I believe tablesorter's internal sort is stored under "config.sortList" for the table DOM element. It's a multidimensional array of column indices and sort direction, e.g. [[2,0][0,1]].
aquaone On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 15:46, vcohen <vco...@irvinecompany.com> wrote: > > I'm just starting to use Christian Bach's excellent TableSorter plugin, and > I > need to get a column's current sort direction. I have several columns: > > ID > Name > Category > > ID and Name are set to non-sortable using > headers: { 0: {sorter: false}, 1: {sorter: false} } > > I'm adding a click handler on Name so that it fires the sort event on the > Category column. Using the example "Sort table using a link outside the > table" (http://tablesorter.com/docs/example-trigger-sort.html), I'm able > to > get the Name header to fire the Category sort -- but it's hard-coded to > sort > in one direction. > > How can I get it to look at the current direction the Category column is > currently sorted, and sort in the opposite direction? (I can handle > flipping > the values; since the sort order is 0 or 1, I can XOR the value to get the > opposite, like var sort; sort ^= sort; -- my question is how to get the > current value. > > Here's the code that currently sets the click handler on the Name column: > > $("#nameCol").click(function() { > var sorting = [[2, 0]]; /* sort 3rd col (Category) descending */ > $("#SearchResults").trigger("sorton", [sorting] ); /* SearchResults is > the ID of the soertable table */ > return false; /* cancel default link action on a#nameCol > */ > }); > > > Cross-posting this to StackOverflow, as well... > > Thanks! > > - Val > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/how-to-get-current-sort-order-from-tablesorter-plugin--tp26908861s27240p26908861.html > Sent from the jQuery General Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >