jquery-tablesorter 1.18.5 → 1.19.0

data/vendor/assets/javascripts/jquery-tablesorter/jquery.tablesorter.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! TableSorter (FORK) v2.23.5 *//*
+/*! TableSorter (FORK) v2.24.2 *//*
 * Client-side table sorting with ease!
 * @requires jQuery v1.2.6+
 *
@@ -17,2159 +17,2392 @@
 * @contributor Rob Garrison - https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter
 */
 /*jshint browser:true, jquery:true, unused:false, expr: true */
-;(function($){
+;( function( $ ) {
 	'use strict';
-	$.extend({
-		/*jshint supernew:true */
-		tablesorter: new function() {
-
-			var ts = this;
-
-			ts.version = '2.23.5';
-
-			ts.parsers = [];
-			ts.widgets = [];
-			ts.defaults = {
-
-				// *** appearance
-				theme            : 'default',  // adds tablesorter-{theme} to the table for styling
-				widthFixed       : false,      // adds colgroup to fix widths of columns
-				showProcessing   : false,      // show an indeterminate timer icon in the header when the table is sorted or filtered.
-
-				headerTemplate   : '{content}',// header layout template (HTML ok); {content} = innerHTML, {icon} = <i/> (class from cssIcon)
-				onRenderTemplate : null,       // function(index, template){ return template; }, (template is a string)
-				onRenderHeader   : null,       // function(index){}, (nothing to return)
-
-				// *** functionality
-				cancelSelection  : true,       // prevent text selection in the header
-				tabIndex         : true,       // add tabindex to header for keyboard accessibility
-				dateFormat       : 'mmddyyyy', // other options: 'ddmmyyy' or 'yyyymmdd'
-				sortMultiSortKey : 'shiftKey', // key used to select additional columns
-				sortResetKey     : 'ctrlKey',  // key used to remove sorting on a column
-				usNumberFormat   : true,       // false for German '1.234.567,89' or French '1 234 567,89'
-				delayInit        : false,      // if false, the parsed table contents will not update until the first sort
-				serverSideSorting: false,      // if true, server-side sorting should be performed because client-side sorting will be disabled, but the ui and events will still be used.
-				resort           : true,       // default setting to trigger a resort after an 'update', 'addRows', 'updateCell', etc has completed
-
-				// *** sort options
-				headers          : {},         // set sorter, string, empty, locked order, sortInitialOrder, filter, etc.
-				ignoreCase       : true,       // ignore case while sorting
-				sortForce        : null,       // column(s) first sorted; always applied
-				sortList         : [],         // Initial sort order; applied initially; updated when manually sorted
-				sortAppend       : null,       // column(s) sorted last; always applied
-				sortStable       : false,      // when sorting two rows with exactly the same content, the original sort order is maintained
-
-				sortInitialOrder : 'asc',      // sort direction on first click
-				sortLocaleCompare: false,      // replace equivalent character (accented characters)
-				sortReset        : false,      // third click on the header will reset column to default - unsorted
-				sortRestart      : false,      // restart sort to 'sortInitialOrder' when clicking on previously unsorted columns
-
-				emptyTo          : 'bottom',   // sort empty cell to bottom, top, none, zero, emptyMax, emptyMin
-				stringTo         : 'max',      // sort strings in numerical column as max, min, top, bottom, zero
-				textExtraction   : 'basic',    // text extraction method/function - function(node, table, cellIndex){}
-				textAttribute    : 'data-text',// data-attribute that contains alternate cell text (used in default textExtraction function)
-				textSorter       : null,       // choose overall or specific column sorter function(a, b, direction, table, columnIndex) [alt: ts.sortText]
-				numberSorter     : null,       // choose overall numeric sorter function(a, b, direction, maxColumnValue)
-
-				// *** widget options
-				widgets: [],                   // method to add widgets, e.g. widgets: ['zebra']
-				widgetOptions    : {
-					zebra : [ 'even', 'odd' ]    // zebra widget alternating row class names
-				},
-				initWidgets      : true,       // apply widgets on tablesorter initialization
-				widgetClass     : 'widget-{name}', // table class name template to match to include a widget
-
-				// *** callbacks
-				initialized      : null,       // function(table){},
-
-				// *** extra css class names
-				tableClass       : '',
-				cssAsc           : '',
-				cssDesc          : '',
-				cssNone          : '',
-				cssHeader        : '',
-				cssHeaderRow     : '',
-				cssProcessing    : '', // processing icon applied to header during sort/filter
-
-				cssChildRow      : 'tablesorter-childRow', // class name indiciating that a row is to be attached to the its parent
-				cssIcon          : 'tablesorter-icon', // if this class does not exist, the {icon} will not be added from the headerTemplate
-				cssIconNone      : '', // class name added to the icon when there is no column sort
-				cssIconAsc       : '', // class name added to the icon when the column has an ascending sort
-				cssIconDesc      : '', // class name added to the icon when the column has a descending sort
-				cssInfoBlock     : 'tablesorter-infoOnly', // don't sort tbody with this class name (only one class name allowed here!)
-				cssNoSort        : 'tablesorter-noSort',      // class name added to element inside header; clicking on it won't cause a sort
-				cssIgnoreRow     : 'tablesorter-ignoreRow',   // header row to ignore; cells within this row will not be added to c.$headers
-
-				// *** events
-				pointerClick     : 'click',
-				pointerDown      : 'mousedown',
-				pointerUp        : 'mouseup',
-
-				// *** selectors
-				selectorHeaders  : '> thead th, > thead td',
-				selectorSort     : 'th, td',   // jQuery selector of content within selectorHeaders that is clickable to trigger a sort
-				selectorRemove   : '.remove-me',
-
-				// *** advanced
-				debug            : false,
-
-				// *** Internal variables
-				headerList: [],
-				empties: {},
-				strings: {},
-				parsers: []
+	var ts = $.tablesorter = {
+
+		version : '2.24.2',
+
+		parsers : [],
+		widgets : [],
+		defaults : {
+
+			// *** appearance
+			theme            : 'default',  // adds tablesorter-{theme} to the table for styling
+			widthFixed       : false,      // adds colgroup to fix widths of columns
+			showProcessing   : false,      // show an indeterminate timer icon in the header when the table is sorted or filtered.
+
+			headerTemplate   : '{content}',// header layout template (HTML ok); {content} = innerHTML, {icon} = <i/> // class from cssIcon
+			onRenderTemplate : null,       // function( index, template ){ return template; }, // template is a string
+			onRenderHeader   : null,       // function( index ){}, // nothing to return
+
+			// *** functionality
+			cancelSelection  : true,       // prevent text selection in the header
+			tabIndex         : true,       // add tabindex to header for keyboard accessibility
+			dateFormat       : 'mmddyyyy', // other options: 'ddmmyyy' or 'yyyymmdd'
+			sortMultiSortKey : 'shiftKey', // key used to select additional columns
+			sortResetKey     : 'ctrlKey',  // key used to remove sorting on a column
+			usNumberFormat   : true,       // false for German '1.234.567,89' or French '1 234 567,89'
+			delayInit        : false,      // if false, the parsed table contents will not update until the first sort
+			serverSideSorting: false,      // if true, server-side sorting should be performed because client-side sorting will be disabled, but the ui and events will still be used.
+			resort           : true,       // default setting to trigger a resort after an 'update', 'addRows', 'updateCell', etc has completed
+
+			// *** sort options
+			headers          : {},         // set sorter, string, empty, locked order, sortInitialOrder, filter, etc.
+			ignoreCase       : true,       // ignore case while sorting
+			sortForce        : null,       // column(s) first sorted; always applied
+			sortList         : [],         // Initial sort order; applied initially; updated when manually sorted
+			sortAppend       : null,       // column(s) sorted last; always applied
+			sortStable       : false,      // when sorting two rows with exactly the same content, the original sort order is maintained
+
+			sortInitialOrder : 'asc',      // sort direction on first click
+			sortLocaleCompare: false,      // replace equivalent character (accented characters)
+			sortReset        : false,      // third click on the header will reset column to default - unsorted
+			sortRestart      : false,      // restart sort to 'sortInitialOrder' when clicking on previously unsorted columns
+
+			emptyTo          : 'bottom',   // sort empty cell to bottom, top, none, zero, emptyMax, emptyMin
+			stringTo         : 'max',      // sort strings in numerical column as max, min, top, bottom, zero
+			textExtraction   : 'basic',    // text extraction method/function - function( node, table, cellIndex ){}
+			textAttribute    : 'data-text',// data-attribute that contains alternate cell text (used in default textExtraction function)
+			textSorter       : null,       // choose overall or specific column sorter function( a, b, direction, table, columnIndex ) [alt: ts.sortText]
+			numberSorter     : null,       // choose overall numeric sorter function( a, b, direction, maxColumnValue )
+
+			// *** widget options
+			widgets: [],                   // method to add widgets, e.g. widgets: ['zebra']
+			widgetOptions    : {
+				zebra : [ 'even', 'odd' ]    // zebra widget alternating row class names
+			},
+			initWidgets      : true,       // apply widgets on tablesorter initialization
+			widgetClass      : 'widget-{name}', // table class name template to match to include a widget
+
+			// *** callbacks
+			initialized      : null,       // function( table ){},
+
+			// *** extra css class names
+			tableClass       : '',
+			cssAsc           : '',
+			cssDesc          : '',
+			cssNone          : '',
+			cssHeader        : '',
+			cssHeaderRow     : '',
+			cssProcessing    : '', // processing icon applied to header during sort/filter
+
+			cssChildRow      : 'tablesorter-childRow', // class name indiciating that a row is to be attached to the its parent
+			cssInfoBlock     : 'tablesorter-infoOnly', // don't sort tbody with this class name (only one class name allowed here!)
+			cssNoSort        : 'tablesorter-noSort',      // class name added to element inside header; clicking on it won't cause a sort
+			cssIgnoreRow     : 'tablesorter-ignoreRow',   // header row to ignore; cells within this row will not be added to c.$headers
+
+			cssIcon          : 'tablesorter-icon', // if this class does not exist, the {icon} will not be added from the headerTemplate
+			cssIconNone      : '', // class name added to the icon when there is no column sort
+			cssIconAsc       : '', // class name added to the icon when the column has an ascending sort
+			cssIconDesc      : '', // class name added to the icon when the column has a descending sort
+
+			// *** events
+			pointerClick     : 'click',
+			pointerDown      : 'mousedown',
+			pointerUp        : 'mouseup',
+
+			// *** selectors
+			selectorHeaders  : '> thead th, > thead td',
+			selectorSort     : 'th, td',   // jQuery selector of content within selectorHeaders that is clickable to trigger a sort
+			selectorRemove   : '.remove-me',
+
+			// *** advanced
+			debug            : false,
+
+			// *** Internal variables
+			headerList: [],
+			empties: {},
+			strings: {},
+			parsers: []
+
+			// removed: widgetZebra: { css: ['even', 'odd'] }
 
-				// removed: widgetZebra: { css: ['even', 'odd'] }
+		},
 
-			};
+		// internal css classes - these will ALWAYS be added to
+		// the table and MUST only contain one class name - fixes #381
+		css : {
+			table      : 'tablesorter',
+			cssHasChild: 'tablesorter-hasChildRow',
+			childRow   : 'tablesorter-childRow',
+			colgroup   : 'tablesorter-colgroup',
+			header     : 'tablesorter-header',
+			headerRow  : 'tablesorter-headerRow',
+			headerIn   : 'tablesorter-header-inner',
+			icon       : 'tablesorter-icon',
+			processing : 'tablesorter-processing',
+			sortAsc    : 'tablesorter-headerAsc',
+			sortDesc   : 'tablesorter-headerDesc',
+			sortNone   : 'tablesorter-headerUnSorted'
+		},
 
-			// internal css classes - these will ALWAYS be added to
-			// the table and MUST only contain one class name - fixes #381
-			ts.css = {
-				table      : 'tablesorter',
-				cssHasChild: 'tablesorter-hasChildRow',
-				childRow   : 'tablesorter-childRow',
-				colgroup   : 'tablesorter-colgroup',
-				header     : 'tablesorter-header',
-				headerRow  : 'tablesorter-headerRow',
-				headerIn   : 'tablesorter-header-inner',
-				icon       : 'tablesorter-icon',
-				processing : 'tablesorter-processing',
-				sortAsc    : 'tablesorter-headerAsc',
-				sortDesc   : 'tablesorter-headerDesc',
-				sortNone   : 'tablesorter-headerUnSorted'
-			};
+		// labels applied to sortable headers for accessibility (aria) support
+		language : {
+			sortAsc  : 'Ascending sort applied, ',
+			sortDesc : 'Descending sort applied, ',
+			sortNone : 'No sort applied, ',
+			nextAsc  : 'activate to apply an ascending sort',
+			nextDesc : 'activate to apply a descending sort',
+			nextNone : 'activate to remove the sort'
+		},
 
-			// labels applied to sortable headers for accessibility (aria) support
-			ts.language = {
-				sortAsc  : 'Ascending sort applied, ',
-				sortDesc : 'Descending sort applied, ',
-				sortNone : 'No sort applied, ',
-				nextAsc  : 'activate to apply an ascending sort',
-				nextDesc : 'activate to apply a descending sort',
-				nextNone : 'activate to remove the sort'
-			};
+		regex : {
+			templateContent : /\{content\}/g,
+			templateIcon    : /\{icon\}/g,
+			templateName    : /\{name\}/i,
+			spaces          : /\s+/g,
+			nonWord         : /\W/g,
+			formElements    : /(input|select|button|textarea)/i,
 
-			ts.regex = {
-				templateContent : /\{content\}/g,
-				templateIcon    : /\{icon\}/g,
-				templateName    : /\{name\}/i,
-				spaces          : /\s+/g,
-				nonWord         : /\W/g,
-				formElements    : /(input|select|button|textarea)/i
-			};
+			// *** sort functions ***
+			// regex used in natural sort
+			// chunk/tokenize numbers & letters
+			chunk  : /(^([+\-]?(?:\d*)(?:\.\d*)?(?:[eE][+\-]?\d+)?)?$|^0x[0-9a-f]+$|\d+)/gi,
+			// replace chunks @ ends
+			chunks : /(^\\0|\\0$)/,
+			hex    : /^0x[0-9a-f]+$/i,
+
+			// *** formatFloat ***
+			comma                : /,/g,
+			digitNonUS           : /[\s|\.]/g,
+			digitNegativeTest    : /^\s*\([.\d]+\)/,
+			digitNegativeReplace : /^\s*\(([.\d]+)\)/,
+
+			// *** isDigit ***
+			digitTest    : /^[\-+(]?\d+[)]?$/,
+			digitReplace : /[,.'"\s]/g
 
-			// These methods can be applied on table.config instance
-			ts.instanceMethods = {};
+		},
 
-			// $.isEmptyObject from jQuery v1.4
-			ts.isEmptyObject = function( obj ) {
-				/*jshint forin: false */
-				for ( var name in obj ) {
-					return false;
-				}
-				return true;
-			};
+		// digit sort text location; keeping max+/- for backwards compatibility
+		string : {
+			max      : 1,
+			min      : -1,
+			emptymin : 1,
+			emptymax : -1,
+			zero     : 0,
+			none     : 0,
+			'null'   : 0,
+			top      : true,
+			bottom   : false
+		},
 
-			ts.getElementText = function(c, node, cellIndex) {
-				if (!node) { return ''; }
-				var te,
-					t = c.textExtraction || '',
-					// node could be a jquery object
-					// http://jsperf.com/jquery-vs-instanceof-jquery/2
-					$node = node.jquery ? node : $(node);
-				if (typeof t === 'string') {
-					// check data-attribute first when set to 'basic'; don't use node.innerText - it's really slow!
-					// http://www.kellegous.com/j/2013/02/27/innertext-vs-textcontent/
-					if ( t === 'basic' && typeof ( te = $node.attr(c.textAttribute) ) !== 'undefined' ) {
-						return $.trim( te );
-					}
-					return $.trim( node.textContent || $node.text() );
-				} else {
-					if (typeof t === 'function') {
-						return $.trim( t($node[0], c.table, cellIndex) );
-					} else if (typeof (te = ts.getColumnData( c.table, t, cellIndex )) === 'function') {
-						return $.trim( te($node[0], c.table, cellIndex) );
-					}
-				}
-				// fallback
-				return $.trim( $node[0].textContent || $node.text() );
-			};
+		// These methods can be applied on table.config instance
+		instanceMethods : {},
 
-			function detectParserForColumn(c, rows, rowIndex, cellIndex) {
-				var cur, $node,
-					i = ts.parsers.length,
-					node = false,
-					nodeValue = '',
-					keepLooking = true;
-				while (nodeValue === '' && keepLooking) {
-					rowIndex++;
-					if (rows[rowIndex]) {
-						node = rows[rowIndex].cells[cellIndex];
-						nodeValue = ts.getElementText(c, node, cellIndex);
-						$node = $(node);
-						if (c.debug) {
-							console.log('Checking if value was empty on row ' + rowIndex + ', column: ' + cellIndex + ': "' + nodeValue + '"');
-						}
+		/*
+		▄█████ ██████ ██████ ██  ██ █████▄
+		▀█▄    ██▄▄     ██   ██  ██ ██▄▄██
+		   ▀█▄ ██▀▀     ██   ██  ██ ██▀▀▀
+		█████▀ ██████   ██   ▀████▀ ██
+		*/
+
+		setup : function( table, c ) {
+			// if no thead or tbody, or tablesorter is already present, quit
+			if ( !table || !table.tHead || table.tBodies.length === 0 || table.hasInitialized === true ) {
+				if ( c.debug ) {
+					if ( table.hasInitialized ) {
+						console.warn( 'Stopping initialization. Tablesorter has already been initialized' );
 					} else {
-						keepLooking = false;
+						console.error( 'Stopping initialization! No table, thead or tbody' );
 					}
 				}
-				while (--i >= 0) {
-					cur = ts.parsers[i];
-					// ignore the default text parser because it will always be true
-					if (cur && cur.id !== 'text' && cur.is && cur.is(nodeValue, c.table, node, $node)) {
-						return cur;
-					}
-				}
-				// nothing found, return the generic parser (text)
-				return ts.getParserById('text');
+				return;
+			}
+
+			var tmp = '',
+				$table = $( table ),
+				meta = $.metadata;
+			// initialization flag
+			table.hasInitialized = false;
+			// table is being processed flag
+			table.isProcessing = true;
+			// make sure to store the config object
+			table.config = c;
+			// save the settings where they read
+			$.data( table, 'tablesorter', c );
+			if ( c.debug ) {
+				console[ console.group ? 'group' : 'log' ]( 'Initializing tablesorter' );
+				$.data( table, 'startoveralltimer', new Date() );
+			}
+
+			// removing this in version 3 (only supports jQuery 1.7+)
+			c.supportsDataObject = ( function( version ) {
+				version[ 0 ] = parseInt( version[ 0 ], 10 );
+				return ( version[ 0 ] > 1 ) || ( version[ 0 ] === 1 && parseInt( version[ 1 ], 10 ) >= 4 );
+			})( $.fn.jquery.split( '.' ) );
+			// ensure case insensitivity
+			c.emptyTo = c.emptyTo.toLowerCase();
+			c.stringTo = c.stringTo.toLowerCase();
+			c.last = { sortList : [], clickedIndex : -1 };
+			// add table theme class only if there isn't already one there
+			if ( !/tablesorter\-/.test( $table.attr( 'class' ) ) ) {
+				tmp = ( c.theme !== '' ? ' tablesorter-' + c.theme : '' );
+			}
+			c.table = table;
+			c.$table = $table
+				.addClass( ts.css.table + ' ' + c.tableClass + tmp )
+				.attr( 'role', 'grid' );
+			c.$headers = $table.find( c.selectorHeaders );
+
+			// give the table a unique id, which will be used in namespace binding
+			if ( !c.namespace ) {
+				c.namespace = '.tablesorter' + Math.random().toString( 16 ).slice( 2 );
+			} else {
+				// make sure namespace starts with a period & doesn't have weird characters
+				c.namespace = '.' + c.namespace.replace( ts.regex.nonWord, '' );
 			}
 
