From 7b15ec99c51e78b2be110fa7b815669dd1f08d4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob Garrison <wowmotty@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2018 00:43:37 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Core: Debug components separately

---
 addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js |  89 +++++++++----------
 docs/example-option-debug.html           |  10 ++-
 docs/index.html                          |  19 ++++-
 js/jquery.tablesorter.js                 |  92 +++++++++++---------
 js/widgets/widget-build-table.js         |  44 ++++++----
 js/widgets/widget-columnSelector.js      |  40 +++++----
 js/widgets/widget-filter.js              |  17 ++--
 js/widgets/widget-pager.js               | 104 +++++++++++------------
 js/widgets/widget-saveSort.js            |  35 +++++---
 js/widgets/widget-storage.js             |  11 ++-
 js/widgets/widget-uitheme.js             |  13 +--
 11 files changed, 266 insertions(+), 208 deletions(-)

diff --git a/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js b/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js
index 42161cbc..2729d450 100644
--- a/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js
+++ b/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js
@@ -246,8 +246,8 @@
 				pagerArrows( table, p );
 				fixHeight(table, p);
 				if (p.initialized && completed !== false) {
-					if (c.debug) {
-						console.log('Pager: Triggering pagerComplete');
+					if (ts.debug(c, 'pager')) {
+						console.log('Pager >> Triggering pagerComplete');
 					}
 					c.$table.triggerHandler('pagerComplete', p);
 					// save pager info to storage
@@ -429,8 +429,8 @@
 					ts.showError( table );
 
 					if ( exception ) {
-						if (c.debug) {
-							console.error('Pager: >> Ajax Error', xhr, settings, exception);
+						if (ts.debug(c, 'pager')) {
+							console.error('Pager >> Ajax Error', xhr, settings, exception);
 						}
 						ts.showError( table, xhr, settings, exception );
 						c.$tbodies.eq(0).children('tr').detach();
@@ -527,8 +527,8 @@
 							// apply widgets after table has rendered & after a delay to prevent
 							// multiple applyWidget blocking code from blocking this trigger
 							setTimeout(function() {
-								if (c.debug) {
-									console.log('Pager: Triggering pagerChange');
+								if (ts.debug(c, 'pager')) {
+									console.log('Pager >> Triggering pagerChange');
 								}
 								$table.triggerHandler( 'pagerChange', p );
 								ts.applyWidget( table );
@@ -573,8 +573,8 @@
 							p.oldAjaxSuccess(data);
 						}
 					};
-					if (c.debug) {
-						console.log('Pager: Ajax initialized', p.ajaxObject);
+					if (ts.debug(c, 'pager')) {
+						console.log('Pager >> Ajax initialized', p.ajaxObject);
 					}
 					$.ajax(p.ajaxObject);
 				}
@@ -618,8 +618,8 @@
 				if ( typeof p.customAjaxUrl === 'function' ) {
 					url = p.customAjaxUrl(table, url);
 				}
-				if (c.debug) {
-					console.log('Pager: Ajax url = ' + url);
+				if (ts.debug(c, 'pager')) {
+					console.log('Pager >> Ajax url = ' + url);
 				}
 				return url;
 			},
@@ -628,13 +628,14 @@
 				var $tb, index, count, added,
 				$t = $(table),
 				c = table.config,
+				debug = ts.debug(c, 'pager'),
 				f = c.$table.hasClass('hasFilters'),
 				l = rows && rows.length || 0, // rows may be undefined
 				e = p.size === 'all' ? p.totalRows : p.size,
 				s = ( p.page * e );
 				if ( l < 1 ) {
-					if (c.debug) {
-						console.warn('Pager: >> No rows for pager to render');
+					if (debug) {
+						console.warn('Pager >> No rows for pager to render');
 					}
 					// empty table, abort!
 					return;
@@ -646,8 +647,8 @@
 				p.cacheIndex = [];
 				p.isDisabled = false; // needed because sorting will change the page and re-enable the pager
 				if (p.initialized) {
-					if (c.debug) {
-						console.log('Pager: Triggering pagerChange');
+					if (debug) {
+						console.log('Pager >> Triggering pagerChange');
 					}
 					$t.triggerHandler( 'pagerChange', p );
 				}
@@ -676,8 +677,8 @@
 				}
 				updatePageDisplay(table, p);
 				if (table.isUpdating) {
-					if (c.debug) {
-						console.log('Pager: Triggering updateComplete');
+					if (debug) {
+						console.log('Pager >> Triggering updateComplete');
 					}
 					$t.triggerHandler('updateComplete', [ table, true ]);
 				}
@@ -700,8 +701,8 @@
 					renderTable(table, table.config.rowsCopy, p);
 					p.isDisabled = true;
 					ts.applyWidget( table );
-					if (table.config.debug) {
-						console.log('Pager: Disabled');
+					if (ts.debug(table.config, 'pager')) {
+						console.log('Pager >> Disabled');
 					}
 				}
 				// disable size selector
@@ -734,9 +735,10 @@
 			moveToPage = function(table, p, pageMoved) {
 				if ( p.isDisabled ) { return; }
 				var tmp,
-				c = table.config,
-				$t = $(table),
-				l = p.last;
+					c = table.config,
+					debug = ts.debug(c, 'pager'),
+					$t = $(table),
+					l = p.last;
 				if ( pageMoved !== false && p.initialized && ts.isEmptyObject(c.cache)) {
 					return updateCache(table);
 				}
@@ -756,8 +758,8 @@
 				// & ajax url option changes (dynamically add/remove/rename sort & filter parameters)
 				(l.optAjaxUrl || '') === (p.ajaxUrl || '') &&
 				l.sortList === (c.sortList || []).join(',') ) { return; }
-				if (c.debug) {
-					console.log('Pager: Changing to page ' + p.page);
+				if (debug) {
+					console.log('Pager >> Changing to page ' + p.page);
 				}
 				p.last = {
 					page : p.page,
@@ -774,9 +776,9 @@
 						p.processAjaxOnInit = true;
 						tmp = p.initialRows;
 						p.totalRows = typeof tmp.total !== 'undefined' ? tmp.total :
-						( c.debug ? console.error('Pager: no initial total page set!') || 0 : 0 );
+						( debug ? console.error('Pager >> No initial total page set!') || 0 : 0 );
 						p.filteredRows = typeof tmp.filtered !== 'undefined' ? tmp.filtered :
-						( c.debug ? console.error('Pager: no initial filtered page set!') || 0 : 0 );
+						( debug ? console.error('Pager >> No initial filtered page set!') || 0 : 0 );
 						pagerInitialized( table, p );
 					} else {
 						getAjax(table, p);
@@ -786,14 +788,14 @@
 				}
 				$.data(table, 'pagerLastPage', p.page);
 				if (p.initialized && pageMoved !== false) {
-					if (c.debug) {
-						console.log('Pager: Triggering pageMoved');
+					if (debug) {
+						console.log('Pager >> Triggering pageMoved');
 					}
 					$t.triggerHandler('pageMoved', p);
 					ts.applyWidget( table );
 					if (table.isUpdating) {
-						if (c.debug) {
-							console.log('Pager: Triggering updateComplete');
+						if (debug) {
+							console.log('Pager >> Triggering updateComplete');
 						}
 						$t.triggerHandler('updateComplete', [ table, true ]);
 					}
@@ -866,8 +868,8 @@
 			pagerInitialized = function(table, p) {
 				p.initialized = true;
 				p.initializing = false;
-				if (table.config.debug) {
-					console.log('Pager: Triggering pagerInitialized');
+				if (ts.debug(table.config, 'pager')) {
+					console.log('Pager >> Triggering pagerInitialized');
 				}
 				$(table).triggerHandler( 'pagerInitialized', p );
 				ts.applyWidget( table );
@@ -934,8 +936,8 @@
 					setPageSize(table, p.size, p);
 					moveToPage(table, p);
 					hideRowsSetup(table, p);
-					if (c.debug) {
-						console.log('Pager: Enabled');
+					if (ts.debug(c, 'pager')) {
+						console.log('Pager >> Enabled');
 					}
 				}
 			},
@@ -944,6 +946,7 @@
 				var t, ctrls, fxn, $el,
 				c = table.config,
 				wo = c.widgetOptions,
+				debug = ts.debug(c, 'pager'),
 				p = c.pager = $.extend( true, {}, $.tablesorterPager.defaults, settings ),
 				$t = c.$table,
 				namespace = c.namespace + 'pager',
@@ -951,8 +954,8 @@
 				pager = p.$container = $(p.container).addClass('tablesorter-pager').show();
 				// save a copy of the original settings
 				p.settings = $.extend( true, {}, $.tablesorterPager.defaults, settings );
-				if (c.debug) {
-					console.log('Pager: Initializing');
+				if (debug) {
+					console.log('Pager >> Initializing');
 				}
 				p.oldAjaxSuccess = p.oldAjaxSuccess || p.ajaxObject.success;
 				c.appender = $this.appender;
@@ -1066,8 +1069,8 @@
 				// clicked controls
 				ctrls = [ p.cssFirst, p.cssPrev, p.cssNext, p.cssLast ];
 				fxn = [ moveToFirstPage, moveToPrevPage, moveToNextPage, moveToLastPage ];
-				if (c.debug && !pager.length) {
-					console.warn('Pager: >> Container not found');
+				if (debug && !pager.length) {
+					console.warn('Pager >> "container" not found');
 				}
 				pager.find(ctrls.join(','))
 				.attr('tabindex', 0)
@@ -1095,8 +1098,8 @@
 						moveToPage(table, p, true);
 						updatePageDisplay(table, p, false);
 					});
-				} else if (c.debug) {
-					console.warn('Pager: >> Goto selector not found');
+				} else if (debug) {
+					console.warn('Pager >> "goto" selector not found');
 				}
 				// page size selector
 				$el = pager.find(p.cssPageSize);
@@ -1113,8 +1116,8 @@
 						}
 						return false;
 					});
-				} else if (c.debug) {
-					console.warn('Pager: >> Size selector not found');
+				} else if (debug) {
+					console.warn('Pager >> "size" selector not found');
 				}
 
