Support for "Content-type: application/xhtml+xml"

[MelTraX]

If the browser parses real XHTML the tag names are lowercase. The following lines then break tablesorter:

                thead = t.getElementsByTagName('THEAD')[0],
                trs = thead.getElementsByTagName('TR'),

Since it's a jQuery plugin anyway, I see no reason why not to replace them by this:

                trs = $('thead:eq(0) tr', t).get(),

For me that works like a charm and I just wanted to let you know. :)

[Mottie]

Hi MelTraX!

LOL nice, I just saw that yesterday and changed it... actually I think I like your method better ;)

Thanks! I'll have this in the next update soon :)

[MelTraX]

No problem. Thanks for maintaining the project. :)

I just realized though that my solution does not work for nested tables. Hmm, I'm not sure the current version does anyway. I think last time I had to change a few things to make that work. I'll test that tomorrow and let you know.

This change should probably be something like:

                trs = $(t).children('thead:eq(0)').children('tr').get(),

[MelTraX]

Actually, this one works fine:

                trs = $('> thead:eq(0) tr', t).get(),

I didn't even know that's possible. :D

You should probably test it in a browser that relies on sizzle though.

[Mottie]

I ended up using $(t).find('thead:eq(0) tr') because this jsPref proved it to be the fastest method... even though it is only called once.

[Mottie]

Too many open issues makes my eye twitch, so I'm sure this issue has been resolved. Thanks! ;)