Keep groups collapsed when editing (feature request)

[terwarf]

Hi Mottie,

thanks a lot for fixing #487, works like a charm for me.
There's one additional wish from me:
When you have some groups collapsed and edit a row in another group, all groups extend again - on long lists this mean you'll lose focus on the row.
Would be very nice to keep collapsed groups collapsed.

On fiddeling around I also noticed that setting group_collapsed leads to an empty table.

To try out:

• http://jsfiddle.net/NtgFr/5/
• expand the "15" group
• edit a field

[Mottie]

Hi @terwarf!

Thanks for reporting the issue with the group_collapsed option, I'll have that fixed up in the next update.

It'll take a bit more work, but I'll try to include a save option as well.

[terwarf]

Hi Mottie,

sadly i have to report that this still not works properly for me - maybe because I use more widgets? I've updated the fiddle to reflect more of what I'm doing with tablesorter:

http://jsfiddle.net/NtgFr/9/

• added 'stickyHeaders'
• added group_callback to modify the group name
• added editcomplete-event

To test:

1. Expand Group "10 - SOMEVALUE"
2. Edit a value in column 0
3. press enter...

Am I missing something?

Thank you again for this great plugin.

[Mottie]

The problem is that the group_saveGroups option uses the text from the .group-name element to save the collapsed groups. And the callback is changing it immediately after.

So, in this demo I added a span after the "group-name" element and everything works great.

group_callback : function(cell, rows, column, table) {
    if( cell.find(".group-name").text() !== '' ) {
        cell.find(".group-name").after( '<span class="group-name2"> - somevalue</span>' );
    }
}

Please leave this issue open, so it will remind me to do the saving of group names after the callback. :P

[terwarf]

Thanks a lot, working perfectly for me now. Thumbs up.