Global filter only works on string and number types

[jake8655]

Hi all!

I've recently been building some tables with tanstack table and I've come across some situations where I have a column with boolean values and I want to include that (transformed) in the global filter.

Simple reproduction: https://stackblitz.com/edit/vitejs-vite-vej6boy5?file=src%2Fmain.tsx
Line in tanstack table that is causing it (I think):

table/packages/table-core/src/features/GlobalFiltering.ts

Line 116 in db745af

return typeof value === 'string' || typeof value === 'number'

Goal

I'm trying to have a column of boolean type which is globally searchable using some transforming logic. I want to transform the boolean to a string when searching/somewhere else if possible and pass that to the global filter.

Possible solution

I could just store the transformed string in the column instead of the boolean (eg. "Online"/"Offline" instead of online: true/false). I would like to avoid this if possible, but if using strings is preferred in tanstack table then let me know.