Sorting nested lists

Question

Given is a nested list, with the following markup (and sadly can\'t be changed at this moment). I want to sort this list (and all nested lists by the \'a\'-tag title.) The firs

Answer 1

Sorting everything is a matter of appending all nodes to their respective parents in alphabetical order.

function uCase(elem) {
    return $.trim( $(elem).text().toUpperCase() )
}
function compareFirstLink(a, b) {
    var A = uCase( $(a).first('a') ),
        B = uCase( $(b).first('a') );       
    return (A > B) ? 1 : -1;
}
$(function () {
    var $sortables = $("ul:has(div:first-child), li:not(.fixedOrder)");
    $sortables.sort(compareFirstLink).each(function () {
        this.parentNode.appendChild(this);
    });
});