Add pager processAjaxOnInit option. Fixes #424

addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js

@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 				dataType: 'json'
 			},
 
+			// set this to false if you want to block ajax loading on init
+			processAjaxOnInit: true,
+
 			// process ajax so that the following information is returned:
 			// [ total_rows (number), rows (array of arrays), headers (array; optional) ]
 			// example:
@@ -290,7 +293,7 @@
 							tds += '</tr>';
 						}
 						// add rows to first tbody
-						c.$tbodies.eq(0).html( tds );
+						p.processAjaxOnInit ? c.$tbodies.eq(0).html( tds ) : p.processAjaxOnInit = true;
 					}
 					// only add new header text if the length matches
 					if ( th && th.length === hl ) {

docs/index.html

@@ -2754,6 +2754,16 @@ $.extend($.tablesorter.themes.jui, {
 				<td><a href="example-pager-ajax.html">Example</a></td>
 			</tr>
 
+			<tr id="pager-processajaxoninit">
+				<td><span class="permalink">processAjaxOnInit</span></td>
+				<td>Boolean</td>
+				<td>true</td>
+				<td>
+					Set this option to <code>false</code> if your table data is preloaded into the table, but you are still using ajax (<span class="version">v2.14.5</span>).
+				</td>
+				<td></td>
+			</tr>
+
 			<tr id="pager-ajaxprocessing">
 				<td><a href="#" class="permalink">ajaxProcessing</a></td>
 				<td>Function</td>

js/widgets/widget-pager.js

@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ ts.addWidget({
 			dataType: 'json'
 		},
 
+		// set this to false if you want to block ajax loading on init
+		pager_processAjaxOnInit: true,
+
 		// process ajax so that the following information is returned:
 		// [ total_rows (number), rows (array of arrays), headers (array; optional) ]
 		// example:
@@ -476,7 +479,7 @@ tsp = ts.pager = {
 						tds += '</tr>';
 					}
 					// add rows to first tbody
-					c.$tbodies.eq(0).html( tds );
+					wo.pager_processAjaxOnInit ? c.$tbodies.eq(0).html( tds ) : wo.pager_processAjaxOnInit = true;
 				}
 				// only add new header text if the length matches
 				if ( th && th.length === hl ) {