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).

Licensing

• Copyright (c) 2007 Christian Bach.
• Original examples and docs at: http://tablesorter.com.
• Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses.

Change Log

View the complete listing here.

Version 2.7.4 (1/29/2013)

• Fixed an problem with the pager not pointing to a tbody, and breaking on an empty tbody. See issue #223.
• Modified core to always add a <colgroup> to the table. Only when the widthFixed option is true will it add percentage based widths.
• Modified the parsers code to no longer require an is function; or if the function is missing, no error will be thrown.
• Modified the isoDate and usLongDate parsers:
  • isoDate parser will now auto-detect dates with times
  • usLongDate parser will now auto-detect dates in this format: "DD MMMMMMMMM YYYY" (25 Jan 2013)
• Added manifest files:
  • component.json for bower package manager. Thanks to appleboy; also see issue #190.
  • tablesorter.jquery.json for the jquery plugin registry.
• Added "updateRows" method which is the exact same as "update", but needed due to issues with Prototype. See issue #217.
• Added pageSize method to change the pager page size more easily. See issue #218.
• Added filter widget change log to the wiki pages.
• Added a config variable config.columns:
  • This variable indicates the number of columns in the table.
  • Previously, config.parsers.length or config.$headers.length were used. Neither of which were accurate if the table was empty or multiple rows in the header existed.
  • This value may still be inaccurate if a rowspan is used in the header.
• Updated index page to use jQuery 1.9.
  • jQuery 2.0 is has a bug adding rows to the table, so I didn't upgrade the demos to use it.
  • Changed syntax highlighting script from chilli to google's prettify.

Version 2.7.3 (1/10/2013)

• Fixed a serious bug in the filter widget that was breaking the widget completely if filter_functions was not defined (introduced in v2.7.2). Fixes issue #213.

Version 2.7.2 (1/8/2013)

• Updated filter widget to update the filter-select when an update event is triggered. See this StackOverflow question.
• Replaced background-image: url(); with background-image: none; in all applicable theme files.

Version 2.7.1b (1/7/2013)

• Updated bootstrap demo
• It now properly removes the "table-striped" class when the zebra widget is enabled.
• The demo now uses the refreshWidgets method (added in v2.4) to completely remove the zebra widget.
• Thanks to potsky for notifying me of this problem!

Version 2.7.1 (1/4/2013)

• Added two internal parameters to always make sure we're targeting the correct elements.
• Added table.config.$table which is a jQuery object of the table.
• Added table.config.$tbodies which is a jQuery object of sortable tbodies; the ones without the class name in the cssInfoBlock option.
• Fixed removal methods:
• Tablesorter destroy will now properly restore the header and remove all bindings.
• Widgets should now again be removed properly.
• Updated the storage utility to allow setting a property to an empty string, previously it was just ignored.
• Fixed pager issues:
• Pager status will now update properly while filtering rows.
• Pager status will also update properly after sorting filtered rows.
• The above issues were fixes for issue #207.
• Fixed the pager's fixedHeight option to again properly pad the table to maintain the height.

Version 2.7 (12/26/2012)

• Added headerTemplate option:
• headerTemplate is a template string which allows adding additional content to the header while it is being built.
• This template string has two default tags: {content} and {icon}.
• {content} will be replaced by the current header HTML content.
• {icon} will be replaced by <i class="tablesorter-icon"></i>, but only if a class name is defined in the cssIcon option.
• Everything within this template string will be wrapped in a div with class tablesorter-header-inner.
• The default template is {content}.
• The following themes DO NEED the icon ({icon}) included in the template: Bootstrap, jQuery UI, Grey and Dropbox.
• Added onRenderTemplate option:
• This is a function that is called after the template string has been built, but before the template string is applied to the header and before the onRenderHeader function is called.
• The onRenderTemplate function receives a column index and template string parameters. The template string, from the headerTemplate option, will already have the {icon} and {content} tags replaced; it's just a string of formatted HTML. When done manipulating this string, return it.
• Check out the demo here.
• Updated uitheme widget
  • The uitheme setting is no longer required, use the theme option instead.
  • When using the bootstrap or jui theme, just add the name to the theme option: e.g. theme: "bootstrap".
  • The uitheme widget option will still work, but if the theme name exists within $.tablesorter.themes it will override the uitheme option.
  • Look at the theme demo source for a better example.
• Fixed sortReset bug - see issue #167.
• Fixed an issue with the pager resetting to the first page after every sort.
• Fixed javascript errors popping up when initializing the plugin on an empty table. Fixes issue #206.

Version 2.6.2 (12/20/2012)

• Fixed sort breaking when tfoot contained a table. Fixes problem mentioned in issue #196.
• Fixed javascript error due to using hasOwnProperty inside of the formatFloat function in IE8. Fixes issue #200.
• Fixed the reformatted minified widget file. Fixes issue #201.
• Fixed pager ajax. It no longer load the initial page twice. Fixes issue #202.

Version 2.6.1 (12/19/2012)

• Updated the pager

  • Added an event named pagerBeforeInitialized which is triggered after all of the controls have been set up, but before rendering of the table or ajax data is obtained.
  • Cleaned up pager code.

• Modifed the formatFloat function

  • Previously you had to call the formatFloat function with a table so it could get the number format configuration

    $.tablesorter.formatFloat('1,234,567.89', table); // result if usNumberFormat true = 1234567.89

  • Now you can either pass the table or a boolean to indicate the format:

    var usNumberFormat = true;
    $.tablesorter.formatFloat('1,234', usNumberFormat); // result = 1234
    $.tablesorter.formatFloat('1,234', false); // non-U.S. format result = 1.234

• Fixed pager size result incorrect with nested tables. Fixes issue #196.

• Fixed parser javascript error when clearing tr's from table. Fixes issue #199.

• Fixed themes so that the sorter-false class now restores the header padding. Mentioned in issue #.

Version 2.6 (12/18/2012)

• Added sortResetKey:
  • By default, holding down the ctrl key while clicking on a header cell will reset that column's sort.
  • When sorting multiple columns, holding shift+ctrl will maintain the previous sorts and reset the selected column.
  • Thanks to emmerich for sharing this code!
• Added basic unit testing:
  • JSHint checks of core, widgets and pager addon.
  • Checks of various public functions, parsers and methods.
  • This is a work-in-progress, so many more tests still need to be added.
  • See the basic test results here.
• Sorting arrows no longer show when a header column is disabled. Fixes issue #188.
• Improved pager AJAX support:
  • Added serverSideSorting option (default is false) to the plugin core which when true will disable client-side sorting.
  • Added filter_serversideFiltering filter widget option (default is false) which when true will disable client-side filter widget processing.
  • Added a filterList ({filterList:fcol}) ajax parameter to the pager's ajaxUrl option.
  • Added cssErrorRow option to the pager options, allowing you to style the ajax error row which only appears with ajax errors.
  • This update also fixes an issue with page size changing. See issue #198.
  • Thanks to dhamma for this enhancement!
• Added footerRow and footerCells to the tablesorter themes ($.tablesorter.themes):
  • This allows styling of the footer in the bootstrap and jQuery UI themes.
  • Used by the uitheme widget.