-			// centralized function to extract/parse cell contents
-			ts.getParsedText = function( c, cell, colIndex, txt ) {
-				if ( typeof txt === 'undefined' ) {
-					txt = ts.getElementText( c, cell, colIndex );
+			c.$table.children().children( 'tr' ).attr( 'role', 'row' );
+			c.$tbodies = $table.children( 'tbody:not(.' + c.cssInfoBlock + ')' ).attr({
+				'aria-live' : 'polite',
+				'aria-relevant' : 'all'
+			});
+			if ( c.$table.children( 'caption' ).length ) {
+				tmp = c.$table.children( 'caption' )[ 0 ];
+				if ( !tmp.id ) { tmp.id = c.namespace.slice( 1 ) + 'caption'; }
+				c.$table.attr( 'aria-labelledby', tmp.id );
+			}
+			c.widgetInit = {}; // keep a list of initialized widgets
+			// change textExtraction via data-attribute
+			c.textExtraction = c.$table.attr( 'data-text-extraction' ) || c.textExtraction || 'basic';
+			// build headers
+			ts.buildHeaders( c );
+			// fixate columns if the users supplies the fixedWidth option
+			// do this after theme has been applied
+			ts.fixColumnWidth( table );
+			// add widgets from class name
+			ts.addWidgetFromClass( table );
+			// add widget options before parsing (e.g. grouping widget has parser settings)
+			ts.applyWidgetOptions( table );
+			// try to auto detect column type, and store in tables config
+			ts.setupParsers( c );
+			// start total row count at zero
+			c.totalRows = 0;
+			// build the cache for the tbody cells
+			// delayInit will delay building the cache until the user starts a sort
+			if ( !c.delayInit ) { ts.buildCache( c ); }
+			// bind all header events and methods
+			ts.bindEvents( table, c.$headers, true );
+			ts.bindMethods( c );
+			// get sort list from jQuery data or metadata
+			// in jQuery < 1.4, an error occurs when calling $table.data()
+			if ( c.supportsDataObject && typeof $table.data().sortlist !== 'undefined' ) {
+				c.sortList = $table.data().sortlist;
+			} else if ( meta && ( $table.metadata() && $table.metadata().sortlist ) ) {
+				c.sortList = $table.metadata().sortlist;
+			}
+			// apply widget init code
+			ts.applyWidget( table, true );
+			// if user has supplied a sort list to constructor
+			if ( c.sortList.length > 0 ) {
+				ts.sortOn( c, c.sortList, {}, !c.initWidgets );
+			} else {
+				ts.setHeadersCss( c );
+				if ( c.initWidgets ) {
+					// apply widget format
+					ts.applyWidget( table, false );
 				}
-				// if no parser, make sure to return the txt
-				var val = '' + txt,
-					parser = c.parsers[ colIndex ],
-					extractor = c.extractors[ colIndex ];
-				if ( parser ) {
-					// do extract before parsing, if there is one
-					if ( extractor && typeof extractor.format === 'function' ) {
-						txt = extractor.format( txt, c.table, cell, colIndex );
-					}
-					// allow parsing if the string is empty, previously parsing would change it to zero,
-					// in case the parser needs to extract data from the table cell attributes
-					val = parser.id === 'no-parser' ? '' :
-						// make sure txt is a string (extractor may have converted it)
-						parser.format( '' + txt, c.table, cell, colIndex );
-					if ( c.ignoreCase && typeof val === 'string' ) {
-						val = val.toLowerCase();
+			}
+
+			// show processesing icon
+			if ( c.showProcessing ) {
+				$table
+				.unbind( 'sortBegin' + c.namespace + ' sortEnd' + c.namespace )
+				.bind( 'sortBegin' + c.namespace + ' sortEnd' + c.namespace, function( e ) {
+					clearTimeout( c.processTimer );
+					ts.isProcessing( table );
+					if ( e.type === 'sortBegin' ) {
+						c.processTimer = setTimeout( function() {
+							ts.isProcessing( table, true );
+						}, 500 );
 					}
+				});
+			}
+
+			// initialized
+			table.hasInitialized = true;
+			table.isProcessing = false;
+			if ( c.debug ) {
+				console.log( 'Overall initialization time: ' + ts.benchmark( $.data( table, 'startoveralltimer' ) ) );
+				if ( c.debug && console.groupEnd ) { console.groupEnd(); }
+			}
+			$table.trigger( 'tablesorter-initialized', table );
+			if ( typeof c.initialized === 'function' ) {
+				c.initialized( table );
+			}
+		},
+
+		bindMethods : function( c ) {
+			var $table = c.$table,
+				namespace = c.namespace,
+				events = ( 'sortReset update updateRows updateAll updateHeaders addRows updateCell updateComplete ' +
+					'sorton appendCache updateCache applyWidgetId applyWidgets refreshWidgets destroy mouseup ' +
+					'mouseleave ' ).split( ' ' )
+					.join( namespace + ' ' );
+			// apply easy methods that trigger bound events
+			$table
+			.unbind( events.replace( ts.regex.spaces, ' ' ) )
+			.bind( 'sortReset' + namespace, function( e, callback ) {
+				e.stopPropagation();
+				// using this.config to ensure functions are getting a non-cached version of the config
+				ts.sortReset( this.config, callback );
+			})
+			.bind( 'updateAll' + namespace, function( e, resort, callback ) {
+				e.stopPropagation();
+				ts.updateAll( this.config, resort, callback );
+			})
+			.bind( 'update' + namespace + ' updateRows' + namespace, function( e, resort, callback ) {
+				e.stopPropagation();
+				ts.update( this.config, resort, callback );
+			})
+			.bind( 'updateHeaders' + namespace, function( e, callback ) {
+				e.stopPropagation();
+				ts.updateHeaders( this.config, callback );
+			})
+			.bind( 'updateCell' + namespace, function( e, cell, resort, callback ) {
+				e.stopPropagation();
+				ts.updateCell( this.config, cell, resort, callback );
+			})
+			.bind( 'addRows' + namespace, function( e, $row, resort, callback ) {
+				e.stopPropagation();
+				ts.addRows( this.config, $row, resort, callback );
+			})
+			.bind( 'updateComplete' + namespace, function() {
+				this.isUpdating = false;
+			})
+			.bind( 'sorton' + namespace, function( e, list, callback, init ) {
+				e.stopPropagation();
+				ts.sortOn( this.config, list, callback, init );
+			})
+			.bind( 'appendCache' + namespace, function( e, callback, init ) {
+				e.stopPropagation();
+				ts.appendCache( this.config, init );
+				if ( $.isFunction( callback ) ) {
+					callback( this );
+				}
+			})
+			// $tbodies variable is used by the tbody sorting widget
+			.bind( 'updateCache' + namespace, function( e, callback, $tbodies ) {
+				e.stopPropagation();
+				ts.updateCache( this.config, callback, $tbodies );
+			})
+			.bind( 'applyWidgetId' + namespace, function( e, id ) {
+				e.stopPropagation();
+				ts.getWidgetById( id ).format( this, this.config, this.config.widgetOptions );
+			})
+			.bind( 'applyWidgets' + namespace, function( e, init ) {
+				e.stopPropagation();
+				// apply widgets
+				ts.applyWidget( this, init );
+			})
+			.bind( 'refreshWidgets' + namespace, function( e, all, dontapply ) {
+				e.stopPropagation();
+				ts.refreshWidgets( this, all, dontapply );
+			})
+			.bind( 'destroy' + namespace, function( e, removeClasses, callback ) {
+				e.stopPropagation();
+				ts.destroy( this, removeClasses, callback );
+			})
+			.bind( 'resetToLoadState' + namespace, function( e ) {
+				e.stopPropagation();
+				// remove all widgets
+				ts.removeWidget( this, true, false );
+				// restore original settings; this clears out current settings, but does not clear
+				// values saved to storage.
+				c = $.extend( true, ts.defaults, c.originalSettings );
+				this.hasInitialized = false;
+				// setup the entire table again
+				ts.setup( this, c );
+			});
+		},
+
+		bindEvents : function( table, $headers, core ) {
+			table = $( table )[ 0 ];
+			var tmp,
+				c = table.config,
+				namespace = c.namespace,
+				downTarget = null;
+			if ( core !== true ) {
+				$headers.addClass( namespace.slice( 1 ) + '_extra_headers' );
+				tmp = $.fn.closest ? $headers.closest( 'table' )[ 0 ] : $headers.parents( 'table' )[ 0 ];
+				if ( tmp && tmp.nodeName === 'TABLE' && tmp !== table ) {
+					$( tmp ).addClass( namespace.slice( 1 ) + '_extra_table' );
 				}
-				return val;
-			};
+			}
+			tmp = ( c.pointerDown + ' ' + c.pointerUp + ' ' + c.pointerClick + ' sort keyup ' )
+				.replace( ts.regex.spaces, ' ' )
+				.split( ' ' )
+				.join( namespace + ' ' );
+			// apply event handling to headers and/or additional headers (stickyheaders, scroller, etc)
+			$headers
+			// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5312849/jquery-find-self;
+			.find( c.selectorSort )
+			.add( $headers.filter( c.selectorSort ) )
+			.unbind( tmp )
+			.bind( tmp, function( e, external ) {
+				var $cell, cell, temp,
+					$target = $( e.target ),
+					// wrap event type in spaces, so the match doesn't trigger on inner words
+					type = ' ' + e.type + ' ';
+				// only recognize left clicks
+				if ( ( ( e.which || e.button ) !== 1 && !type.match( ' ' + c.pointerClick + ' | sort | keyup ' ) ) ||
+					// allow pressing enter
+					( type === ' keyup ' && e.which !== 13 ) ||
+					// allow triggering a click event (e.which is undefined) & ignore physical clicks
+					( type.match( ' ' + c.pointerClick + ' ' ) && typeof e.which !== 'undefined' ) ) {
+					return;
+				}
+				// ignore mouseup if mousedown wasn't on the same target
+				if ( type.match( ' ' + c.pointerUp + ' ' ) && downTarget !== e.target && external !== true ) {
+					return;
+				}
+				// set target on mousedown
+				if ( type.match( ' ' + c.pointerDown + ' ' ) ) {
+					downTarget = e.target;
+					// preventDefault needed or jQuery v1.3.2 and older throws an
+					// "Uncaught TypeError: handler.apply is not a function" error
+					temp = $target.jquery.split( '.' );
+					if ( temp[ 0 ] === '1' && temp[ 1 ] < 4 ) { e.preventDefault(); }
+					return;
+				}
+				downTarget = null;
+				// prevent sort being triggered on form elements
+				if ( ts.regex.formElements.test( e.target.nodeName ) ||
+					// nosort class name, or elements within a nosort container
+					$target.hasClass( c.cssNoSort ) || $target.parents( '.' + c.cssNoSort ).length > 0 ||
+					// elements within a button
+					$target.parents( 'button' ).length > 0 ) {
+					return !c.cancelSelection;
+				}
+				if ( c.delayInit && ts.isEmptyObject( c.cache ) ) {
+					ts.buildCache( c );
+				}
+				// jQuery v1.2.6 doesn't have closest()
+				$cell = $.fn.closest ? $( this ).closest( 'th, td' ) :
+					/TH|TD/.test( this.nodeName ) ? $( this ) : $( this ).parents( 'th, td' );
+				// reference original table headers and find the same cell
+				// don't use $headers or IE8 throws an error - see #987
+				temp = $headers.index( $cell );
+				c.last.clickedIndex = ( temp < 0 ) ? $cell.attr( 'data-column' ) : temp;
+				// use column index if $headers is undefined
+				cell = c.$headers[ c.last.clickedIndex ];
+				if ( cell && !cell.sortDisabled ) {
+					ts.initSort( c, cell, e );
+				}
+			});
+			if ( c.cancelSelection ) {
+				// cancel selection
+				$headers
+					.attr( 'unselectable', 'on' )
+					.bind( 'selectstart', false )
+					.css({
+						'user-select' : 'none',
+						'MozUserSelect' : 'none' // not needed for jQuery 1.8+
+					});
+			}
+		},
 
-			function buildParserCache( c, $tbodies ) {
-				var rows, list, l, i, h, ch, np, p, e, time, tb, len,
-					table = c.table,
-					j = 0,
-					debug = {};
-				// update table bodies in case we start with an empty table
-				c.$tbodies = c.$table.children('tbody:not(.' + c.cssInfoBlock + ')');
-				tb = typeof $tbodies === 'undefined' ? c.$tbodies : $tbodies;
-				len = tb.length;
-				if ( len === 0) {
-					return c.debug ? console.warn('Warning: *Empty table!* Not building a parser cache') : '';
-				} else if (c.debug) {
-					time = new Date();
-					console[ console.group ? 'group' : 'log' ]('Detecting parsers for each column');
-				}
-				list = {
-					extractors: [],
-					parsers: []
+		buildHeaders : function( c ) {
+			var $temp, icon, timer, indx;
+			c.headerList = [];
+			c.headerContent = [];
+			c.sortVars = [];
+			if ( c.debug ) {
+				timer = new Date();
+			}
+			// children tr in tfoot - see issue #196 & #547
+			c.columns = ts.computeColumnIndex( c.$table.children( 'thead, tfoot' ).children( 'tr' ) );
+			// add icon if cssIcon option exists
+			icon = c.cssIcon ?
+				'<i class="' + ( c.cssIcon === ts.css.icon ? ts.css.icon : c.cssIcon + ' ' + ts.css.icon ) + '"></i>' :
+				'';
+			// redefine c.$headers here in case of an updateAll that replaces or adds an entire header cell - see #683
+			c.$headers = $( $.map( c.$table.find( c.selectorHeaders ), function( elem, index ) {
+				var configHeaders, header, column, template, tmp,
+					$elem = $( elem );
+				// ignore cell (don't add it to c.$headers) if row has ignoreRow class
+				if ( $elem.parent().hasClass( c.cssIgnoreRow ) ) { return; }
+				// make sure to get header cell & not column indexed cell
+				configHeaders = ts.getColumnData( c.table, c.headers, index, true );
+				// save original header content
+				c.headerContent[ index ] = $elem.html();
+				// if headerTemplate is empty, don't reformat the header cell
+				if ( c.headerTemplate !== '' && !$elem.find( '.' + ts.css.headerIn ).length ) {
+					// set up header template
+					template = c.headerTemplate
+						.replace( ts.regex.templateContent, $elem.html() )
+						.replace( ts.regex.templateIcon, $elem.find( '.' + ts.css.icon ).length ? '' : icon );
+					if ( c.onRenderTemplate ) {
+						header = c.onRenderTemplate.apply( $elem, [ index, template ] );
+						// only change t if something is returned
+						if ( header && typeof header === 'string' ) {
+							template = header;
+						}
+					}
+					$elem.html( '<div class="' + ts.css.headerIn + '">' + template + '</div>' ); // faster than wrapInner
+				}
+				if ( c.onRenderHeader ) {
+					c.onRenderHeader.apply( $elem, [ index, c, c.$table ] );
+				}
+				column = parseInt( $elem.attr( 'data-column' ), 10 );
+				elem.column = column;
+				tmp = ts.getData( $elem, configHeaders, 'sortInitialOrder' ) || c.sortInitialOrder;
+				// this may get updated numerous times if there are multiple rows
+				c.sortVars[ column ] = {
+					count : -1, // set to -1 because clicking on the header automatically adds one
+					order: ts.formatSortingOrder( tmp ) ?
+						[ 1, 0, 2 ] : // desc, asc, unsorted
+						[ 0, 1, 2 ],  // asc, desc, unsorted
+					lockedOrder : false
 				};
-				while (j < len) {
-					rows = tb[j].rows;
-					if (rows.length) {
-						l = c.columns; // rows[j].cells.length;
-						for (i = 0; i < l; i++) {
-							h = c.$headerIndexed[i];
+				tmp = ts.getData( $elem, configHeaders, 'lockedOrder' ) || false;
+				if ( typeof tmp !== 'undefined' && tmp !== false ) {
+					c.sortVars[ column ].lockedOrder = true;
+					c.sortVars[ column ].order = ts.formatSortingOrder( tmp ) ? [ 1, 1, 1 ] : [ 0, 0, 0 ];
+				}
+				// add cell to headerList
+				c.headerList[ index ] = elem;
+				// add to parent in case there are multiple rows
+				$elem
+					.addClass( ts.css.header + ' ' + c.cssHeader )
+					.parent()
+					.addClass( ts.css.headerRow + ' ' + c.cssHeaderRow )
+					.attr( 'role', 'row' );
+				// allow keyboard cursor to focus on element
+				if ( c.tabIndex ) {
+					$elem.attr( 'tabindex', 0 );
+				}
+				return elem;
+			}) );
+			// cache headers per column
+			c.$headerIndexed = [];
+			for ( indx = 0; indx < c.columns; indx++ ) {
+				// colspan in header making a column undefined
+				if ( ts.isEmptyObject( c.sortVars[ indx ] ) ) {
+					c.sortVars[ indx ] = {};
+				}
+				$temp = c.$headers.filter( '[data-column="' + indx + '"]' );
+				// target sortable column cells, unless there are none, then use non-sortable cells
+				// .last() added in jQuery 1.4; use .filter(':last') to maintain compatibility with jQuery v1.2.6
+				c.$headerIndexed[ indx ] = $temp.length ?
+					$temp.not( '.sorter-false' ).length ?
+						$temp.not( '.sorter-false' ).filter( ':last' ) :
+						$temp.filter( ':last' ) :
+					$();
+			}
+			c.$table.find( c.selectorHeaders ).attr({
+				scope: 'col',
+				role : 'columnheader'
+			});
+			// enable/disable sorting
+			ts.updateHeader( c );
+			if ( c.debug ) {
+				console.log( 'Built headers:' + ts.benchmark( timer ) );
+				console.log( c.$headers );
+			}
+		},
+
+		// Use it to add a set of methods to table.config which will be available for all tables.
+		// This should be done before table initialization
+		addInstanceMethods : function( methods ) {
+			$.extend( ts.instanceMethods, methods );
+		},
+
+		/*
+		█████▄ ▄████▄ █████▄ ▄█████ ██████ █████▄ ▄█████
+		██▄▄██ ██▄▄██ ██▄▄██ ▀█▄    ██▄▄   ██▄▄██ ▀█▄
+		██▀▀▀  ██▀▀██ ██▀██     ▀█▄ ██▀▀   ██▀██     ▀█▄
+		██     ██  ██ ██  ██ █████▀ ██████ ██  ██ █████▀
+		*/
+		setupParsers : function( c, $tbodies ) {
+			var rows, list, span, max, colIndex, indx, header, configHeaders,
+				noParser, parser, extractor, time, tbody, len,
+				table = c.table,
+				tbodyIndex = 0,
+				debug = {};
+			// update table bodies in case we start with an empty table
+			c.$tbodies = c.$table.children( 'tbody:not(.' + c.cssInfoBlock + ')' );
+			tbody = typeof $tbodies === 'undefined' ? c.$tbodies : $tbodies;
+			len = tbody.length;
+			if ( len === 0 ) {
+				return c.debug ? console.warn( 'Warning: *Empty table!* Not building a parser cache' ) : '';
+			} else if ( c.debug ) {
+				time = new Date();
+				console[ console.group ? 'group' : 'log' ]( 'Detecting parsers for each column' );
+			}
+			list = {
+				extractors: [],
+				parsers: []
+			};
+			while ( tbodyIndex < len ) {
+				rows = tbody[ tbodyIndex ].rows;
+				if ( rows.length ) {
+					colIndex = 0;
+					max = c.columns;
+					for ( indx = 0; indx < max; indx++ ) {
+						header = c.$headerIndexed[ colIndex ];
+						if ( header && header.length ) {
 							// get column indexed table cell
-							ch = ts.getColumnData( table, c.headers, i );
+							configHeaders = ts.getColumnData( table, c.headers, colIndex );
 							// get column parser/extractor
-							e = ts.getParserById( ts.getData(h, ch, 'extractor') );
-							p = ts.getParserById( ts.getData(h, ch, 'sorter') );
-							np = ts.getData(h, ch, 'parser') === 'false';
+							extractor = ts.getParserById( ts.getData( header, configHeaders, 'extractor' ) );
+							parser = ts.getParserById( ts.getData( header, configHeaders, 'sorter' ) );
+							noParser = ts.getData( header, configHeaders, 'parser' ) === 'false';
 							// empty cells behaviour - keeping emptyToBottom for backwards compatibility
-							c.empties[i] = ( ts.getData(h, ch, 'empty') || c.emptyTo || (c.emptyToBottom ? 'bottom' : 'top' ) ).toLowerCase();
+							c.empties[colIndex] = (
+								ts.getData( header, configHeaders, 'empty' ) ||
+								c.emptyTo || ( c.emptyToBottom ? 'bottom' : 'top' ) ).toLowerCase();
 							// text strings behaviour in numerical sorts
-							c.strings[i] = ( ts.getData(h, ch, 'string') || c.stringTo || 'max' ).toLowerCase();
-							if (np) {
-								p = ts.getParserById('no-parser');
+							c.strings[colIndex] = (
+								ts.getData( header, configHeaders, 'string' ) ||
+								c.stringTo ||
+								'max' ).toLowerCase();
+							if ( noParser ) {
+								parser = ts.getParserById( 'no-parser' );
 							}
-							if (!e) {
+							if ( !extractor ) {
 								// For now, maybe detect someday
-								e = false;
+								extractor = false;
 							}
-							if (!p) {
-								p = detectParserForColumn(c, rows, -1, i);
+							if ( !parser ) {
+								parser = ts.detectParserForColumn( c, rows, -1, colIndex );
 							}
-							if (c.debug) {
-								debug[ '(' + i + ') ' + h.text() ] = {
-									parser : p.id,
-									extractor : e ? e.id : 'none',
-									string : c.strings[i],
-									empty  : c.empties[i]
+							if ( c.debug ) {
+								debug[ '(' + colIndex + ') ' + header.text() ] = {
+									parser : parser.id,
+									extractor : extractor ? extractor.id : 'none',
+									string : c.strings[ colIndex ],
+									empty  : c.empties[ colIndex ]
 								};
 							}
-							list.parsers[i] = p;
-							list.extractors[i] = e;
-						}
-					}
-					j += (list.parsers.length) ? len : 1;
-				}
-				if ( c.debug ) {
-					if ( !ts.isEmptyObject( debug ) ) {
-						console[ console.table ? 'table' : 'log' ]( debug );
-					} else {
-						console.warn( '  No parsers detected!' );
-					}
-					console.log( 'Completed detecting parsers' + ts.benchmark( time ) );
-					if ( console.groupEnd ) { console.groupEnd(); }
-				}
-				c.parsers = list.parsers;
-				c.extractors = list.extractors;
-			}
-
-			/* utils */
-			function buildCache(table, callback, $tbodies) {
-				var cc, t, v, i, j, k, $tb, $row, cols, cacheTime,
-					totalRows, rowData, prevRowData, colMax,
-					c = table.config,
-					parsers = c.parsers;
-				// update tbody variable
-				c.$tbodies = c.$table.children('tbody:not(.' + c.cssInfoBlock + ')');
-				$tb = typeof $tbodies === 'undefined' ? c.$tbodies : $tbodies,
-				c.cache = {};
-				c.totalRows = 0;
-				// if no parsers found, return - it's an empty table.
-				if (!parsers) {
-					return c.debug ? console.warn('Warning: *Empty table!* Not building a cache') : '';
-				}
-				if (c.debug) {
-					cacheTime = new Date();
-				}
-				// processing icon
-				if (c.showProcessing) {
-					ts.isProcessing(table, true);
-				}
-				for (k = 0; k < $tb.length; k++) {
-					colMax = []; // column max value per tbody
-					cc = c.cache[k] = {
-						normalized: [] // array of normalized row data; last entry contains 'rowData' above
-						// colMax: #   // added at the end
-					};
-
-					totalRows = ($tb[k] && $tb[k].rows.length) || 0;
-					for (i = 0; i < totalRows; ++i) {
-						rowData = {
-							// order: original row order #
-							// $row : jQuery Object[]
-							child: [], // child row text (filter widget)
-							raw: []    // original row text
-						};
-						/** Add the table data to main data array */
-						$row = $( $tb[ k ].rows[ i ] );
-						cols = [];
-						// if this is a child row, add it to the last row's children and continue to the next row
-						// ignore child row class, if it is the first row
-						if ( $row.hasClass( c.cssChildRow ) && i !== 0 ) {
-							t = cc.normalized.length - 1;
-							prevRowData = cc.normalized[ t ][ c.columns ];
-							prevRowData.$row = prevRowData.$row.add( $row );
-							// add 'hasChild' class name to parent row
-							if ( !$row.prev().hasClass( c.cssChildRow ) ) {
-								$row.prev().addClass( ts.css.cssHasChild );
-							}
-							// save child row content (un-parsed!)
-							v = $row.children( 'th, td' );
-							t = prevRowData.child.length;
-							prevRowData.child[ t ] = [];
-							// child row content does not account for colspans/rowspans; so indexing may be off
-							for ( j = 0; j < c.columns; j++ ) {
-								prevRowData.child[ t ][ j ] = ts.getParsedText( c, v[ j ], j );
-							}
-							// go to the next for loop
-							continue;
-						}
-						rowData.$row = $row;
-						rowData.order = i; // add original row position to rowCache
-						for ( j = 0; j < c.columns; ++j ) {
-							if (typeof parsers[ j ] === 'undefined') {
-								if ( c.debug ) {
-									console.warn( 'No parser found for cell:', $row[ 0 ].cells[ j ], 'does it have a header?' );
-								}
-								continue;
-							}
-							t = ts.getElementText( c, $row[ 0 ].cells[j], j );
-							rowData.raw.push( t ); // save original row text
-							v = ts.getParsedText( c, $row[ 0 ].cells[ j ], j, t );
-							cols.push( v );
-							if ( ( parsers[ j ].type || '' ).toLowerCase() === 'numeric' ) {
-								// determine column max value (ignore sign)
-								colMax[ j ] = Math.max( Math.abs( v ) || 0, colMax[ j ] || 0 );
+							list.parsers[ colIndex ] = parser;
+							list.extractors[ colIndex ] = extractor;
+							span = header[ 0 ].colSpan - 1;
+							if ( span > 0 ) {
+								colIndex += span;
+								max += span;
 							}
 						}
-						// ensure rowData is always in the same location (after the last column)
-						cols[ c.columns ] = rowData;
-						cc.normalized.push( cols );
+						colIndex++;
 					}
-					cc.colMax = colMax;
-					// total up rows, not including child rows
-					c.totalRows += cc.normalized.length;
-
 				}
-				if ( c.showProcessing ) {
-					ts.isProcessing( table ); // remove processing icon
-				}
-				if ( c.debug ) {
-					console.log( 'Building cache for ' + totalRows + ' rows' + ts.benchmark( cacheTime ) );
-				}
-				if ( $.isFunction( callback ) ) {
-					callback( table );
+				tbodyIndex += ( list.parsers.length ) ? len : 1;
+			}
+			if ( c.debug ) {
+				if ( !ts.isEmptyObject( debug ) ) {
+					console[ console.table ? 'table' : 'log' ]( debug );
+				} else {
+					console.warn( '  No parsers detected!' );
 				}
+				console.log( 'Completed detecting parsers' + ts.benchmark( time ) );
+				if ( console.groupEnd ) { console.groupEnd(); }
 			}
+			c.parsers = list.parsers;
+			c.extractors = list.extractors;
+		},
 
