I would like to have the fix(es) to get this Javascript Table Sorting
working properly in Safari:

http://www.kryogenix.org/code/browser/sorttable/

Hi, trevorturk. Thanks for your question.

The reason the script you linked to doesn't work in Safari is because
Safari's support for the cellIndex property of cells is broken - it
always returns '0', no matter which cell you click on. This means it
will always try to sort the first column, no matter which one you
click on.

Fortunately, the fix is fairly simple, if a little less neat than the
original solution. You can make it work correctly in Safari by making
the following changes:


Change the line:

cell.innerHTML = '<a href="#" class="sortheader"
onclick="ts_resortTable(this);return false;">'+txt+'<span
class="sortarrow">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></a>';

to:

cell.innerHTML = '<a href="#" class="sortheader"
onclick="ts_resortTable(this, '+i+');return false;">'+txt+'<span
class="sortarrow">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></a>';


Change the line:

function ts_resortTable(lnk) {

to:

function ts_resortTable(lnk, clid) {


And change the line:

var column = td.cellIndex;

to:

var column = clid || td.cellIndex;


There's an example of the patched code at
http://hexx.net/ga/sorttable/example.html and you can download an
already-modified copy from http://hexx.net/ga/sorttable/sorttable.js.


If you have any questions, please feel free to request a clarification.

--wildeeo

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Request for Answer Clarification by trevorturk-ga on 22 May 2005 09:17 PDT

I'm sorry that I can't test this myself, but your fixed script will
still work in the other browsers? What I mean is, the changes you made
don't affect the functionality on Internet Explorer?

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Clarification of Answer by wildeeo-ga on 22 May 2005 10:30 PDT

Hi,

I've tested it myself in Safari 2.0, Firefox 1.0.4, and (Windows)
Internet Explorer 6. It worked without any problems.

It's a fairly simple change (adding one additional variable to a
function), so problems shouldn't occur.

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Request for Answer Clarification by trevorturk-ga on 22 May 2005 16:35 PDT

Please note this related question:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=524440

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Clarification of Answer by wildeeo-ga on 23 May 2005 09:14 PDT

I'll have a look at it. :-)

very fast answer, just what i needed, saved me a ton of time, thanks

Thanks very much - it was what i was looking for.  I have one problem
though - when the page refreshes, the sort column is lost.  Is there a
way to remember the column the table was last sorted on?