Tablesorter_XH facilitates semi-automatic enhancement of tables in browsers which support somewhat contemporary JavaScript. Sorting by single columns in ascending and descending order, hiding of predefined columns which can be expanded, and pagination are supported.
Tablesorter_XH is a plugin for CMSimple_XH ≥ 1.7.0. It requires PHP ≥ 7.4.0 with the JSON extension.
The lastest release is available for download on Github.
The installation is done as with many other CMSimple_XH plugins. See the CMSimple_XH wiki for further details.
- Backup the data on your server.
- Unzip the distribution on your computer.
- Upload the whole directory tablesorter/ to your server into CMSimple_XH's plugins directory.
- Set write permissions for the subdirectories config/, css/ and languages/.
- Switch to Plugins→Tablesorter in the back-end to check if all requirements are fulfilled.
The plugin's configuration is done as with many other CMSimple_XH plugins in the website's back-end. Select Plugins→Tablesorter.
You can change the default settings of Tablesorter_XH under Config. Hints for the options will be displayed when hovering over the help icon with your mouse.
Localization is done under Language. You can translate the character strings to your own language if there is no appropriate language file available, or customize them according to your needs.
The look of Tablesorter_XH can be customized under Stylesheet.
To turn a table into an enhanced table, you have to give it the CSS
class tablesorter. Furthermore it is mandatory that the table has a
<thead> with <th> cells and a <tbody> section.
To make wide tables better viewable, you can select less important
columns which will not be shown, but the visitor will be able to expand
each row to view the hidden column contents. To mark a column as hidden,
just add the CSS class tablesorter_hide to the respective <th>.
Alternatively, you can add the CSS class tablesorter_x_small,
tablesorter_small, tablesorter_medium and tablesorter_large,
respectively, to hide the column in inappropriate viewports. For
instance, tablesorter_medium will show the column in medium and large
viewports, but will hide it in small viewports.
The sorting of the rows works by case-insensitive string comparison
according to the browser's locale. This does not work well for numeric
columns, so it is possible to mark a numeric column as such by adding
the CSS class tablesorter_numeric to the column's <th>. Note that
thousands separators are not supported, and that only dots (.) are
supported as decimal separator. Sorting arbitrary dates and/or times is
also unsupported; if you need this, just use ISO 8601 date/time formats,
such as 2017-03-15 and 08:12 in which case string comparison works
fine.
To actually enable the table enhancements, you have to add the following plugin call somewhere on the page:
{{{tablesorter();}}}
Alternatively, you can enable the auto option in the plugin configuration.
Report bugs and ask for support either on Github or in the CMSimple_XH Forum.
Tablesorter_XH is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
Tablesorter_XH is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantibility or fitness for a particular purpose. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Tablesorter_XH. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
Copyright © 2012-2024 Christoph M. Becker Copyright © 2025 CMSimple_XH developers
The plugin logo is designed by New Mooon. Many thanks for publishing this icon under GPL.
This plugin uses free applications icons from Aha-Soft. Many thanks for making these icons freely available.
Many thanks to the community at the CMSimple_XH forum for tips, suggestions and testing. Particularly, I want to thank lck for helpful hints regarding the design.
And last but not least many thanks to Peter Harteg, the father of CMSimple, and all developers of CMSimple_XH without whom this amazing CMS wouldn't exist.