Add instantfilter to permissions configuration form

...subscribing.

A js snippet I worked on a little bit to add multiple tbody's to the permissions form. It's not done, but more of a concept to show that workarounds are possible:

var $table = jQuery('table');
var $rows = $table.find('tbody tr');
var groups = [];

$rows.each(function(i) {
  var $this = jQuery(this);
  if ($this.find('td').length === 1) {
    groups.push({number: i, element: $this});
  }
});

var len = groups.length;
var output = '';
if (len) {
  for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
    if (i === 0 && i === (len - 1)) {
      // Only a single item group, wrap around the entire collection.
      var part = $rows.wrapAll('<tbody></tbody>').parent();
    }
    else if (i !== (len - 1)) {
      // Wrap around the current untill the next item in the array.
      var part = $rows.slice(groups[i].number, groups[(i + 1)].number).wrapAll('<tbody></tbody>').parent();
    }
    else if (i === (len - 1)) {
      // Last group, wrap around the current item untill the end of the
      // collection.
      var part = $rows.slice(groups[i].number).wrapAll('<tbody></tbody>').parent();
    }

    var id = 'group-' + groups[i].element.find('td:first').attr('id');
    output += '<tbody id="' + id + '">' + part.html() + '</tbody>';
  }
}

$table.find('tbody').replaceWith(output);

...And because the core issue mentioned in #1 got pushed to D8, this does not need to be postponed any more :).

But wouldn't that be effectively duplicating theme_table, plus the patch of 31535? In other words, huge code additions to instantfilter?

Hmm, since you worked on that patch, would you be willing to throw it in here? Might be a nice reason for a beta3 release ;).

Also, shameless plug for #1255172: [meta] Roadmap to RC and eventually stable release.. Would really appreciate your input as project lead (:D) there!

7.x-2.0 has been released which adds support for filtering the permissions page.