-			function formatSortingOrder(v) {
-				// look for 'd' in 'desc' order; return true
-				return (/^d/i.test(v) || v === 1);
-			}
-
-			function buildHeaders( c ) {
-				var ch, $t, h, i, t, lock, time, indx;
-				c.headerList = [];
-				c.headerContent = [];
-				if (c.debug) {
-					time = new Date();
-				}
-				// children tr in tfoot - see issue #196 & #547
-				c.columns = ts.computeColumnIndex( c.$table.children('thead, tfoot').children('tr') );
-				// add icon if cssIcon option exists
-				i = c.cssIcon ? '<i class="' + ( c.cssIcon === ts.css.icon ? ts.css.icon : c.cssIcon + ' ' + ts.css.icon ) + '"></i>' : '';
-				// redefine c.$headers here in case of an updateAll that replaces or adds an entire header cell - see #683
-				c.$headers = $( $.map( c.$table.find(c.selectorHeaders), function(elem, index) {
-					$t = $(elem);
-					// ignore cell (don't add it to c.$headers) if row has ignoreRow class
-					if ($t.parent().hasClass(c.cssIgnoreRow)) { return; }
-					// make sure to get header cell & not column indexed cell
-					ch = ts.getColumnData( c.table, c.headers, index, true );
-					// save original header content
-					c.headerContent[index] = $t.html();
-					// if headerTemplate is empty, don't reformat the header cell
-					if ( c.headerTemplate !== '' && !$t.find('.' + ts.css.headerIn).length ) {
-						// set up header template
-						t = c.headerTemplate
-							.replace(ts.regex.templateContent, $t.html())
-							.replace(ts.regex.templateIcon, $t.find('.' + ts.css.icon).length ? '' : i);
-						if (c.onRenderTemplate) {
-							h = c.onRenderTemplate.apply( $t, [ index, t ] );
-							if (h && typeof h === 'string') { t = h; } // only change t if something is returned
-						}
-						$t.html('<div class="' + ts.css.headerIn + '">' + t + '</div>'); // faster than wrapInner
-					}
-					if (c.onRenderHeader) { c.onRenderHeader.apply( $t, [ index, c, c.$table ] ); }
-					// *** remove this.column value if no conflicts found
-					elem.column = parseInt( $t.attr('data-column'), 10);
-					elem.order = formatSortingOrder( ts.getData( $t, ch, 'sortInitialOrder' ) || c.sortInitialOrder ) ?
-						[ 1, 0, 2 ] : // desc, asc, unsorted
-						[ 0, 1, 2 ];  // asc, desc, unsorted
-					elem.count = -1; // set to -1 because clicking on the header automatically adds one
-					elem.lockedOrder = false;
-					lock = ts.getData($t, ch, 'lockedOrder') || false;
-					if (typeof lock !== 'undefined' && lock !== false) {
-						elem.order = elem.lockedOrder = formatSortingOrder(lock) ? [ 1, 1, 1 ] : [ 0, 0, 0 ];
-					}
-					$t.addClass(ts.css.header + ' ' + c.cssHeader);
-					// add cell to headerList
-					c.headerList[index] = elem;
-					// add to parent in case there are multiple rows
-					$t.parent().addClass(ts.css.headerRow + ' ' + c.cssHeaderRow).attr('role', 'row');
-					// allow keyboard cursor to focus on element
-					if (c.tabIndex) { $t.attr('tabindex', 0); }
-					return elem;
-				}));
-				// cache headers per column
-				c.$headerIndexed = [];
-				for (indx = 0; indx < c.columns; indx++) {
-					$t = c.$headers.filter('[data-column="' + indx + '"]');
-					// target sortable column cells, unless there are none, then use non-sortable cells
-					// .last() added in jQuery 1.4; use .filter(':last') to maintain compatibility with jQuery v1.2.6
-					c.$headerIndexed[indx] = $t.not('.sorter-false').length ? $t.not('.sorter-false').filter(':last') : $t.filter(':last');
-				}
-				c.$table.find(c.selectorHeaders).attr({
-					scope: 'col',
-					role : 'columnheader'
-				});
-				// enable/disable sorting
-				updateHeader(c.table);
-				if (c.debug) {
-					console.log( 'Built headers:' + ts.benchmark( time ) );
-					console.log( c.$headers );
+		addParser : function( parser ) {
+			var indx,
+				len = ts.parsers.length,
+				add = true;
+			for ( indx = 0; indx < len; indx++ ) {
+				if ( ts.parsers[ indx ].id.toLowerCase() === parser.id.toLowerCase() ) {
+					add = false;
 				}
 			}
-
-			function commonUpdate(table, resort, callback) {
-				var c = table.config;
-				// remove rows/elements before update
-				c.$table.find(c.selectorRemove).remove();
-				// rebuild parsers
-				buildParserCache(c);
-				// rebuild the cache map
-				buildCache(table);
-				checkResort(c, resort, callback);
+			if ( add ) {
+				ts.parsers.push( parser );
 			}
+		},
 
-			function updateHeader(table) {
-				var index, isDisabled, $th, col,
-					c = table.config,
-					len = c.$headers.length;
-				for ( index = 0; index < len; index++ ) {
-					$th = c.$headers.eq( index );
-					col = ts.getColumnData( table, c.headers, index, true );
-					// add 'sorter-false' class if 'parser-false' is set
-					isDisabled = ts.getData( $th, col, 'sorter' ) === 'false' || ts.getData( $th, col, 'parser' ) === 'false';
-					$th[0].sortDisabled = isDisabled;
-					$th[ isDisabled ? 'addClass' : 'removeClass' ]( 'sorter-false' ).attr( 'aria-disabled', '' + isDisabled );
-					// disable tab index on disabled cells
-					if ( c.tabIndex ) {
-						if ( isDisabled ) {
-							$th.removeAttr( 'tabindex' );
-						} else {
-							$th.attr( 'tabindex', '0' );
-						}
-					}
-					// aria-controls - requires table ID
-					if (table.id) {
-						if ( isDisabled ) {
-							$th.removeAttr('aria-controls');
-						} else {
-							$th.attr('aria-controls', table.id);
-						}
-					}
+		getParserById : function( name ) {
+			/*jshint eqeqeq:false */
+			if ( name == 'false' ) { return false; }
+			var indx,
+				len = ts.parsers.length;
+			for ( indx = 0; indx < len; indx++ ) {
+				if ( ts.parsers[ indx ].id.toLowerCase() === ( name.toString() ).toLowerCase() ) {
+					return ts.parsers[ indx ];
 				}
 			}
+			return false;
+		},
 
-			function setHeadersCss(table) {
-				var f, h, i, j, $headers, $h, nextSort, txt,
-					c = table.config,
-					list = c.sortList,
-					len = list.length,
-					none = ts.css.sortNone + ' ' + c.cssNone,
-					css = [ ts.css.sortAsc + ' ' + c.cssAsc, ts.css.sortDesc + ' ' + c.cssDesc ],
-					cssIcon = [ c.cssIconAsc, c.cssIconDesc, c.cssIconNone ],
-					aria = [ 'ascending', 'descending' ],
-					// find the footer
-					$t = $(table).find('tfoot tr').children()
-						.add( $( c.namespace + '_extra_headers' ) )
-						.removeClass( css.join( ' ' ) );
-				// remove all header information
-				c.$headers
-					.removeClass(css.join(' '))
-					.addClass(none).attr('aria-sort', 'none')
-					.find('.' + ts.css.icon)
-					.removeClass(cssIcon.join(' '))
-					.addClass(cssIcon[2]);
-				for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-					// direction = 2 means reset!
-					if (list[i][1] !== 2) {
-						// multicolumn sorting updating - see #1005
-						f = c.lastClickedIndex > 0 ? c.$headers.filter(':gt(' + ( c.lastClickedIndex - 1 ) + ')') : c.$headers;
-						// choose the :last in case there are nested columns
-						f = f.not('.sorter-false').filter('[data-column="' + list[i][0] + '"]' + (len === 1 ? ':last' : '') );
-						if (f.length) {
-							for (j = 0; j < f.length; j++) {
-								if (!f[j].sortDisabled) {
-									f.eq(j)
-										.removeClass(none)
-										.addClass(css[list[i][1]])
-										.attr('aria-sort', aria[list[i][1]])
-										.find('.' + ts.css.icon)
-										.removeClass(cssIcon[2])
-										.addClass(cssIcon[list[i][1]]);
-								}
-							}
-							// add sorted class to footer & extra headers, if they exist
-							if ($t.length) {
-								$t.filter('[data-column="' + list[i][0] + '"]').removeClass(none).addClass(css[list[i][1]]);
-							}
-						}
+		detectParserForColumn : function( c, rows, rowIndex, cellIndex ) {
+			var cur, $node,
+				indx = ts.parsers.length,
+				node = false,
+				nodeValue = '',
+				keepLooking = true;
+			while ( nodeValue === '' && keepLooking ) {
+				rowIndex++;
+				if ( rows[ rowIndex ] ) {
+					node = rows[ rowIndex ].cells[ cellIndex ];
+					nodeValue = ts.getElementText( c, node, cellIndex );
+					$node = $( node );
+					if ( c.debug ) {
+						console.log( 'Checking if value was empty on row ' + rowIndex + ', column: ' +
+							cellIndex + ': "' + nodeValue + '"' );
 					}
+				} else {
+					keepLooking = false;
 				}
-				// add verbose aria labels
-				len = c.$headers.length;
-				$headers = c.$headers.not('.sorter-false');
-				for ( i = 0; i < len; i++ ) {
-					$h = $headers.eq( i );
-					if ( $h.length ) {
-						h = $headers[ i ];
-						nextSort = h.order[ ( h.count + 1 ) % ( c.sortReset ? 3 : 2 ) ],
-						txt = $.trim( $h.text() ) + ': ' +
-							ts.language[ $h.hasClass( ts.css.sortAsc ) ? 'sortAsc' : $h.hasClass( ts.css.sortDesc ) ? 'sortDesc' : 'sortNone' ] +
-							ts.language[ nextSort === 0 ? 'nextAsc' : nextSort === 1 ? 'nextDesc' : 'nextNone' ];
-						$h.attr( 'aria-label', txt );
-					}
+			}
+			while ( --indx >= 0 ) {
+				cur = ts.parsers[ indx ];
+				// ignore the default text parser because it will always be true
+				if ( cur && cur.id !== 'text' && cur.is && cur.is( nodeValue, c.table, node, $node ) ) {
+					return cur;
 				}
 			}
+			// nothing found, return the generic parser (text)
+			return ts.getParserById( 'text' );
+		},
 
-			function updateHeaderSortCount( table, list ) {
-				var col, dir, group, header, indx, primary, temp, val,
-					c = table.config,
-					sortList = list || c.sortList,
-					len = sortList.length;
-				c.sortList = [];
-				for (indx = 0; indx < len; indx++) {
-					val = sortList[indx];
-					// ensure all sortList values are numeric - fixes #127
-					col = parseInt(val[0], 10);
-					// prevents error if sorton array is wrong
-					if ( col < c.columns && c.$headerIndexed[col] ) {
-						// make sure header exists
-						header = c.$headerIndexed[col][0];
-						// o.count = o.count + 1;
-						dir = ('' + val[1]).match(/^(1|d|s|o|n)/);
-						dir = dir ? dir[0] : '';
-						// 0/(a)sc (default), 1/(d)esc, (s)ame, (o)pposite, (n)ext
-						switch (dir) {
-							case '1': case 'd': // descending
-								dir = 1;
-								break;
-							case 's': // same direction (as primary column)
-								// if primary sort is set to 's', make it ascending
-								dir = primary || 0;
-								break;
-							case 'o':
-								temp = header.order[(primary || 0) % (c.sortReset ? 3 : 2)];
-								// opposite of primary column; but resets if primary resets
-								dir = temp === 0 ? 1 : temp === 1 ? 0 : 2;
-								break;
-							case 'n':
-								header.count = header.count + 1;
-								dir = header.order[(header.count) % (c.sortReset ? 3 : 2)];
-								break;
-							default: // ascending
-								dir = 0;
-								break;
-						}
-						primary = indx === 0 ? dir : primary;
-						group = [ col, parseInt(dir, 10) || 0 ];
-						c.sortList.push(group);
-						dir = $.inArray(group[1], header.order); // fixes issue #167
-						header.count = dir >= 0 ? dir : group[1] % (c.sortReset ? 3 : 2);
-					}
+		getElementText : function( c, node, cellIndex ) {
+			if ( !node ) { return ''; }
+			var tmp,
+				extract = c.textExtraction || '',
+				// node could be a jquery object
+				// http://jsperf.com/jquery-vs-instanceof-jquery/2
+				$node = node.jquery ? node : $( node );
+			if ( typeof extract === 'string' ) {
+				// check data-attribute first when set to 'basic'; don't use node.innerText - it's really slow!
+				// http://www.kellegous.com/j/2013/02/27/innertext-vs-textcontent/
+				if ( extract === 'basic' && typeof ( tmp = $node.attr( c.textAttribute ) ) !== 'undefined' ) {
+					return $.trim( tmp );
+				}
+				return $.trim( node.textContent || $node.text() );
+			} else {
+				if ( typeof extract === 'function' ) {
+					return $.trim( extract( $node[ 0 ], c.table, cellIndex ) );
+				} else if ( typeof ( tmp = ts.getColumnData( c.table, extract, cellIndex ) ) === 'function' ) {
+					return $.trim( tmp( $node[ 0 ], c.table, cellIndex ) );
 				}
 			}
+			// fallback
+			return $.trim( $node[ 0 ].textContent || $node.text() );
+		},
 
