Notes
- As of v2.18.0,
				- An external input data-columncan now target multiple columns:- When designating a column for an external input, you can now set multiple columns and/or a range of columns (e.g. data-column="0-2,4,6-7".
- This type of search acts essentially the same as when the column is set to "all"in that "range", "notMatch" and "operators" searches are ignored.
- The last search performed using either multiple columns or "all" columns will override all other queries; meaning the other inputs won't clear or update (e.g. performing a search for "foo" in an "all" column search input will override any previous searchs, and the input with a data-column="0-2,4,6-7"will not change its value) - this might be confusing to the user if multiple inputs are visible on the page (placeholder text won't help).
- The selector in the demo below has two additional options: "Columns 0,3" and "Columns 1-2"; as you can see, switching the column to search between "all", "0,3" and "1-2" does not change the query.
 
- When designating a column for an external input, you can now set multiple columns and/or a range of columns (e.g. 
 
- An external input 
- As of v2.15,
				- A new filter widget filter_externaloption has been added that essentially does the same thing as the$.tablesorter.bindSearchfunction.
- Use either to bind external search inputs.
- To change an input from searching one column (or all columns) to search any other column, call the $.tablesorter.bindSearchfunction to update the external inputs, even if the inputs are set using thefilter_externaloption. Pass an additionalfalseflag as the last parameter to force the inputs to update.$.tablesorter.bindSearch( $('table'), $('.search'), false );
- This demo shows how to use multiple external search filters to filter the table, and how to make one input dynamically change to filter any or all columns.
 
- A new filter widget 
- The $.tablesorter.filter.bindSearchfunction allows binding multiple external search filters
- The advantage of using this function over your own is:
				- Inputs behave the same as internal filters; searches adhere to the filter_liveSearchandfilter_searchDelayoptions.
- When pressing the Esc key, the filter resets.
 
- Inputs behave the same as internal filters; searches adhere to the 
- Include a data-column="#"attribute to specify to which column the search should apply; ordata-column="all"to search all columns.
Demo
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