=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-commons-resources/src/main/webapp/dhis-web-commons/javascripts/commons.js'
--- dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-commons-resources/src/main/webapp/dhis-web-commons/javascripts/commons.js	2010-12-03 05:41:34 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-commons-resources/src/main/webapp/dhis-web-commons/javascripts/commons.js	2010-12-06 04:38:50 +0000
@@ -1340,3 +1340,13 @@
 {
 	return isNumber( value ) && parseFloat( value ) == 0;
 }
+
+function getValueTrimById( valueId )
+{
+	return getValueTrim( getFieldValue( valueId ) );
+}
+
+function getValueTrim( value )
+{
+	return trim( value ).replace(/\s+/g, ' ');
+}

=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-commons-resources/src/main/webapp/macros.vm'
--- dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-commons-resources/src/main/webapp/macros.vm	2010-12-03 08:08:32 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-commons-resources/src/main/webapp/macros.vm	2010-12-06 04:38:50 +0000
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 
 #macro( filterDiv $action )
 $i18n.getString( "filter_by_name" ):
-<form action="${action}.action" method="POST">
+<form action="${action}.action" method="POST" onsubmit="setFieldValue( 'key', getValueTrimById( 'key' ) );">
 	<div style="inline">
 		#set ($value = $encoder.htmlEncode( ${key} ))
 		<input type="text" id="key" name="key" value="$!value"/>