-			function getCachedSortType(parsers, i) {
-				return (parsers && parsers[i]) ? parsers[i].type || '' : '';
-			}
-
-			function initSort(table, cell, event){
-				if (table.isUpdating) {
-					// let any updates complete before initializing a sort
-					return setTimeout(function(){ initSort(table, cell, event); }, 50);
-				}
-				var arry, indx, i, col, order, s, $header,
-					c = table.config,
-					key = !event[c.sortMultiSortKey],
-					$table = c.$table,
-					len = c.$headers.length;
-				// Only call sortStart if sorting is enabled
-				$table.trigger('sortStart', table);
-				// get current column sort order
-				cell.count = event[c.sortResetKey] ? 2 : (cell.count + 1) % (c.sortReset ? 3 : 2);
-				// reset all sorts on non-current column - issue #30
-				if (c.sortRestart) {
-					indx = cell;
-					for ( i = 0; i < len; i++ ) {
-						$header = c.$headers.eq( i );
-						// only reset counts on columns that weren't just clicked on and if not included in a multisort
-						if ( $header[0] !== indx && ( key || !$header.is('.' + ts.css.sortDesc + ',.' + ts.css.sortAsc) ) ) {
-							$header[0].count = -1;
-						}
-					}
+		// centralized function to extract/parse cell contents
+		getParsedText : function( c, cell, colIndex, txt ) {
+			if ( typeof txt === 'undefined' ) {
+				txt = ts.getElementText( c, cell, colIndex );
+			}
+			// if no parser, make sure to return the txt
+			var val = '' + txt,
+				parser = c.parsers[ colIndex ],
+				extractor = c.extractors[ colIndex ];
+			if ( parser ) {
+				// do extract before parsing, if there is one
+				if ( extractor && typeof extractor.format === 'function' ) {
+					txt = extractor.format( txt, c.table, cell, colIndex );
+				}
+				// allow parsing if the string is empty, previously parsing would change it to zero,
+				// in case the parser needs to extract data from the table cell attributes
+				val = parser.id === 'no-parser' ? '' :
+					// make sure txt is a string (extractor may have converted it)
+					parser.format( '' + txt, c.table, cell, colIndex );
+				if ( c.ignoreCase && typeof val === 'string' ) {
+					val = val.toLowerCase();
 				}
-				// get current column index
-				indx = parseInt( $(cell).attr('data-column'), 10 );
-				// user only wants to sort on one column
-				if (key) {
-					// flush the sort list
-					c.sortList = [];
-					if (c.sortForce !== null) {
-						arry = c.sortForce;
-						for (col = 0; col < arry.length; col++) {
-							if (arry[col][0] !== indx) {
-								c.sortList.push(arry[col]);
-							}
+			}
+			return val;
+		},
+
+		/*
+		▄████▄ ▄████▄ ▄████▄ ██  ██ ██████
+		██  ▀▀ ██▄▄██ ██  ▀▀ ██▄▄██ ██▄▄
+		██  ▄▄ ██▀▀██ ██  ▄▄ ██▀▀██ ██▀▀
+		▀████▀ ██  ██ ▀████▀ ██  ██ ██████
+		*/
+		buildCache : function( c, callback, $tbodies ) {
+			var cache, val, txt, rowIndex, colIndex, tbodyIndex, $tbody, $row,
+				cols, $cells, cell, cacheTime, totalRows, rowData, prevRowData,
+				colMax, span, cacheIndex, max, len,
+				table = c.table,
+				parsers = c.parsers;
+			// update tbody variable
+			c.$tbodies = c.$table.children( 'tbody:not(.' + c.cssInfoBlock + ')' );
+			$tbody = typeof $tbodies === 'undefined' ? c.$tbodies : $tbodies,
+			c.cache = {};
+			c.totalRows = 0;
+			// if no parsers found, return - it's an empty table.
+			if ( !parsers ) {
+				return c.debug ? console.warn( 'Warning: *Empty table!* Not building a cache' ) : '';
+			}
+			if ( c.debug ) {
+				cacheTime = new Date();
+			}
+			// processing icon
+			if ( c.showProcessing ) {
+				ts.isProcessing( table, true );
+			}
+			for ( tbodyIndex = 0; tbodyIndex < $tbody.length; tbodyIndex++ ) {
+				colMax = []; // column max value per tbody
+				cache = c.cache[ tbodyIndex ] = {
+					normalized: [] // array of normalized row data; last entry contains 'rowData' above
+					// colMax: #   // added at the end
+				};
+
+				totalRows = ( $tbody[ tbodyIndex ] && $tbody[ tbodyIndex ].rows.length ) || 0;
+				for ( rowIndex = 0; rowIndex < totalRows; ++rowIndex ) {
+					rowData = {
+						// order: original row order #
+						// $row : jQuery Object[]
+						child: [], // child row text (filter widget)
+						raw: []    // original row text
+					};
+					/** Add the table data to main data array */
+					$row = $( $tbody[ tbodyIndex ].rows[ rowIndex ] );
+					cols = [];
+					// if this is a child row, add it to the last row's children and continue to the next row
+					// ignore child row class, if it is the first row
+					if ( $row.hasClass( c.cssChildRow ) && rowIndex !== 0 ) {
+						len = cache.normalized.length - 1;
+						prevRowData = cache.normalized[ len ][ c.columns ];
+						prevRowData.$row = prevRowData.$row.add( $row );
+						// add 'hasChild' class name to parent row
+						if ( !$row.prev().hasClass( c.cssChildRow ) ) {
+							$row.prev().addClass( ts.css.cssHasChild );
 						}
-					}
-					// add column to sort list
-					order = cell.order[cell.count];
-					if (order < 2) {
-						c.sortList.push([ indx, order ]);
-						// add other columns if header spans across multiple
-						if (cell.colSpan > 1) {
-							for (col = 1; col < cell.colSpan; col++) {
-								c.sortList.push([ indx + col, order ]);
+						// save child row content (un-parsed!)
+						$cells = $row.children( 'th, td' );
+						len = prevRowData.child.length;
+						prevRowData.child[ len ] = [];
+						// child row content does not account for colspans/rowspans; so indexing may be off
+						cacheIndex = 0;
+						max = c.columns;
+						for ( colIndex = 0; colIndex < max; colIndex++ ) {
+							cell = $cells[ colIndex ];
+							if ( cell ) {
+								prevRowData.child[ len ][ colIndex ] = ts.getParsedText( c, cell, colIndex );
+								span = $cells[ colIndex ].colSpan - 1;
+								if ( span > 0 ) {
+									cacheIndex += span;
+									max += span;
+								}
 							}
+							cacheIndex++;
 						}
-					}
-					// multi column sorting
-				} else {
-					// get rid of the sortAppend before adding more - fixes issue #115 & #523
-					if (c.sortAppend && c.sortList.length > 1) {
-						for (col = 0; col < c.sortAppend.length; col++) {
-							s = ts.isValueInArray(c.sortAppend[col][0], c.sortList);
-							if (s >= 0) {
-								c.sortList.splice(s, 1);
+						// go to the next for loop
+						continue;
+					}
+					rowData.$row = $row;
+					rowData.order = rowIndex; // add original row position to rowCache
+					cacheIndex = 0;
+					max = c.columns;
+					for ( colIndex = 0; colIndex < max; ++colIndex ) {
+						cell = $row[ 0 ].cells[ colIndex ];
+						if ( typeof parsers[ cacheIndex ] === 'undefined' ) {
+							if ( c.debug ) {
+								console.warn( 'No parser found for column ' + colIndex + '; cell:', cell, 'does it have a header?' );
 							}
-						}
-					}
-					// the user has clicked on an already sorted column
-					if (ts.isValueInArray(indx, c.sortList) >= 0) {
-						// reverse the sorting direction
-						for (col = 0; col < c.sortList.length; col++) {
-							s = c.sortList[col];
-							order = c.$headerIndexed[ s[0] ][0];
-							if (s[0] === indx) {
-								// order.count seems to be incorrect when compared to cell.count
-								s[1] = order.order[cell.count];
-								if (s[1] === 2) {
-									c.sortList.splice(col, 1);
-									order.count = -1;
-								}
+						} else if ( cell ) {
+							val = ts.getElementText( c, cell, cacheIndex );
+							rowData.raw[ cacheIndex ] = val; // save original row text
+							txt = ts.getParsedText( c, cell, cacheIndex, val );
+							cols[ cacheIndex ] = txt;
+							if ( ( parsers[ cacheIndex ].type || '' ).toLowerCase() === 'numeric' ) {
+								// determine column max value (ignore sign)
+								colMax[ cacheIndex ] = Math.max( Math.abs( txt ) || 0, colMax[ cacheIndex ] || 0 );
 							}
-						}
-					} else {
-						// add column to sort list array
-						order = cell.order[cell.count];
-						if (order < 2) {
-							c.sortList.push([ indx, order ]);
-							// add other columns if header spans across multiple
-							if (cell.colSpan > 1) {
-								for (col = 1; col < cell.colSpan; col++) {
-									c.sortList.push([ indx + col, order ]);
-								}
+							// allow colSpan in tbody
+							span = cell.colSpan - 1;
+							if ( span > 0 ) {
+								cacheIndex += span;
+								max += span;
 							}
 						}
+						cacheIndex++;
 					}
+					// ensure rowData is always in the same location (after the last column)
+					cols[ c.columns ] = rowData;
+					cache.normalized.push( cols );
 				}
-				if (c.sortAppend !== null) {
-					arry = c.sortAppend;
-					for (col = 0; col < arry.length; col++) {
-						if (arry[col][0] !== indx) {
-							c.sortList.push(arry[col]);
+				cache.colMax = colMax;
+				// total up rows, not including child rows
+				c.totalRows += cache.normalized.length;
+
+			}
+			if ( c.showProcessing ) {
+				ts.isProcessing( table ); // remove processing icon
+			}
+			if ( c.debug ) {
+				console.log( 'Building cache for ' + totalRows + ' rows' + ts.benchmark( cacheTime ) );
+			}
+			if ( $.isFunction( callback ) ) {
+				callback( table );
+			}
+		},
+
+		getColumnText : function( table, column, callback, rowFilter ) {
+			table = $( table )[0];
+			var tbodyIndex, rowIndex, cache, row, tbodyLen, rowLen, raw, parsed, $cell, result,
+				hasCallback = typeof callback === 'function',
+				allColumns = column === 'all',
+				data = { raw : [], parsed: [], $cell: [] },
+				c = table.config;
+			if ( ts.isEmptyObject( c ) ) {
+				if ( c.debug ) {
+					console.warn( 'No cache found - aborting getColumnText function!' );
+				}
+			} else {
+				tbodyLen = c.$tbodies.length;
+				for ( tbodyIndex = 0; tbodyIndex < tbodyLen; tbodyIndex++ ) {
+					cache = c.cache[ tbodyIndex ].normalized;
+					rowLen = cache.length;
+					for ( rowIndex = 0; rowIndex < rowLen; rowIndex++ ) {
+						row = cache[ rowIndex ];
+						if ( rowFilter && !row[ c.columns ].$row.is( rowFilter ) ) {
+							continue;
+						}
+						result = true;
+						parsed = ( allColumns ) ? row.slice( 0, c.columns ) : row[ column ];
+						row = row[ c.columns ];
+						raw = ( allColumns ) ? row.raw : row.raw[ column ];
+						$cell = ( allColumns ) ? row.$row.children() : row.$row.children().eq( column );
+						if ( hasCallback ) {
+							result = callback({
+								tbodyIndex : tbodyIndex,
+								rowIndex : rowIndex,
+								parsed : parsed,
+								raw : raw,
+								$row : row.$row,
+								$cell : $cell
+							});
+						}
+						if ( result !== false ) {
+							data.parsed.push( parsed );
+							data.raw.push( raw );
+							data.$cell.push( $cell );
 						}
 					}
 				}
-				// sortBegin event triggered immediately before the sort
-				$table.trigger('sortBegin', table);
-				// setTimeout needed so the processing icon shows up
-				setTimeout(function(){
-					// set css for headers
-					setHeadersCss(table);
-					multisort(table);
-					ts.appendCache( c );
-					$table.trigger('sortEnd', table);
-				}, 1);
-			}
-
-			// sort multiple columns
-			function multisort(table) { /*jshint loopfunc:true */
-				var i, k, num, col, sortTime, colMax,
-					rows, order, sort, x, y,
-					dir = 0,
-					c = table.config,
-					cts = c.textSorter || '',
-					sortList = c.sortList,
-					l = sortList.length,
-					bl = c.$tbodies.length;
-				if (c.serverSideSorting || ts.isEmptyObject(c.cache)) { // empty table - fixes #206/#346
-					return;
-				}
-				if (c.debug) { sortTime = new Date(); }
-				for (k = 0; k < bl; k++) {
-					colMax = c.cache[k].colMax;
-					rows = c.cache[k].normalized;
-
-					rows.sort(function(a, b) {
-						// rows is undefined here in IE, so don't use it!
-						for (i = 0; i < l; i++) {
-							col = sortList[i][0];
-							order = sortList[i][1];
-							// sort direction, true = asc, false = desc
-							dir = order === 0;
-
-							if (c.sortStable && a[col] === b[col] && l === 1) {
-								return a[c.columns].order - b[c.columns].order;
-							}
+				// return everything
+				return data;
+			}
+		},
 
-							// fallback to natural sort since it is more robust
-							num = /n/i.test(getCachedSortType(c.parsers, col));
-							if (num && c.strings[col]) {
-								// sort strings in numerical columns
-								if (typeof (c.string[c.strings[col]]) === 'boolean') {
-									num = (dir ? 1 : -1) * (c.string[c.strings[col]] ? -1 : 1);
-								} else {
-									num = (c.strings[col]) ? c.string[c.strings[col]] || 0 : 0;
-								}
-								// fall back to built-in numeric sort
-								// var sort = $.tablesorter['sort' + s]( a[c], b[c], dir, colMax[c], table);
-								sort = c.numberSorter ? c.numberSorter(a[col], b[col], dir, colMax[col], table) :
-									ts[ 'sortNumeric' + (dir ? 'Asc' : 'Desc') ](a[col], b[col], num, colMax[col], col, table);
-							} else {
-								// set a & b depending on sort direction
-								x = dir ? a : b;
-								y = dir ? b : a;
-								// text sort function
-								if (typeof cts === 'function') {
-									// custom OVERALL text sorter
-									sort = cts(x[col], y[col], dir, col, table);
-								} else if (typeof cts === 'object' && cts.hasOwnProperty(col)) {
-									// custom text sorter for a SPECIFIC COLUMN
-									sort = cts[col](x[col], y[col], dir, col, table);
-								} else {
-									// fall back to natural sort
-									sort = ts[ 'sortNatural' + (dir ? 'Asc' : 'Desc') ](a[col], b[col], col, table, c);
-								}
-							}
-							if (sort) { return sort; }
+		/*
+		██  ██ █████▄ █████▄ ▄████▄ ██████ ██████
+		██  ██ ██▄▄██ ██  ██ ██▄▄██   ██   ██▄▄
+		██  ██ ██▀▀▀  ██  ██ ██▀▀██   ██   ██▀▀
+		▀████▀ ██     █████▀ ██  ██   ██   ██████
+		*/
+		setHeadersCss : function( c ) {
+			var $sorted, header, indx, column, $header, nextSort, txt, tmp,
+				list = c.sortList,
+				len = list.length,
+				none = ts.css.sortNone + ' ' + c.cssNone,
+				css = [ ts.css.sortAsc + ' ' + c.cssAsc, ts.css.sortDesc + ' ' + c.cssDesc ],
+				cssIcon = [ c.cssIconAsc, c.cssIconDesc, c.cssIconNone ],
+				aria = [ 'ascending', 'descending' ],
+				// find the footer
+				$headers = c.$table
+					.find( 'tfoot tr' )
+					.children()
+					.add( $( c.namespace + '_extra_headers' ) )
+					.removeClass( css.join( ' ' ) );
+			// remove all header information
+			c.$headers
+				.removeClass( css.join( ' ' ) )
+				.addClass( none )
+				.attr( 'aria-sort', 'none' )
+				.find( '.' + ts.css.icon )
+				.removeClass( cssIcon.join( ' ' ) )
+				.addClass( cssIcon[ 2 ] );
+			for ( indx = 0; indx < len; indx++ ) {
+				// direction = 2 means reset!
+				if ( list[ indx ][ 1 ] !== 2 ) {
+					// multicolumn sorting updating - see #1005
+					// .not(function(){}) needs jQuery 1.4
+					$sorted = c.$headers.filter( function( i, el ) {
+						// only include headers that are in the sortList (this includes colspans)
+						var include = true,
+							$el = $( el ),
+							col = parseInt( $el.attr( 'data-column' ), 10 ),
+							end = col + el.colSpan;
+						for ( ; col < end; col++ ) {
+							include = include ? ts.isValueInArray( col, c.sortList ) > -1 : false;
 						}
-						return a[c.columns].order - b[c.columns].order;
+						return include;
 					});
-				}
-				if (c.debug) {
-					console.log( 'Sorting on ' + sortList.toString() + ' and dir ' + order + ' time' + ts.benchmark(sortTime) );
-				}
-			}
 
-			function resortComplete(c, callback){
-				if (c.table.isUpdating) {
-					c.$table.trigger('updateComplete', c.table);
+					// choose the :last in case there are nested columns
+					$sorted = $sorted
+						.not( '.sorter-false' )
+						.filter( '[data-column="' + list[ indx ][ 0 ] + '"]' + ( len === 1 ? ':last' : '' ) );
+					if ( $sorted.length ) {
+						for ( column = 0; column < $sorted.length; column++ ) {
+							if ( !$sorted[ column ].sortDisabled ) {
+								$sorted
+									.eq( column )
+									.removeClass( none )
+									.addClass( css[ list[ indx ][ 1 ] ] )
+									.attr( 'aria-sort', aria[ list[ indx ][ 1 ] ] )
+									.find( '.' + ts.css.icon )
+									.removeClass( cssIcon[ 2 ] )
+									.addClass( cssIcon[ list[ indx ][ 1 ] ] );
+							}
+						}
+						// add sorted class to footer & extra headers, if they exist
+						if ( $headers.length ) {
+							$headers
+								.filter( '[data-column="' + list[ indx ][ 0 ] + '"]' )
+								.removeClass( none )
+								.addClass( css[ list[ indx ][ 1 ] ] );
+						}
+					}
 				}
-				if ($.isFunction(callback)) {
-					callback(c.table);
+			}
+			// add verbose aria labels
+			len = c.$headers.length;
+			$headers = c.$headers.not( '.sorter-false' );
+			for ( indx = 0; indx < len; indx++ ) {
+				$header = $headers.eq( indx );
+				if ( $header.length ) {
+					header = $headers[ indx ];
+					column = parseInt( $header.attr( 'data-column' ), 10 );
+					nextSort = c.sortVars[ column ].order[ ( c.sortVars[ column ].count + 1 ) % ( c.sortReset ? 3 : 2 ) ];
+					tmp = $header.hasClass( ts.css.sortAsc ) ?
+						'sortAsc' :
+						$header.hasClass( ts.css.sortDesc ) ? 'sortDesc' : 'sortNone';
+					txt = $.trim( $header.text() ) + ': ' +
+						ts.language[ tmp ] +
+						ts.language[ nextSort === 0 ? 'nextAsc' : nextSort === 1 ? 'nextDesc' : 'nextNone' ];
+					$header.attr( 'aria-label', txt );
 				}
 			}
+		},
 
-			function checkResort(c, resort, callback) {
-				var sl = $.isArray(resort) ? resort : c.sortList,
-					// if no resort parameter is passed, fallback to config.resort (true by default)
-					resrt = typeof resort === 'undefined' ? c.resort : resort;
-				// don't try to resort if the table is still processing
-				// this will catch spamming of the updateCell method
-				if (resrt !== false && !c.serverSideSorting && !c.table.isProcessing) {
-					if (sl.length) {
-						c.$table.trigger('sorton', [ sl, function(){
-							resortComplete(c, callback);
-						}, true ]);
+		updateHeader : function( c ) {
+			var index, isDisabled, $th, col,
+				table = c.table,
+				len = c.$headers.length;
+			for ( index = 0; index < len; index++ ) {
+				$th = c.$headers.eq( index );
+				col = ts.getColumnData( table, c.headers, index, true );
+				// add 'sorter-false' class if 'parser-false' is set
+				isDisabled = ts.getData( $th, col, 'sorter' ) === 'false' || ts.getData( $th, col, 'parser' ) === 'false';
+				$th[ 0 ].sortDisabled = isDisabled;
+				$th[ isDisabled ? 'addClass' : 'removeClass' ]( 'sorter-false' ).attr( 'aria-disabled', '' + isDisabled );
+				// disable tab index on disabled cells
+				if ( c.tabIndex ) {
+					if ( isDisabled ) {
+						$th.removeAttr( 'tabindex' );
 					} else {
-						c.$table.trigger('sortReset', [ function(){
-							resortComplete(c, callback);
-							ts.applyWidget(c.table, false);
-						} ]);
+						$th.attr( 'tabindex', '0' );
+					}
+				}
+				// aria-controls - requires table ID
+				if ( table.id ) {
+					if ( isDisabled ) {
+						$th.removeAttr( 'aria-controls' );
+					} else {
+						$th.attr( 'aria-controls', table.id );
 					}
-				} else {
-					resortComplete(c, callback);
-					ts.applyWidget(c.table, false);
 				}
 			}
+		},
 
