', '', '', '2?%' ] );

// update filters, AND apply the search
$.tablesorter.setFilters( $('table'), [ '', '', '', '', '', '2?%' ], true );

This method returns true if the filters were sucessfully applied, or false if the table does have a filter row.