tablesorter 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.

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.

Related Projects

• Plugin for Rails. Maintained by themilkman.
• PHP templating engine for tablesorter by alexweissman.

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.
• 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!

Change Log

View the complete listing here.

Version 2.18.2 (11/3/2014)

• Filter widget

  • Fixed initialization intermittently stalling.

• Pager addon & widget

  • Fixed pager addon javascript error.
  • Fixed pager widget not firing off "pagerComplete" in non-ajax tables.
  • Fixed savePages being overwritten on initialization.
  • Fixed pager widget updating the table content in non-ajax tables.

Version 2.18.1 (11/3/2014)

• Core

  • Add cssAllowClicks option; setting "tablesorter-allowClicks" on a header cell will allow clicks to bubble up.
  • A column can now be targetted using a class name within the header cell as well as the header cell itself; this only applies to previous options that could use a class name/id to target the header cell.

• Docs

  • Emphasize that this is a fork of tablesorter. Fixes issue #758.
  • Update jQuery UI to 1.11.2.
  • Update to Bootstrap 3.3.0.
  • Update QUnit & fixed testing errors.
  • Various updates to version numbers & corrections.

• ColumnSelector widget:

  • Remove breakpoint sorting. See pull #759. Thanks yelly!

• CssStickyHeaders widget:

  • Fixed Chrome caption issue.
  • Nested tables now work properly in IE.

• Pager addon & widget

  • Fix selectorRemove class name parseing.
  • A pagerComplete event now fires off immediately after initialization & once again fires on non-ajax tables.
  • Fix double pagerComplete events firing on init & initial filter settings.
  • Fix pager initialization with filter widget & displaying page output. Fixes issue #755 & issue #757.
  • Current filters now update properly. See issue #757.

• UItheme widget:

  • Fixed undefined removeClass selector which previously removed all classes.

Version 2.18.0 (10/26/2014)

• Core
  • Move "ipAddress" parser into parser-network.js parser file.
  • Add "image" parser to core.
  • Add widgetClass option
    • Allows adding widgets to the table by adding a table class name.
    • Fix debug logs for applying widgets.
    • Fixes issue #743.
  • Add $cell parameter to parser detection is function (is: function(s, table, cell, $cell) { /* ... */ }).
  • Add $table parameter to onRenderHeader function (onRenderHeader: function (index, config, $table){ /* ... */ }).
  • Fix ARIA caption label reference.
  • Get column index from data-attribute when sorting.
  • The aria-labelledby attribute is no longer to all nested captions.
  • Update widgetClass option matching. See issue #743.
• Themes
  • Include caption element in metro theme; update various demo theme selectors to include the metro theme.
  • Fix zebra striping in nested tables.
• Parsers
  • Created parser-network.js parser
    • Removed "ipAddress" parser from core.
    • Move "ipAddress" parser into this file; a duplicate of the parser named "ipv4Address" is included.
    • Moved "ipv6Address" parser into this file.
    • Added new MAC parser.
  • Update all date parsers to ensure a valid date is being parsed.
  • Add named number parser & demo.
• Column Selector widget
  • Prevent adding a media query when no priorities are set.
  • col element will now be hidden along with the column. Fixes issues #740.
• Editable widget
  • Make updatable so this widget works with the pager. Fixes issue #732.
• Filter widget
  • Fix wildcard match logic to behave logically. Fixes issue #727.
  • Add filter_cellFilter option. Fixes issue #731.
  • External inputs can now target multiple columns (e.g. data-column="0-2,4,6-7"); see this Stackoverflow question.
  • Any match filters now properly uses filter_ignoreCase. Fixes issue #748.
  • Fix saved filter updates to multiple or "any" column inputs.
• Grouping widget
  • Add "monthyear" grouping to dates. Fixes issue #744.
• Pager addon & widget
  • Use a sample of page number links for large collections.
    • Add maxOptionSize option
    • Tweak code & fix problems introduces in pull #711.
    • Thanks camallen!
  • Fix ouput display not updating on initialization.
  • Add url check to allow ajax updating of table. Fixes issue #730.
  • Check for dynamically changing ajaxUrl option.
  • Add ajaxObject to the table.config.pager variable.
  • IE requires a value attribute for every option. Fixes issue #734.
  • Revert some code modified for large collections to use jQuery instead of native javascript (more IE issues).
  • Ensure pager.filteredRows is current on page move. See issue #745.
  • Fix empty table select showing 0 & 1 pages.
  • The fixedHeight option is now working properly. Fixes issue #742 & issue #729.
  • Widget cleanup & only use the last search data.
  • Add note about including an ajax success function within the ajaxObject definition. See issue #749.
• RepeatHeaders widget
  • Now works with filtered & nested tables.
• Resizable widget
  • Make it work inside of an overflow container. Fixes issue #737.
• Scroller widget
  • Remove scroller_idPrefix in lieu of a unique namespace id.
• StickyHeaders widget
  • Now stacks when within a nested table.
  • Wrapped sticky header components (thead & caption) in a sticky div.
  • Added stickyHeaders_xScroll and stickyHeaders_yScroll options.
  • Removed jQuery UI selection from the demo to allow the accordion to be properly themed.
• CssStickyHeaders widget
  • Now stacks when within a nested table.
  • Removed cssStickyHeaders_zIndex option as the widget no longer uses relative positioning (it wasn't necessary)
  • Please note that using this widget on nested tables does not work properly in ALL versions of IE (including IE11).
• UITheme
  • Ignore nested tables.
  • Add method to remove previous theme.
  • Fix multiple header row sort icons.

Version 2.17.8 (9/15/2014)

• Core
  • Fix widthFixed option to ignore info block tbodies.
  • Make emptyTo & stringTo settings case insensitive.
  • An empty string headerTemplate option will now prevent adding an inner div to the header.
• Docs
  • Fix setting active accordion from hash script.
  • Add emptyTo clarification.
  • Main readme: Add related projects section.
• Editable
  • Autoresort true no longer breaks the table.
  • Update demo to use row id instead of index.
  • Update validate function to allow setting it per column.
  • Add editable_focus, editable_blur and editable_selectAll options. See issue #708.
  • Add editable_wrapContent option.
  • Add editable_trimContent option.
  • Validate function now includes a contenteditable element parameter.
  • All text callback parameters are now trimmed.
  • Trim everything & revert widget changes.
  • Refocus edited element after resort only.
  • Switch form focus to focusout.
• Filter
  • Add filter_defaultFilter option.
    • fix issue with using class selectors.
    • Make happy with spaces within the query.
    • Will override exact/partial select filters. Fixes issue #721.
    • Fixes issue #704.
  • Add filter_excludeFilter option; add multiple exclusions separated by spaces, not commas.
  • Prevent multiple searches during initialization.
  • Ensure initial filter settings get applied.
  • Selects will exactly match the selected option unless "filter-match" class is set. Fixes issue #721.
• Pager
  • Update cache & rows copy. Fixes issue #703.
  • Use native javascript to populate & set the goto select. Fixes issue #711.
  • Custom pager controls. Fix control updates for multiple tables.
  • Fix pager widget to be properly applied after a page move.
• StickyHeaders: Fix issue so it works with jQuery v1.2.6 again.
• Zebra: Apply style to one row. Fixes issue #715.
• Parser
  • Duration parser - added with demo.
  • Select parser - Fix for IE10+ not allowing select options to be clicked.
  • IgnoreArticles parser - Added ignoreArticlesExcept option.
  • url parser - ensure it is used by the filter widget.