jQuery tablesorter how to find sortList object

Question

I am using the jQuery tablesorter plugin. I am wanting to store how a user has sorted the table on the page and automatically sort that way the next time the page loads. To do

Answer 1

It might be a bit less overhead to save the last sort only when you need it like this:

lastSortList=$("#mytable")[0].config.sortList;

Remember to declare the variable in the right scope of course.

(I think the questioneer's problem probably was that he had to get the DOM element via [0] and not the jQuery element.)