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14/01/2010
04:23

ari

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I know there are ways to write custom sorters, but sometimes the sort order is purely server-side data. For instance a task tracker might have a task grid with a column for 'priority'. Values are 'high', 'medium', 'low'. We don't want to sort them alphabetically and we don't want to embed those values into a javascript custom sorter, since they might vary for each installation and language.

One approach might be to create a hidden column which is used for sorting. Possible, but cumbersome and conflicts with using the neat column show/hide plugin. Another is to change the values to "1-high", "2-medium", "3-low". Ugh.

Ideally, I'd like to transport some metadata along with the table data:

<row>

<name>finish code</name>

<priority sort=2>medium</priority>

</row>

Later on, other uses could be had for metadata such as an attribute for styling the td container.

<row>

<name>finish code</name>

<priority class='red' sort=2>medium</priority>

</row>

22/01/2010
12:11

tony

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Hello,

Sorry for the late replay.

One approach might be to create a hidden column which is used for sorting. Possible, but cumbersome and conflicts with using the neat column show/hide plugin.

This can be avoided using the hidedlg option in colModel which does not allow this field to be shown in the dialog.

Ideally, I'd like to transport some metadata along with the table data:

This of course can be done easy using XML, but as you know we support diffrent datatypes. This will make the solution not so easy

Thank you very much.

Best Regards

Tony

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