Author: natinusala

README.md

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ https://github.com/gregwebs/jquery-uitablefilter
 ##What's new ?
 With this version the 'column' argument has been modified to be an array of columns instead of being just one column.
 Consequently, the script is now able to search in several columns. If you want the original behaviour back, put an array with only one entry.
-If you don't want to create any filter, just put an emptyarray as argument.
+If you don't want to create any filter, just put an empty array as argument.
+##Download
+Download the latest version here : https://raw.github.com/natinusala/jquery-uitablefilter/master/jquery.uitablefilter.js
 ##Example
 Here is an example (see the original project README for more informations). It will search the word 'Pepper' in #table in columns 'Price', 'Item' and 'ID'.
 ```

jquery.uitablefilter.js

@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
  * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPLv2 licenses just as jQuery is:
  * http://jquery.org/license
  *
+ * Multi-columns fork by natinusala 
+ *
  * documentation at http://gregweber.info/projects/uitablefilter
+ *                  https://github.com/natinusala/jquery-uitablefilter
  *
  * allows table rows to be filtered (made invisible)
  * <code>
@@ -14,7 +17,7 @@
  *   jQuery object containing table rows
  *   phrase to search for
  *   optional arguments:
- *     column to limit search too (the column title in the table header)
+ *     array of columns to limit search too (the column title in the table header)
  *     ifHidden - callback to execute if one or more elements was hidden
  */
 (function($) {
@@ -30,17 +33,28 @@
     var noMatch = function(elem) { elem.hide(); new_hidden = true }
     var getText = function(elem) { return elem.text() }
 
-    if( column ) {
-      var index = null;
-      jq.find("thead > tr:last > th").each( function(i){
-        if( $.trim($(this).text()) == column ){
-          index = i; return false;
-        }
-      });
-      if( index == null ) throw("given column: " + column + " not found")
+    if( column && column.length != 0 ) 
+    {
+      var index = new Array();
+      
+      for (var j = 0; j < column.length; j++)
+      {
+          jq.find("thead > tr:last > th").each(function(i) {
+              if ($.trim($(this).text()) == column[j]) {
+                  index[j] = i;
+                  return false;
+              }
+          });
+      }      
 
-      getText = function(elem){ return $(elem.find(
-        ("td:eq(" + index + ")")  )).text()
+      getText = function(elem) {
+          var selector = "";
+          for (var i = 0; i < index.length; i++)
+          {
+              if (i != 0) {selector += ",";}
+              selector += "td:eq(" + index[i] + ")";
+          }
+          return $(elem.find((selector))).text();
       }
     }
 
@@ -88,4 +102,4 @@
     }
     return true;
   }
-}) (jQuery);
+}) (jQuery);