Hi; In the meantime, how is the zebra widget supposed to work? :-)
On 10/3/07, Christian Bach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HI Shawn, > > Yeah your right, will add it to the docs as soon as i have the time. > > Thanks for the feedback! > > /christian > > 2007/10/3, sgrover < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > I'm using the tablesorter plugin (Excellent work! - makes my job MUCH > > easier). But I found a slight flaw with the documentation. > > > > In my case, I wanted alternating row colors. When I set this up > > manually with something like > > > > $("#mytable tr:odd").css("background-color","#ddd"); > > > > The initial view was fine, but sorting the rows messed things up. (not > > evenly alternating). > > > > So I did some digging. I recalled seeing something on this list about a > > zebra plugin. Searching my archives I found this, but could not find > > anything that clearly stated how to use it. > > > > So I went to the documentation at http://tablesorter.com/docs/. No > > mention there of zebra. When I went into the "Widgets, writing your > > own", I found the following sample: > > > > // call the tablesorter plugin and assign widgets with id "zebra" > > //(Default widget in the core) and the newly created "repeatHeaders" > > $("table").tablesorter({ > > widgets: ['zebra','repeatHeaders'] > > }); > > > > > > This is the ONLY mention I found for Zebra within the tablesorter pages. > > (thus far) > > > > May I suggest that the table on the main docs page needs to include the > > "widgets" option, and a list of all the "core" widgets (not sure if > > there's more than just zebra). > > > > The alternating row colors is such a common need, that this change would > > make the tablesorter plugin much more friendly to those who only have a > > few moments to search. > > > > If I can only find documentation to complain about, somebody is doing > > something right... :) Good job Christian. > > > > Shawn > > > >