# tablesorter

## Header Template & Rendering

### Flexible client-side table sorting

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NOTE! These options were added in version 2.7 (they are not part of the original plugin).

# 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

# 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"><em>1:</em> <i class="tablesorter-icon"></i>First Name</div></th>
        <th class="tablesorter-header"><div class="tablesorter-header-inner"><em>2:</em> <i class="tablesorter-icon"></i>Last Name</div></th>
        <th class="tablesorter-header"><div class="tablesorter-header-inner"><em>3:</em> <i class="tablesorter-icon"></i>Age</div></th>
        <th class="tablesorter-header"><div class="tablesorter-header-inner"><em>4:</em> <i class="tablesorter-icon"></i>Total</div></th>
        <th class="tablesorter-header"><div class="tablesorter-header-inner"><em>5:</em> <i class="tablesorter-icon"></i>Discount</div></th>
        <th class="tablesorter-header"><div class="tablesorter-header-inner"><em>6:</em> <i class="tablesorter-icon"></i>Date</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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