 				// clear initialized flag
@@ -1145,8 +1148,8 @@
 					// update page size on init
 					setPageSize(table, p.size, p);
 					moveToPage(table, p);
-					if (c.debug) {
-						console.log('Pager: Triggering pagerInitialized');
+					if (debug) {
+						console.log('Pager >> Triggering pagerInitialized');
 					}
 					c.$table.triggerHandler( 'pagerInitialized', p );
 					if ( !( c.widgetOptions.filter_initialized && ts.hasWidget(table, 'filter') ) ) {
diff --git a/docs/example-option-debug.html b/docs/example-option-debug.html
index fdd207b9..a678bb4f 100644
--- a/docs/example-option-debug.html
+++ b/docs/example-option-debug.html
@@ -16,14 +16,18 @@
 	<!-- Tablesorter: required -->
 	<link rel="stylesheet" href="../css/theme.blue.css">
 	<script src="../js/jquery.tablesorter.js"></script>
+	<script src="../js/widgets/widget-filter.js"></script>
 
 	<script id="js">$(function() {
 
 	// call the tablesorter plugin
 	$("table").tablesorter({
 		theme : 'blue',
-		// enable debug mode
-		debug: true
+		// enable debug mode;
+		// debug: true => all debugging
+		// debug: "filter" => filter widget debugging only
+		debug: "core filter", // => core and filter widget debugging
+		widgets: ["filter"]
 	});
 
 });</script>
@@ -39,7 +43,7 @@
 
 <div id="main">
 	<p class="tip">
-		<em>NOTE!</em> If firebug is installed the debuging information will be displayed in the firebug console.
+		<em>NOTE!</em> Debugging information will be displayed in the development console (Press <kbd>F12</kbd> and select the console tab).
 	</p>
 
 	<h1>Demo</h1>
diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
index 2bc951b6..38b9c7cb 100644
--- a/docs/index.html
+++ b/docs/index.html
@@ -928,11 +928,24 @@
 			</tr>
 
