quicksearch overloads jQuery methods

[shadowhand]

Right now it is impossible to do this:

var search = $('form input.search').quicksearch();
search.val('').trigger('keyup');

and have the search form reset, showing all rows.

The problem lies in the way that quicksearch uses this, which in the context of a plugin, refers to the matched element, not the $.fn.quicksearch class. To correct this, either use $.fn.quicksearch.func instead of this.func or simply func and disallow outside access.

[shadowhand]

To hack around resetting the form as in the above example, I had to rename jQuery.fn.quicksearch.trigger to jQuery.fn.quicksearch.activate.

[shadowhand]

Closed this by mistake... please reopen and delete this comment.

[riklomas]

This is intentional so that users can have access to internal functions, see the Ajax example on the documentation to see how it's used

[shadowhand]

My use case still stands. Once you apply quicksearch to an input, you can no longer use the jQuery.trigger method. A plugin should not overwrite existing methods. There are many ways to provide access to internal functions without polluting the jQuery namespace.

[shadowhand]

From the docs:

Under no circumstance should a single plugin ever claim more than one namespace in the jQuery.fn object.