Sort indicator with multiple tables on a page

[antanova]

If I have multiple tables on a page, I get inconsistent behaviour from the sort order indicator (id sorttable_sortfwdind or sorttable_sortrevind). Sometimes the indicator moves from one table to the one I'm sorting, sometimes not.

I'd like the indicator to just remain in its original table, showing the last column I've sorted, as happens when the table is on its own on the page. It's probably a result of using ids on that element. Do you have any work-around for that?

Thanks.

[stuartlangridge]

I don't, at the moment -- it's basically that sorttable.js doesn't take into consideration that there might be more than one table, and so references the sort indicator by ID. This is a bug, and it needs fixing, and will be fixed as part of v3.

[antanova]

Ah, thanks. If I manage to get enough time to fix it, I'll post the fix back here.

[brettwarthen]

FYI...here's an easy fix...

Add this CSS to generate the indicators:

.sorttable_sorted::after {
content: "\25BE";
}
.sorttable_sorted_reverse::after {
content: "\25B4";
}

Remove every line of JS that includes either of the following (including as a variable name or as part of an element id):

sortfwdind
sortrevind