does DataTables allow this?

karawynn

I need to create a table with unidirectional sorting.

That is, clicking a column header will put that column in ascending order, and clicking a second time will do nothing. Descending sorting would be disabled.

I don't see any options in DataTables that allow this restriction, but I thought I'd ask just in case I missed something ...

thanks!

allan

Hi karawynn,

Interesting question - I like it! This isn't possible in DataTables at the moment (although it could be hacked into the core quite quickly if you want to give it a go - have a look at the internal function "fnInnerSorting()" and you'll see a few places where the code could be modified to do what you are looking for.

I will be looking at how to improve the sorting options that DataTables provides in the near future (see http://datatables.net/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=596 for more information), so I'll bare this in mind to see if it would be suitable to provide this as part of the new framework.

Regards,
Allan