-			function bindMethods( table ){
-				var c = table.config,
-					$table = c.$table,
-					events = ( 'sortReset update updateRows updateAll updateHeaders addRows updateCell updateComplete ' +
-						'sorton appendCache updateCache applyWidgetId applyWidgets refreshWidgets destroy mouseup ' +
-						'mouseleave ' ).split( ' ' )
-						.join( c.namespace + ' ' );
-				// apply easy methods that trigger bound events
-				$table
-				.unbind( events.replace( ts.regex.spaces, ' ' ) )
-				.bind( 'sortReset' + c.namespace, function( e, callback ) {
-					e.stopPropagation();
-					// using this.config to ensure functions are getting a non-cached version of the config
-					ts.sortReset( this.config, callback );
-				})
-				.bind( 'updateAll' + c.namespace, function( e, resort, callback ) {
-					e.stopPropagation();
-					ts.updateAll( this.config, resort, callback );
-				})
-				.bind( 'update' + c.namespace + ' updateRows' + c.namespace, function( e, resort, callback ) {
-					e.stopPropagation();
-					ts.update( this.config, resort, callback );
-				})
-				.bind( 'updateHeaders' + c.namespace, function( e, callback ) {
-					e.stopPropagation();
-					ts.updateHeaders( this.config, callback );
-				})
-				.bind( 'updateCell' + c.namespace, function(e, cell, resort, callback ) {
-					e.stopPropagation();
-					ts.updateCell( this.config, cell, resort, callback );
-				})
-				.bind( 'addRows' + c.namespace, function(e, $row, resort, callback) {
-					e.stopPropagation();
-					ts.addRows( this.config, $row, resort, callback );
-				})
-				.bind( 'updateComplete' + c.namespace, function() {
-					table.isUpdating = false;
-				})
-				.bind( 'sorton' + c.namespace, function( e, list, callback, init ) {
-					e.stopPropagation();
-					ts.sortOn( this.config, list, callback, init );
-				})
-				.bind( 'appendCache' + c.namespace, function( e, callback, init ) {
-					e.stopPropagation();
-					ts.appendCache( this.config, init );
-					if ( $.isFunction( callback ) ) {
-						callback( table );
-					}
-				})
-				// $tbodies variable is used by the tbody sorting widget
-				.bind( 'updateCache' + c.namespace, function( e, callback, $tbodies ){
-					e.stopPropagation();
-					ts.updateCache( this.config, callback, $tbodies );
-				})
-				.bind( 'applyWidgetId' + c.namespace, function( e, id ) {
-					e.stopPropagation();
-					ts.getWidgetById( id ).format( table, this.config, this.config.widgetOptions );
-				})
-				.bind( 'applyWidgets' + c.namespace, function( e, init ) {
-					e.stopPropagation();
-					// apply widgets
-					ts.applyWidget( table, init );
-				})
-				.bind( 'refreshWidgets' + c.namespace, function( e, all, dontapply ) {
-					e.stopPropagation();
-					ts.refreshWidgets( table, all, dontapply );
-				})
-				.bind( 'destroy' + c.namespace, function( e, removeClasses, callback ) {
-					e.stopPropagation();
-					ts.destroy( table, removeClasses, callback );
-				})
-				.bind( 'resetToLoadState' + c.namespace, function( e ) {
-					e.stopPropagation();
-					// remove all widgets
-					ts.removeWidget( table, true, false );
-					// restore original settings; this clears out current settings, but does not clear
-					// values saved to storage.
-					c = $.extend( true, ts.defaults, c.originalSettings );
-					table.hasInitialized = false;
-					// setup the entire table again
-					ts.setup( table, c );
-				});
+		updateHeaderSortCount : function( c, list ) {
+			var col, dir, group, indx, primary, temp, val, order,
+				sortList = list || c.sortList,
+				len = sortList.length;
+			c.sortList = [];
+			for ( indx = 0; indx < len; indx++ ) {
+				val = sortList[ indx ];
+				// ensure all sortList values are numeric - fixes #127
+				col = parseInt( val[ 0 ], 10 );
+				// prevents error if sorton array is wrong
+				if ( col < c.columns ) {
+					order = c.sortVars[ col ].order;
+					dir = ( '' + val[ 1 ] ).match( /^(1|d|s|o|n)/ );
+					dir = dir ? dir[ 0 ] : '';
+					// 0/(a)sc (default), 1/(d)esc, (s)ame, (o)pposite, (n)ext
+					switch ( dir ) {
+						case '1' : case 'd' : // descending
+							dir = 1;
+							break;
+						case 's' : // same direction (as primary column)
+							// if primary sort is set to 's', make it ascending
+							dir = primary || 0;
+							break;
+						case 'o' :
+							temp = order[ ( primary || 0 ) % ( c.sortReset ? 3 : 2 ) ];
+							// opposite of primary column; but resets if primary resets
+							dir = temp === 0 ? 1 : temp === 1 ? 0 : 2;
+							break;
+						case 'n' :
+							dir = order[ ( ++c.sortVars[ col ].count ) % ( c.sortReset ? 3 : 2 ) ];
+							break;
+						default : // ascending
+							dir = 0;
+							break;
+					}
+					primary = indx === 0 ? dir : primary;
+					group = [ col, parseInt( dir, 10 ) || 0 ];
+					c.sortList.push( group );
+					dir = $.inArray( group[ 1 ], order ); // fixes issue #167
+					c.sortVars[ col ].count = dir >= 0 ? dir : group[ 1 ] % ( c.sortReset ? 3 : 2 );
+				}
 			}
+		},
 
-			/* public methods */
-			ts.construct = function(settings) {
-				return this.each(function() {
-					var table = this,
-					// merge & extend config options
-					c = $.extend(true, {}, ts.defaults, settings, ts.instanceMethods);
-					// save initial settings
-					c.originalSettings = settings;
-					// create a table from data (build table widget)
-					if (!table.hasInitialized && ts.buildTable && this.nodeName !== 'TABLE') {
-						// return the table (in case the original target is the table's container)
-						ts.buildTable(table, c);
-					} else {
-						ts.setup(table, c);
-					}
-				});
-			};
+		updateAll : function( c, resort, callback ) {
+			var table = c.table;
+			table.isUpdating = true;
+			ts.refreshWidgets( table, true, true );
+			ts.buildHeaders( c );
+			ts.bindEvents( table, c.$headers, true );
+			ts.bindMethods( c );
+			ts.commonUpdate( c, resort, callback );
+		},
 
-			ts.setup = function(table, c) {
-				// if no thead or tbody, or tablesorter is already present, quit
-				if (!table || !table.tHead || table.tBodies.length === 0 || table.hasInitialized === true) {
-					if ( c.debug ) {
-						if ( table.hasInitialized ) {
-							console.warn( 'Stopping initialization. Tablesorter has already been initialized' );
+		update : function( c, resort, callback ) {
+			var table = c.table;
+			table.isUpdating = true;
+			// update sorting (if enabled/disabled)
+			ts.updateHeader( c );
+			ts.commonUpdate( c, resort, callback );
+		},
+
+		// simple header update - see #989
+		updateHeaders : function( c, callback ) {
+			c.table.isUpdating = true;
+			ts.buildHeaders( c );
+			ts.bindEvents( c.table, c.$headers, true );
+			ts.resortComplete( c, callback );
+		},
+
+		updateCell : function( c, cell, resort, callback ) {
+			c.table.isUpdating = true;
+			c.$table.find( c.selectorRemove ).remove();
+			// get position from the dom
+			var tmp, indx, row, icell, cache, len,
+				$tbodies = c.$tbodies,
+				$cell = $( cell ),
+				// update cache - format: function( s, table, cell, cellIndex )
+				// no closest in jQuery v1.2.6
+				tbodyIndex = $tbodies
+					.index( $.fn.closest ? $cell.closest( 'tbody' ) : $cell.parents( 'tbody' ).filter( ':first' ) ),
+				tbcache = c.cache[ tbodyIndex ],
+				$row = $.fn.closest ? $cell.closest( 'tr' ) : $cell.parents( 'tr' ).filter( ':first' );
+			cell = $cell[ 0 ]; // in case cell is a jQuery object
+			// tbody may not exist if update is initialized while tbody is removed for processing
+			if ( $tbodies.length && tbodyIndex >= 0 ) {
+				row = $tbodies.eq( tbodyIndex ).find( 'tr' ).index( $row );
+				cache = tbcache.normalized[ row ];
+				len = $row[ 0 ].cells.length;
+				if ( len !== c.columns ) {
+					// colspan in here somewhere!
+					icell = 0;
+					tmp = false;
+					for ( indx = 0; indx < len; indx++ ) {
+						if ( !tmp && $row[ 0 ].cells[ indx ] !== cell ) {
+							icell += $row[ 0 ].cells[ indx ].colSpan;
 						} else {
-							console.error( 'Stopping initialization! No table, thead or tbody' );
+							tmp = true;
 						}
 					}
-					return;
-				}
-
-				var k = '',
-					$table = $(table),
-					m = $.metadata;
-				// initialization flag
-				table.hasInitialized = false;
-				// table is being processed flag
-				table.isProcessing = true;
-				// make sure to store the config object
-				table.config = c;
-				// save the settings where they read
-				$.data(table, 'tablesorter', c);
-				if (c.debug) {
-					console[ console.group ? 'group' : 'log' ]( 'Initializing tablesorter' );
-					$.data( table, 'startoveralltimer', new Date());
-				}
-
-				// removing this in version 3 (only supports jQuery 1.7+)
-				c.supportsDataObject = (function(version) {
-					version[0] = parseInt(version[0], 10);
-					return (version[0] > 1) || (version[0] === 1 && parseInt(version[1], 10) >= 4);
-				})($.fn.jquery.split('.'));
-				// digit sort text location; keeping max+/- for backwards compatibility
-				c.string = { 'max': 1, 'min': -1, 'emptymin': 1, 'emptymax': -1, 'zero': 0, 'none': 0, 'null': 0, 'top': true, 'bottom': false };
-				// ensure case insensitivity
-				c.emptyTo = c.emptyTo.toLowerCase();
-				c.stringTo = c.stringTo.toLowerCase();
-				// add table theme class only if there isn't already one there
-				if (!/tablesorter\-/.test($table.attr('class'))) {
-					k = (c.theme !== '' ? ' tablesorter-' + c.theme : '');
-				}
-				c.table = table;
-				c.$table = $table
-					.addClass(ts.css.table + ' ' + c.tableClass + k)
-					.attr('role', 'grid');
-				c.$headers = $table.find(c.selectorHeaders);
-
-				// give the table a unique id, which will be used in namespace binding
-				if (!c.namespace) {
-					c.namespace = '.tablesorter' + Math.random().toString(16).slice(2);
 				} else {
-					// make sure namespace starts with a period & doesn't have weird characters
-					c.namespace = '.' + c.namespace.replace(ts.regex.nonWord, '');
+					icell = $cell.index();
 				}
-
-				c.$table.children().children('tr').attr('role', 'row');
-				c.$tbodies = $table.children('tbody:not(.' + c.cssInfoBlock + ')').attr({
-					'aria-live' : 'polite',
-					'aria-relevant' : 'all'
-				});
-				if (c.$table.children('caption').length) {
-					k = c.$table.children('caption')[0];
-					if (!k.id) { k.id = c.namespace.slice(1) + 'caption'; }
-					c.$table.attr('aria-labelledby', k.id);
-				}
-				c.widgetInit = {}; // keep a list of initialized widgets
-				// change textExtraction via data-attribute
-				c.textExtraction = c.$table.attr('data-text-extraction') || c.textExtraction || 'basic';
-				// build headers
-				buildHeaders( c );
-				// fixate columns if the users supplies the fixedWidth option
-				// do this after theme has been applied
-				ts.fixColumnWidth(table);
-				// add widget options before parsing (e.g. grouping widget has parser settings)
-				ts.applyWidgetOptions(table, c);
-				// try to auto detect column type, and store in tables config
-				buildParserCache(c);
-				// start total row count at zero
-				c.totalRows = 0;
-				// build the cache for the tbody cells
-				// delayInit will delay building the cache until the user starts a sort
-				if (!c.delayInit) { buildCache(table); }
-				// bind all header events and methods
-				ts.bindEvents(table, c.$headers, true);
-				bindMethods(table);
-				// get sort list from jQuery data or metadata
-				// in jQuery < 1.4, an error occurs when calling $table.data()
-				if (c.supportsDataObject && typeof $table.data().sortlist !== 'undefined') {
-					c.sortList = $table.data().sortlist;
-				} else if (m && ($table.metadata() && $table.metadata().sortlist)) {
-					c.sortList = $table.metadata().sortlist;
-				}
-				// apply widget init code
-				ts.applyWidget(table, true);
-				// if user has supplied a sort list to constructor
-				if (c.sortList.length > 0) {
-					$table.trigger('sorton', [ c.sortList, {}, !c.initWidgets, true ]);
+				tmp = ts.getElementText( c, cell, icell ); // raw
+				cache[ c.columns ].raw[ icell ] = tmp;
+				tmp = ts.getParsedText( c, cell, icell, tmp );
+				cache[ icell ] = tmp; // parsed
+				cache[ c.columns ].$row = $row;
+				if ( ( c.parsers[ icell ].type || '' ).toLowerCase() === 'numeric' ) {
+					// update column max value (ignore sign)
+					tbcache.colMax[ icell ] = Math.max( Math.abs( tmp ) || 0, tbcache.colMax[ icell ] || 0 );
+				}
+				tmp = resort !== 'undefined' ? resort : c.resort;
+				if ( tmp !== false ) {
+					// widgets will be reapplied
+					ts.checkResort( c, tmp, callback );
 				} else {
-					setHeadersCss(table);
-					if (c.initWidgets) {
-						// apply widget format
-						ts.applyWidget(table, false);
-					}
-				}
-
-				// show processesing icon
-				if (c.showProcessing) {
-					$table
-					.unbind('sortBegin' + c.namespace + ' sortEnd' + c.namespace)
-					.bind('sortBegin' + c.namespace + ' sortEnd' + c.namespace, function(e) {
-						clearTimeout(c.processTimer);
-						ts.isProcessing(table);
-						if (e.type === 'sortBegin') {
-							c.processTimer = setTimeout(function(){
-								ts.isProcessing(table, true);
-							}, 500);
-						}
-					});
-				}
-
-				// initialized
-				table.hasInitialized = true;
-				table.isProcessing = false;
-				if (c.debug) {
-					console.log( 'Overall initialization time: ' + ts.benchmark( $.data( table, 'startoveralltimer') ) );
-					if ( c.debug && console.groupEnd ) { console.groupEnd(); }
-				}
-				$table.trigger('tablesorter-initialized', table);
-				if (typeof c.initialized === 'function') { c.initialized(table); }
-			};
-
-			// automatically add a colgroup with col elements set to a percentage width
-			ts.fixColumnWidth = function(table) {
-				table = $(table)[0];
-				var overallWidth, percent, $tbodies, len, index,
-					c = table.config,
-					$colgroup = c.$table.children('colgroup');
-				// remove plugin-added colgroup, in case we need to refresh the widths
-				if ($colgroup.length && $colgroup.hasClass(ts.css.colgroup)) {
-					$colgroup.remove();
-				}
-				if (c.widthFixed && c.$table.children('colgroup').length === 0) {
-					$colgroup = $('<colgroup class="' + ts.css.colgroup + '">');
-					overallWidth = c.$table.width();
-					// only add col for visible columns - fixes #371
-					$tbodies = c.$tbodies.find('tr:first').children(':visible'); // .each(function()
-					len = $tbodies.length;
-					for ( index = 0; index < len; index++ ) {
-						percent = parseInt( ( $tbodies.eq( index ).width() / overallWidth ) * 1000, 10 ) / 10 + '%';
-						$colgroup.append( $('<col>').css('width', percent) );
-					}
-					c.$table.prepend($colgroup);
+					// don't reapply widgets is resort is false, just in case it causes
+					// problems with element focus
+					ts.resortComplete( c, callback );
 				}
-			};
+			}
+		},
 
-			ts.getColumnData = function(table, obj, indx, getCell, $headers){
-				if (typeof obj === 'undefined' || obj === null) { return; }
-				table = $(table)[0];
-				var $h, k,
-					c = table.config,
-					$cells = ( $headers || c.$headers ),
-					// c.$headerIndexed is not defined initially
-					$cell = c.$headerIndexed && c.$headerIndexed[indx] || $cells.filter('[data-column="' + indx + '"]:last');
-				if (obj[indx]) {
-					return getCell ? obj[indx] : obj[$cells.index( $cell )];
-				}
-				for (k in obj) {
-					if (typeof k === 'string') {
-						$h = $cell
-							// header cell with class/id
-							.filter(k)
-							// find elements within the header cell with cell/id
-							.add( $cell.find(k) );
-						if ($h.length) {
-							return obj[k];
-						}
-					}
+		addRows : function( c, $row, resort, callback ) {
+			var txt, val, tbodyIndex, rowIndex, rows, cellIndex, len,
+				cacheIndex, rowData, cells, cell, span,
+				// allow passing a row string if only one non-info tbody exists in the table
+				valid = typeof $row === 'string' && c.$tbodies.length === 1 && /<tr/.test( $row || '' ),
+				table = c.table;
+			if ( valid ) {
+				$row = $( $row );
+				c.$tbodies.append( $row );
+			} else if ( !$row ||
+				// row is a jQuery object?
+				!( $row instanceof jQuery ) ||
+				// row contained in the table?
+				( $.fn.closest ? $row.closest( 'table' )[ 0 ] : $row.parents( 'table' )[ 0 ] ) !== c.table ) {
+				if ( c.debug ) {
+					console.error( 'addRows method requires (1) a jQuery selector reference to rows that have already ' +
+						'been added to the table, or (2) row HTML string to be added to a table with only one tbody' );
 				}
-				return;
-			};
-
-			// computeTableHeaderCellIndexes from:
-			// http://www.javascripttoolbox.com/lib/table/examples.php
-			// http://www.javascripttoolbox.com/temp/table_cellindex.html
-			ts.computeColumnIndex = function(trs) {
-				var i, j, k, l, $cell, cell, cells, rowIndex, cellId, rowSpan, colSpan, firstAvailCol,
-					matrix = [],
-					matrixrow = [],
-					lookup = {};
-				for (i = 0; i < trs.length; i++) {
-					cells = trs[i].cells;
-					for (j = 0; j < cells.length; j++) {
-						cell = cells[j];
-						$cell = $(cell);
-						rowIndex = cell.parentNode.rowIndex;
-						cellId = rowIndex + '-' + $cell.index();
-						rowSpan = cell.rowSpan || 1;
-						colSpan = cell.colSpan || 1;
-						if (typeof matrix[rowIndex] === 'undefined') {
-							matrix[rowIndex] = [];
-						}
-						// Find first available column in the first row
-						for (k = 0; k < matrix[rowIndex].length + 1; k++) {
-							if (typeof matrix[rowIndex][k] === 'undefined') {
-								firstAvailCol = k;
-								break;
-							}
+				return false;
+			}
+			table.isUpdating = true;
+			if ( ts.isEmptyObject( c.cache ) ) {
+				// empty table, do an update instead - fixes #450
+				ts.updateHeader( c );
+				ts.commonUpdate( c, resort, callback );
+			} else {
+				rows = $row.filter( 'tr' ).attr( 'role', 'row' ).length;
+				tbodyIndex = c.$tbodies.index( $row.parents( 'tbody' ).filter( ':first' ) );
+				// fixes adding rows to an empty table - see issue #179
+				if ( !( c.parsers && c.parsers.length ) ) {
+					ts.setupParsers( c );
+				}
+				// add each row
+				for ( rowIndex = 0; rowIndex < rows; rowIndex++ ) {
+					cacheIndex = 0;
+					len = $row[ rowIndex ].cells.length;
+					cells = [];
+					rowData = {
+						child : [],
+						raw : [],
+						$row : $row.eq( rowIndex ),
+						order : c.cache[ tbodyIndex ].normalized.length
+					};
+					// add each cell
+					for ( cellIndex = 0; cellIndex < len; cellIndex++ ) {
+						cell = $row[ rowIndex ].cells[ cellIndex ];
+						txt = ts.getElementText( c, cell, cacheIndex );
+						rowData.raw[ cacheIndex ] = txt;
+						val = ts.getParsedText( c, cell, cacheIndex, txt );
+						cells[ cacheIndex ] = val;
+						if ( ( c.parsers[ cacheIndex ].type || '' ).toLowerCase() === 'numeric' ) {
+							// update column max value (ignore sign)
+							c.cache[ tbodyIndex ].colMax[ cacheIndex ] =
+								Math.max( Math.abs( val ) || 0, c.cache[ tbodyIndex ].colMax[ cacheIndex ] || 0 );
 						}
-						lookup[cellId] = firstAvailCol;
-						// add data-column
-						$cell.attr({ 'data-column' : firstAvailCol }); // 'data-row' : rowIndex
-						for (k = rowIndex; k < rowIndex + rowSpan; k++) {
-							if (typeof matrix[k] === 'undefined') {
-								matrix[k] = [];
-							}
-							matrixrow = matrix[k];
-							for (l = firstAvailCol; l < firstAvailCol + colSpan; l++) {
-								matrixrow[l] = 'x';
-							}
+						span = cell.colSpan - 1;
+						if ( span > 0 ) {
+							cacheIndex += span;
 						}
+						cacheIndex++;
 					}
+					// add the row data to the end
+					cells[ c.columns ] = rowData;
+					// update cache
+					c.cache[ tbodyIndex ].normalized.push( cells );
 				}
-				return matrixrow.length;
-			};
-
-			// *** Process table ***
-			// add processing indicator
-			ts.isProcessing = function( $table, toggle, $ths ) {
-				$table = $( $table );
-				var c = $table[0].config,
-					// default to all headers
-					$h = $ths || $table.find('.' + ts.css.header);
-				if (toggle) {
-					// don't use sortList if custom $ths used
-					if (typeof $ths !== 'undefined' && c.sortList.length > 0) {
-						// get headers from the sortList
-						$h = $h.filter(function(){
-							// get data-column from attr to keep compatibility with jQuery 1.2.6
-							return this.sortDisabled ? false : ts.isValueInArray( parseFloat($(this).attr('data-column')), c.sortList) >= 0;
-						});
-					}
-					$table.add($h).addClass(ts.css.processing + ' ' + c.cssProcessing);
-				} else {
-					$table.add($h).removeClass(ts.css.processing + ' ' + c.cssProcessing);
-				}
-			};
-
-			// detach tbody but save the position
-			// don't use tbody because there are portions that look for a tbody index (updateCell)
-			ts.processTbody = function(table, $tb, getIt){
-				table = $(table)[0];
-				var holdr;
-				if (getIt) {
-					table.isProcessing = true;
-					$tb.before('<colgroup class="tablesorter-savemyplace"/>');
-					holdr = ($.fn.detach) ? $tb.detach() : $tb.remove();
-					return holdr;
-				}
-				holdr = $(table).find('colgroup.tablesorter-savemyplace');
-				$tb.insertAfter( holdr );
-				holdr.remove();
-				table.isProcessing = false;
-			};
+				// resort using current settings
+				ts.checkResort( c, resort, callback );
+			}
+		},
 
