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I'm trying to use the quicksearch plugin found at http://rikrikrik.com/jquery/quicksearch to filter a table for a client site. It's working great, but the client wants me to implement a "clear filter" button to simply reset and display all the data in the table. Should be simple enough. I used jQuery to empty the field with a button, but the data doesn't refresh unless the "keydown" event is triggered on the field.

In the plugin script, the function qs() is called when the event is triggered. I've tried to call the function by simply throwing qs(); into my own script, but it doesn't see the function. My script IS included after jQuery and the plugin, so perhaps I just don't know how to call it. Would it be the equivalent of a private function? If so, how do I call it? 

Thanks!