Complex headers (column grouping) and sorting issue

Auric

I have a table where I handle column grouping a little differently from the complex header example. In the example, TH elements that do not belong to a group are given a rowspan, but I have avoided that for aesthetic reasons. The thead looks something like this:

[code]



Group



Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Column 5


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In the resulting data table, sorting works fine everywhere except Column 5. Column 5 lacks the sorting classes, which are instead applied to the empty cell in the row above it.

Any thoughts on how I might work around this? Thanks.

allan

DataTables will take the first 'unique' element for the column, which is why it's the first TH for column 5 that is being used. There are two options off the top of my head:

1. Swap the two TH elements for column 5 after DataTables has initialised
2. Modify the DataTables core to take the last element for the column (probably not to hard - in the function _fnGetUniqueThs ).

Allan

Auric

Modifying _fnGetUniqueThs worked perfectly. Thanks, Allan.

allan

Nice one. I've put this on my list to have this as an optional initialisation switch in future.

Regards,
Allan