-			ts.clearTableBody = function(table) {
-				$(table)[0].config.$tbodies.children().detach();
-			};
+		updateCache : function( c, callback, $tbodies ) {
+			// rebuild parsers
+			if ( !( c.parsers && c.parsers.length ) ) {
+				ts.setupParsers( c, $tbodies );
+			}
+			// rebuild the cache map
+			ts.buildCache( c, callback, $tbodies );
+		},
 
-			ts.bindEvents = function(table, $headers, core) {
-				table = $(table)[0];
-				var t, downTarget = null,
-					c = table.config;
-				if (core !== true) {
-					$headers.addClass( c.namespace.slice(1) + '_extra_headers' );
-					t = $.fn.closest ? $headers.closest('table')[0] : $headers.parents('table')[0];
-					if (t && t.nodeName === 'TABLE' && t !== table) {
-						$(t).addClass( c.namespace.slice(1) + '_extra_table' );
-					}
-				}
-				t = ( c.pointerDown + ' ' + c.pointerUp + ' ' + c.pointerClick + ' sort keyup ' )
-					.replace(ts.regex.spaces, ' ')
-					.split(' ')
-					.join(c.namespace + ' ');
-				// apply event handling to headers and/or additional headers (stickyheaders, scroller, etc)
-				$headers
-				// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5312849/jquery-find-self;
-				.find(c.selectorSort).add( $headers.filter(c.selectorSort) )
-				.unbind(t)
-				.bind(t, function(e, external) {
-					var $cell, cell, temp,
-						$target = $(e.target),
-						// wrap event type in spaces, so the match doesn't trigger on inner words
-						type = ' ' + e.type + ' ';
-					// only recognize left clicks
-					if ( ( ( e.which || e.button ) !== 1 && !type.match( ' ' + c.pointerClick + ' | sort | keyup ' ) ) ||
-						// allow pressing enter
-						( type === ' keyup ' && e.which !== 13 ) ||
-						// allow triggering a click event (e.which is undefined) & ignore physical clicks
-						( type.match(' ' + c.pointerClick + ' ') && typeof e.which !== 'undefined' ) ) {
-						return;
-					}
-					// ignore mouseup if mousedown wasn't on the same target
-					if ( type.match(' ' + c.pointerUp + ' ') && downTarget !== e.target && external !== true ) { return; }
-					// set target on mousedown
-					if ( type.match(' ' + c.pointerDown + ' ') ) {
-						downTarget = e.target;
-						// preventDefault needed or jQuery v1.3.2 and older throws an
-						// "Uncaught TypeError: handler.apply is not a function" error
-						temp = $target.jquery.split( '.' );
-						if ( temp[0] === '1' && temp[1] < 4 ) { e.preventDefault(); }
-						return;
-					}
-					downTarget = null;
-					// prevent sort being triggered on form elements
-					if ( ts.regex.formElements.test(e.target.nodeName) ||
-						// nosort class name, or elements within a nosort container
-						$target.hasClass(c.cssNoSort) || $target.parents('.' + c.cssNoSort).length > 0 ||
-						// elements within a button
-						$target.parents('button').length > 0 ) {
-						return !c.cancelSelection;
-					}
-					if (c.delayInit && ts.isEmptyObject(c.cache)) { buildCache(table); }
-					// jQuery v1.2.6 doesn't have closest()
-					$cell = $.fn.closest ? $(this).closest('th, td') : /TH|TD/.test(this.nodeName) ? $(this) : $(this).parents('th, td');
-					// reference original table headers and find the same cell
-					// don't use $headers or IE8 throws an error - see #987
-					temp = $headers.index( $cell );
-					c.lastClickedIndex = ( temp < 0 ) ? $cell.attr('data-column') : temp;
-					// use column index if $headers is undefined
-					cell = c.$headers[ c.lastClickedIndex ];
-					if (cell && !cell.sortDisabled) {
-						initSort(table, cell, e);
+		// init flag (true) used by pager plugin to prevent widget application
+		// renamed from appendToTable
+		appendCache : function( c, init ) {
+			var parsed, totalRows, $tbody, $curTbody, rowIndex, tbodyIndex, appendTime,
+				table = c.table,
+				wo = c.widgetOptions,
+				$tbodies = c.$tbodies,
+				rows = [],
+				cache = c.cache;
+			// empty table - fixes #206/#346
+			if ( ts.isEmptyObject( cache ) ) {
+				// run pager appender in case the table was just emptied
+				return c.appender ? c.appender( table, rows ) :
+					table.isUpdating ? c.$table.trigger( 'updateComplete', table ) : ''; // Fixes #532
+			}
+			if ( c.debug ) {
+				appendTime = new Date();
+			}
+			for ( tbodyIndex = 0; tbodyIndex < $tbodies.length; tbodyIndex++ ) {
+				$tbody = $tbodies.eq( tbodyIndex );
+				if ( $tbody.length ) {
+					// detach tbody for manipulation
+					$curTbody = ts.processTbody( table, $tbody, true );
+					parsed = cache[ tbodyIndex ].normalized;
+					totalRows = parsed.length;
+					for ( rowIndex = 0; rowIndex < totalRows; rowIndex++ ) {
+						rows.push( parsed[ rowIndex ][ c.columns ].$row );
+						// removeRows used by the pager plugin; don't render if using ajax - fixes #411
+						if ( !c.appender || ( c.pager && ( !c.pager.removeRows || !wo.pager_removeRows ) && !c.pager.ajax ) ) {
+							$curTbody.append( parsed[ rowIndex ][ c.columns ].$row );
+						}
 					}
-				});
-				if (c.cancelSelection) {
-					// cancel selection
-					$headers
-						.attr('unselectable', 'on')
-						.bind('selectstart', false)
-						.css({
-							'user-select': 'none',
-							'MozUserSelect': 'none' // not needed for jQuery 1.8+
-						});
-				}
-			};
-
-			ts.sortReset = function( c, callback ) {
-				var table = c.table;
-				c.sortList = [];
-				setHeadersCss( table );
-				multisort( table );
-				ts.appendCache( c );
-				if ( $.isFunction( callback ) ) {
-					callback( table );
+					// restore tbody
+					ts.processTbody( table, $curTbody, false );
 				}
-			};
-
-			ts.updateAll = function( c, resort, callback ) {
-				var table = c.table;
-				table.isUpdating = true;
-				ts.refreshWidgets( table, true, true );
-				buildHeaders( c );
-				ts.bindEvents( table, c.$headers, true );
-				bindMethods( table);
-				commonUpdate( table, resort, callback );
-			};
-
-			ts.update = function( c, resort, callback ) {
-				var table = c.table;
-				table.isUpdating = true;
-				// update sorting (if enabled/disabled)
-				updateHeader( table );
-				commonUpdate( table, resort, callback );
-			};
+			}
+			if ( c.appender ) {
+				c.appender( table, rows );
+			}
+			if ( c.debug ) {
+				console.log( 'Rebuilt table' + ts.benchmark( appendTime ) );
+			}
+			// apply table widgets; but not before ajax completes
+			if ( !init && !c.appender ) {
+				ts.applyWidget( table );
+			}
+			if ( table.isUpdating ) {
+				c.$table.trigger( 'updateComplete', table );
+			}
+		},
 
-			// simple header update - see #989
-			ts.updateHeaders = function( c, callback ) {
-				c.table.isUpdating = true;
-				buildHeaders( c );
-				ts.bindEvents( c.table, c.$headers, true );
-				resortComplete( c, callback );
-			};
+		commonUpdate : function( c, resort, callback ) {
+			// remove rows/elements before update
+			c.$table.find( c.selectorRemove ).remove();
+			// rebuild parsers
+			ts.setupParsers( c );
+			// rebuild the cache map
+			ts.buildCache( c );
+			ts.checkResort( c, resort, callback );
+		},
 
-			ts.updateCell = function( c, cell, resort, callback ) {
-				c.table.isUpdating = true;
-				c.$table.find( c.selectorRemove ).remove();
-				// get position from the dom
-				var t, row, icell, cache,
+		/*
+		▄█████ ▄████▄ █████▄ ██████ ██ █████▄ ▄████▄
+		▀█▄    ██  ██ ██▄▄██   ██   ██ ██  ██ ██ ▄▄▄
+		   ▀█▄ ██  ██ ██▀██    ██   ██ ██  ██ ██ ▀██
+		█████▀ ▀████▀ ██  ██   ██   ██ ██  ██ ▀████▀
+		*/
+		initSort : function( c, cell, event ) {
+			if ( c.table.isUpdating ) {
+				// let any updates complete before initializing a sort
+				return setTimeout( function(){
+					ts.initSort( c, cell, event );
+				}, 50 );
+			}
+			var arry, indx, headerIndx, dir, temp, tmp, $header,
+				notMultiSort = !event[ c.sortMultiSortKey ],
 				table = c.table,
-				$tb = c.$tbodies,
-				$cell = $(cell),
-				// update cache - format: function(s, table, cell, cellIndex)
-				// no closest in jQuery v1.2.6 - tbdy = $tb.index( $(cell).closest('tbody') ),$row = $(cell).closest('tr');
-				tbdy = $tb.index( $.fn.closest ? $cell.closest( 'tbody' ) : $cell.parents( 'tbody' ).filter( ':first' ) ),
-				tbcache = c.cache[ tbdy ],
-				$row = $.fn.closest ? $cell.closest( 'tr' ) : $cell.parents( 'tr' ).filter( ':first' );
-				cell = $cell[ 0 ]; // in case cell is a jQuery object
-				// tbody may not exist if update is initialized while tbody is removed for processing
-				if ( $tb.length && tbdy >= 0 ) {
-					row = $tb.eq( tbdy ).find( 'tr' ).index( $row );
-					cache = tbcache.normalized[ row ];
-					icell = $cell.index();
-					t = ts.getParsedText( c, cell, icell );
-					cache[ icell ] = t;
-					cache[ c.columns ].$row = $row;
-					if ( ( c.parsers[ icell ].type || '' ).toLowerCase() === 'numeric' ) {
-						// update column max value (ignore sign)
-						tbcache.colMax[ icell ] = Math.max( Math.abs( t ) || 0, tbcache.colMax[ icell ] || 0 );
-					}
-					t = resort !== 'undefined' ? resort : c.resort;
-					if ( t !== false ) {
-						// widgets will be reapplied
-						checkResort( c, t, callback );
-					} else {
-						// don't reapply widgets is resort is false, just in case it causes
-						// problems with element focus
-						resortComplete( c, callback );
+				len = c.$headers.length,
+				// get current column index
+				col = parseInt( $( cell ).attr( 'data-column' ), 10 ),
+				order = c.sortVars[ col ].order;
+
+			// Only call sortStart if sorting is enabled
+			c.$table.trigger( 'sortStart', table );
+			// get current column sort order
+			c.sortVars[ col ].count =
+				event[ c.sortResetKey ] ? 2 : ( c.sortVars[ col ].count + 1 ) % ( c.sortReset ? 3 : 2 );
+			// reset all sorts on non-current column - issue #30
+			if ( c.sortRestart ) {
+				tmp = cell;
+				for ( headerIndx = 0; headerIndx < len; headerIndx++ ) {
+					$header = c.$headers.eq( headerIndx );
+					// only reset counts on columns that weren't just clicked on and if not included in a multisort
+					if ( $header[ 0 ] !== tmp &&
+						( notMultiSort || !$header.is( '.' + ts.css.sortDesc + ',.' + ts.css.sortAsc ) ) ) {
+						c.sortVars[ col ].count = -1;
 					}
 				}
-			};
-
-			ts.addRows = function( c, $row, resort, callback ) {
-				var i, j, l, rowData, cells, rows, tbdy,
-					// allow passing a row string if only one non-info tbody exists in the table
-					valid = typeof $row === 'string' && c.$tbodies.length === 1 && /<tr/.test( $row || '' ),
-					table = c.table;
-				if ( valid ) {
-					$row = $( $row );
-					c.$tbodies.append( $row );
-				} else if ( !$row ||
-					// row is a jQuery object?
-					!( $row instanceof jQuery ) ||
-					// row contained in the table?
-					( $.fn.closest ? $row.closest( 'table' )[ 0 ] : $row.parents( 'table' )[ 0 ] ) !== c.table ) {
-					if ( c.debug ) {
-						console.error( 'addRows method requires (1) a jQuery selector reference to rows that have already ' +
-							'been added to the table, or (2) row HTML string to be added to a table with only one tbody' );
+			}
+			// user only wants to sort on one column
+			if ( notMultiSort ) {
+				// flush the sort list
+				c.sortList = [];
+				c.last.sortList = [];
+				if ( c.sortForce !== null ) {
+					arry = c.sortForce;
+					for ( indx = 0; indx < arry.length; indx++ ) {
+						if ( arry[ indx ][ 0 ] !== col ) {
+							c.sortList.push( arry[ indx ] );
+						}
 					}
-					return false;
 				}
-				table.isUpdating = true;
-				if ( ts.isEmptyObject( c.cache ) ) {
-					// empty table, do an update instead - fixes #450
-					updateHeader( table );
-					commonUpdate( table, resort, callback );
-				} else {
-					rows = $row.filter( 'tr' ).attr( 'role', 'row' ).length;
-					tbdy = c.$tbodies.index( $row.parents( 'tbody' ).filter( ':first' ) );
-					// fixes adding rows to an empty table - see issue #179
-					if ( !( c.parsers && c.parsers.length ) ) {
-						buildParserCache( c );
+				// add column to sort list
+				dir = order[ c.sortVars[ col ].count ];
+				if ( dir < 2 ) {
+					c.sortList.push( [ col, dir ] );
+					// add other columns if header spans across multiple
+					if ( cell.colSpan > 1 ) {
+						for ( indx = 1; indx < cell.colSpan; indx++ ) {
+							c.sortList.push( [ col + indx, dir ] );
+							// update count on columns in colSpan
+							c.sortVars[ col + indx ].count = $.inArray( dir, order );
+						}
 					}
-					// add each row
-					for ( i = 0; i < rows; i++ ) {
-						l = $row[ i ].cells.length;
-						cells = [];
-						rowData = {
-							child: [],
-							$row : $row.eq( i ),
-							order: c.cache[ tbdy ].normalized.length
-						};
-						// add each cell
-						for ( j = 0; j < l; j++ ) {
-							cells[ j ] = ts.getParsedText( c, $row[ i ].cells[ j ], j );
-							if ( ( c.parsers[ j ].type || '' ).toLowerCase() === 'numeric' ) {
-								// update column max value (ignore sign)
-								c.cache[ tbdy ].colMax[ j ] = Math.max( Math.abs( cells[ j ] ) || 0, c.cache[ tbdy ].colMax[ j ] || 0 );
+				}
+				// multi column sorting
+			} else {
+				// get rid of the sortAppend before adding more - fixes issue #115 & #523
+				c.sortList = $.extend( [], c.last.sortList );
+
+				// the user has clicked on an already sorted column
+				if ( ts.isValueInArray( col, c.sortList ) >= 0 ) {
+					// reverse the sorting direction
+					for ( indx = 0; indx < c.sortList.length; indx++ ) {
+						tmp = c.sortList[ indx ];
+						if ( tmp[ 0 ] === col ) {
+							// order.count seems to be incorrect when compared to cell.count
+							tmp[ 1 ] = order[ c.sortVars[ col ].count ];
+							if ( tmp[1] === 2 ) {
+								c.sortList.splice( indx, 1 );
+								c.sortVars[ col ].count = -1;
 							}
 						}
-						// add the row data to the end
-						cells.push( rowData );
-						// update cache
-						c.cache[ tbdy ].normalized.push( cells );
 					}
-					// resort using current settings
-					checkResort( c, resort, callback );
-				}
-			};
-
-			ts.updateCache = function( c, callback, $tbodies ) {
-				// rebuild parsers
-				if ( !( c.parsers && c.parsers.length ) ) {
-					buildParserCache( c, $tbodies );
-				}
-				// rebuild the cache map
-				buildCache( c.table, callback, $tbodies );
-			};
-
-			// init flag (true) used by pager plugin to prevent widget application
-			// renamed from appendToTable
-			ts.appendCache = function( c, init ) {
-				var n, totalRows, $bk, $tb, i, k, appendTime,
-					table = c.table,
-					wo = c.widgetOptions,
-					$tbodies = c.$tbodies,
-					rows = [],
-					cc = c.cache;
-				// empty table - fixes #206/#346
-				if ( ts.isEmptyObject( cc ) ) {
-					// run pager appender in case the table was just emptied
-					return c.appender ? c.appender( table, rows ) :
-						table.isUpdating ? c.$table.trigger( 'updateComplete', table ) : ''; // Fixes #532
-				}
-				if ( c.debug ) {
-					appendTime = new Date();
-				}
-				for ( k = 0; k < $tbodies.length; k++ ) {
-					$bk = $tbodies.eq( k );
-					if ( $bk.length ) {
-						// get tbody
-						$tb = ts.processTbody( table, $bk, true );
-						n = cc[ k ].normalized;
-						totalRows = n.length;
-						for ( i = 0; i < totalRows; i++ ) {
-							rows.push( n[ i ][ c.columns ].$row );
-							// removeRows used by the pager plugin; don't render if using ajax - fixes #411
-							if ( !c.appender || ( c.pager && ( !c.pager.removeRows || !wo.pager_removeRows ) && !c.pager.ajax ) ) {
-								$tb.append( n[ i ][ c.columns ].$row );
+				} else {
+					// add column to sort list array
+					dir = order[ c.sortVars[ col ].count ];
+					if ( dir < 2 ) {
+						c.sortList.push( [ col, dir ] );
+						// add other columns if header spans across multiple
+						if ( cell.colSpan > 1 ) {
+							for ( indx = 1; indx < cell.colSpan; indx++ ) {
+								c.sortList.push( [ col + indx, dir ] );
+								// update count on columns in colSpan
+								c.sortVars[ col + indx ].count = $.inArray( dir, order );
 							}
 						}
-						// restore tbody
-						ts.processTbody( table, $tb, false );
 					}
 				}
-				if ( c.appender ) {
-					c.appender( table, rows );
-				}
-				if ( c.debug ) {
-					console.log( 'Rebuilt table' + ts.benchmark( appendTime ) );
-				}
-				// apply table widgets; but not before ajax completes
-				if ( !init && !c.appender ) { ts.applyWidget( table ); }
-				if ( table.isUpdating ) {
-					c.$table.trigger( 'updateComplete', table );
+			}
+			// save sort before applying sortAppend
+			c.last.sortList = $.extend( [], c.sortList );
+			if ( c.sortList.length && c.sortAppend ) {
+				arry = $.isArray( c.sortAppend ) ? c.sortAppend : c.sortAppend[ c.sortList[ 0 ][ 0 ] ];
+				if ( !ts.isEmptyObject( arry ) ) {
+					for ( indx = 0; indx < arry.length; indx++ ) {
+						if ( arry[ indx ][ 0 ] !== col && ts.isValueInArray( arry[ indx ][ 0 ], c.sortList ) < 0 ) {
+							dir = arry[ indx ][ 1 ];
+							temp = ( '' + dir ).match( /^(a|d|s|o|n)/ );
+							if ( temp ) {
+								tmp = c.sortList[ 0 ][ 1 ];
+								switch ( temp[ 0 ] ) {
+									case 'd' :
+										dir = 1;
+										break;
+									case 's' :
+										dir = tmp;
+										break;
+									case 'o' :
+										dir = tmp === 0 ? 1 : 0;
+										break;
+									case 'n' :
+										dir = ( tmp + 1 ) % ( c.sortReset ? 3 : 2 );
+										break;
+									default:
+										dir = 0;
+										break;
+								}
+							}
+							c.sortList.push( [ arry[ indx ][ 0 ], dir ] );
+						}
+					}
 				}
-			};
-
-			ts.sortOn = function( c, list, callback, init ) {
-				var table = c.table;
-				c.$table.trigger( 'sortStart', table );
-				// update header count index
-				updateHeaderSortCount( table, list );
+			}
+			// sortBegin event triggered immediately before the sort
+			c.$table.trigger( 'sortBegin', table );
+			// setTimeout needed so the processing icon shows up
+			setTimeout( function() {
 				// set css for headers
-				setHeadersCss( table );
-				// fixes #346
-				if ( c.delayInit && ts.isEmptyObject( c.cache ) ) {
-					buildCache( table );
-				}
-				c.$table.trigger( 'sortBegin', table );
-				// sort the table and append it to the dom
-				multisort( table );
-				ts.appendCache( c, init );
+				ts.setHeadersCss( c );
+				ts.multisort( c );
+				ts.appendCache( c );
 				c.$table.trigger( 'sortEnd', table );
-				ts.applyWidget( table );
-				if ( $.isFunction( callback ) ) {
-					callback( table );
-				}
-			};
+			}, 1 );
+		},
 
