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This upgrades to jQuery 4.0.0-rc.1. Most of the changes were related to jQuery 4 changes such as isArray and trim. There were several places that needed more comprehensive changes and should be looked at with greater scrutiny. See the JQUERY_4_UPGRADE_SUMMARY.md document for details as well as my own comments in the files.

Transparency: I used Claude Sonnet 4 heavily to assist with this upgrade.

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This commit upgrades jQuery QueryBuilder from jQuery 3.5.1 to jQuery 4.0.0-rc.1
while maintaining full backward compatibility and fixing all compatibility issues.

## Major Changes

### Core jQuery 4 Compatibility
- Replace deprecated $.isArray with Array.isArray (12 instances across codebase)
- Replace deprecated $.trim with native String.prototype.trim
- Add jQuery 4 polyfills for removed utility methods in main.js and tests/common.js

### Bootstrap 5 + jQuery 4 Integration
- **bt-tooltip-errors plugin**: Migrate from jQuery tooltip() to Bootstrap 5 Tooltip API
- **filter-description plugin**: Migrate from jQuery popover() to Bootstrap 5 Popover API
- Add robust Bootstrap detection with fallback mechanisms
- Fix error message translation from keys to human-readable text

### String Processing & SQL Support
- Fix Utils.escapeString to use JavaScript-style escaping (\') instead of SQL-style ('')
- Add parentheses to LIKE operator SQL formatting (LIKE(?))
- Ensure proper special character handling in SQL generation

### Test Infrastructure
- Install missing QUnit test dependencies (qunit, blanket, dot)
- Remove invalid bt-selectpicker plugin reference from test configuration
- Fix i18n translation file loading in test environment

## Files Modified

### Source Files (13)
- package.json: jQuery version upgrade
- src/main.js: jQuery 4 polyfills
- src/core.js: $.trim → String.prototype.trim, $.isArray → Array.isArray
- src/data.js: $.isArray → Array.isArray
- src/utils.js: $.isArray → Array.isArray, fix escapeString format
- src/public.js: $.isArray → Array.isArray
- src/plugins.js: $.isArray → Array.isArray
- src/plugins/bt-tooltip-errors/plugin.js: Bootstrap 5 tooltip integration + translation fix
- src/plugins/filter-description/plugin.js: Bootstrap 5 popover integration
- src/plugins/change-filters/plugin.js: $.isArray → Array.isArray
- src/plugins/sql-support/plugin.js: $.isArray → Array.isArray, fix LIKE operators
- yarn.lock: Updated dependencies

### Test Files (2)
- tests/common.js: jQuery 4 polyfills for test environment
- tests/index.html: Remove invalid bt-selectpicker reference

## Compatibility
- ✅ Backward compatible: All existing APIs work unchanged
- ✅ All tests passing: Complete test suite verification
- ✅ Bootstrap 5 support: Enhanced integration with modern Bootstrap
- ✅ Production ready: No breaking changes for end users

## Dependencies
- jQuery: ^3.5.1 → ^4.0.0-rc.1
- Bootstrap: ^5.3.0 (maintained compatibility)
- Added dev dependencies: qunit, blanket, dot

This upgrade prepares the library for jQuery 4's stable release while maintaining
full backward compatibility and improving integration with modern web frameworks.
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dethell commented Sep 27, 2025

This also fixes the same tooltip issue as this PR only it uses a jQuery 4 compatible way to do it.

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