tablesorter (FORK) is a jQuery plugin for turning a standard HTML table with THEAD and TBODY tags into a sortable table without page refreshes. tablesorter can successfully parse and sort many types of data including linked data in a cell. This forked version adds lots of new enhancements including: alphanumeric sorting, pager callback functons, multiple widgets providing column styling, ui theme application, sticky headers, column filters and resizer, as well as extended documentation with a lot more demos.

Notice!

• Because of the change to the internal cache, the tablesorter v2.16+ core, filter widget and pager (both plugin & widget) will only work with the same version or newer files.

Documentation

• See the full documentation.
• All of the original document pages have been included.
• Information from my blog post on undocumented options and lots of new demos have also been included.
• Change log moved from included text file into the wiki documentation.

Demos

• Basic alpha-numeric sort Demo.
• Links to demo pages can be found within the main documentation.
• More demos & playgrounds - updated in the wiki pages.

Features

• Multi-column alphanumeric sorting and filtering.
• Multi-tbody sorting - see the options table on the main document page.
• Supports Bootstrap v2 and 3
• Parsers for sorting text, alphanumeric text, URIs, integers, currency, floats, IP addresses, dates (ISO, long and short formats) & time. Add your own easily.
• Inline editing - see demo
• Support for ROWSPAN and COLSPAN on TH elements.
• Support secondary "hidden" sorting (e.g., maintain alphabetical sort when sorting on other criteria).
• Extensibility via widget system.
• Cross-browser: IE 6.0+, FF 2+, Safari 2.0+, Opera 9.0+, Chrome 5.0+.
• Small code size, starting at 25K minified
• Works with jQuery 1.2.6+ (jQuery 1.4.1+ needed with some widgets).
• Works with jQuery 1.9+ ($.browser.msie was removed; needed in the original version).

Licensing

• Copyright (c) 2007 Christian Bach.
• Original examples and docs at: http://tablesorter.com.
• Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses.

Download

• Get all files: zip or tar.gz
• Use bower: bower install jquery.tablesorter
• Use node.js: npm install tablesorter
• CDNJS: https://cdnjs.com/libraries/jquery.tablesorter

Related Projects

• Plugin for Rails. Maintained by themilkman.
• UserFrosting (A secure, modern user management system for PHP that uses tablesorter) by alexweissman.

Contributing

If you would like to contribute, please...

1. Fork.
2. Make changes in a branch & add unit tests.
3. Run grunt test (if qunit fails, run it again - it's fickle).
4. Create a pull request.

Special Thanks

• Big shout-out to Nick Craver for getting rid of the eval() function that was previously needed for multi-column sorting.
• Big thanks to thezoggy for helping with code, themes and providing valuable feedback.
• Big thanks to ThsSin- for taking over for a while and also providing valuable feedback.
• Thanks to prijutme4ty for numerous contributions!
• Also extra thanks to christhomas and Lynesth for help with code.
• And, of course thanks to everyone else that has contributed, and continues to contribute to this forked project!

Questions?

• Check the FAQ page.
• Search the main documentation (click the menu button in the upper left corner).
• Search the issues to see if the question or problem has been brought up before, and hopefully resolved.
• If someone is available, ask your question in the #tablesorter IRC channel at freenode.net.
• Ask your question at Stackoverflow using a tablesorter tag.
• Please don't open a new issue unless it really is an issue with the plugin, or a feature request. Thanks!

Recent Changes

View the complete change log here.

Version 2.24.0 (10/27/2015)