-			// restore headers
-			ts.restoreHeaders = function(table){
-				var index, $cell,
-					c = $(table)[0].config,
-					$headers = c.$table.find( c.selectorHeaders ),
-					len = $headers.length;
-				// don't use c.$headers here in case header cells were swapped
-				for ( index = 0; index < len; index++ ) {
-					// c.$table.find(c.selectorHeaders).each(function(i){
-					$cell = $headers.eq( index );
-					// only restore header cells if it is wrapped
-					// because this is also used by the updateAll method
-					if ( $cell.find( '.' + ts.css.headerIn ).length ) {
-						$cell.html( c.headerContent[ index ] );
+		// sort multiple columns
+		multisort : function( c ) { /*jshint loopfunc:true */
+			var tbodyIndex, sortTime, colMax, rows,
+				table = c.table,
+				dir = 0,
+				textSorter = c.textSorter || '',
+				sortList = c.sortList,
+				sortLen = sortList.length,
+				len = c.$tbodies.length;
+			if ( c.serverSideSorting || ts.isEmptyObject( c.cache ) ) {
+				// empty table - fixes #206/#346
+				return;
+			}
+			if ( c.debug ) { sortTime = new Date(); }
+			for ( tbodyIndex = 0; tbodyIndex < len; tbodyIndex++ ) {
+				colMax = c.cache[ tbodyIndex ].colMax;
+				rows = c.cache[ tbodyIndex ].normalized;
+
+				rows.sort( function( a, b ) {
+					var sortIndex, num, col, order, sort, x, y;
+					// rows is undefined here in IE, so don't use it!
+					for ( sortIndex = 0; sortIndex < sortLen; sortIndex++ ) {
+						col = sortList[ sortIndex ][ 0 ];
+						order = sortList[ sortIndex ][ 1 ];
+						// sort direction, true = asc, false = desc
+						dir = order === 0;
+
+						if ( c.sortStable && a[ col ] === b[ col ] && sortLen === 1 ) {
+							return a[ c.columns ].order - b[ c.columns ].order;
+						}
+
+						// fallback to natural sort since it is more robust
+						num = /n/i.test( ts.getSortType( c.parsers, col ) );
+						if ( num && c.strings[ col ] ) {
+							// sort strings in numerical columns
+							if ( typeof ( ts.string[ c.strings[ col ] ] ) === 'boolean' ) {
+								num = ( dir ? 1 : -1 ) * ( ts.string[ c.strings[ col ] ] ? -1 : 1 );
+							} else {
+								num = ( c.strings[ col ] ) ? ts.string[ c.strings[ col ] ] || 0 : 0;
+							}
+							// fall back to built-in numeric sort
+							// var sort = $.tablesorter['sort' + s]( a[col], b[col], dir, colMax[col], table );
+							sort = c.numberSorter ? c.numberSorter( a[ col ], b[ col ], dir, colMax[ col ], table ) :
+								ts[ 'sortNumeric' + ( dir ? 'Asc' : 'Desc' ) ]( a[ col ], b[ col ], num, colMax[ col ], col, c );
+						} else {
+							// set a & b depending on sort direction
+							x = dir ? a : b;
+							y = dir ? b : a;
+							// text sort function
+							if ( typeof textSorter === 'function' ) {
+								// custom OVERALL text sorter
+								sort = textSorter( x[ col ], y[ col ], dir, col, table );
+							} else if ( typeof textSorter === 'object' && textSorter.hasOwnProperty( col ) ) {
+								// custom text sorter for a SPECIFIC COLUMN
+								sort = textSorter[ col ]( x[ col ], y[ col ], dir, col, table );
+							} else {
+								// fall back to natural sort
+								sort = ts[ 'sortNatural' + ( dir ? 'Asc' : 'Desc' ) ]( a[ col ], b[ col ], col, c );
+							}
+						}
+						if ( sort ) { return sort; }
 					}
-				}
-			};
+					return a[ c.columns ].order - b[ c.columns ].order;
+				});
+			}
+			if ( c.debug ) {
+				console.log( 'Applying sort ' + sortList.toString() + ts.benchmark( sortTime ) );
+			}
+		},
 
-			ts.destroy = function(table, removeClasses, callback){
-				table = $(table)[0];
-				if (!table.hasInitialized) { return; }
-				// remove all widgets
-				ts.removeWidget(table, true, false);
-				var events,
-					$t = $(table),
-					c = table.config,
-					debug = c.debug,
-					$h = $t.find('thead:first'),
-					$r = $h.find('tr.' + ts.css.headerRow).removeClass(ts.css.headerRow + ' ' + c.cssHeaderRow),
-					$f = $t.find('tfoot:first > tr').children('th, td');
-				if (removeClasses === false && $.inArray('uitheme', c.widgets) >= 0) {
-					// reapply uitheme classes, in case we want to maintain appearance
-					$t.trigger('applyWidgetId', [ 'uitheme' ]);
-					$t.trigger('applyWidgetId', [ 'zebra' ]);
-				}
-				// remove widget added rows, just in case
-				$h.find('tr').not($r).remove();
-				// disable tablesorter
-				events = 'sortReset update updateRows updateAll updateHeaders updateCell addRows updateComplete sorton ' +
-					'appendCache updateCache applyWidgetId applyWidgets refreshWidgets destroy mouseup mouseleave keypress ' +
-					'sortBegin sortEnd resetToLoadState '.split(' ')
-					.join(c.namespace + ' ');
-				$t
-					.removeData('tablesorter')
-					.unbind( events.replace(ts.regex.spaces, ' ') );
-				c.$headers.add($f)
-					.removeClass( [ ts.css.header, c.cssHeader, c.cssAsc, c.cssDesc, ts.css.sortAsc, ts.css.sortDesc, ts.css.sortNone ].join(' ') )
-					.removeAttr('data-column')
-					.removeAttr('aria-label')
-					.attr('aria-disabled', 'true');
-				$r.find(c.selectorSort).unbind( ('mousedown mouseup keypress '.split(' ').join(c.namespace + ' ')).replace(ts.regex.spaces, ' ') );
-				ts.restoreHeaders(table);
-				$t.toggleClass(ts.css.table + ' ' + c.tableClass + ' tablesorter-' + c.theme, removeClasses === false);
-				// clear flag in case the plugin is initialized again
-				table.hasInitialized = false;
-				delete table.config.cache;
-				if (typeof callback === 'function') {
-					callback(table);
-				}
-				if (debug) {
-					console.log( 'tablesorter has been removed' );
-				}
-			};
+		resortComplete : function( c, callback ) {
+			if ( c.table.isUpdating ) {
+				c.$table.trigger( 'updateComplete', c.table );
+			}
+			if ( $.isFunction( callback ) ) {
+				callback( c.table );
+			}
+		},
 
-			// *** sort functions ***
-			// regex used in natural sort
-			ts.regex.chunk = /(^([+\-]?(?:\d*)(?:\.\d*)?(?:[eE][+\-]?\d+)?)?$|^0x[0-9a-f]+$|\d+)/gi; // chunk/tokenize numbers & letters
-			ts.regex.chunks = /(^\\0|\\0$)/; // replace chunks @ ends
-			ts.regex.hex = /^0x[0-9a-f]+$/i; // hex
-
-			// Natural sort - https://github.com/overset/javascript-natural-sort (date sorting removed)
-			// this function will only accept strings, or you'll see 'TypeError: undefined is not a function'
-			// I could add a = a.toString(); b = b.toString(); but it'll slow down the sort overall
-			ts.sortNatural = function(a, b) {
-				if (a === b) { return 0; }
-				var xN, xD, yN, yD, xF, yF, i, mx,
-					r = ts.regex;
-				// first try and sort Hex codes
-				if (r.hex.test(b)) {
-					xD = parseInt(a.match(r.hex), 16);
-					yD = parseInt(b.match(r.hex), 16);
-					if ( xD < yD ) { return -1; }
-					if ( xD > yD ) { return 1; }
-				}
-				// chunk/tokenize
-				xN = a.replace(r.chunk, '\\0$1\\0').replace(r.chunks, '').split('\\0');
-				yN = b.replace(r.chunk, '\\0$1\\0').replace(r.chunks, '').split('\\0');
-				mx = Math.max(xN.length, yN.length);
-				// natural sorting through split numeric strings and default strings
-				for (i = 0; i < mx; i++) {
-					// find floats not starting with '0', string or 0 if not defined
-					xF = isNaN(xN[i]) ? xN[i] || 0 : parseFloat(xN[i]) || 0;
-					yF = isNaN(yN[i]) ? yN[i] || 0 : parseFloat(yN[i]) || 0;
-					// handle numeric vs string comparison - number < string - (Kyle Adams)
-					if (isNaN(xF) !== isNaN(yF)) { return (isNaN(xF)) ? 1 : -1; }
-					// rely on string comparison if different types - i.e. '02' < 2 != '02' < '2'
-					if (typeof xF !== typeof yF) {
-						xF += '';
-						yF += '';
-					}
-					if (xF < yF) { return -1; }
-					if (xF > yF) { return 1; }
-				}
-				return 0;
-			};
+		checkResort : function( c, resort, callback ) {
+			var sortList = $.isArray( resort ) ? resort : c.sortList,
+				// if no resort parameter is passed, fallback to config.resort (true by default)
+				resrt = typeof resort === 'undefined' ? c.resort : resort;
+			// don't try to resort if the table is still processing
+			// this will catch spamming of the updateCell method
+			if ( resrt !== false && !c.serverSideSorting && !c.table.isProcessing ) {
+				if ( sortList.length ) {
+					ts.sortOn( c, sortList, function() {
+						ts.resortComplete( c, callback );
+					}, true );
+				} else {
+					ts.sortReset( c, function() {
+						ts.resortComplete( c, callback );
+						ts.applyWidget( c.table, false );
+					} );
+				}
+			} else {
+				ts.resortComplete( c, callback );
+				ts.applyWidget( c.table, false );
+			}
+		},
 
-			ts.sortNaturalAsc = function(a, b, col, table, c) {
-				if (a === b) { return 0; }
-				var e = c.string[ (c.empties[col] || c.emptyTo ) ];
-				if (a === '' && e !== 0) { return typeof e === 'boolean' ? (e ? -1 : 1) : -e || -1; }
-				if (b === '' && e !== 0) { return typeof e === 'boolean' ? (e ? 1 : -1) : e || 1; }
-				return ts.sortNatural(a, b);
-			};
+		sortOn : function( c, list, callback, init ) {
+			var table = c.table;
+			c.$table.trigger( 'sortStart', table );
+			// update header count index
+			ts.updateHeaderSortCount( c, list );
+			// set css for headers
+			ts.setHeadersCss( c );
+			// fixes #346
+			if ( c.delayInit && ts.isEmptyObject( c.cache ) ) {
+				ts.buildCache( c );
+			}
+			c.$table.trigger( 'sortBegin', table );
+			// sort the table and append it to the dom
+			ts.multisort( c );
+			ts.appendCache( c, init );
+			c.$table.trigger( 'sortEnd', table );
+			ts.applyWidget( table );
+			if ( $.isFunction( callback ) ) {
+				callback( table );
+			}
+		},
 
-			ts.sortNaturalDesc = function(a, b, col, table, c) {
-				if (a === b) { return 0; }
-				var e = c.string[ (c.empties[col] || c.emptyTo ) ];
-				if (a === '' && e !== 0) { return typeof e === 'boolean' ? (e ? -1 : 1) : e || 1; }
-				if (b === '' && e !== 0) { return typeof e === 'boolean' ? (e ? 1 : -1) : -e || -1; }
-				return ts.sortNatural(b, a);
-			};
+		sortReset : function( c, callback ) {
+			c.sortList = [];
+			ts.setHeadersCss( c );
+			ts.multisort( c );
+			ts.appendCache( c );
+			if ( $.isFunction( callback ) ) {
+				callback( c.table );
+			}
+		},
 
-			// basic alphabetical sort
-			ts.sortText = function(a, b) {
-				return a > b ? 1 : (a < b ? -1 : 0);
-			};
+		getSortType : function( parsers, column ) {
+			return ( parsers && parsers[ column ] ) ? parsers[ column ].type || '' : '';
+		},
 
-			// return text string value by adding up ascii value
-			// so the text is somewhat sorted when using a digital sort
-			// this is NOT an alphanumeric sort
-			ts.getTextValue = function(a, num, mx) {
-				if (mx) {
-					// make sure the text value is greater than the max numerical value (mx)
-					var i, l = a ? a.length : 0, n = mx + num;
-					for (i = 0; i < l; i++) {
-						n += a.charCodeAt(i);
-					}
-					return num * n;
-				}
-				return 0;
-			};
+		formatSortingOrder : function( val ) {
+			// look for 'd' in 'desc' order; return true
+			return ( /^d/i.test( val ) || val === 1 );
+		},
 
-			ts.sortNumericAsc = function(a, b, num, mx, col, table) {
-				if (a === b) { return 0; }
-				var c = table.config,
-					e = c.string[ (c.empties[col] || c.emptyTo ) ];
-				if (a === '' && e !== 0) { return typeof e === 'boolean' ? (e ? -1 : 1) : -e || -1; }
-				if (b === '' && e !== 0) { return typeof e === 'boolean' ? (e ? 1 : -1) : e || 1; }
-				if (isNaN(a)) { a = ts.getTextValue(a, num, mx); }
-				if (isNaN(b)) { b = ts.getTextValue(b, num, mx); }
-				return a - b;
-			};
+		// Natural sort - https://github.com/overset/javascript-natural-sort (date sorting removed)
+		// this function will only accept strings, or you'll see 'TypeError: undefined is not a function'
+		// I could add a = a.toString(); b = b.toString(); but it'll slow down the sort overall
+		sortNatural : function( a, b ) {
+			if ( a === b ) { return 0; }
+			var aNum, bNum, aFloat, bFloat, indx, max,
+				regex = ts.regex;
+			// first try and sort Hex codes
+			if ( regex.hex.test( b ) ) {
+				aNum = parseInt( a.match( regex.hex ), 16 );
+				bNum = parseInt( b.match( regex.hex ), 16 );
+				if ( aNum < bNum ) { return -1; }
+				if ( aNum > bNum ) { return 1; }
+			}
+			// chunk/tokenize
+			aNum = a.replace( regex.chunk, '\\0$1\\0' ).replace( regex.chunks, '' ).split( '\\0' );
+			bNum = b.replace( regex.chunk, '\\0$1\\0' ).replace( regex.chunks, '' ).split( '\\0' );
+			max = Math.max( aNum.length, bNum.length );
+			// natural sorting through split numeric strings and default strings
+			for ( indx = 0; indx < max; indx++ ) {
+				// find floats not starting with '0', string or 0 if not defined
+				aFloat = isNaN( aNum[ indx ] ) ? aNum[ indx ] || 0 : parseFloat( aNum[ indx ] ) || 0;
+				bFloat = isNaN( bNum[ indx ] ) ? bNum[ indx ] || 0 : parseFloat( bNum[ indx ] ) || 0;
+				// handle numeric vs string comparison - number < string - (Kyle Adams)
+				if ( isNaN( aFloat ) !== isNaN( bFloat ) ) { return isNaN( aFloat ) ? 1 : -1; }
+				// rely on string comparison if different types - i.e. '02' < 2 != '02' < '2'
+				if ( typeof aFloat !== typeof bFloat ) {
+					aFloat += '';
+					bFloat += '';
+				}
+				if ( aFloat < bFloat ) { return -1; }
+				if ( aFloat > bFloat ) { return 1; }
+			}
+			return 0;
+		},
 
-			ts.sortNumericDesc = function(a, b, num, mx, col, table) {
-				if (a === b) { return 0; }
-				var c = table.config,
-					e = c.string[ (c.empties[col] || c.emptyTo ) ];
-				if (a === '' && e !== 0) { return typeof e === 'boolean' ? (e ? -1 : 1) : e || 1; }
-				if (b === '' && e !== 0) { return typeof e === 'boolean' ? (e ? 1 : -1) : -e || -1; }
-				if (isNaN(a)) { a = ts.getTextValue(a, num, mx); }
-				if (isNaN(b)) { b = ts.getTextValue(b, num, mx); }
-				return b - a;
-			};
+		sortNaturalAsc : function( a, b, col, c ) {
+			if ( a === b ) { return 0; }
+			var empty = ts.string[ ( c.empties[ col ] || c.emptyTo ) ];
+			if ( a === '' && empty !== 0 ) { return typeof empty === 'boolean' ? ( empty ? -1 : 1 ) : -empty || -1; }
+			if ( b === '' && empty !== 0 ) { return typeof empty === 'boolean' ? ( empty ? 1 : -1 ) : empty || 1; }
+			return ts.sortNatural( a, b );
+		},
 
-			ts.sortNumeric = function(a, b) {
-				return a - b;
-			};
+		sortNaturalDesc : function( a, b, col, c ) {
+			if ( a === b ) { return 0; }
+			var empty = ts.string[ ( c.empties[ col ] || c.emptyTo ) ];
+			if ( a === '' && empty !== 0 ) { return typeof empty === 'boolean' ? ( empty ? -1 : 1 ) : empty || 1; }
+			if ( b === '' && empty !== 0 ) { return typeof empty === 'boolean' ? ( empty ? 1 : -1 ) : -empty || -1; }
+			return ts.sortNatural( b, a );
+		},
 
-			// used when replacing accented characters during sorting
-			ts.characterEquivalents = {
-				'a' : '\u00e1\u00e0\u00e2\u00e3\u00e4\u0105\u00e5', // áàâãäąå
-				'A' : '\u00c1\u00c0\u00c2\u00c3\u00c4\u0104\u00c5', // ÁÀÂÃÄĄÅ
-				'c' : '\u00e7\u0107\u010d', // çćč
-				'C' : '\u00c7\u0106\u010c', // ÇĆČ
-				'e' : '\u00e9\u00e8\u00ea\u00eb\u011b\u0119', // éèêëěę
-				'E' : '\u00c9\u00c8\u00ca\u00cb\u011a\u0118', // ÉÈÊËĚĘ
-				'i' : '\u00ed\u00ec\u0130\u00ee\u00ef\u0131', // íìİîïı
-				'I' : '\u00cd\u00cc\u0130\u00ce\u00cf', // ÍÌİÎÏ
-				'o' : '\u00f3\u00f2\u00f4\u00f5\u00f6\u014d', // óòôõöō
-				'O' : '\u00d3\u00d2\u00d4\u00d5\u00d6\u014c', // ÓÒÔÕÖŌ
-				'ss': '\u00df', // ß (s sharp)
-				'SS': '\u1e9e', // ẞ (Capital sharp s)
-				'u' : '\u00fa\u00f9\u00fb\u00fc\u016f', // úùûüů
-				'U' : '\u00da\u00d9\u00db\u00dc\u016e' // ÚÙÛÜŮ
-			};
-			ts.replaceAccents = function(s) {
-				var a, acc = '[', eq = ts.characterEquivalents;
-				if (!ts.characterRegex) {
-					ts.characterRegexArray = {};
-					for (a in eq) {
-						if (typeof a === 'string') {
-							acc += eq[a];
-							ts.characterRegexArray[a] = new RegExp('[' + eq[a] + ']', 'g');
-						}
-					}
-					ts.characterRegex = new RegExp(acc + ']');
-				}
-				if (ts.characterRegex.test(s)) {
-					for (a in eq) {
-						if (typeof a === 'string') {
-							s = s.replace( ts.characterRegexArray[a], a );
-						}
-					}
-				}
-				return s;
-			};
+		// basic alphabetical sort
+		sortText : function( a, b ) {
+			return a > b ? 1 : ( a < b ? -1 : 0 );
+		},
 
