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.

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.
• Multi-tbody sorting - see the options table on the main document page.
• Parsers for sorting text, alphanumeric text, URIs, integers, currency, floats, IP addresses, dates (ISO, long and short formats) & time. Add your own easily.
• 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+.
• Small code size.
• 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.

Special Thanks

• Big shout-out to Nick Craver for getting rid of the eval() function that was previously needed for multi-column sorting.
• Also big thanks to thezoggy for helping with code, themes and providing valuable feedback.
• And, thanks to everyone else that has contributed, and continues to contribute to this forked project!

Change Log

View the complete listing here.

Version 2.11.1 (10/11/2013)

• Fixed an updating bug:
  • The pager was not updating properly
  • The updateComplete event was not firing when not using ajax.
  • Thanks @sbine for sharing the fix!

Version 2.11 (10/10/2013)

Core

• Initialized widgets (widgets with options) are now tracked to ensure widget options are extended when using "applyWidgets". Fixes issue #330.
• An javascript error no longer pops up when setting the delayInit option to true and using the saveSort widget (or triggering a sorton method). Fixes issue #346.
• Only visible columns will be considered when fixing column widths. Fixes issue #371.
• Merged in fix for jQuery version check (pull #338). This also fixes issue #379. Thanks @lemoinem!
• Removed natural sort's ability to sort dates. This shouldn't be a problem since tablesorter uses parsers detect & parse date columns automatically. Fixes issue #373.
• Fixed issue #381.
  • Any class name that is set by an option and is later used to search for that element now has an empty default class name.
  • The reasoning is that if a developer adds two class names to the option, the jQuery find breaks.
  • All default single class name options are now contained within $.tablesorter.css
  • Options affected include: tableClass, cssAsc, cssDesc, cssHeader, cssIcon, cssHeaderRow, cssProcessing in the core.
  • Note that the cssIcon option retains it's default class name & functionality to not add an <i> inside the table cell if this extra class name is undefined.
  • Widget options affected include: filter_cssFilter and stickyHeaders.
• Removed return false from header mouse/keyboard interaction. Fixes issue #305 & issue #366.

Parsers

• Fixed sugar date parser demo to point to the correct parser file and sugarjs resource.
• General cleaned up date, fraction and metric parsers & fixing of minor bugs.

Build Table Widget (new)

• Build a table starting with an assortment of data types ( array, text (CSV, HTML) or object (json) ).
• This widget isn't really a widget because it is run and does it's processing before tablesorter has initialized; but the options for it are contained within the tablesorter widgetOptions.

Column Widget

• General cleanup

Filter Widget

• Exact matches can still be made if the user enters an exact match indicator twice (i.e. John== will still find John in the column; before it would think the user was looking for John= after the second = was typed)
• Dynamically added filter reset buttons will now work automatically. Added by pull #327. Thanks @riker09!
• Chrome appears to have fixed the hidden input bug, so reverted changes to the basic filter demo. Fixes issue #341.
• The filter widget will work properly with sub-tables. Fixes issue #354. Thanks @johngrogg!
• Fixed issues with filter_columnFilters set to false. Fixes issue #355.
• Searches now have accents replaced if the sortLocaleCompare option is true. Fixes issue #357.
• Merged in enhancement for the filter widget & updated docs - add row to filter_functions parameters (issue #367, pull #368). Thanks @gknights!
• FilterFormatter jQuery UI Datepicker now includes the user selected time for comparisons. Thanks @TheSin-!
• Another fix to the filteFormatter jQuery UI Datepicker to make it work properly with the sticky header widget. Thanks @TheSin-!
• Removed filter_cssFilter default class name. The "tablesorter-filter" class name is automatically added, and this option now contains any additional class names to add. Fixes issue #381.

Grouping Widget

• The grouping widget now works across multiple tbodies.
• Added group-false header option which disables the grouping widget for a specific column. Fixes issue #344.
• Added the group_collapsed option which when true and the group_collapsible option is also true, all groups will start collapsed. Fulfills issue #352.
• You can now toggle all group rows by holding down the shift key while clicking on a group header.
• This widget now works properly with the pager addon (pager addon updated). Fixes issue #281.

StickyHeaders Widget

• Caption outerheight now used to get the correct full height of the caption. Thanks @TheSin-!
• stickyHeaders_zIndex option added to allow users to customize their sticky header z-index. Fixes issue #332. Thanks @TheSin-!

UITheme widget

• Updated Bootstrap theme to work with Bootstrap v3
  • Only additions were made to the sorting icons class names within in the $.tablesorter.themes.bootstrap defaults (contained in the jquery.tablesorter.widgets.js file).
  • So the theme will support all current versions of Bootstrap, just make sure you are using the appropriate icon class name (icon-{name} = v2; glyphicon glyphicon-{name} = v3).
  • Removed the gradient background from the header & footer cells.
  • Added a reduced icon font side for header sort icons.
  • Renamed the pager class from pager to ts-pager as Bootstrap adds a lot of padding to that class. See Bootstrap theme demo.
  • Thanks @YeaYeah for sharing how to fix the top border in issue #365.

