tablesorter/README.md

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.

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### 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](https://mottie.github.io/tablesorter/docs/)

* See the [full documentation](https://mottie.github.io/tablesorter/docs/).
* All of the [original document pages](http://tablesorter.com/docs/) have been included.
* Information from my blog post on [undocumented options](https://wowmotty.blogspot.com/2011/06/jquery-tablesorter-missing-docs.html) and lots of new demos have also been included.
* Change log moved from included text file into the [wiki documentation](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/wiki/Changes).

### Questions?

[![irc-image]][irc-url] [![gitter-image]][gitter-url] [![stackoverflow-image]][stackoverflow-url]

* Check the [FAQ](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/wiki/FAQ) page.
* Search the [main documentation](https://mottie.github.io/tablesorter/docs/) (click the menu button in the upper left corner).
* Search the [issues](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/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](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/tablesorter) using a tablesorter tag.
* Please don't open a [new issue](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/issues) unless it really is an issue with the plugin, or a feature request. Thanks!

### Demos

* [Basic alpha-numeric sort Demo](https://mottie.github.io/tablesorter/).
* Links to demo pages can be found within the main [documentation](https://mottie.github.io/tablesorter/docs/).
* More demos & playgrounds - updated in the [wiki pages](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/wiki).

### Features

* Multi-column alphanumeric sorting and filtering.
* Multi-tbody sorting - see the [options](https://mottie.github.io/tablesorter/docs/index.html#options) table on the main document page.
* Supports [Bootstrap v2-4](https://mottie.github.io/tablesorter/docs/example-option-theme-bootstrap-v3.html).
* Parsers for sorting text, alphanumeric text, URIs, integers, currency, floats, IP addresses, dates (ISO, long and short formats) & time. [Add your own easily](https://mottie.github.io/tablesorter/docs/example-parsers.html).
* Inline editing - see [demo](https://mottie.github.io/tablesorter/docs/example-widget-editable.html).
* 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](https://mottie.github.io/tablesorter/docs/example-widgets.html).
* 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.
* The original version can be found at [http://tablesorter.com](http://tablesorter.com), or on [GitHub](https://github.com/christianbach/tablesorter).
* Dual licensed under the [MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php) or [GPLv2](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html) licenses (pick one).

### Download

* Get all files: [zip](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/archive/master.zip) or [tar.gz](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/archive/master.tar.gz).
* Use [bower](https://bower.io/): `bower install jquery.tablesorter`.
* Use [node.js](https://nodejs.org/): `npm install tablesorter`.
* CDNJS: https://cdnjs.com/libraries/jquery.tablesorter
* jsDelivr: http://www.jsdelivr.com/?query=tablesorter

### Related Projects

* [Plugin for Rails](https://github.com/themilkman/jquery-tablesorter-rails). Maintained by [themilkman](https://github.com/themilkman).
* [UserFrosting](https://github.com/alexweissman/UserFrosting) (A secure, modern user management system for PHP that uses tablesorter) by [alexweissman](https://github.com/alexweissman).
* [Grav CMS](https://getgrav.org/): `bin/gpm install tablesorter` ([ref](https://github.com/Perlkonig/grav-plugin-tablesorter)).
* [tablesorter-pagercontrols](https://github.com/isg-software/tablesorter-pagercontrols) – programmatically adds pager controls below a table and applies the pager add-on for large HTML tables by [isg-software](https://github.com/isg-software).

### 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](https://github.com/NickCraver) for getting rid of the `eval()` function that was previously needed for multi-column sorting.
* Big thanks to [thezoggy](https://github.com/thezoggy) for helping with code, themes and providing valuable feedback.
* Big thanks to [ThsSin-](https://github.com/TheSin-) for taking over for a while and also providing valuable feedback.
* Thanks to [prijutme4ty](https://github.com/prijutme4ty) for numerous contributions!
* Also extra thanks to [christhomas](https://github.com/christhomas) and [Lynesth](https://github.com/Lynesth) for help with code.
* And, of course thanks to everyone else that has contributed, and continues to contribute to this forked project!

[npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/tablesorter
[npm-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/tablesorter.svg
[david-dev-url]: https://david-dm.org/Mottie/tablesorter?type=dev
[david-dev-image]: https://img.shields.io/david/dev/Mottie/tablesorter.svg
[bower-url]: http://bower.io/search/?q=jquery.tablesorter
[bower-image]: https://img.shields.io/bower/v/jquery.tablesorter.svg
[zenhub-url]: https://zenhub.io
[zenhub-image]: https://cdn.rawgit.com/Mottie/tablesorter/master/docs/img/zenhub-badge.svg

[irc-url]: https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.net#tablesorter
[irc-image]: https://img.shields.io/badge/irc-%23tablesorter-yellowgreen.svg
[gitter-url]: https://gitter.im/Mottie/tablesorter
[gitter-image]: https://img.shields.io/badge/GITTER-join%20chat-yellowgreen.svg
[stackoverflow-url]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/tablesorter
[stackoverflow-image]: https://img.shields.io/badge/stackoverflow-tablesorter-blue.svg

### Recent Changes

View the [complete change log here](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/wiki/Changes).

#### <a name="v2.28.12">Version 2.28.12</a> (5/26/2017)

* ColumnSelector:
  * Don't clear container on updateAll. Fixes [issue #1406](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/issues/1406).
* Filter:
  * Return `null` from `filter_selectSource` to prevent select updates; From discussion in IRC with [@alexweissman](https://github.com/alexweissman).
  * Select searches now process filter types, then exactly match. Previously only exact matches were performed by default, filter types were ignored. This broke the filter + jQuery UI selectmenu demo.
* Docs/Meta:
  * Fix linting issues.
  * Update jQuery UI to v1.12.1.
  * Update [filter selectmenu demo](https://mottie.github.io/tablesorter/docs/example-widget-filter-selectmenu.html).

#### <a name="v2.28.11">Version 2.28.11</a> (5/24/2017)

* Docs:
  * Reword `sortReset` method description. See [issue #1404](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/issues/1404).
* Columns:
  * Initialize after pager widget.
* CssStickyHeaders:
  * Fix captioned tables in Safari. See [issue #1405](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/issues/1405); thanks [@TheSin-](https://github.com/TheSin-)!
  * Fix in Edge browser.
* Filter:
  * Attempt to fix [issue #1152](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/issues/1152) (`liveSearch`).
  * Second attempt at [issue #1152](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/issues/1152).
  * Trigger `liveSearch` on blur & cleanup.
* Pager (widget only):
  * Allow ajax processing on init.
  * Ensure ajax is called after filter widget initializes.
* Parsers:
  * Update links to sugarjs/datejs demos.
* Meta:
  * Update dependencies.

#### <a name="v2.28.10">Version 2.28.10</a> (5/16/2017)

* Core:
  * Disable `updateCell` method for child rows (temporary block until code is fixed).
  * Add namespace class name to table.
* Parsers
  * Input-select:
    * Prevent input select parser from handling events from child rows. See [pull #1399](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/pull/1399); thanks [@andysleigh](https://github.com/andysleigh)!
    * Remove unused variables & add `ignoreChildRow` option.
    * Bind & update stickyHeaders checkbox. Fixes [issue #261](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/issues/261).
* Meta:
  * Use correct `composer.json` jQuery version. Fixes [issue #1398](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/issues/1398).
  * Clarify use of GPLv2 license. See [issue #1400](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/issues/1400).
  * Update dependencies.

#### <a name="v2.28.9">Version 2.28.9</a> (5/3/2017)

* Core:
  * Fix widget option changes across multiple tables; seen in the second table of the math page demo with the `math_ignore` option.
* Docs:
  * Add page header section to Math docs. See #1392.
  * Fix misspelling.
  * update jQuery.
* Math:
  * Include noop `math_complete` in defaults; prevents option not recognized warning