Hello,
jqWidgets v 3.0.3
Using autoloadstate: true with server side filtering and sorting does not load the filters. A workaround I am now using is to issue a loadstate call on the grid ready() callback. What this does, however, is issue a call without filters and sorting to the server (initial grid state), load the data and then issue another call to the server with the loaded filtering and sorting data. The workaround was proposed to me by Peter Shoev if I remember correctly, but it is a hack. autoloadstate: true should work correctly with server-side filtering.