 			<tr id="debug">
-				<td><span class="permalink">debug</span></td>
-				<td>Boolean</td>
+				<td><a href="#" class="permalink">debug</a></td>
+				<td>Boolean or String</td>
 				<td>false</td>
 				<td>
-					Boolean flag indicating if tablesorter should display debuging information useful for development.
+					Set this option to provide useful for development debugging information in the console <span class="version updated">v2.30.0</span>.
+					<div class="collapsible">
+						In <span class="version updated">v2.30.0</span>, set this option as a string containing either "core" and/or a specific widget name; or, a boolean value.
+						<p>When a boolean flag is set, <em>all</em> debugging information is shown in the console.</p>
+						To display debugging information specific to a widget, or widgets include the widget name:
+						<pre class="prettyprint lang-js">$(function() {
+  $("table").tablesorter({
+    // Show debugging info only for the filter and columnSelector widgets
+    // include "core" to only show the core debugging info
+    debug : "filter columnSelector"
+  });
+});</pre>
+						The option only tests if the string contains the widget name, so <code>"corefilter"</code> would show debugging for both the core and filter widget.
+					</div>
 				</td>
 				<td><a href="example-option-debug.html">Example</a></td>
 			</tr>
diff --git a/js/jquery.tablesorter.js b/js/jquery.tablesorter.js
index d8271bae..ea228d21 100644
--- a/js/jquery.tablesorter.js
+++ b/js/jquery.tablesorter.js
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
 		setup : function( table, c ) {
 			// if no thead or tbody, or tablesorter is already present, quit
 			if ( !table || !table.tHead || table.tBodies.length === 0 || table.hasInitialized === true ) {
-				if ( c.debug ) {
+				if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
 					if ( table.hasInitialized ) {
 						console.warn( 'Stopping initialization. Tablesorter has already been initialized' );
 					} else {
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
 			table.config = c;
 			// save the settings where they read
 			$.data( table, 'tablesorter', c );
-			if ( c.debug ) {
+			if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
 				console[ console.group ? 'group' : 'log' ]( 'Initializing tablesorter v' + ts.version );
 				$.data( table, 'startoveralltimer', new Date() );
 			}
@@ -343,9 +343,9 @@
 			// initialized
 			table.hasInitialized = true;
 			table.isProcessing = false;
-			if ( c.debug ) {
+			if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
 				console.log( 'Overall initialization time:' + ts.benchmark( $.data( table, 'startoveralltimer' ) ) );
-				if ( c.debug && console.groupEnd ) { console.groupEnd(); }
+				if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') && console.groupEnd ) { console.groupEnd(); }
 			}
 			$table.triggerHandler( 'tablesorter-initialized', table );
 			if ( typeof c.initialized === 'function' ) {
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@
 			c.headerList = [];
 			c.headerContent = [];
 			c.sortVars = [];
-			if ( c.debug ) {
+			if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
 				timer = new Date();
 			}
 			// children tr in tfoot - see issue #196 & #547
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@
 			});
 			// enable/disable sorting
 			ts.updateHeader( c );
-			if ( c.debug ) {
+			if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
 				console.log( 'Built headers:' + ts.benchmark( timer ) );
 				console.log( c.$headers );
 			}
@@ -660,14 +660,15 @@
 				noParser, parser, extractor, time, tbody, len,
 				table = c.table,
 				tbodyIndex = 0,
-				debug = {};
+				debug = ts.debug(c, 'core'),
+				debugOutput = {};
 			// update table bodies in case we start with an empty table
 			c.$tbodies = c.$table.children( 'tbody:not(.' + c.cssInfoBlock + ')' );
 			tbody = typeof $tbodies === 'undefined' ? c.$tbodies : $tbodies;
 			len = tbody.length;
 			if ( len === 0 ) {
-				return c.debug ? console.warn( 'Warning: *Empty table!* Not building a parser cache' ) : '';
-			} else if ( c.debug ) {
+				return debug ? console.warn( 'Warning: *Empty table!* Not building a parser cache' ) : '';
+			} else if ( debug ) {
 				time = new Date();
 				console[ console.group ? 'group' : 'log' ]( 'Detecting parsers for each column' );
 			}
@@ -709,8 +710,8 @@
 							if ( !parser ) {
 								parser = ts.detectParserForColumn( c, rows, -1, colIndex );
 							}
-							if ( c.debug ) {
-								debug[ '(' + colIndex + ') ' + header.text() ] = {
+							if ( debug ) {
+								debugOutput[ '(' + colIndex + ') ' + header.text() ] = {
 									parser : parser.id,
 									extractor : extractor ? extractor.id : 'none',
 									string : c.strings[ colIndex ],
@@ -736,9 +737,9 @@
 				}
 				tbodyIndex += ( list.parsers.length ) ? len : 1;
 			}
-			if ( c.debug ) {
-				if ( !ts.isEmptyObject( debug ) ) {
-					console[ console.table ? 'table' : 'log' ]( debug );
+			if ( debug ) {
+				if ( !ts.isEmptyObject( debugOutput ) ) {
+					console[ console.table ? 'table' : 'log' ]( debugOutput );
 				} else {
 					console.warn( '  No parsers detected!' );
 				}
@@ -781,6 +782,7 @@
 				indx = ts.parsers.length,
 				node = false,
 				nodeValue = '',
+				debug = ts.debug(c, 'core'),
 				keepLooking = true;
 			while ( nodeValue === '' && keepLooking ) {
 				rowIndex++;
@@ -791,7 +793,7 @@
 						node = rows[ rowIndex ].cells[ cellIndex ];
 						nodeValue = ts.getElementText( c, node, cellIndex );
 						$node = $( node );
-						if ( c.debug ) {
+						if ( debug ) {
 							console.log( 'Checking if value was empty on row ' + rowIndex + ', column: ' +
 								cellIndex + ': "' + nodeValue + '"' );
 						}
@@ -873,7 +875,8 @@
 				cols, $cells, cell, cacheTime, totalRows, rowData, prevRowData,
 				colMax, span, cacheIndex, hasParser, max, len, index,
 				table = c.table,
-				parsers = c.parsers;
+				parsers = c.parsers,
+				debug = ts.debug(c, 'core');
 			// update tbody variable
 			c.$tbodies = c.$table.children( 'tbody:not(.' + c.cssInfoBlock + ')' );
 			$tbody = typeof $tbodies === 'undefined' ? c.$tbodies : $tbodies,
@@ -881,9 +884,9 @@
 			c.totalRows = 0;
 			// if no parsers found, return - it's an empty table.
 			if ( !parsers ) {
-				return c.debug ? console.warn( 'Warning: *Empty table!* Not building a cache' ) : '';
+				return debug ? console.warn( 'Warning: *Empty table!* Not building a cache' ) : '';
 			}
-			if ( c.debug ) {
+			if ( debug ) {
 				cacheTime = new Date();
 			}
 			// processing icon
@@ -952,7 +955,7 @@
 						cell = $row[ 0 ].cells[ colIndex ];
 						if ( cell && cacheIndex < c.columns ) {
 							hasParser = typeof parsers[ cacheIndex ] !== 'undefined';
-							if ( !hasParser && c.debug ) {
+							if ( !hasParser && debug ) {
 								console.warn( 'No parser found for row: ' + rowIndex + ', column: ' + colIndex +
 									'; cell containing: "' + $(cell).text() + '"; does it have a header?' );
 							}
@@ -1000,7 +1003,7 @@
 			if ( c.showProcessing ) {
 				ts.isProcessing( table ); // remove processing icon
 			}
-			if ( c.debug ) {
+			if ( debug ) {
 				len = Math.min( 5, c.cache[ 0 ].normalized.length );
 				console[ console.group ? 'group' : 'log' ]( 'Building cache for ' + c.totalRows +
 					' rows (showing ' + len + ' rows in log) and ' + c.columns + ' columns' +
@@ -1031,7 +1034,7 @@
 				data = { raw : [], parsed: [], $cell: [] },
 				c = table.config;
 			if ( ts.isEmptyObject( c ) ) {
-				if ( c.debug ) {
+				if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
 					console.warn( 'No cache found - aborting getColumnText function!' );
 				}
 			} else {
@@ -1375,7 +1378,7 @@
 					ts.resortComplete( c, callback );
 				}
 			} else {
-				if ( c.debug ) {
+				if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
 					console.error( 'updateCell aborted, tbody missing or not within the indicated table' );
 				}
 				c.table.isUpdating = false;
@@ -1398,7 +1401,7 @@
 				// row contained in the table?
 				( ts.getClosest( $row, 'table' )[ 0 ] !== c.table )
 			) {
-				if ( c.debug ) {
+				if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
 					console.error( 'addRows method requires (1) a jQuery selector reference to rows that have already ' +
 						'been added to the table, or (2) row HTML string to be added to a table with only one tbody' );
 				}
@@ -1480,7 +1483,7 @@
 				return c.appender ? c.appender( table, rows ) :
 					table.isUpdating ? c.$table.triggerHandler( 'updateComplete', table ) : ''; // Fixes #532
 			}
-			if ( c.debug ) {
+			if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
 				appendTime = new Date();
 			}
 			for ( tbodyIndex = 0; tbodyIndex < $tbodies.length; tbodyIndex++ ) {
@@ -1504,7 +1507,7 @@
 			if ( c.appender ) {
 				c.appender( table, rows );
 			}
-			if ( c.debug ) {
+			if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
 				console.log( 'Rebuilt table' + ts.benchmark( appendTime ) );
 			}
 			// apply table widgets; but not before ajax completes
@@ -1686,7 +1689,7 @@
 				// empty table - fixes #206/#346
 				return;
 			}
-			if ( c.debug ) { sortTime = new Date(); }
+			if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) { sortTime = new Date(); }
 			// cache textSorter to optimize speed
 			if ( typeof textSorter === 'object' ) {
 				colMax = c.columns;
@@ -1748,7 +1751,7 @@
 					return a[ c.columns ].order - b[ c.columns ].order;
 				});
 			}
-			if ( c.debug ) {
+			if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
 				console.log( 'Applying sort ' + sortList.toString() + ts.benchmark( sortTime ) );
 			}
 		},
@@ -2001,6 +2004,7 @@
 			var applied, time, name,
 				c = table.config,
 				wo = c.widgetOptions,
+				debug = ts.debug(c, 'core'),
 				widget = ts.getWidgetById( id );
 			if ( widget ) {
 				name = widget.id;
@@ -2009,7 +2013,7 @@
 				if ( $.inArray( name, c.widgets ) < 0 ) {
 					c.widgets[ c.widgets.length ] = name;
 				}
-				if ( c.debug ) { time = new Date(); }
+				if ( debug ) { time = new Date(); }
 
