Add resetToLoadState method

docs/index.html

@@ -3576,6 +3576,18 @@ This ajaxProcessing function must return an object with "total", "headers" and "
 				<td><a href="example-add-rows.html">Example</a></td>
 			</tr>
 
+			<tr id="resettoloadstate">
+				<td><a href="#" class="permalink">resetToLoadState</a></td>
+				<td>Use this method reset the table to it's original settings. (<span class="version">v2.16.5</span>).
+					<div class="collapsible">
+						Using this method will clear out any settings that have changed since the table was initialized (refreshes the entire table); so any sorting or modified widget options will be cleared.<br>
+						However, it will not clear any values that were saved to storage. This method is basically like reloading the page.
+						<pre class="prettyprint lang-js">$('table').trigger('resetToLoadState');</pre>
+					</div>
+				</td>
+				<td></td>
+			</tr>
+
 			<tr id="sort">
 				<td><a href="#" class="permalink">sort</a></td>
 				<td>Use this method to initialize a sort while targeting a specific column header (<span class="version">v2.9</span>).

js/jquery.tablesorter.js

@@ -948,6 +948,14 @@
 				.bind("destroy" + c.namespace, function(e, c, cb){
 					e.stopPropagation();
 					ts.destroy(table, c, cb);
+				})
+				.bind("resetToLoadState" + c.namespace, function(e){
+					// restore original settings; this clears out current settings, but does not clear
+					// values saved to storage.
+					c = $.extend(true, ts.defaults, c.originalSettings);
+					table.hasInitialized = false;
+					// setup the entire table again
+					ts.setup( table, c );
 				});
 			}
 
@@ -957,6 +965,8 @@
 					var table = this,
 						// merge & extend config options
 						c = $.extend(true, {}, ts.defaults, settings);
+						// save initial settings
+						c.originalSettings = settings;
 					// create a table from data (build table widget)
 					if (!table.hasInitialized && ts.buildTable && this.tagName !== 'TABLE') {
 						// return the table (in case the original target is the table's container)