# tablesorter

## Set initial sort order

### Flexible client-side table sorting

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NOTE!

- Adding "sortInitialOrder" inside of the "headers" option was added in version 2.0.8 (not part of the original plugin).
- In versions 2.3+, the initial sort order of the columns can be set using any of the following methods (they all do the same thing), in order of priority:
  - jQuery data `data-sort-initial-order="desc"` (equivalent to `data-sortinitialorder="desc"`).
  - metadata `class="{ sortInitialOrder: "desc" }"`. This requires the metadata plugin.
  - headers option `headers : { 0 : { sortInitialOrder: "desc" } }`.
  - header class name `class="sortInitialOrder-desc"`.
  - overall `sortInitialOrder` option setting.

# Demo

First Name (desc) | Last Name (asc) | Age (desc) | Total (asc) | Discount (desc) | Date (asc)
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
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

# HTML

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