Notes
- In v2.31.3, tweaked the css to prevent change in vertical height. See issue #1713.
- In v2.19.0, if there is nothing to the right of the set align character, then the align character will not be added; this prevents hanging decimals like
3000.. - This widget will only work in tablesorter version 2.8+ and jQuery version 1.7+.
- Make sure to include the CSS shown below to maintain the alignment.
- *NOTE* if the table cell becomes too narrow, the alignment will not be maintained & some content may overflow into the next/previous cell (the widget css does include
overflow:hiddenon the wrapper, so some content will be hidden instead of overflowing). - Until the day that
text-align: '.' center;becomes standard in CSS4 (ref), if ever, this widget might prove useful.
Options
Align Character (alignChar) widget default options (added inside of tablesorter widgetOptions)
TIP! Click on the link in the Option column to reveal full details (or toggle|show|hide all) or double click to update the browser location.
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| alignChar_wrap | '' |
This option allows you to wrap the alignment character in any HTML:
When the widget completes the alignment, it is basically splitting the content of the table cell into two halves, and wrapping it in a span element. Below is an example of a modified cell showing all contents; it's from the "Animals" column (the cell that contains "Ox = stinky") <td> <span class="ts-align-wrap"> <span class="ts-align-left" style="min-width:37%">Ox </span> <span class="ts-align-right" style="min-width:63%">= stinky</span> </span> </td>When this option is set with some HTML: alignChar_wrap : '<i/>'it results in this layout: <td> <span class="ts-align-wrap"> <span class="ts-align-left" style="min-width:37%">Ox </span> <span class="ts-align-right" style="min-width:63%"> <i>=</i> stinky </span> </span> </td> |
| alignChar_charAttrib | 'data-align-char' |
This option points to the header data-attribute which contains the desired alignment character.
Add it to the header as follows: <th data-align-char=".">Numeric</th>The data-align-char data-attribute contains the actual character to align. There is no default alignment character, so if this data-attribute is undefined, the column will be ignored.*NOTE* if wanting to align the content on a space (see the "AlphaNumeric" column), use instead of a regular space because all spaces within the content are replaced by non-breaking spaces.
<th data-align-char=" ">AlphaNumeric</th> |
| alignChar_indexAttrib | 'data-align-index' |
This option points to the header data-attribute which contains the desired alignment character index (one-based index).
<th data-align-char="=" data-align-index="1">Animals</th>The data-align-index data-attribute contains the actual character index. The index defaults to "1" if this data-attribute is undefined.
|
| alignChar_adjustAttrib | 'data-align-adjust' |
This option allows you to tweak the horizontal position of the aligned cell content.
<th data-align-char="." data-align-adjust="10">Numeric</th>The data-align-adjust data-attribute contains a percentage value (without the percent sign). The adjustment defaults to "0" if this data-attribute is undefined.
|
CSS
The following is *required* css. Without it, the alignment will be all wrong.
Demo
Animals align index: 1 (only indexes of 1 or 2 will work)Sites align index: 1 (only indexes of 1 - 3 will work
Sites adjust value: 0
| AlphaNumeric | Numeric | Animals | Sites |
|---|---|---|---|
| abc 123 | .423475 | Koala = cute = cudley | search.google.com |
| abc 1 | 23.4 | Ox = stinky | mail.yahoo.com |
| abc 9 | 1.0 | Girafee = tall | http://www.facebook.com |
| zyx 24 | 7.67 | Bison = burger | http://internship.whitehouse.gov/ |
| abc 11 | 3000 | Chimp = banana lover | about.ucla.edu/ |
| abc 2 | 56.5 | Elephant = unforgetable | http://www.wikipedia.org/ |
| abc 9 | 15.5 | Lion = rawr | rental.nytimes.com/index.html |
| ABC 10 | 87.20000 | Zebra = stripey | http://android.google.com |
| zyx 1 | 999.1 | Koala = cute, again! | http://irsmrt.mit.edu/ |
| zyx 12 | .2 | Llama = llove it | http://aliens.nasa.gov/ |
Page Header
<!-- Tablesorter: required --> <link href="../css/theme.blue.css" rel="stylesheet"> <script src="../js/jquery.tablesorter.js"></script> <script src="../js/jquery.tablesorter.widgets.js"></script> <!-- Align Character widget --> <script src="../js/widgets/widget-alignChar.js"></script>
Script
CSS
HTML
<table class="tablesorter">
<thead>
<tr>
<th data-align-char=" ">AlphaNumeric</th>
<th data-align-char="." data-align-adjust="0">Numeric</th>
<th data-align-char="=" data-align-index="1">Animals</th>
<th data-align-char="." data-align-index="1">Sites</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>abc 123</td>
<td>.423475</td>
<td>Koala = cute = cudley</td>
<td>search.google.com</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>abc 1</td>
<td>23.4</td>
<td>Ox = stinky</td>
<td>mail.yahoo.com</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>abc 9</td>
<td>1.0</td>
<td>Girafee = tall</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>zyx 24</td>
<td>7.67</td>
<td>Bison = burger</td>
<td>http://internship.whitehouse.gov/</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>abc 11</td>
<td>3000</td>
<td>Chimp = banana lover</td>
<td>about.ucla.edu/</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>abc 2</td>
<td>56.5</td>
<td>Elephant = unforgetable</td>
<td>http://www.wikipedia.org/</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>abc 9</td>
<td>15.5</td>
<td>Lion = rawr</td>
<td>rental.nytimes.com/index.html</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ABC 10</td>
<td>87.20000</td>
<td>Zebra = stripey</td>
<td>http://android.google.com</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>zyx 1</td>
<td>999.1</td>
<td>Koala = cute, again!</td>
<td>http://irsmrt.mit.edu/</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>zyx 12</td>
<td>0.2</td>
<td>Llama = llove it</td>
<td>http://aliens.nasa.gov/</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>