jquery - Filter toolbar: data getting trimmed in free jqGrid -

we have data field padded 4 characters..
example, have "abc ", or "defg". data used value of select dropdown in filter toolbar.

when filter being built, padding getting trimmed; "abc " "abc".. filtering @ middle tier fails.. "abc" != "abc "

i modified jqgrid source remove trimming, safe? fixes issue, i'm not clear if i'm creating more problems.

/* format of element of searching toolbar if  * format of cells in grid. 1 can't use  *     value = $.unformat.call($t, $elem, { colmodel: cm }, icol)  * value. access value should  * $elem.val() instead of $elem.text() used in common case of  * formatter. have make manual conversion of searching filed  * used integer/number/currency. code duplicate */ if (cm.stype === "custom" && $.isfunction(searchoptions.custom_value) && $elem.length > 0 && $elem[0].nodename.touppercase() === "span") {     v = searchoptions.custom_value.call($t, $elem.children(".customelement").first(), "get"); } else {     //v = $.trim($elem.val());  // *** commented out ***     v = $elem.val();     switch (cm.formatter) {         case "integer":             v = cutthousandsseparator(v)                     .replace(getformateroption("decimalseparator", "number"), ".");             if (v !== "") {                 // normalize strings "010.01" "10"                 v = string(parseint(v, 10));             }             break;         case "number":             v = cutthousandsseparator(v)                     .replace(getformateroption("decimalseparator"), ".");             if (v !== "") {                 // normalize strings "010.00" "10"                 // , "010.12" "10.12"                 v = string(parsefloat(v));             }             break; 

thank bug report!

it seems but, 1 should skip $.trim better in case of stype: "select". reduce side effects other cases. committed changes github (see here).