Select/Sort multiple rows with iPad or tablet, or phone

Silvertek

I was wondering if anyone knows of a way, or has any idea on how to select multiple rows to sort by on a touch device? Currently I can hold shift on a computer and select multiple rows, but with a lack of keyboard this isn't possible as far as I can tell on an iPad. Any ideas or thoughts?

Thanks!

allan

Do you mean multiple columns rather than rows? :-)

Currently there isn't an input method for multiple column sorting in DataTables other than the shift click (you can use aDataSort to predefine multi-column sorting, or use fnSort to set up multi-column sorting), but there isn't an interaction for the user to set the multi-column sort. Any thoughts on how that could be done are very welcome.

Allan

Silvertek

Yes I meant columns now rows, my apologies. I know for ios you can specify touch a touch event. Could it be done by holding the table header and then holding a second tables header? To handle touch events it would be something like this.

http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/ipad/#DOCUMENTATION/AppleApplications/Reference/SafariWebContent/HandlingEvents/HandlingEvents.html

Although this would be only for ios, but then again that is a major section of the tablet markets and would work for iPhones as well. Just a thought.

allan

Yup - certainly something to consider. Added to my to-do list :-).

Thanks for bringing this up.
Allan