# tablesorter

## Render Headers

### Flexible client-side table sorting

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NOTE! The span wrapping the header text and the index variable for the function was added in version 2.0.9 (it is not part of the original plugin, but the "onRenderHeader" option was available).

# Demo

First Name | Last Name | Age | Total | Discount | Date
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Peter | Parker | 28 | $9.99 | 20% | Jul 6, 2006 8:14 AM
John | Hood | 33 | $19.99 | 25% | Dec 10, 2002 5:14 AM
Clark | Kent | 18 | $15.89 | 44% | Jan 12, 2003 11:14 AM
Bruce | Almighty | 45 | $153.19 | 44% | Jan 18, 2001 9:12 AM
Bruce | Evans | 22 | $13.19 | 11% | Jan 18, 2007 9:12 AM

# Javascript

# CSS

# HTML

Before

    <thead>
      <tr>
        <th>First Name</th>
        <th>Last Name</th>
        <th>Age</th>
        <th>Total</th>
        <th>Discount</th>
        <th>Date</th>
      </tr>
    </thead>

After

    <thead>
      <tr class="tablesorter-headerRow">
        <th class="tablesorter-header"><div class="tablesorter-header-inner roundedCorners header0">First Name <i class="tablesorter-icon"></i></div></th>
        <th class="tablesorter-header"><div class="tablesorter-header-inner roundedCorners header1">Last Name <i class="tablesorter-icon"></i></div></th>
        <th class="tablesorter-header"><div class="tablesorter-header-inner roundedCorners header2">Age <i class="tablesorter-icon"></i></div></th>
        <th class="tablesorter-header"><div class="tablesorter-header-inner roundedCorners header3">Total <i class="tablesorter-icon"></i></div></th>
        <th class="tablesorter-header"><div class="tablesorter-header-inner roundedCorners header4">Discount <i class="tablesorter-icon"></i></div></th>
        <th class="tablesorter-header"><div class="tablesorter-header-inner roundedCorners header5">Date <i class="tablesorter-icon"></i></div></th>
      </tr>
    </thead>

* Note: the tablesorter-icon was only added for emphasis in this demo, it isn't used at all by the blue template.

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