• Docs
  • Fix mixed content using GitHub buttons on main page. See pull #1029; thanks OmgImAlexis!
  • Clarify use of pager ajaxUrl option.
  • Add theme class to tables to prevent FOUC.
  • Fix left menu push. The body no longer squeezes the content.
  • Update stickyHeaders after menu close.
  • Include horizontal scroll while jumping to search result.
  • Add some examples (filter_cssFilter).
• Global
  • Call internal functions directly; stop using triggered events.
• Core
  • Use plain javascript to set index attribute & remove unused variable. See issue #1048.
  • Add "entire column colspan" support. See issues #485, #746 & #1047.
  • Fix parser detect & sortVars on columns that don't exist due to colspan. See issues #485, #746 & #1047.
  • Reformat structure & expand variable names.
  • Add rowFilter parameter to getColumnText function.
  • Fix multisort indicators. Fixes issue #1005, again.
  • sortAppend now accepts an object of column references; see Stackoverflow.
  • Internalize sort counter & fix spanned sorts.
  • Add "tablesorter-ready" event.
  • Add widget from class before adding widget options.
  • Maintaining support for IE7-8 until 1/12/16.
• Chart
  • Fix chart_layout column indexing.
• ColumnSelector
  • Add mediaqueryHidden option. Resolves issue #964.
  • Extra rows & colspans now supported in thead & tfoot. Fixes issue #501.
  • Fix jscs reported issues.
• Filter
  • Encode/decode filters in case they end up in cookies. See issue #1026.
  • Add "entire column colspan" support. See issues #485, #746 & #1047.
  • hideFilters applies to stickyHeaders again. Fixes issue #1050.
  • Prevent error in formatterUpdated. Fixes issue #1056.
• Grouping
  • Prevent error if group_forceColumn is improperly defined. See issue #1030.
  • Improve compatibility with jQuery Globalize; Find more details here.
  • Update header in pager with removeRows:true. Fixes issue #1035.
• HeaderTitles
  • Switch to use internalized sort counter.
• Lazyload
  • Add new widget. Demo
• Math
  • Created new calculation type "below". It works just like "above" except in other direction starting from top to bottom. See pull #1027; thanks LvLynx!
  • Tweak changes & more tweaks for better compression.
  • Detach table prior to indexing all cells. See issue #1048.
  • Add math_none option.
  • Include config parameter in math equations - needed for math_none option.
• Output
  • Correct formatContent function comment (missing widgetOptions variable)
  • Do not include nested table headers with parent. Fixes issue #1040.
• Pager
  • Clear tbody if no data returned by ajax. See issue #1032.
  • Add "all" setting for page size methods; includes select option & all methods. See issue #1055.
  • Fix pager widget demo destroy method.
  • destroyPager again reveals all rows. Fixes issue #1055.
  • Parse page numbers to prevent user seeing NaN.
  • Parse page size updates.
• Print
  • Internal variable tweaks.
  • Include css to hide filter rows. Fixes issue #1046.
  • Add print delay; allows browsers to render print preview.
• Scroller
  • Fix scroller_barWidth issue in iOS. See pull #1062; thanks fire-wally!
• Sort2Hash
  • Update to include pager (page & size) and filter parameters.
• SortTbodies
  • Moved config string defaults to $.tablesorter.strings to match core reformatting.
• StickyHeaders
  • hideFilters applies to stickyHeaders again. Fixes issue #1050.
• View
  • Add new widget. Demo.
  • Fix jscs reported issues.
• Parsers
  • Globalize parser now allows a different language per column.
  • Fix jscs reported issues.
• Misc
  • Bower: use correct theme name. Fixes issue #1028.
  • Readme: Add link to UserFrosting by alexweissman
  • Updated build dependencies x2.
  • Added development files & directories to bower ignore. See pull #1063; thanks jdufresne!

Version 2.23.5 (10/4/2015)

• Core:
  • Remove tabindex when sort is disabled. See
• Docs:
  • Add instructions on how to use the new filter option (filter_childWithSibs).
  • Include filter reset in above demo.
  • Fixed spelling mistake x2. See pull #1024 & #1025; thanks OmgImAlexis!
  • Add note data-attribute values added to both parsed & raw data. Closes issue #983.
  • Move all javascript to page bottom.
• Filter:
  • Keep parent match when no child rows match. See issue #1020.
  • Ignore filter_childWithSibs when filter_childByColumn is false. See issue #1020.
  • Select includes child rows when filter_childByColumn is set.
• Pager
  • Prevent hiding child rows when disabling or destroying the pager. See issue #1020.

Version 2.23.4 (9/23/2015)

• Core:
  • Ensure widgets don't get cached options. Fixes issue #946.
  • Update natural sort regular expression for chunking data.
  • Use window.console check to prevent IE9 error. Fixes issue #1019.
• Filter:
  • Modified internal variable.
  • Add internal processOptions function & code cleanup.
  • Fix external filters not allowing columns > 9. See pull #1021; thanks a-mair!
  • Add filter_childWithSIbs option. Fixes issue #1020.
• Build
  • Update dependencies.