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# YUI Library Examples: DataTable Control: Client-side Sorting

# DataTable Control: Client-side Sorting

A custom sort handler has been defined in this example to enable custom nested sorting, such that clicking on the "States" Column will sort by states, and then by area code.

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## Sample Code for this Example

Data:

YAHOO.example.Data = { areacodes: [ {areacode: "201", state: "New Jersey"}, {areacode: "202", state: "Washington, DC"}, {areacode: "203", state: "Connecticut"}, ... ] }

CSS:

/* No custom CSS. */

Markup:

<div id="sort"></div>

JavaScript:

YAHOO.util.Event.addListener(window, "load", function() { YAHOO.example.CustomSort = function() { // Custom sort handler to sort by state and then by areacode // where a and b are Record instances to compare var sortStates = function(a, b, desc) { // Deal with empty values if(!YAHOO.lang.isValue(a)) { return (!YAHOO.lang.isValue(b)) ? 0 : 1; } else if(!YAHOO.lang.isValue(b)) { return -1; } // First compare by state var comp = YAHOO.util.Sort.compare; var compState = comp(a.getData("state"), b.getData("state"), desc); // If states are equal, then compare by areacode return (compState !== 0) ? compState : comp(a.getData("areacode"), b.getData("areacode"), desc); }; var myColumnDefs = [ {key:"areacode",label:"Area Codes",sortable:true}, {key:"state",label:"States",sortable:true,sortOptions:{sortFunction:sortStates}} ]; var myDataSource = new YAHOO.util.DataSource(YAHOO.example.Data.areacodes.slice(0,25)); myDataSource.responseType = YAHOO.util.DataSource.TYPE_JSARRAY; myDataSource.responseSchema = { fields: ["areacode","state"] }; var myDataTable = new YAHOO.widget.DataTable("sort", myColumnDefs, myDataSource, {sortedBy:{key:"areacode", dir:"asc"}}); return { oDS: myDataSource, oDT: myDataTable }; }(); });

## Configuration for This Example

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### DataTable Control Examples:

- Basic Example
- Progressive Enhancement
- Custom Cell Formatting
- Conditional row coloring
- Nested Headers
- JSON Data Over XHR
- XML Data Over XHR With POST
- XML Data with XPath
- Textual Data Over XHR
- Polling the DataSource
- Adding, Updating, and Deleting Rows
- Client-side Pagination
- Client-side Sorting
- Server-side Pagination and Sorting for Dynamic Data
- Integrating Browser History Manager with Server-side Pagination and Sorting
- XY-scrolling, Y-scrolling, and X-scrolling
- Row Selection
- Cell Selection
- Inline Cell Editing
- Showing, Hiding, and Reordering Columns.
- Highlighting Cells, Rows, or Columns
- Reorder Rows with Drag and Drop
- Row Expansion
- Context Menu Integration
- Configuring the Paginator (included with examples for Paginator)
- TabView Integration
- Complex Example of Multiple Features
- Client-side Filtering of Local Data
- Filtering of Dynamic Data
- Datatable with Autocomplete
- Skinning Model
- Ratings (included with examples for ProgressBar Control)
- YQLDataSource (included with examples for DataSource Utility)
- Complex Application (included with examples for Layout Manager)

### More DataTable Control Resources:

- User's Guide (external)
- API Documentation
- Cheat Sheet PDF (external)

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