Sorting multiple tables with tablesorter

Question

I\'m using the jQuery tablesorter plugin to allow users to sort tables of data on our site. I recently came across an area where multiple tables using the tablesorter were

Answer 1

Try using the "sortEnd" event... I had to add a flag to prevent recursion. Hopefully I added enough comments so it all makes sense (demo).

$('table').tablesorter();

// using a flag that prevents recursion - repeatedly calling this same function,
// because it will trigger the "sortEnd" event after sorting the other tables.
var recursionFlag = false;

// bind to table sort end event on ALL tables
$("table").bind("sortEnd",function(e, table) {

    // ignore if the flag is set
    if (!recursionFlag) {
        recursionFlag = true;

        // find other tables to resort (but not the current one)
        // the current sort is stored in "table.config.sortList"
        $('table').not(this).trigger("sorton", [ table.config.sortList ]);

        // reset recursion flag after 1 second... so you can't sort faster
        // than that or it won't trigger the other tables
        // you can adjust this value; it all depends on how much data needs
        // to be sorted in the tables. Run the tablesorter with "debug:true"
        // to find out the times needed to sort (but do it in IE as it is
        // the slowest browser)
        setTimeout(function(){ recursionFlag = false; }, 1000);

    }
});