 				if ( init || !( c.widgetInit[ name ] ) ) {
 					// set init flag first to prevent calling init more than once (e.g. pager)
@@ -2020,7 +2024,7 @@
 					}
 					if ( typeof widget.init === 'function' ) {
 						applied = true;
-						if ( c.debug ) {
+						if ( debug ) {
 							console[ console.group ? 'group' : 'log' ]( 'Initializing ' + name + ' widget' );
 						}
 						widget.init( table, widget, c, wo );
@@ -2028,12 +2032,12 @@
 				}
 				if ( !init && typeof widget.format === 'function' ) {
 					applied = true;
-					if ( c.debug ) {
+					if ( debug ) {
 						console[ console.group ? 'group' : 'log' ]( 'Updating ' + name + ' widget' );
 					}
 					widget.format( table, c, wo, false );
 				}
-				if ( c.debug ) {
+				if ( debug ) {
 					if ( applied ) {
 						console.log( 'Completed ' + ( init ? 'initializing ' : 'applying ' ) + name + ' widget' + ts.benchmark( time ) );
 						if ( console.groupEnd ) { console.groupEnd(); }
@@ -2046,12 +2050,13 @@
 			table = $( table )[ 0 ]; // in case this is called externally
 			var indx, len, names, widget, time,
 				c = table.config,
+				debug = ts.debug(c, 'core'),
 				widgets = [];
 			// prevent numerous consecutive widget applications
 			if ( init !== false && table.hasInitialized && ( table.isApplyingWidgets || table.isUpdating ) ) {
 				return;
 			}
-			if ( c.debug ) { time = new Date(); }
+			if ( debug ) { time = new Date(); }
 			ts.addWidgetFromClass( table );
 			// prevent "tablesorter-ready" from firing multiple times in a row
 			clearTimeout( c.timerReady );
@@ -2070,7 +2075,7 @@
 						// set priority to 10 if not defined
 						if ( !widget.priority ) { widget.priority = 10; }
 						widgets[ indx ] = widget;
-					} else if ( c.debug ) {
+					} else if ( debug ) {
 						console.warn( '"' + names[ indx ] + '" was enabled, but the widget code has not been loaded!' );
 					}
 				}
@@ -2080,7 +2085,7 @@
 				});
 				// add/update selected widgets
 				len = widgets.length;
-				if ( c.debug ) {
+				if ( debug ) {
 					console[ console.group ? 'group' : 'log' ]( 'Start ' + ( init ? 'initializing' : 'applying' ) + ' widgets' );
 				}
 				for ( indx = 0; indx < len; indx++ ) {
@@ -2089,7 +2094,7 @@
 						ts.applyWidgetId( table, widget.id, init );
 					}
 				}
-				if ( c.debug && console.groupEnd ) { console.groupEnd(); }
+				if ( debug && console.groupEnd ) { console.groupEnd(); }
 			}
 			c.timerReady = setTimeout( function() {
 				table.isApplyingWidgets = false;
@@ -2099,7 +2104,7 @@
 				if ( !init && typeof callback === 'function' ) {
 					callback( table );
 				}
-				if ( c.debug ) {
+				if ( debug ) {
 					widget = c.widgets.length;
 					console.log( 'Completed ' +
 						( init === true ? 'initializing ' : 'applying ' ) + widget +
@@ -2136,7 +2141,7 @@
 					c.widgets.splice( indx, 1 );
 				}
 				if ( widget && widget.remove ) {
-					if ( c.debug ) {
+					if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
 						console.log( ( refreshing ? 'Refreshing' : 'Removing' ) + ' "' + name[ index ] + '" widget' );
 					}
 					widget.remove( table, c, c.widgetOptions, refreshing );
@@ -2190,6 +2195,12 @@
 		log : function() {
 			console.log( arguments );
 		},
+		debug : function(c, name) {
+			return c && (
+				c.debug === true ||
+				typeof c.debug === 'string' && c.debug.indexOf(name) > -1
+			);
+		},
 
 		// $.isEmptyObject from jQuery v1.4
 		isEmptyObject : function( obj ) {
@@ -2495,7 +2506,7 @@
 				ignore = 'headers sortForce sortList sortAppend widgets'.split( ' ' ),
 				orig = c.originalSettings;
 			if ( orig ) {
-				if ( c.debug ) {
+				if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
 					timer = new Date();
 				}
 				for ( setting in orig ) {
@@ -2511,7 +2522,7 @@
 						}
 					}
 				}
-				if ( c.debug ) {
+				if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
 					console.log( 'validate options time:' + ts.benchmark( timer ) );
 				}
 			}
@@ -2542,7 +2553,6 @@
 			var events,
 				$t = $( table ),
 				c = table.config,
-				debug = c.debug,
 				$h = $t.find( 'thead:first' ),
 				$r = $h.find( 'tr.' + ts.css.headerRow ).removeClass( ts.css.headerRow + ' ' + c.cssHeaderRow ),
 				$f = $t.find( 'tfoot:first > tr' ).children( 'th, td' );
@@ -2580,7 +2590,7 @@
 			if ( typeof callback === 'function' ) {
 				callback( table );
 			}
-			if ( debug ) {
+			if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
 				console.log( 'tablesorter has been removed' );
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/js/widgets/widget-build-table.js b/js/widgets/widget-build-table.js
index 057fef10..62bcb628 100644
--- a/js/widgets/widget-build-table.js
+++ b/js/widgets/widget-build-table.js
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
  */
 /*jshint browser:true, jquery:true, unused:false */
 /*global jQuery: false */
-;(function($){
+;(function($) {
 	'use strict';
 	var ts = $.tablesorter = $.tablesorter || {},
 
 	// build a table from data (requires existing <table> tag)
 	// data.header contains an array of header titles
 	// data.rows contains an array of rows which contains an array of cells
-	bt = ts.buildTable = function(tar, c){
+	bt = ts.buildTable = function(tar, c) {
 		// add build options to defaults to prevent warnings
 		$.extend(true, ts.defaults.widgetOptions, bt.defaults);
 		// add table if one doesn't exist
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@
 			p = wo.build_processing,
 			typ = wo.build_type,
 			d = wo.build_source || c.data,
+			debug = ts.debug(c, 'build'),
 
 		// determine type: html, json, array, csv, object
-		runType = function(d){
+		runType = function(d) {
 			var t = $.type(d),
 				jq = d instanceof jQuery;
 			// run any processing if set
@@ -59,7 +60,9 @@
 
 		// even if wo.build_type is undefined, we can try to figure out the type
 		if ( !ts.buildTable.hasOwnProperty(typ) && typ !== '' ) {
-			if (c.debug) { console.error('aborting build table widget, incorrect build type'); }
+			if (debug) {
+				console.error('Build >> ERROR: Aborting build table widget, incorrect build type');
+			}
 			return false;
 		}
 
@@ -72,8 +75,10 @@
 			.done(function(data) {
 				runType(data);
 			})
-			.fail(function( jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
-				if (c.debug) { console.error('aborting build table widget, failed ajax load'); }
+			.fail(function( jqXHR, textStatus) {
+				if (debug) {
+					console.error('Build >> ERROR: Aborting build table widget, failed ajax load');
+				}
 				$tbl.html('<tr><td class="error">' + jqXHR.status + ' '  + textStatus + '</td></tr>');
 			});
 		} else {
@@ -125,7 +130,7 @@
 			// add colgroup if widths set
 			if (widths && widths.length) {
 				t += '<colgroup>';
-				$.each(widths, function(i, w){
+				$.each(widths, function(i, w) {
 					t += '<col' + ( w ? ' style="width:' + w + '"' : '' ) + '>';
 				});
 				t += '</colgroup>';
@@ -133,7 +138,7 @@
 			return t;
 		},
 		// d = cell data; typ = 'th' or 'td'; first = save widths from first header row only
-		cell : function(d, wo, typ, col, first){
+		cell : function(d, wo, typ, col, first) {
 			var j, $td,
 				$col = first ? $('<col>') : '',
 				cls = wo.build_headers.classes,
@@ -150,7 +155,7 @@
 				// assume we have an object
 				$td = $('<' + typ + '>');
 				for (j in d) {
-					if (d.hasOwnProperty(j)){
+					if (d.hasOwnProperty(j)) {
 						if (j === 'text' || j === 'html') {
 							$td[j]( d[j] );
 						} else if (first && j === 'width') {
@@ -165,7 +170,7 @@
 			return [ $td, $col ];
 		},
 		// h1 = header text from data
-		header : function(h1, wo){
+		header : function(h1, wo) {
 			var h2 = wo.build_headers.text,
 				cls = wo.build_headers.classes,
 				t = '<tr>' + (wo.build_numbers.addColumn ? '<th' + (wo.build_numbers.sortable ? '' :
@@ -180,7 +185,7 @@
 			});
 			return t + '</tr>';
 		},
-		rows : function(items, txt, c, wo, num, ftr){
+		rows : function(items, txt, c, wo, num, ftr) {
 			var h = (ftr ? 'th' : 'td'),
 				t = '<tr>' + (wo.build_numbers.addColumn ? '<' + h + '>' + (ftr ? '' : num) + '</' + h + '>' : '');
 			$.each(items, function(i, item) {
@@ -196,8 +201,11 @@
 		}
 	};
 
