btw, one thing about tablesorter: it's very complicated code, and making hacks to it to support something like you ask for would be a pretty heavy duty task.... not that i am a super expert at it, but i've found that keeping rows that you don't want sorted out of the <tbody> is the best way to best utilize this excellent plugin
On Apr 1, 10:06 am, "Colin.Houghton" <colin_hough...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Reposting since no response on original post. > > I have a table where every other row is collapsed (using .toggle). I > want to sort on the visible rows, but the sort, of course, sorts the > hidden rows as well...the result is that the hidden rows may not > longer be associated with the same "parent" row. > > Here is a snippet: > > <table id="aSortableTable"> > <thead> > <th>tortable column 1</th><th>sortable column 2</th> > </thead> > > <tbody> > <tr id="toggle1"><td>main row 1<td>main row 1 column 2</td></tr> > <tr><td colspan = 2>desc. for main row 1</td></tr> > > <tr id="toggle2"><td>main row 2<td>main row 2 column 2</td></tr> > <tr><td colspan = 2>desc. for main row 2</td></tr> > </tbody> > </table. > > Is there any way to tell the table sorter how to manage this? I > need the table to sort on the main rows, but keep the description > rows > "paired" with their respective parent row. > > Thanks, > Colin
