Checkbox issues

I'm using the header below for the column my checkboxes (and select all checkbox) reside, but there is still a sorting function on this column (sorting by checkboxes checked doesn't really make sense.) Can you help me to remove that?

        12: {
            sorter: 'checkbox'
        }

Second issue: If I select all, go to another page of the site, then return to the page with tablesorter on it, the checkbox for select all remains checked. Any idea of how to get rid of that?

[Mottie]

Hi @aetna-wsa!

Add a "sorter-false" to the header cell to prevent sorting.

As for the checkboxes remaining checked, that is a browser issue; please see #996 for more details.

Thanks for the help. I'm assuming when you say "add a 'sorter-false'" you man to the th class. This is what I have, and it is still sorting:

                        <th class="filter-false sorter-false" style="text-align:center;">

As for the browser issue, it appears that is a Chrome issue, but I'm developing for IE.

[Mottie]

Yes, add "sorter-false" as a class name.

So you're seeing the same problem in IE?

Right, but after naming the class as shown above, it is still sorting (undesired behavior.) T

Yes, the problem mentioned, I have in IE.

I looked at the rendered code in Firefox, and the class "sorter-false" is being removed by the script. I'm thinking this has to do with the fact that the column is marked as sorter: 'checkbox' (since that would not equate to false, so it is being overridden?)

[Mottie]

Try adding data-sorter="false" to the header cell instead.

No, all that did was make it so that the global checkbox at the top never gets checked. Worse, though, is that clicking it again has no affect on the children checkboxes.

Just to clarify -- I am getting no sort arrows when the page is loading, now, but once clicking on the global checkbox, it starts sorting for each subsequent click.

[Mottie]

I recently noticed an issue with the parsers not being properly detected when a header has multiple rows with a colspan across all rows. If you do have this situation, add "tablesorter-ignoreRow" (set by the cssIgnoreRow option) to those thead rows (TR's only) that are not involved with sorting.

If that isn't the case, then please modify this demo (the header and 1-2 rows should be enough) to help me troubleshoot the problem.

Okay, take a look: https://jsfiddle.net/8y28svef/6/

Now, the problem is not showing here. (I can't test in IE since it does not support jsfiddle, but the problem was in firefox, too) but the only difference (that I can see) is that the parser-input file is NOT being referenced here (it wasn't in your original fiddle.)

Any idea why this would be? I copied and pasted almost exactly, except for files to be included.

On a side note: if you click to view the next five records, you'll see the problem with the checkbox already checked as mentioned before.

Did you have a chance to review? There are not multiple rows with colspans. I'm at a loss as to what I should do now, if you can help.

[Mottie]

Sorry, I have had many distractions. I just looked at the demo and I wonder... why set the checkbox column to have a "checkbox" parser when you don't want to sort the column?

I tested the jsFiddle in Chrome & Firefox (use http:// not https:// to get the demo to work) and the problem you mention with the select all checkbox is because there is no logic added to remove the check.

I did include this logic when I added the select all checkbox code into the parser-input-select.js file. All you need to do is add a checkbox to the header and it activates. There are also two utility options named checkboxClass and checkboxVisible which can be set to alter the behavior. I tried updating your demo and it isn't behaving as expected - the checkbox clears immediately... oddly it works perfectly in this demo which I made for issue #971.

I thought that was what was required - I didn't notice before that your demo sorts by that header. You have the following in that code:
headers: {
0: { sorter: 'checkbox' }
I'll try the methods you stated and see if I have any better luck. Thanks!