-	bt.buildComplete = function(table, wo){
+	bt.buildComplete = function(table, wo) {
 		$(table).triggerHandler(wo.build_complete);
+		if (table.config && ts.debug(table.config, 'build')) {
+			console.log('Build >> Table build complete');
+		}
 		ts.setup(table, table.config);
 	};
 
@@ -361,7 +369,9 @@
 			r = data.hasOwnProperty(kr) && !$.isEmptyObject(data.kr) ? data.kr : data.hasOwnProperty('rows') ? data.rows : false;
 
 		if (!h || !r || h.length === 0 || r.length === 0) {
-			if (c.debug) { console.error('aborting build table widget, missing data for object build'); }
+			if (ts.debug(c, 'build')) {
+				console.error('Build >> ERROR: Aborting build table widget, missing data for object build');
+			}
 			return false;
 		}
 
@@ -371,7 +381,7 @@
 		// Build thead
 		// h = [ ['headerRow1Cell1', 'headerRow1Cell2', ... 'headerRow1CellN' ], ['headerRow2Cell1', ... ] ]
 		// or h = [ [ { text: 'firstCell', class: 'fc', width: '20%' }, ..., { text: 'last Cell' } ], [ /* second row */ ] ]
-		$.each(h, function(i, d){
+		$.each(h, function(i, d) {
 			$tr = $('<tr>').appendTo( $t.find('thead') );
 			l = d.length; // header row
 			for ( j = 0; j < l; j++ ) {
@@ -388,14 +398,14 @@
 
 		$tb = $('<tbody>');
 		// Build tbody
-		$.each(r, function(i, d){
+		$.each(r, function(i, d) {
 			var j;
 			t = $.type(d) === 'object';
 			// add new tbody
 			if (t && d.newTbody) {
 				$tb = $('<tbody>').appendTo( $t );
 				for (j in d) {
-					if (d.hasOwnProperty(j) && j !== 'newTbody'){
+					if (d.hasOwnProperty(j) && j !== 'newTbody') {
 						$tb.attr(j, d[j]);
 					}
 				}
@@ -409,7 +419,7 @@
 				if (t) {
 					// row defined by object
 					for (j in d) {
-						if (d.hasOwnProperty(j) && j !== wo.build_objectCellKey){
+						if (d.hasOwnProperty(j) && j !== wo.build_objectCellKey) {
 							$tr.attr(j, d[j]);
 						}
 					}
diff --git a/js/widgets/widget-columnSelector.js b/js/widgets/widget-columnSelector.js
index f401b339..99405bc0 100644
--- a/js/widgets/widget-columnSelector.js
+++ b/js/widgets/widget-columnSelector.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-/* Widget: columnSelector (responsive table widget) - updated 9/27/2017 (v2.29.0) *//*
+/* Widget: columnSelector (responsive table widget) - updated 2018-03-17 (v2.30.0) *//*
  * Requires tablesorter v2.8+ and jQuery 1.7+
  * by Justin Hallett & Rob Garrison
  */
 /*jshint browser:true, jquery:true, unused:false */
 /*global jQuery: false */
-;(function($){
+;(function($) {
 	'use strict';
 
 	var ts = $.tablesorter,
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@
 		queryBreak : '@media all and (min-width: [size]) { [columns] { display: table-cell; } } ',
 
 		init: function(table, c, wo) {
-			var $t, colSel;
+			var $t, colSel,
+				debug = ts.debug(c, 'columnSelector');
 
 			// abort if no input is contained within the layout
 			$t = $(wo.columnSelector_layout);
 			if (!$t.find('input').add( $t.filter('input') ).length) {
-				if (c.debug) {
-					console.error('ColumnSelector: >> ERROR: Column Selector aborting, no input found in the layout! ***');
+				if (debug) {
+					console.error('ColumnSelector >> ERROR: Column Selector aborting, no input found in the layout! ***');
 				}
 				return;
 			}
@@ -45,8 +46,8 @@
 			colSel.isInitializing = false;
 			if (colSel.$container.length) {
 				tsColSel.updateCols(c, wo);
-			} else if (c.debug) {
-				console.warn('ColumnSelector: >> container not found');
+			} else if (debug) {
+				console.warn('ColumnSelector >> container not found');
 			}
 
 			c.$table
@@ -59,11 +60,14 @@
 					[ 'auto', [2,3,4] ] = set visible columns; turn on "auto" mode.
 					true = turn on "auto" mode.
 				*/
-				.on('refreshColumnSelector' + namespace, function( e, optName, optState ){
+				.on('refreshColumnSelector' + namespace, function( e, optName, optState ) {
 					// make sure we're using current config settings
 					tsColSel.refreshColumns( this.config, optName, optState );
 				});
 
+			if (debug) {
+				console.log('ColumnSelector >> Widget initialized');
+			}
 		},
 
 		refreshColumns: function( c, optName, optState ) {
@@ -87,7 +91,7 @@
 				if (isArry) {
 					arry = optState || optName;
 					// make sure array contains numbers
-					$.each(arry, function(i, v){
+					$.each(arry, function(i, v) {
 						arry[i] = parseInt(v, 10);
 					});
 					for (i = 0; i < c.columns; i++) {
@@ -229,7 +233,7 @@
 						.attr('data-column', 'auto')
 						.prop('checked', colSel.auto)
 						.toggleClass( wo.columnSelector_cssChecked, colSel.auto )
-						.on('change', function(){
+						.on('change', function() {
 							tsColSel.updateAuto(c, wo, $(this));
 						}).change();
 				}
@@ -243,7 +247,7 @@
 		updateAuto: function(c, wo, $el) {
 			var colSel = c.selector;
 			colSel.auto = $el.prop('checked') || false;
-			$.each( colSel.$checkbox, function(i, $cb){
+			$.each( colSel.$checkbox, function(i, $cb) {
 				if ($cb) {
 					$cb[0].disabled = colSel.auto;
 					colSel.$wrapper[i].toggleClass('disabled', colSel.auto);
@@ -257,7 +261,7 @@
 			if (c.selector.$popup) {
 				c.selector.$popup.find('.tablesorter-column-selector')
 					.html( colSel.$container.html() )
-					.find('input').each(function(){
+					.find('input').each(function() {
 						var indx = $(this).attr('data-column');
 						$(this).prop( 'checked', indx === 'auto' ? colSel.auto : colSel.states[indx] );
 					});
@@ -306,10 +310,10 @@
 				}
 			}
 			// only 6 breakpoints (same as jQuery Mobile)
-			for (priority = 0; priority < wo.columnSelector_maxPriorities; priority++){
+			for (priority = 0; priority < wo.columnSelector_maxPriorities; priority++) {
 				/*jshint loopfunc:true */
 				breaks = [];
-				c.$headers.filter('[' + wo.columnSelector_priority + '=' + (priority + 1) + ']').each(function(){
+				c.$headers.filter('[' + wo.columnSelector_priority + '=' + (priority + 1) + ']').each(function() {
 					column = parseInt($(this).attr('data-column'), 10) + 1;
 					// don't reveal columnSelector false columns
 					if ( !isHidden[ column ] ) {
@@ -340,14 +344,14 @@
 				colSel = c.selector,
 				styles = [],
 				prefix = c.namespace + 'columnselector';
-			colSel.$container.find('input[data-column]').filter('[data-column!="auto"]').each(function(){
+			colSel.$container.find('input[data-column]').filter('[data-column!="auto"]').each(function() {
 				if (!this.checked) {
 					column = parseInt( $(this).attr('data-column'), 10 ) + 1;
 					styles = styles.concat( tsColSel.addSelectors( wo, prefix, column ) );
 				}
 				$(this).toggleClass( wo.columnSelector_cssChecked, this.checked );
 			});
-			if (wo.columnSelector_mediaquery){
+			if (wo.columnSelector_mediaquery) {
 				colSel.$breakpoints.prop('disabled', true);
 			}
 			if (colSel.$style) {
@@ -451,7 +455,7 @@
 				wo = c.widgetOptions;
 				$popup.find('.tablesorter-column-selector')
 					.html( colSel.$container.html() )
-					.find('input').each(function(){
+					.find('input').each(function() {
 						var indx = $(this).attr('data-column'),
 							isChecked = indx === 'auto' ? colSel.auto : colSel.states[indx];
 						$(this)
@@ -503,7 +507,7 @@
 			// container layout
 			columnSelector_layout : '<label><input type="checkbox">{name}</label>',
 			// layout customizer callback called for each column
-			// function($cell, name, column){ return name || $cell.html(); }
+			// function($cell, name, column) { return name || $cell.html(); }
 			columnSelector_layoutCustomizer : null,
 			// data attribute containing column name to use in the selector container
 			columnSelector_name : 'data-selector-name',
diff --git a/js/widgets/widget-filter.js b/js/widgets/widget-filter.js
index af7a6e25..01d67557 100644
--- a/js/widgets/widget-filter.js
+++ b/js/widgets/widget-filter.js
@@ -627,6 +627,9 @@
 					c.lastSearch = c.$table.data( 'lastSearch' );
 					c.$table.triggerHandler( 'filterInit', c );
 					tsf.findRows( c.table, c.lastSearch || [] );
+					if (ts.debug(c, 'filter')) {
+						console.log('Filter >> Widget initialized');
+					}
 				};
 			if ( $.isEmptyObject( wo.filter_formatter ) ) {
 				completed();
@@ -1327,6 +1330,7 @@
 				storedFilters = $.extend( [], filters ),
 				c = table.config,
 				wo = c.widgetOptions,
+				debug = ts.debug(c, 'filter'),
 				// data object passed to filters; anyMatch is a flag for the filters
 				data = {
 					anyMatch: false,
@@ -1343,7 +1347,6 @@
 					defaultColFilter : [],
 					defaultAnyFilter : ts.getColumnData( table, wo.filter_defaultFilter, c.columns, true ) || ''
 				};
-
 			// parse columns after formatter, in case the class is added at that point
 			data.parsed = [];
 			for ( columnIndex = 0; columnIndex < c.columns; columnIndex++ ) {
@@ -1365,8 +1368,8 @@
 					( ts.getColumnData( table, wo.filter_excludeFilter, columnIndex, true ) || '' ).split( /\s+/ );
 			}
 