Pager

• Fixed the removeRows option error when set to true.
• The pager now stores any object returned by the ajaxProcessing function in table.config.pager.ajaxData
  • The object should contain attributes for total (numeric), headers (array) and rows (array of arrays).
  • A replacement output option can also be loaded via this method and must be included in the output attribute (i.e. ajaxData.output).
  • Additional attributes are also available to the output display by using the attribute key wrapped in curly brackets (e.g. {extra} from ajaxData.extra).
  • Additional attributes can also be objects or arrays and can be accessed via the output string as {extra:0} (for arrays) or {extra:key} for objects.
  • The page number is processed first, so it would be possible to use this string {extra:{page}} ({page} is a one-based index), or if you need a different value use {page+1} (zero-based index plus any number), or {page-1} (zero-based index minus any number).
  • For more details, please see issue #326.
  • Thanks @camallen for the suggestions & feedback!
• The "updateComplete" event should now properly trigger after an ansynchronous ajax call has completed. Fixes issue #343.
• Added a new savePages option
  • Requires requires the $.tablesorter.storage script within the jquery.tablesorter.widget.js file to work properly.
  • When true, it saves pager page & size if the storage script is loaded (requires $.tablesorter.storage in jquery.tablesorter.widgets.js).
  • The pager will continue to function properly without the storage script, it just won't save the current page or pager size.
  • Fulfills enhancement request from issue #345.
• Removed table update when using ajax with a server that is already doing all of the work. Fixes issue #372 & issue #361. Thanks @sbine!
• Merged in change to count table th length after ajaxProcessing (pull #383). Thanks @harryxu!
• Reverted changes made in pull #349 as the error row was not showing because the urls did not exactly equal each other.
• Child rows within the pager will now properly display/hide. Fixes issue #348.
• Merged in fix for pager redundant ajax requests (pull #336). Thanks @camallen!
• Merged in fix for pager totalRows check (pull #324). Thanks @camallen!

Internal fixes

• Modified the pager plugin internal variables to use p for pager options and c for table config options - for consistency.
• Cleaned up the formatting of a few parsers (mostly cosmetic!)
• Some parser functions were added to the $.tablesorter object instead of keeping them as private functions, just because my OCD compelled me to do it.
• Some of the changes made the parsers are no longer backward compatible to the original version of tablesorter. Break away man, just do it!

Thanks

• Thanks to @thezoggy and @TheSin- for help maintaining and supporting the tablesorter github project while I was away!
• Also thanks to everyone else that contributed and even more thanks to those that helped troubleshoot and solve problems!

Version 2.10.8 (6/3/2013)

• Updated the percent parser to only detect if the content is shorter than 15 characters. This prevents columns with a lot of content and one percent sign (%) from being set to be parsed as a percent numeric column. Fixes issue #320.
• Updated filter widget & filter_formatter:
  • Added a new filter_defaultAttrib which points to the default 'data-value' attribute in the table header which will contain the filter's default (starting) value and will override any set values within the filter_formatter functions. Updated the custom filter widget function demo age column to show this in action.
  • The $.tablesorter.setFilter() method now properly updates the filter formatter elements when set.
  • The uiDateCompare and uiDatepicker functions now adds a time of 11:59:59 to the "to" date or when a "less than" comparison is made so as to include all times within that selected day.
  • The defaultDate option (not date option, sorry) of the uiDateCompare now properly sets the value upon initialization.
  • The from and to options of the uiDatepicker now properly sets those values properly upon initialization.
  • Fixes issue #321.
• Fixed stickyHeaders widget:
  • When removing a sticky headers widget, it no longer unbinds scrolling when other sticky headers are still active.
  • Added stickyHeaders_includeCaption option (set as true by default). When this option is false and a caption exists, it will not be included in teh sticky header. Fixes issue #322.

Version 2.10.7 (5/31/2013)

• Now using correct closest() function equivalent. Thanks to isuTony; Fixes issue #319.
• Anticipating my sabbitical, I've added a few "beta-testing" scripts into a new folder for feedback, code fixes and help:
  • Custom pager control script - should be working properly.
  • External filters using Select2 plugin - should be working properly.
  • Column reorder widget - not working 100% with sticky headers.
  • Column sum widget - still needs LOTS of work!

Version 2.10.6 (5/30/2013)

• Added skipTest options to the HTML5 filter formatter functions. Fixes issue #307.

Version 2.10.5 (5/30/2013)

• Filter formatter functions now works properly within sticky headers. Fixes issues #290 & #317.