Question

I have a table which is updated with ajax and after update it if sorted but I need to sort not a fixed column but the same column which was last clicked before update.

function tableUpdated() {
$(".tablesorter").trigger("update");
//alert($(".tablesorter").sorting);
var sorting = [[7, 0]];
$("table").trigger("sorton", [sorting]);
}

In my code above I need to put my selected column index instead of 7

Answer 1

jQuery’s .data() will help you here. Whenever the user clicks to sort a table, store the columns on the table itself. Within the sort function, add this:

$("#table").data('sorting', selectedColumn);

Now the element with id="table" has a property sorting with the value of selectedColumn. In tableUpdated, you can use this data:

function tableUpdated() {
    $(".tablesorter").trigger("update");
    var sorting = [[$("#table").data('sorting'), 0]];
    $("#table").trigger("sorton", [sorting]);
}

Data added using .data() can be even more complex, allowing you to add objects of data. See this page for more details.