-			if ( c.debug ) {
-				console.log( 'Filter: Starting filter widget search', filters );
+			if ( debug ) {
+				console.log( 'Filter >> Starting filter widget search', filters );
 				time = new Date();
 			}
 			// filtered rows count
@@ -1464,8 +1467,8 @@
 					notFiltered = $rows.not( '.' + wo.filter_filteredRow ).length;
 					// can't search when all rows are hidden - this happens when looking for exact matches
 					if ( searchFiltered && notFiltered === 0 ) { searchFiltered = false; }
-					if ( c.debug ) {
-						console.log( 'Filter: Searching through ' +
+					if ( debug ) {
+						console.log( 'Filter >> Searching through ' +
 							( searchFiltered && notFiltered < len ? notFiltered : 'all' ) + ' rows' );
 					}
 					if ( data.anyMatchFlag ) {
@@ -1568,8 +1571,8 @@
 			if ( wo.filter_saveFilters && ts.storage ) {
 				ts.storage( table, 'tablesorter-filters', tsf.processFilters( storedFilters, true ) );
 			}
-			if ( c.debug ) {
-				console.log( 'Completed filter widget search' + ts.benchmark(time) );
+			if ( debug ) {
+				console.log( 'Filter >> Completed search' + ts.benchmark(time) );
 			}
 			if ( wo.filter_initialized ) {
 				c.$table.triggerHandler( 'filterBeforeEnd', c );
diff --git a/js/widgets/widget-pager.js b/js/widgets/widget-pager.js
index 1b38b912..a360aaa3 100644
--- a/js/widgets/widget-pager.js
+++ b/js/widgets/widget-pager.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-/*! Widget: Pager - updated 5/24/2017 (v2.28.11) */
+/*! Widget: Pager - updated 2018-03-17 (v2.30.0) */
 /* Requires tablesorter v2.8+ and jQuery 1.7+
  * by Rob Garrison
  */
 /*jshint browser:true, jquery:true, unused:false */
-;(function($){
+;(function($) {
 	'use strict';
 	var tsp,
 	ts = $.tablesorter;
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 			pager_customAjaxUrl: function( table, url ) { return url; },
 
 			// ajax error callback from $.tablesorter.showError function
-			// pager_ajaxError: function( config, xhr, settings, exception ){ return exception; };
+			// pager_ajaxError: function( config, xhr, settings, exception ) { return exception; };
 			// returning false will abort the error message
 			pager_ajaxError: null,
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 			//   ],
 			//   [ "header1", "header2", ... "headerN" ] // optional
 			// ]
-			pager_ajaxProcessing: function( ajax ){ return [ 0, [], null ]; },
+			pager_ajaxProcessing: function( /* ajax */ ) { return [ 0, [], null ]; },
 
 			// css class names of pager arrows
 			pager_css: {
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@
 			if ( p.isInitializing ) { return; }
 
 			p.isInitializing = true;
-			if ( c.debug ) {
-				console.log( 'Pager: Initializing' );
+			if ( ts.debug(c, 'pager') ) {
+				console.log( 'Pager >> Initializing' );
 			}
 
 			p.size = $.data( table, 'pagerLastSize' ) || wo.pager_size;
@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@
 			p.initializing = false;
 			p.isInitializing = false;
 			tsp.setPageSize( c, p.size ); // page size 0 is ignored
-			if ( c.debug ) {
-				console.log( 'Pager: Triggering pagerInitialized' );
+			if ( ts.debug(c, 'pager') ) {
+				console.log( 'Pager >> Triggering pagerInitialized' );
 			}
 			c.$table.triggerHandler( 'pagerInitialized', c );
 			// filter widget not initialized; it will update the output display & fire off the pagerComplete event
@@ -243,7 +243,8 @@
 				p = c.pager,
 				wo = c.widgetOptions,
 				namespace = c.namespace + 'pager',
-				s = wo.pager_selectors;
+				s = wo.pager_selectors,
+				debug = ts.debug(c, 'pager');
 			c.$table
 				.off( namespace )
 				.on( 'filterInit filterStart '.split( ' ' ).join( namespace + ' ' ), function( e, filters ) {
@@ -284,7 +285,7 @@
 					e.stopPropagation();
 					tsp.enablePager( c, true );
 				})
-				.on( 'destroyPager' + namespace, function( e, refreshing ) {
+				.on( 'destroyPager' + namespace, function( e ) {
 					e.stopPropagation();
 					// call removeWidget to make sure internal flags are modified.
 					ts.removeWidget( c.table, 'pager', false );
@@ -343,8 +344,8 @@
 			// clicked controls
 			ctrls = [ s.first, s.prev, s.next, s.last ];
 			fxn = [ 'moveToFirstPage', 'moveToPrevPage', 'moveToNextPage', 'moveToLastPage' ];
-			if ( c.debug && !p.$container.length ) {
-				console.warn( 'Pager: >> Container not found' );
+			if ( debug && !p.$container.length ) {
+				console.warn( 'Pager >> "container" not found' );
 			}
 			p.$container.find( ctrls.join( ',' ) )
 				.attr( 'tabindex', 0 )
@@ -373,8 +374,8 @@
 						tsp.moveToPage( c, p, true );
 						tsp.updatePageDisplay( c, false );
 					});
-			} else if ( c.debug ) {
-				console.warn( 'Pager: >> Goto selector not found' );
+			} else if ( debug ) {
+				console.warn( 'Pager >> "goto" selector not found' );
 			}
 
 			tmp = p.$container.find( wo.pager_selectors.pageSize );
@@ -394,8 +395,8 @@
 						}
 						return false;
 					});
-			} else if ( c.debug ) {
-				console.warn('Pager: >> Size selector not found');
+			} else if ( debug ) {
+				console.warn('Pager >> "size" selector not found');
 			}
 
