WP-Table Reloaded & sorting multiple columns

  • I set up a client site using this for the sole purpose of making a long manufacturer list look good using multiple (3 or 4) columns that line up nicely,and displayed alphabetically (vertically).

    Originally, I sorted a XLS alphabetically and imported it, and I dont need sorting ability for the web visitor.

    My client adds and deletes manufacturer names on a regular basis, and I showed her how to add/delete columns and rows.

    The question is: As she adds or remove names from the table, how can she re-sort the whole table vertically by all columns so the entire table is alphabetical?

    I see the “sort, but it only does 1 column at a time. The problem with that is names may have to change columns.

    An example page is https://www.redsshoebarn.com/footwear/kids towards the bottom of the page.

    Thanks

    Merrill

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  • Thread Starter mclark

    (@mclark)

    Anybody?

    Hi,

    thanks for your question and the link to the table.

    Unfortunately, I don’t really see a possibility to sort a table like that ?? All sorting possibilities that I’m aware of will maintain the columns, but can not sort columns individually.

    Regards,
    Tobias

    Thread Starter mclark

    (@mclark)

    Thanks for your reply Tobias.

    I’ll let them know they’ll have to manually re-enter and sort the table text.

    I don’t use tables often, but for cases like this, it would be nice to let the client make data changes as necessary in a single column CSV, sort it alpha, and import the CSV into an existing multi-row and multi-column table, simply overwriting the old data, without changing any of the options or formatting.

    But I’m not a programmer, so it’s probably way more work than it’s worth. -:)

    Thanks again,

    Merrill

    Hi Merrill,

    with some work, it likely would be possible to implement something like this, but to be honest, I feel that the use case is rather limited and not many people would ever use it. Additionally, I can foresee that the user interface for this would be kind of ugly, so I don’t see this implemented in the near future.

    The manual way is definitely the best work around for now.

    Best wishes,
    Tobias

    Thread Starter mclark

    (@mclark)

    I completely understand, but thank you anyway!

    It’s nice to fins someone so responsive.

    A small PP donation is coming your way.

    Merrill

    I too think this would be a great function

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