Sorting is really useful, if you are having heavy data sets like table views. You can manage the list views using jQuery sorter plugins. The sort plugins allow you to control placement, order, and organisation of the page table elements.
You can create the dynamic tables using jQuery sorter plug-ins. These plugins are user friendly as they are very easy to use. Some of the best jQuery table sorter plugins are:
jQuery Grid: Tree Table
This plugin helps to get the tree like structure inside your table just like the folder hierarchy. Each of the branches of the tree can be collapsed or can be expanded. The original name of this plugin is ActsAsTreeTable. Some of its key features are:
- It can easily display the data tree in table column
- Unlimited tree depth is supported
- It has got drag and drop support for the branches
- Collapse or expand any branch
- It is user friendly
Advanced Tables
This jQuery table sorter plugin is used to convert the flat HTML tables into the data grids within few seconds. This plugin will paginate your table automatically. You can even define the particular input field as the search field for table. Other key features of this plugin are:
- Live searchable table
- Paged tables
- Super fast plugin with cross browser compatibility
- Alternating row columns and sorting row columns
- One line code for activating plugin
- You can load data from a CSV file
- It have different row colors
- Select the element as loader
JQuery Grid Data Table: TableSorter
The Grid Data table plugin is a highly flexible tool that is based on progressive foundation. This can add the interaction controls to the HTML tables. Some of its key features are:
- It has got a good AJAX support
- jQuery UI ThemeRoller Support
- Variable length pagination
- Multi Column Sorting and Data Type Detection
- Table viewport scrolling options
- It is free
- It is internationalizable
jQuery Grid: JTable
It needs a good CSS framework to work properly. It can create the AJAX based CRUD tables without using the HTML or JavaScript code. Some of its key features are:
- It uses AJAX to load the records from server using HTML table
- Shows the animations for edit/create/delete options on table
- It have support for server side paging and server side sorting using AJAX
- You can select the rows and resize the columns
- You can show or hide the columns
- It is platform independent
- It has pre-defined themes
- It can be localized with ease
- You can enable validation with forms
Animated Table Sort
You can sort the table animatedly using this plugin. The table data can also fly in the table giving a good animated effect to the home page. It has support sorting for REGEXP matches. Row relationships can be controlled easily.
jQuery Excel Table: Handsontable
This jQuery table plugin works very similar to Excel spreadsheet. You can use this plugin, if you wish to implement some excel like features in it. Some of its best features are:
- It is a simple spreadsheet that is easy to configure
- It has got a good user interface
- It supports AJAX
- It also have Jason and XML support
DataTables
This is a highly flexible jQuery table sorter plugin that is completely based on foundation of progressive enhancement. You can add some advanced interaction controls to any of the HTML tables using this plugin.