Sortable column headers without links?

ShatyUT

A sortable column header is rendered with 2 ways to sort. If you click on the header text it is a link which will refresh the page passing in querystring parameters telling the table how to sort a column. If you click the header outside of the header text, the sort is done client side. Is there a way to disable the link being rendered in a sortable column? I want to be able to sort and client-side sorting is perfect for me. I do not want my users to be able to click the link and refresh the page accidentally which may cause them to lose form data.

I know I can use jQuery to intercept the click event and stop it but just wondering if there is a way to disable it in the DataTables configuration. I couldn't find anything in the docs or any previous posts asking the same question.

allan

The reason you couldn't find any mention of this in the docs is because there is no built in way of doing what you are looking for :-) (and :-( ). I'm afraid you would need to go the route of applying some custom event handlers to the TH elements in the table header.

Allan