[Rails-spinoffs] table sorting/manipulation library?

Samuel Dionne-Riel
Wed, 14 Sep 2005 22:04:00 -0000

Nice, but in FF, when we sort Another column, it sorts it with the
previously sorted one in mind... quite boring...

Make it an option !

> Yeah, that''s an old link. A new one, with demo, is:
>
> http://fshn-dads.foods.uiuc.edu/demo/supertable-demo.html
>
> Comments/suggestions welcome.
>
> -FG
>
> Quoth Ed C. on 9/14/2005 9:32 PM...
>> The URL in the footer of Felipe''s email links to
>> "http://ccm.uc.edu/sacredmusic/lib/supertable.js" after a
couple clicks
>> ;)
>>
>> Hope that helps, Ed C.
>>
>> On 9/14/05, *Andrew Kaspick* <akaspick@gmail.com
>> <mailto:akaspick@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Do you have a url with a demo for us to see?  I can''t see
why there
>>     wouldn''t be any interest for a library like this, so give
us a
>> taste!
>>     :)
>>
>>     On 9/14/05, Felipe Gasper <gasperfm@uc.edu
<mailto:gasperfm@uc.edu>>
>>     wrote:
>>      > I have a library I''ve developed that I believe is
the most
>>     flexible and
>>      > useful table sorting/striping/row-selecting library around.
>>      >
>>      > Big features:
>>      > Single and multiple-level sort
>>      > Arbitrary sort criteria (IP address, date, etc.)
>>      > Works with table headers that are > 1 row or column large
>>      > Stripe tables and/or enable row selecting
>>      > Row selecting supports drag-select and SHIFT-click
>>      > No extra HTML; all CSS and Javascript
>>      > Optionally creates buttons: "Default Sort",
"Select all", etc.
>>      > Quite fast
>>      > Pretty good cross-browser support (AFAIK)
>>      >
>>      > All the other table-sorting libraries I''ve found try
to "guess"
>> what
>>      > they''re sorting. This library makes no attempt to do
so, instead
>>      > assuming the designer can tell it how to sort by giving it a
>> function
>>      > for each sortable column that returns a value to be sorted.
>>      >
>>      > An example:
>>      >
>>      > -----------------
>>      > <table id="myTable" class="sortable striped
rowsSelectable">
>>      >
string number date
>> >
>> >
>>      > ..........
>> >
>> >
>>      >
>> >
>>      >
document.getElementById(''myTable'').sorterFuncs = [
>>      >         String,
>>      >         Number,
>>      >         function(str) {
>>      >                 var dateSplit = str.split(/\D/);
>>      >
>>      >                 //assume we''re in MM/DD/YYYY format
>>      >                 return (dateSplit[2] * 10000)
>>      >                    + (dateSplit[0] * 100)
>>      >                    + (str[1] * 1);
>>      >         }
>>      > ];
>> >
>>      > ----------------------
>>      >
>>      > That''s it. Our table now correctly sorts by clicking
on the table
>>     headers.
>>      > If you want, add "multisort" to the
table''s class, and you get
>> the
>>      > equivalent of multiple "ORDER BY" arguments to an
SQL statement.
>>      >
>>      > Is there interest around in a library like this?
>>      >
>>      > -Felipe Gasper
>>      > Cincinnati, OH
>>      >
>>      > --
>>      > Felipe M. L. Gasper, conductor/singer
>>      > http://felipegasper.com
>>      >
>>      > Judge ideas, not people.
>>      > Love people, not ideas.
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