* Fixed a problem with the addWidget init function which apparently was always being called, even if you didn't want it! Fix for [issue #28](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/issues/28). Thanks to thezoggy for helping with troubleshooting!
* Added a new function to widgets called "init" which is called upon initialization, before any of the widgets are applied.
* I added it to allow the "saveSort" widget to get the saved sort data (localStorage or cookie) before the initial sort was applied.
* The "saveSort" widget is still compatible with the original tablesorter, but the original version will call all of the widgets twice on initialization, if using the "saveSort" widget.
* New add widget format is as follows:
```javascript
$.tablesorter.addWidget({
id: 'myWidget',
init: function(table, allWidgets, thisWidget){
// widget initialization code - this is only run ONCE
// but in this example I call the format function because
// I want to keep it backwards compatible with the original tablesorter
thisWidget.format(table, true);
},
format: function(table, initFlag) {
// widget code to apply to the table AFTER EACH SORT
// the initFlag is true when format is called for the first time, but
* Setting this option to `true`, allows you to click on the header a third time to clear the sort
* Clearing the sort DOES NOT return the table to it's initial unsorted state.
* Added `saveSort` widget
* This widget will save the last sort to local storage, and will fallback to cookies.
* The widget does use the `JSON.stringify` function which is [not fully supported](http://caniuse.com/#search=json) (IE7), so if you plan to support it and use this widget, please include this [JSON library](https://github.com/douglascrockford/JSON-js).
* Fixed pager page size not sticking. Fix for [issue #24](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/issues/24).
* Widgets should no longer be applied twice when an initial sort direction is added. Fix for [issue #21](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/issues/21).
* Modified Green theme:
* The Green theme sort direction icon is now applied to only the first span it encounters inside the header. The UI theme adds a second span for it's icon.
* Essentially to fix [this demo](http://mottie.github.com/tablesorter/docs/example-widget-ui-theme.html) which allows switching between all of the themes.
* Modified the UI theme to now add a div that wraps all of the header cell content to allow positioning of the sort direction icon.
* Fixed disabled column style for the ui theme widget. Thanks to [bbbco](https://github.com/bbbco) for the fix in [issue #17](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/issues/17).
* The ui theme and sticky header widgets now work together and update the arrow direction. Fix for [issue #15](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/issues/15).
* Empty cells with only a tab or space will now sort at the bottom. Thanks to [pursual](https://github.com/pursual) for the fix for [issue #16](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/issues/16).
* Updated the sticky header widget again to not interfere with the filter widget. Fix for [issue #10](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/issues/10).
* Updated the sticky header widget to reposition the sticky header when scrolling left. Fix for [issue #9](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/issues/9).
* Changed filter input from visibility hidden to display none. Fix/enhancement from [issue #7](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/issues/7).
* Modified the widget to better work with child rows. Added the `widgetFilterChildRows` option. Fix for [issue #8](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/issues/8).
* When `widgetFilterChildRows` is true, all child row content is included in the row filtering; if false, the child row content is ignored.
* Added `tableClass` to the documents. Apparently I forgot to add it before.
* Added a note to the filter demo bringing up [issue #6](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/issues/6).
* This event is triggered immediately before the actual sort. So this event occurs after the `sortStart` and after the `sortList` option has been updated.
* It was added to allow for changing the sort dynamically. See [issue #3](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/issues/3).
* Added `removeRows` option to the pager plugin
* When `true`, the default value, the pager plugin removes all non-active rows from the table. This greatly increases the sort speed of large tables.
* When `false`, the pager plugin merely hides the non-active rows so they all continue to exist in the table. This should allow for better access to data within the table (i.e. submitting form elements)
* Added notes to demo pages to indicate if the original (version 2.0.5, at [tablesorter.com](http://tablesorter.com/docs/)) does have that option or method.
* Added "addRows" method that allows adding table rows.
* This method differs from the "update" method in that it only adds rows to the cache.
