First, understand *why* it doesn't work: - You add "miles" to the table cell, then Tablesorter treats it as a string value
Now that this is understand, the solution is to use a custom parser to strip out the label, here is an example http://jsbin.com/unepe/edit On Nov 17, 11:17 am, Yvan <yvana...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm using the tableshorter plugin on a table which lists multiple > locations, and that contains a "Distance" column which displays > distances in the format of "17 Miles" and "5 miles", etc. > > I have the following javascript in my head section, which defines the > sort order of the 1 column that I want to have sortable (and that > specifies which columns I do not want to make sortable): > > <script type="text/javascript"> > $(document).ready(function() { > $("#locationsTable").tablesorter( {sortList: > [[1,0]], > headers: { > 0: { sorter: false }, > 2: { sorter: false }, > 3: { sorter: false } > } > } > ); > }); > </script> > > I'm finding that I am not able to properly sort the distance column > when I include the word "Miles" in that table cell. It's only when I > remove the word "Miles" from the table cell that the column sorts > properly. > > How can I fix this? > > Thanks, > - Yvan
