diff --git a/handlers/views_handler_filter.inc b/handlers/views_handler_filter.inc
index 133a36e..d2bd689 100644
--- a/handlers/views_handler_filter.inc
+++ b/handlers/views_handler_filter.inc
@@ -1259,8 +1259,13 @@ class views_handler_filter extends views_handler {
     if (!empty($this->options['expose']['identifier'])) {
       $value = $input[$this->options['expose']['identifier']];
 
-      if (!empty($this->options['expose']['trim_spaces']) && !is_array($value)) {
-        $value = trim($value);
+      if (!empty($this->options['expose']['trim_spaces'])) {
+        if (is_array($value)) {
+          $value = array_map('trim', $value);
+        }
+        else {
+          $value = trim($value);
+        }
       }
 
       // Various ways to check for the absence of non-required input.
diff --git a/handlers/views_handler_filter_string.inc b/handlers/views_handler_filter_string.inc
index a47ecf8..5bf37fc 100644
--- a/handlers/views_handler_filter_string.inc
+++ b/handlers/views_handler_filter_string.inc
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class views_handler_filter_string extends views_handler_filter {
     $options = parent::option_definition();
 
     $options['expose']['contains']['required'] = array('default' => FALSE, 'bool' => TRUE);
-    $options['expose']['contains']['trim_spaces'] = array('default' => FALSE, 'bool' => TRUE);
+    $options['expose']['contains']['trim_spaces'] = array('default' => TRUE, 'bool' => TRUE);
 
     return $options;
   }