* Use this new method to add rows to a table with the pager plugin applied. Using the "update" method on a table with the pager plugin will remove all hidden rows from the cache.
* Added a "destroy.pager" method to remove the pager from the table - pager demo updated.
* Reverted the changes made in 2.0.13 and added checks to prevent errors.
* Allowed sorting an empty table which would then automatically sort its contents when the table is updated.
* Modified "Update" and "UpdateCell" methods to automatically resort the table using the existing sort.
* Updated the [Initializing tablesorter on an empty table](http://mottie.github.com/tablesorter/docs/example-empty-table.html) demo and [Updating a table cell](http://mottie.github.com/tablesorter/docs/example-update-cell.html).
* Modified the numeric sort with a new method to deal with non-numeric content:
* When sorting columns with numeric values, by default any non-numeric or empty cells are treated as if they have a zero value. This puts the text between negative and positive values in a column.
* Adding `string : "max+"` to the `headers` option will now treat any non-numeric table cells as if they have a maxiumum positive value (a value greater than the maximum positive value in the column).
* Adding `string : "max-"` to the `headers` option will now treat any non-numeric table cells as if they have a maxiumum negative value (a value greater than the maximum negative value in the column).
* See the "[Dealing with text strings in numeric sorts](http://mottie.github.com/tablesorter/docs/example-options-headers-digits-strings.html)" demo for a better visual example.
* Changed UI theme widget code to use "ui-widget-header" instead of "ui-widget-default" to better match the themes.
* Renamed changelog.markdown to changelog.txt to prevent downloading when clicking on the link
* Add the jQuery UI theme widget code found on [this example page](http://mottie.github.com/tablesorter/docs/example-ui-theme.html). This demo page includes the UI theme switcher.
* Added a header index to the `onRenderHeader` function to make it easier to target specific header cells for modification. See the [render header example](http://mottie.github.com/tablesorter/docs/example-option-render-header.html) for an example.
* Removed the `separator` option and added an `output` option which allows you to completely customize the output string.
* In the `output` string, include any of the following variables:
* `{page}` is replaced with the current page number.
* `{totalPages}` is replaced with the total number of pages.
* `{startRow}` is replaced with the number of the visible start row of the pager.
* `{endRow}` is replaced with the number of the visible end row of the pager.
* `{totalRows}` is replaced with the total number of rows.
* The `cssPageDisplay` option can now target any element; in previous versions, this element was an input of type text.
* Added a `pagerArrows` and `cssDisabled` options:
* When `pagerArrows` is true, the first and previous pager arrows have the css class name contained in the `cssDisabled` option applied when the first row is visible.
* The next and last pager arrows will be have the `cssDisabled` class applied when the last row is visible.
* Additionally, if the number of table rows is less than the pager size, the pager will get the `cssDisabled` class name applied.
* If false (the default setting), the pager arrows class names will not change.
* Fixed parsers for currency and digits to work with number values separated by commas. Thanks to Josh Renaud for the information!
* Fixed "lockedOrder" header option and added documentation and an example on how to use it.
* Made the sort order "desc" only trigger off of the first letter, so any word/abbreviation starting with "d" will set the descending sort order, all other letters will set the order to ascending (shhh, because I'm a bad speller :P)
* Modified the "sortInitialOrder" option so it can also be set in the headers option.
* Added "pagerChange" and "pagerComplete" events to the pager plugin which trigger on the table. See the [pager demo](http://mottie.github.com/tablesorter/docs/example-pager.html) for an example on how to bind to them.
* Added the "sortAppend" since the option was there, but apparently the code wasn't.
* Added missing documentation from [my blog post](http://wowmotty.blogspot.com/2011/06/jquery-tablesorter-missing-docs.html)
* This included a few new example pages: apply widgets, child rows, render header, sort append and zebra widget.
* Added a methods and events table.
* Fixed the minified version. Apparently sorting functions called by the eval were removed by the Google Closure Compiler. Resolved by using "Whitespace only" optimization.
