Special Character "&" in Filter

[elli-pirelli]

Hi,

I'm using the tablesorter to filter to sort jobs via a API.
One of the Jobs has F&B in the title and when I filter it via dropdown, the entry disappears from the table.

I'm using the widget filter.

`
$(function() {
var $table = $('table.jobsort');
$table.tablesorter({
theme: 'blue',
widthFixed: true,
widgets: ['filter'],
sortList: [[0,2],[0,1],[0,0]],
widgetOptions: {
filter_reset : '.reset',
filter_ignoreCase : true,
filter_searchDelay : 300,
filter_startsWith : false,
filter_matchType : { 'input': 'exact', 'select': 'exact' },
filter_external : '.search',
filter_defaultFilter: { 1 : '~{query}' },
filter_columnFilters: true,
filter_placeholder: { search : 'Search...' },
filter_saveFilters : true,
}
})
});

$('button[data-column]').on('click', function() {
var $this = $(this),
totalColumns = $table[0].config.columns,
col = $this.data('column'),
filter = [];
filter[ col === 'all' ? totalColumns : col ] = $this.text();
$table.trigger('search', [ filter ]);
return false;
});

$('table.jobsort').on('filterEnd filterReset', function() {
var c = this.config,
fr = c.filteredRows;
if (fr === 0) {
c.$table.append([
'',
'Für diese Suchkriterien haben wir leider keine freien Stellen.',
''
].join(''));
} else {
c.$table.find('.noData').remove();
}
});`