Multisort by default, without holding the sortMultiSortKey

[hmundt]

It would be nice to be able to use MultiSort by default instead of having to hold down the key specified in sortMultiSortKey. Is this possible with the current version or planned for the future?

[Mottie]

Hi @hmundt!

It isn't documented (yet), but since the sortMultiSortKey option can be set to any event object, you can pick one that is pretty much always "truthy" (demo):

$(function () {
  $('table').tablesorter({
    theme: 'blue',
    // event.bubbles "should" always be true here
    sortMultiSortKey: "bubbles",
    // Use Ctrl + click to remove a column from sorting.
    sortResetKey: 'ctrlKey',
    widgets: ['zebra', 'columns']
  });
});

This might feel like a hack, so if desired, I could add another option to make the table multi-sort by default.

[hmundt]

This is perfectly sufficient for me.
Thank you for the support and for the continued development of this wonderful library.

[Mottie]

I'm glad that worked for you!