 		},
@@ -532,8 +533,8 @@
 			tsp.pagerArrows( c );
 			tsp.fixHeight( c );
 			if ( p.initialized && completed !== false ) {
-				if ( c.debug ) {
-					console.log( 'Pager: Triggering pagerComplete' );
+				if ( ts.debug(c, 'pager') ) {
+					console.log( 'Pager >> Triggering pagerComplete' );
 				}
 				c.$table.triggerHandler( 'pagerComplete', c );
 				// save pager info to storage
@@ -655,7 +656,6 @@
 		hideRows: function( c ) {
 			if ( !c.widgetOptions.pager_ajaxUrl ) {
 				var tbodyIndex, rowIndex, $rows, len, lastIndex,
-					table = c.table,
 					p = c.pager,
 					wo = c.widgetOptions,
 					tbodyLen = c.$tbodies.length,
@@ -721,7 +721,8 @@
 		renderAjax: function( data, c, xhr, settings, exception ) {
 			var table = c.table,
 				p = c.pager,
-				wo = c.widgetOptions;
+				wo = c.widgetOptions,
+				debug = ts.debug(c, 'pager');
 			// process data
 			if ( $.isFunction( wo.pager_ajaxProcessing ) ) {
 
@@ -734,15 +735,14 @@
 				var i, j, t, hsh, $f, $sh, $headers, $h, icon, th, d, l, rr_count, len, sz,
 					$table = c.$table,
 					tds = '',
-					result = wo.pager_ajaxProcessing( data, table, xhr ) || [ 0, [] ],
-					hl = $table.find( 'thead th' ).length;
+					result = wo.pager_ajaxProcessing( data, table, xhr ) || [ 0, [] ];
 
 				// Clean up any previous error.
 				ts.showError( table );
 
 				if ( exception ) {
-					if ( c.debug ) {
-						console.error( 'Pager: >> Ajax Error', xhr, settings, exception );
+					if ( debug ) {
+						console.error( 'Pager >> Ajax Error', xhr, settings, exception );
 					}
 					ts.showError( table, xhr, settings, exception );
 					c.$tbodies.eq( 0 ).children( 'tr' ).detach();
@@ -846,8 +846,8 @@
 						// apply widgets after table has rendered & after a delay to prevent
 						// multiple applyWidget blocking code from blocking this trigger
 						setTimeout( function() {
-							if ( c.debug ) {
-								console.log( 'Pager: Triggering pagerChange' );
+							if ( debug ) {
+								console.log( 'Pager >> Triggering pagerChange' );
 							}
 							$table.triggerHandler( 'pagerChange', p );
 							ts.applyWidget( table );
@@ -889,8 +889,8 @@
 						p.oldAjaxSuccess( data );
 					}
 				};
-				if ( c.debug ) {
-					console.log( 'Pager: Ajax initialized', p.ajaxObject );
+				if ( ts.debug(c, 'pager') ) {
+					console.log( 'Pager >> Ajax initialized', p.ajaxObject );
 				}
 				$.ajax( p.ajaxObject );
 			}
@@ -935,8 +935,8 @@
 			if ( $.isFunction( wo.pager_customAjaxUrl ) ) {
 				url = wo.pager_customAjaxUrl( c.table, url );
 			}
-			if ( c.debug ) {
-				console.log( 'Pager: Ajax url = ' + url );
+			if ( ts.debug(c, 'pager') ) {
+				console.log( 'Pager >> Ajax url = ' + url );
 			}
 			return url;
 		},
@@ -946,13 +946,14 @@
 				table = c.table,
 				p = c.pager,
 				wo = c.widgetOptions,
+				debug = ts.debug(c, 'pager'),
 				f = c.$table.hasClass('hasFilters'),
 				l = rows && rows.length || 0, // rows may be undefined
 				e = p.size === 'all' ? p.totalRows : p.size,
 				s = ( p.page * e );
 			if ( l < 1 ) {
-				if ( c.debug ) {
-					console.warn( 'Pager: >> No rows for pager to render' );
+				if ( debug ) {
+					console.warn( 'Pager >> No rows for pager to render' );
 				}
 				// empty table, abort!
 				return;
@@ -964,8 +965,8 @@
 			p.cacheIndex = [];
 			p.isDisabled = false; // needed because sorting will change the page and re-enable the pager
 			if ( p.initialized ) {
-				if ( c.debug ) {
-					console.log( 'Pager: Triggering pagerChange' );
+				if ( debug ) {
+					console.log( 'Pager >> Triggering pagerChange' );
 				}
 				c.$table.triggerHandler( 'pagerChange', c );
 			}
@@ -997,8 +998,8 @@
 			wo.pager_startPage = p.page;
 			wo.pager_size = p.size;
 			if ( table.isUpdating ) {
-				if ( c.debug ) {
-					console.log( 'Pager: Triggering updateComplete' );
+				if ( debug ) {
+					console.log( 'Pager >> Triggering updateComplete' );
 				}
 				c.$table.triggerHandler( 'updateComplete', [ table, true ] );
 			}
@@ -1026,8 +1027,8 @@
 				tsp.renderTable( c, c.rowsCopy );
 				p.isDisabled = true;
 				ts.applyWidget( table );
-				if ( c.debug ) {
-					console.log( 'Pager: Disabled' );
+				if ( ts.debug(c, 'pager') ) {
+					console.log( 'Pager >> Disabled' );
 				}
 			}
 			// disable size selector
@@ -1074,14 +1075,14 @@
 			var tmp,
 				table = c.table,
 				wo = c.widgetOptions,
-				l = p.last;
+				l = p.last,
+				debug = ts.debug(c, 'pager');
 
 			// abort page move if the table has filters and has not been initialized
 			if ( p.ajax && !wo.filter_initialized && ts.hasWidget( table, 'filter' ) ) { return; }
 
 			tsp.parsePageNumber( c, p );
 			tsp.calcFilters( c );
-
 			// fixes issue where one current filter is [] and the other is [ '', '', '' ],
 			// making the next if comparison think the filters as different. Fixes #202.
 			l.currentFilters = ( l.currentFilters || [] ).join( '' ) === '' ? [] : l.currentFilters;
@@ -1096,8 +1097,8 @@
 				l.sortList === ( c.sortList || [] ).join( ',' ) ) {
 				return;
 			}
-			if ( c.debug ) {
-				console.log( 'Pager: Changing to page ' + p.page );
+			if ( debug ) {
+				console.log( 'Pager >> Changing to page ' + p.page );
 			}
 			p.last = {
 				page: p.page,
@@ -1114,9 +1115,9 @@
 					wo.pager_processAjaxOnInit = true;
 					tmp = wo.pager_initialRows;
 					p.totalRows = typeof tmp.total !== 'undefined' ? tmp.total :
-						( c.debug ? console.error('Pager: no initial total page set!') || 0 : 0 );
+						( debug ? console.error('Pager >> No initial total page set!') || 0 : 0 );
 					p.filteredRows = typeof tmp.filtered !== 'undefined' ? tmp.filtered :
-						( c.debug ? console.error('Pager: no initial filtered page set!') || 0 : 0 );
+						( debug ? console.error('Pager >> No initial filtered page set!') || 0 : 0 );
 					tsp.updatePageDisplay( c, false );
 				} else {
 					tsp.getAjax( c );
@@ -1126,14 +1127,14 @@
 			}
 			$.data( table, 'pagerLastPage', p.page );
 			if ( p.initialized && pageMoved !== false ) {
-				if ( c.debug ) {
-					console.log( 'Pager: Triggering pageMoved' );
+				if ( debug ) {
+					console.log( 'Pager >> Triggering pageMoved' );
 				}
 				c.$table.triggerHandler( 'pageMoved', c );
 				ts.applyWidget( table );
 				if ( !p.ajax && table.isUpdating ) {
-					if ( c.debug ) {
-						console.log( 'Pager: Triggering updateComplete' );
+					if ( debug ) {
+						console.log( 'Pager >> Triggering updateComplete' );
 					}
 					c.$table.triggerHandler( 'updateComplete', [ table, true ] );
 				}
@@ -1269,8 +1270,8 @@
 				tsp.setPageSize( c, p.size );
 				tsp.moveToPage( c, p, true );
 				tsp.hideRowsSetup( c );
-				if ( c.debug ) {
-					console.log( 'Pager: Enabled' );
+				if ( ts.debug(c, 'pager') ) {
+					console.log( 'Pager >> Enabled' );
 				}
 			}
 		},
@@ -1296,8 +1297,7 @@
 
