Sorting rules with css

meglio

I have read all the help and cannot find is it possible to define sorting rules with css to TH elements? I need this mainly because columns change dynamically for different user types, and I do not know columns ordering, so I preferer some kind of metadata to be specified with using CSS.

Thanks,
Anton

allan

I'm not quite sure what you mean by "sorting rules" I'm afraid. Do you mean if a column can be sorted or not (bSortable)? If so then you could use aoColumnDefs with a target class (i.e. aTargets: ["nonsortable"], bSortable:false) and assign that class to any TH elements for the columns you don't want to be sortable.

Allan

meglio

Thanks, Allan.
I think that I got the idea, as for me it's was not enough clear in documentation.

p.s. ... still cannot use your plugin because of bug, just described it here:
http://datatables.net/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=4781

Regards,
Anton

meglio

... thanks for answering to my "bug report" (it was actually bad html formatting - absense of TR inside THEAD).

1. Actually I have fewer columns available for sorting then the ones which must be not sortable. How can I turn off sorting for all columns except for ones with some class specified?

2. Can you please refer to a docs about how to set different classes for different "sorted" states for TH elements - eg "unsorted", "sorted asc", "sorted desc" - is it possible?

Thanks very much for your help!

Anton

mg

@meglio: With respect to item 2. in your question, is the documentation here
what you're searching for?
http://datatables.net/styling/ids_classes