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part of #565 (the auto-filter half; in-cell pictures are not implemented, see below).

What was wrong

<autoFilter> columns were read only from <filters><filter val/>. Any <filterColumn> using customFilters, top10, dynamicFilter or dateGroupItem was dropped, so a sheet filtered on two or more columns came back with just its value-list column(s). The writer likewise emitted only value lists. Reproduced on main with a 3-column filter (value, value, custom): the result had two columns, the custom one missing.

What landed

• AutoFilterColumn (new exported type): filters, blank, dateGroups, custom (and/or, 1-2 conditions), top10, dynamic, hiddenButton. One criterion kind per column, as in CT_FilterColumn.
• Reader and serializeAutoFilter handle all of them, so read -> write -> read is stable. The stream writer shares the serializer.
• Colour and icon filters are not carried (they point at a dxfId); documented in docs/PARITY.md and README.
• docs/PARITY.md also records that Place-in-Cell pictures are not read.
• Tests: test/autofilter-columns.test.ts (4 of 6 fail against main), the write/read parity register entry now has multi-kind columns, and coverage-xlsx-worksheet had a test pinning the old drop behaviour, now using a colour filter.

Not done: cell-embedded images

Not implemented. The attachments could not be downloaded (github user-attachments URLs returned Not Found), so I had no real Excel file to check a rich-value reader against, and the feature needs a model decision plus write-back, not just a read.

Not verified

• test2.xlsx / test3.xlsx themselves were never opened; the autofilter fix is verified on programmatically patched sheets, so I cannot confirm the exact criterion kind in test3.
• Nothing was opened in Excel.

Gate: bun run test passes (246 files, 10848 tests).

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Auto-filters now support value lists, blank and date-group entries, custom conditions, top/bottom and percentage filters, and dynamic criteria. Dropdown buttons can also be hidden.
  • Filter settings can be read from and written to XLSX files, including mixed criteria. Unsupported colour and icon criteria are not preserved; sort state is not read.
  • In-cell pictures are not preserved when opening and saving XLSX files, though cached cell values may remain.
• Documentation
  • Updated feature and compatibility notes to clarify supported and unsupported XLSX filter criteria.

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• README.md
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• src/index.ts
• src/sheet-ops.ts
• src/xlsx/worksheet-writer.ts
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• test/autofilter-columns.test.ts
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• test/xlsx-write-read-parity.test.ts

Walkthrough

XLSX auto-filter columns now support parsing and serialization for value, date-group, custom, top-10, and dynamic criteria, plus hidden-button flags. The change exports a public column type, adds tests for parsing and round trips, and updates documentation. Documentation also describes in-cell picture handling.

Changes: Auto-filter criteria

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Define the auto-filter column contract src/_types.ts, src/index.ts, README.md, docs/PARITY.md	AutoFilterColumn defines supported filter criteria and is exported from the root module. The README and parity documentation list supported criteria and note that colour and icon criteria are not carried.
Parse filter-column criteria src/xlsx/worksheet.ts, test/autofilter-columns.test.ts, test/coverage-xlsx-worksheet.test.ts	The worksheet parser reads supported criteria and retains columns that contain them. Tests cover mixed criteria, date groups, defaults, and omission of colour-only columns.
Serialize filter-column criteria src/xlsx/worksheet-writer.ts, test/autofilter-columns.test.ts, test/xlsx-write-read-parity.test.ts	The writer serializes supported criteria and hidden-button flags. Tests cover round trips and value and custom filters in the parity fixture.

In-cell picture documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Document in-cell picture behavior README.md, docs/PARITY.md	The documentation states that in-cell pictures stored as rich values are not read or preserved through an open-and-save cycle. It also distinguishes WPS DISPIMG support.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant XLSX as XLSX workbook
  participant Open as openXlsx
  participant Parser as Worksheet parser
  participant Model as AutoFilterColumn
  participant Writer as Worksheet writer
  participant Save as saveXlsx
  XLSX->>Open: Read workbook
  Open->>Parser: Parse worksheet filter columns
  Parser->>Model: Store supported criteria
  Model->>Writer: Provide filter-column criteria
  Writer->>Save: Serialize worksheet filter columns

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Suggested reviewers: ronistrom, dmythro

Merge Risk: Low · up to 1e77b

Some filter buttons may become visible after a workbook is saved again. The impact is limited, but the setting should be preserved.

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Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 66.67% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 6 functions across 7 files. (2 skipped: 2…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Title check		The title names the xlsx auto-filter read/write fix, which matches the changeset: the new AutoFilterColumn type, reader, serializeAutoFilter, and tests. It is specific and conveys the main change, tho…
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The title names the xlsx auto-filter read/write fix, which matches the changeset: the new AutoFilterColumn type, reader, serializeAutoFilter, and tests. It is specific and conveys the main change, though 'every' slightly overstates it because colour and icon criteria are still not carried.

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Preserve showButton="0" on filtered columns.

When a <filterColumn> has showButton="0" and a supported criterion, this branch records the criterion but drops the button setting. The writer then emits the column without showButton, so the button becomes visible after a read–write cycle. Add a model field and carry this attribute through parsing and serialization. showButton controls filter-button visibility separately from hiddenButton. (learn.microsoft.com)

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Review comment at @src/xlsx/worksheet.ts around lines 726 - 727:
Add a model field for the filter-column showButton setting and preserve
attrs["showButton"] when parsing into currentFilterCol, including the value "0".
Carry that field through serialization so read–write cycles retain button
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