 	// see #486
 	ts.showError = function( table, xhr, settings, exception ) {
-		var $row,
-			$table = $( table ),
+		var $table = $( table ),
 			c = $table[ 0 ].config,
 			wo = c && c.widgetOptions,
 			errorRow = c.pager && c.pager.cssErrorRow ||
diff --git a/js/widgets/widget-saveSort.js b/js/widgets/widget-saveSort.js
index 1278345e..0762e4ba 100644
--- a/js/widgets/widget-saveSort.js
+++ b/js/widgets/widget-saveSort.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! Widget: saveSort - updated 10/31/2015 (v2.24.0) *//*
+/*! Widget: saveSort - updated 2018-03-17 (v2.30.0) *//*
 * Requires tablesorter v2.16+
 * by Rob Garrison
 */
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@
 	'use strict';
 	var ts = $.tablesorter || {};
 
+	function getStoredSortList(c) {
+		var stored = ts.storage( c.table, 'tablesorter-savesort' );
+		return (stored && stored.hasOwnProperty('sortList') && $.isArray(stored.sortList)) ? stored.sortList : '';
+	}
+
+	function sortListChanged(c, sortList) {
+		return (sortList || getStoredSortList(c)).join(',') !== c.sortList.join(',');
+	}
+
 	// this widget saves the last sort only if the
 	// saveSort widget option is true AND the
 	// $.tablesorter.storage function is included
@@ -21,18 +30,19 @@
 			thisWidget.format(table, c, wo, true);
 		},
 		format: function(table, c, wo, init) {
-			var stored, time,
+			var time,
 				$table = c.$table,
 				saveSort = wo.saveSort !== false, // make saveSort active/inactive; default to true
-				sortList = { 'sortList' : c.sortList };
-			if (c.debug) {
+				sortList = { 'sortList' : c.sortList },
+				debug = ts.debug(c, 'saveSort');
+			if (debug) {
 				time = new Date();
 			}
 			if ($table.hasClass('hasSaveSort')) {
-				if (saveSort && table.hasInitialized && ts.storage) {
+				if (saveSort && table.hasInitialized && ts.storage && sortListChanged(c)) {
 					ts.storage( table, 'tablesorter-savesort', sortList );
-					if (c.debug) {
-						console.log('saveSort widget: Saving last sort: ' + c.sortList + ts.benchmark(time));
+					if (debug) {
+						console.log('saveSort >> Saving last sort: ' + c.sortList + ts.benchmark(time));
 					}
 				}
 			} else {
@@ -41,10 +51,9 @@
 				sortList = '';
 				// get data
 				if (ts.storage) {
-					stored = ts.storage( table, 'tablesorter-savesort' );
-					sortList = (stored && stored.hasOwnProperty('sortList') && $.isArray(stored.sortList)) ? stored.sortList : '';
-					if (c.debug) {
-						console.log('saveSort: Last sort loaded: "' + sortList + '"' + ts.benchmark(time));
+					sortList = getStoredSortList(c);
+					if (debug) {
+						console.log('saveSort >> Last sort loaded: "' + sortList + '"' + ts.benchmark(time));
 					}
 					$table.bind('saveSortReset', function(event) {
 						event.stopPropagation();
@@ -57,7 +66,9 @@
 					c.sortList = sortList;
 				} else if (table.hasInitialized && sortList && sortList.length > 0) {
 					// update sort change
-					ts.sortOn( c, sortList );
+					if (sortListChanged(c, sortList)) {
+						ts.sortOn(c, sortList);
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		},
diff --git a/js/widgets/widget-storage.js b/js/widgets/widget-storage.js
index 93485ac5..0d7ce297 100644
--- a/js/widgets/widget-storage.js
+++ b/js/widgets/widget-storage.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! Widget: storage - updated 4/18/2017 (v2.28.8) */
+/*! Widget: storage - updated 2018-03-17 (v2.30.0) */
 /*global JSON:false */
 ;(function ($, window, document) {
 	'use strict';
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 			values = {},
 			c = table.config,
 			wo = c && c.widgetOptions,
+			debug = ts.debug(c, 'storage'),
 			storageType = (
 				( options && options.storageType ) || ( wo && wo.storage_storageType )
 			).toString().charAt(0).toLowerCase(),
@@ -72,14 +73,12 @@
 					hasStorage = true;
 					window[storageType].removeItem('_tmptest');
 				} catch (error) {
-					if (c && c.debug) {
-						console.warn( storageType + ' is not supported in this browser' );
-					}
+					console.warn( storageType + ' is not supported in this browser' );
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		if (c.debug) {
-			console.log('Storage widget using', hasStorage ? storageType : 'cookies');
+		if (debug) {
+			console.log('Storage >> Using', hasStorage ? storageType : 'cookies');
 		}
 		// *** get value ***
 		if ($.parseJSON) {
diff --git a/js/widgets/widget-uitheme.js b/js/widgets/widget-uitheme.js
index 9c16901c..67a7ab26 100644
--- a/js/widgets/widget-uitheme.js
+++ b/js/widgets/widget-uitheme.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! Widget: uitheme - updated 9/27/2017 (v2.29.0) */
+/*! Widget: uitheme - updated 2018-03-17 (v2.30.0) */
 ;(function ($) {
 	'use strict';
 	var ts = $.tablesorter || {};
@@ -63,8 +63,9 @@
 				theme = c.theme || 'jui',
 				themes = themesAll[theme] || {},
 				remove = $.trim( [ themes.sortNone, themes.sortDesc, themes.sortAsc, themes.active ].join( ' ' ) ),
-				iconRmv = $.trim( [ themes.iconSortNone, themes.iconSortDesc, themes.iconSortAsc ].join( ' ' ) );
-			if (c.debug) { time = new Date(); }
+				iconRmv = $.trim( [ themes.iconSortNone, themes.iconSortDesc, themes.iconSortAsc ].join( ' ' ) ),
+				debug = ts.debug(c, 'uitheme');
+			if (debug) { time = new Date(); }
 			// initialization code - run once
 			if (!$table.hasClass('tablesorter-' + theme) || c.theme !== c.appliedTheme || !wo.uitheme_applied) {
 				wo.uitheme_applied = true;
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@
 						$(this)[ event.type === 'mouseenter' ? 'addClass' : 'removeClass' ](themes.hover || '');
 					});
 
-				$headers.each(function(){
+				$headers.each(function() {
 					var $this = $(this);
 					if (!$this.find('.' + ts.css.wrapper).length) {
 						// Firefox needs this inner div to position the icon & resizer correctly
@@ -167,8 +168,8 @@
 					}
 				}
 			}
-			if (c.debug) {
-				console.log('Applying ' + theme + ' theme' + ts.benchmark(time));
+			if (debug) {
+				console.log('uitheme >> Applied ' + theme + ' theme' + ts.benchmark(time));
 			}
 		},
 		remove: function(table, c, wo, refreshing) {