Question

I was wondering if there’s a way to sort columns with Table sorter
So that I could arrange the columns themselves according to some ID or anything.

So here for instance, If I want to sort the table so that the Apple column

Would be first, how do I do that?

Answer 1

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/fKMqD/

Code:

var rows = $('tr');

rows.eq(0).find('td').sort(function(a, b){

    return $.text([a]) > $.text([b]) ? 1: -1;

}).each(function(newIndex){

    var originalIndex = $(this).index();

    rows.each(function(){
        var td = $(this).find('td');
        if (originalIndex !== newIndex)
            td.eq(originalIndex).insertAfter(td.eq(newIndex));
    });

});

No plugins necessary.