What is best way to make all tables sortable by columns in docsy?

[laszewsk]

What is best way to make all tables sortable by columns in docsy while using the original markdown tables without any special tags around the table?

[LisaFC]

We don't have anything that would do that in the theme right now - you'd need to add your own Javascript/CSS. Something like this might work? http://tristen.ca/tablesort/demo/

[mahi072]

Hi I would like to work on this issue.
Please assign me this.

[emckean]

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[mahi072]

Hi @laszewsk and @emckean , Can you please elaborate the issue.
Is there any documentation requirement in this?

[laszewsk]

when doing a table in markdown it typically does not have the ability to sort by column.
we need a way to add this feature. This could be done through some n=enhancement or some documentation changing the CSS. The documentation should be simple and should include a working example. The goal is that someone without knowledge in CSS can set this up in 5 minutes or less and it is idealy done automatically. There should be a feature to switch this on and off

[mahi072]

Thanks @laszewsk for explaining this.
Also Can you please tell me the location in directory where this script/feature to be added ?

[mahi072]

Hi @laszewsk, @LisaFC
if I'm clear then you want that all the tables present in docsy which is in this form(markdown) should be able to sort by column.(please see below image)

And for this you want a documentation which contains a CSS script that can be used further to add and implement the sorting.

please correct me if m wrong anywhere, and let me know where exactly in the directory I can make the changes if possible ?

[laszewsk]

yes. something similar to this: https://datatables.net/examples/basic_init/table_sorting.html
I do not need paging, just sorting would be nice on individual columns.

[tiffany76]

OpenTelemetry contributor here. Just up-voting this issue. Our project could benefit from a column-sort feature.