-			// *** utilities ***
-			ts.isValueInArray = function( column, arry ) {
+		// return text string value by adding up ascii value
+		// so the text is somewhat sorted when using a digital sort
+		// this is NOT an alphanumeric sort
+		getTextValue : function( val, num, max ) {
+			if ( max ) {
+				// make sure the text value is greater than the max numerical value (max)
 				var indx,
-					len = arry && arry.length || 0;
+					len = val ? val.length : 0,
+					n = max + num;
 				for ( indx = 0; indx < len; indx++ ) {
-					if ( arry[ indx ][ 0 ] === column ) {
-						return indx;
-					}
+					n += val.charCodeAt( indx );
 				}
-				return -1;
-			};
+				return num * n;
+			}
+			return 0;
+		},
 
-			ts.addParser = function(parser) {
-				var i, l = ts.parsers.length, a = true;
-				for (i = 0; i < l; i++) {
-					if (ts.parsers[i].id.toLowerCase() === parser.id.toLowerCase()) {
-						a = false;
-					}
-				}
-				if (a) {
-					ts.parsers.push(parser);
-				}
-			};
+		sortNumericAsc : function( a, b, num, max, col, c ) {
+			if ( a === b ) { return 0; }
+			var empty = ts.string[ ( c.empties[ col ] || c.emptyTo ) ];
+			if ( a === '' && empty !== 0 ) { return typeof empty === 'boolean' ? ( empty ? -1 : 1 ) : -empty || -1; }
+			if ( b === '' && empty !== 0 ) { return typeof empty === 'boolean' ? ( empty ? 1 : -1 ) : empty || 1; }
+			if ( isNaN( a ) ) { a = ts.getTextValue( a, num, max ); }
+			if ( isNaN( b ) ) { b = ts.getTextValue( b, num, max ); }
+			return a - b;
+		},
 
-			// Use it to add a set of methods to table.config which will be available for all tables.
-			// This should be done before table initialization
-			ts.addInstanceMethods = function(methods) {
-				$.extend(ts.instanceMethods, methods);
-			};
+		sortNumericDesc : function( a, b, num, max, col, c ) {
+			if ( a === b ) { return 0; }
+			var empty = ts.string[ ( c.empties[ col ] || c.emptyTo ) ];
+			if ( a === '' && empty !== 0 ) { return typeof empty === 'boolean' ? ( empty ? -1 : 1 ) : empty || 1; }
+			if ( b === '' && empty !== 0 ) { return typeof empty === 'boolean' ? ( empty ? 1 : -1 ) : -empty || -1; }
+			if ( isNaN( a ) ) { a = ts.getTextValue( a, num, max ); }
+			if ( isNaN( b ) ) { b = ts.getTextValue( b, num, max ); }
+			return b - a;
+		},
 
-			ts.getParserById = function(name) {
-				/*jshint eqeqeq:false */
-				if (name == 'false') { return false; }
-				var i, l = ts.parsers.length;
-				for (i = 0; i < l; i++) {
-					if (ts.parsers[i].id.toLowerCase() === (name.toString()).toLowerCase()) {
-						return ts.parsers[i];
-					}
-				}
-				return false;
-			};
+		sortNumeric : function( a, b ) {
+			return a - b;
+		},
 
-			ts.addWidget = function(widget) {
-				ts.widgets.push(widget);
-			};
+		/*
+		██ ██ ██ ██ █████▄ ▄████▄ ██████ ██████ ▄█████
+		██ ██ ██ ██ ██  ██ ██ ▄▄▄ ██▄▄     ██   ▀█▄
+		██ ██ ██ ██ ██  ██ ██ ▀██ ██▀▀     ██      ▀█▄
+		███████▀ ██ █████▀ ▀████▀ ██████   ██   █████▀
+		*/
+		addWidget : function( widget ) {
+			ts.widgets.push( widget );
+		},
 
-			ts.hasWidget = function( $table, name ) {
-				$table = $( $table );
-				return $table.length && $table[0].config && $table[0].config.widgetInit[name] || false;
-			};
+		hasWidget : function( $table, name ) {
+			$table = $( $table );
+			return $table.length && $table[ 0 ].config && $table[ 0 ].config.widgetInit[ name ] || false;
+		},
 
-			ts.getWidgetById = function(name) {
-				var i, w, l = ts.widgets.length;
-				for (i = 0; i < l; i++) {
-					w = ts.widgets[i];
-					if (w && w.hasOwnProperty('id') && w.id.toLowerCase() === name.toLowerCase()) {
-						return w;
-					}
+		getWidgetById : function( name ) {
+			var indx, widget,
+				len = ts.widgets.length;
+			for ( indx = 0; indx < len; indx++ ) {
+				widget = ts.widgets[ indx ];
+				if ( widget && widget.id && widget.id.toLowerCase() === name.toLowerCase() ) {
+					return widget;
 				}
-			};
+			}
+		},
 
-			ts.applyWidgetOptions = function( table, c ){
-				var indx, widget,
-					len = c.widgets.length;
-				if (len) {
-					for (indx = 0; indx < len; indx++) {
-						widget = ts.getWidgetById( c.widgets[indx] );
-						if ( widget && 'options' in widget ) {
-							c.widgetOptions = $.extend( true, {}, widget.options, c.widgetOptions );
-						}
+		applyWidgetOptions : function( table ) {
+			var indx, widget,
+				c = table.config,
+				len = c.widgets.length;
+			if ( len ) {
+				for ( indx = 0; indx < len; indx++ ) {
+					widget = ts.getWidgetById( c.widgets[ indx ] );
+					if ( widget && widget.options ) {
+						c.widgetOptions = $.extend( true, {}, widget.options, c.widgetOptions );
 					}
 				}
-			};
+			}
+		},
 
-			ts.applyWidget = function(table, init, callback) {
-				table = $(table)[0]; // in case this is called externally
-				var indx, len, names, widget, name, applied,
-					c = table.config,
-					tableClass = ' ' + c.table.className + ' ',
-					widgets = [],
-					time, time2, w, wd;
-				// prevent numerous consecutive widget applications
-				if (init !== false && table.hasInitialized && (table.isApplyingWidgets || table.isUpdating)) { return; }
-				if (c.debug) { time = new Date(); }
-				// look for widgets to apply from in table class
+		addWidgetFromClass : function( table ) {
+			var len, indx,
+				c = table.config,
+				// look for widgets to apply from table class
 				// stop using \b otherwise this matches 'ui-widget-content' & adds 'content' widget
-				wd = new RegExp( '\\s' + c.widgetClass.replace( ts.regex.templateName, '([\\w-]+)' ) + '\\s', 'g' );
-				if ( tableClass.match( wd ) ) {
-					// extract out the widget id from the table class (widget id's can include dashes)
-					w = tableClass.match( wd );
-					if ( w ) {
-						len = w.length;
-						for (indx = 0; indx < len; indx++) {
-							c.widgets.push( w[indx].replace( wd, '$1' ) );
-						}
-					}
+				regex = '\\s' + c.widgetClass.replace( ts.regex.templateName, '([\\w-]+)' ) + '\\s',
+				widgetClass = new RegExp( regex, 'g' ),
+				// extract out the widget id from the table class (widget id's can include dashes)
+				widget = ( ' ' + c.table.className + ' ' ).match( widgetClass );
+			if ( widget ) {
+				len = widget.length;
+				for ( indx = 0; indx < len; indx++ ) {
+					c.widgets.push( widget[ indx ].replace( widgetClass, '$1' ) );
 				}
-				if (c.widgets.length) {
-					table.isApplyingWidgets = true;
-					// ensure unique widget ids
-					c.widgets = $.grep(c.widgets, function(v, k){
-						return $.inArray(v, c.widgets) === k;
-					});
-					names = c.widgets || [];
-					len = names.length;
-					// build widget array & add priority as needed
-					for (indx = 0; indx < len; indx++) {
-						wd = ts.getWidgetById(names[indx]);
-						if (wd && wd.id) {
-							// set priority to 10 if not defined
-							if (!wd.priority) { wd.priority = 10; }
-							widgets[indx] = wd;
-						}
-					}
-					// sort widgets by priority
-					widgets.sort(function(a, b){
-						return a.priority < b.priority ? -1 : a.priority === b.priority ? 0 : 1;
-					});
-					// add/update selected widgets
-					len = widgets.length;
-					if (c.debug) {
-						console[ console.group ? 'group' : 'log' ]( 'Start ' + ( init ? 'initializing' : 'applying' ) + ' widgets' );
+			}
+		},
+
+		applyWidget : function( table, init, callback ) {
+			table = $( table )[ 0 ]; // in case this is called externally
+			var indx, len, names, widget, name, applied, time, time2,
+				c = table.config,
+				widgets = [];
+			// prevent numerous consecutive widget applications
+			if ( init !== false && table.hasInitialized && ( table.isApplyingWidgets || table.isUpdating ) ) {
+				return;
+			}
+			if ( c.debug ) { time = new Date(); }
+			ts.addWidgetFromClass( table );
+			if ( c.widgets.length ) {
+				table.isApplyingWidgets = true;
+				// ensure unique widget ids
+				c.widgets = $.grep( c.widgets, function( val, index ) {
+					return $.inArray( val, c.widgets ) === index;
+				});
+				names = c.widgets || [];
+				len = names.length;
+				// build widget array & add priority as needed
+				for ( indx = 0; indx < len; indx++ ) {
+					widget = ts.getWidgetById( names[ indx ] );
+					if ( widget && widget.id ) {
+						// set priority to 10 if not defined
+						if ( !widget.priority ) { widget.priority = 10; }
+						widgets[ indx ] = widget;
 					}
-					for (indx = 0; indx < len; indx++) {
-						widget = widgets[indx];
-						if (widget) {
-							name = widget.id;
-							applied = false;
-							if (c.debug) { time2 = new Date(); }
-
-							if ( init || !( c.widgetInit[ name ] ) ) {
-								// set init flag first to prevent calling init more than once (e.g. pager)
-								c.widgetInit[ name ] = true;
-								if (table.hasInitialized) {
-									// don't reapply widget options on tablesorter init
-									ts.applyWidgetOptions( table, table.config );
-								}
-								if ( 'init' in widget ) {
-									applied = true;
-									if (c.debug) {
-										console[ console.group ? 'group' : 'log' ]( 'Initializing ' + name + ' widget' );
-									}
-									widget.init(table, widget, table.config, table.config.widgetOptions);
-								}
+				}
+				// sort widgets by priority
+				widgets.sort( function( a, b ) {
+					return a.priority < b.priority ? -1 : a.priority === b.priority ? 0 : 1;
+				});
+				// add/update selected widgets
+				len = widgets.length;
+				if ( c.debug ) {
+					console[ console.group ? 'group' : 'log' ]( 'Start ' + ( init ? 'initializing' : 'applying' ) + ' widgets' );
+				}
+				for ( indx = 0; indx < len; indx++ ) {
+					widget = widgets[ indx ];
+					if ( widget ) {
+						name = widget.id;
+						applied = false;
+						if ( c.debug ) { time2 = new Date(); }
+
+						if ( init || !( c.widgetInit[ name ] ) ) {
+							// set init flag first to prevent calling init more than once (e.g. pager)
+							c.widgetInit[ name ] = true;
+							if ( table.hasInitialized ) {
+								// don't reapply widget options on tablesorter init
+								ts.applyWidgetOptions( table );
 							}
-							if ( !init && 'format' in widget ) {
+							if ( typeof widget.init === 'function' ) {
 								applied = true;
-								if (c.debug) {
-									console[ console.group ? 'group' : 'log' ]( 'Updating ' + name + ' widget' );
+								if ( c.debug ) {
+									console[ console.group ? 'group' : 'log' ]( 'Initializing ' + name + ' widget' );
 								}
-								widget.format(table, table.config, table.config.widgetOptions, false);
+								widget.init( table, widget, table.config, table.config.widgetOptions );
 							}
-							if (c.debug) {
-								if (applied) {
-									console.log( 'Completed ' + ( init ? 'initializing ' : 'applying ' ) + name + ' widget' + ts.benchmark( time2 ) );
-									if ( console.groupEnd ) { console.groupEnd(); }
-								}
+						}
+						if ( !init && typeof widget.format === 'function' ) {
+							applied = true;
+							if ( c.debug ) {
+								console[ console.group ? 'group' : 'log' ]( 'Updating ' + name + ' widget' );
+							}
+							widget.format( table, table.config, table.config.widgetOptions, false );
+						}
+						if ( c.debug ) {
+							if ( applied ) {
+								console.log( 'Completed ' + ( init ? 'initializing ' : 'applying ' ) + name + ' widget' + ts.benchmark( time2 ) );
+								if ( console.groupEnd ) { console.groupEnd(); }
 							}
 						}
 					}
-					if ( c.debug && console.groupEnd ) { console.groupEnd(); }
-					// callback executed on init only
-					if (!init && typeof callback === 'function') {
-						callback(table);
+				}
+				if ( c.debug && console.groupEnd ) { console.groupEnd(); }
+				// callback executed on init only
+				if ( !init && typeof callback === 'function' ) {
+					callback( table );
+				}
+			}
+			setTimeout( function() {
+				table.isApplyingWidgets = false;
+				$.data( table, 'lastWidgetApplication', new Date() );
+				c.$table.trigger('tablesorter-ready');
+			}, 0 );
+			if ( c.debug ) {
+				widget = c.widgets.length;
+				console.log( 'Completed ' +
+					( init === true ? 'initializing ' : 'applying ' ) + widget +
+					' widget' + ( widget !== 1 ? 's' : '' ) + ts.benchmark( time ) );
+			}
+		},
+
+		removeWidget : function( table, name, refreshing ) {
+			table = $( table )[ 0 ];
+			var index, widget, indx, len,
+				c = table.config;
+			// if name === true, add all widgets from $.tablesorter.widgets
+			if ( name === true ) {
+				name = [];
+				len = ts.widgets.length;
+				for ( indx = 0; indx < len; indx++ ) {
+					widget = ts.widgets[ indx ];
+					if ( widget && widget.id ) {
+						name.push( widget.id );
+					}
+				}
+			} else {
+				// name can be either an array of widgets names,
+				// or a space/comma separated list of widget names
+				name = ( $.isArray( name ) ? name.join( ',' ) : name || '' ).toLowerCase().split( /[\s,]+/ );
+			}
+			len = name.length;
+			for ( index = 0; index < len; index++ ) {
+				widget = ts.getWidgetById( name[ index ] );
+				indx = $.inArray( name[ index ], c.widgets );
+				if ( widget && widget.remove ) {
+					if ( c.debug ) {
+						console.log( ( refreshing ? 'Refreshing' : 'Removing' ) + ' "' + name[ index ] + '" widget' );
 					}
+					widget.remove( table, c, c.widgetOptions, refreshing );
+					c.widgetInit[ name[ index ] ] = false;
 				}
-				setTimeout(function(){
-					table.isApplyingWidgets = false;
-					$.data(table, 'lastWidgetApplication', new Date());
-				}, 0);
-				if (c.debug) {
-					w = c.widgets.length;
-					console.log( 'Completed ' + (init === true ? 'initializing ' : 'applying ') + w + ' widget' + (w !== 1 ? 's' : '') + ts.benchmark(time) );
+				// don't remove the widget from config.widget if refreshing
+				if ( indx >= 0 && refreshing !== true ) {
+					c.widgets.splice( indx, 1 );
 				}
-			};
+			}
+		},
+
+		refreshWidgets : function( table, doAll, dontapply ) {
+			table = $( table )[ 0 ]; // see issue #243
+			var indx, widget,
+				c = table.config,
+				curWidgets = c.widgets,
+				widgets = ts.widgets,
+				len = widgets.length,
+				list = [],
+				callback = function( table ) {
+					$( table ).trigger( 'refreshComplete' );
+				};
+			// remove widgets not defined in config.widgets, unless doAll is true
+			for ( indx = 0; indx < len; indx++ ) {
+				widget = widgets[ indx ];
+				if ( widget && widget.id && ( doAll || $.inArray( widget.id, curWidgets ) < 0 ) ) {
+					list.push( widget.id );
+				}
+			}
+			ts.removeWidget( table, list.join( ',' ), true );
+			if ( dontapply !== true ) {
+				// call widget init if
+				ts.applyWidget( table, doAll || false, callback );
+				if ( doAll ) {
+					// apply widget format
+					ts.applyWidget( table, false, callback );
+				}
+			} else {
+				callback( table );
+			}
+		},
+
+		/*
+		██  ██ ██████ ██ ██     ██ ██████ ██ ██████ ▄█████
+		██  ██   ██   ██ ██     ██   ██   ██ ██▄▄   ▀█▄
+		██  ██   ██   ██ ██     ██   ██   ██ ██▀▀      ▀█▄
+		▀████▀   ██   ██ ██████ ██   ██   ██ ██████ █████▀
+		*/
+		benchmark : function( diff ) {
+			return ( ' ( ' + ( new Date().getTime() - diff.getTime() ) + 'ms )' );
+		},
+		// deprecated ts.log
+		log : function() {
+			console.log( arguments );
+		},
+
+		// $.isEmptyObject from jQuery v1.4
+		isEmptyObject : function( obj ) {
+			/*jshint forin: false */
+			for ( var name in obj ) {
+				return false;
+			}
+			return true;
+		},
+
+		isValueInArray : function( column, arry ) {
+			var indx,
+				len = arry && arry.length || 0;
+			for ( indx = 0; indx < len; indx++ ) {
+				if ( arry[ indx ][ 0 ] === column ) {
+					return indx;
+				}
+			}
+			return -1;
+		},
+
+		formatFloat : function( str, table ) {
+			if ( typeof str !== 'string' || str === '' ) { return str; }
+			// allow using formatFloat without a table; defaults to US number format
+			var num,
+				usFormat = table && table.config ? table.config.usNumberFormat !== false :
+					typeof table !== 'undefined' ? table : true;
+			if ( usFormat ) {
+				// US Format - 1,234,567.89 -> 1234567.89
+				str = str.replace( ts.regex.comma, '' );
+			} else {
+				// German Format = 1.234.567,89 -> 1234567.89
+				// French Format = 1 234 567,89 -> 1234567.89
+				str = str.replace( ts.regex.digitNonUS, '' ).replace( ts.regex.comma, '.' );
+			}
+			if ( ts.regex.digitNegativeTest.test( str ) ) {
+				// make (#) into a negative number -> (10) = -10
+				str = str.replace( ts.regex.digitNegativeReplace, '-$1' );
+			}
+			num = parseFloat( str );
+			// return the text instead of zero
+			return isNaN( num ) ? $.trim( str ) : num;
+		},
+
+		isDigit : function( str ) {
+			// replace all unwanted chars and match
+			return isNaN( str ) ?
+				ts.regex.digitTest.test( str.toString().replace( ts.regex.digitReplace, '' ) ) :
+				str !== '';
+		},
 
-			ts.removeWidget = function(table, name, refreshing){
-				table = $(table)[0];
-				var i, widget, indx, len,
-					c = table.config;
-				// if name === true, add all widgets from $.tablesorter.widgets
-				if (name === true) {
-					name = [];
-					len = ts.widgets.length;
-					for (indx = 0; indx < len; indx++) {
-						widget = ts.widgets[indx];
-						if (widget && widget.id) {
-							name.push( widget.id );
+		// computeTableHeaderCellIndexes from:
+		// http://www.javascripttoolbox.com/lib/table/examples.php
+		// http://www.javascripttoolbox.com/temp/table_cellindex.html
+		computeColumnIndex : function( $rows ) {
+			var i, j, k, l, $cell, cell, cells, rowIndex, cellId, rowSpan, colSpan, firstAvailCol,
+				matrix = [],
+				matrixrow = [];
+			for ( i = 0; i < $rows.length; i++ ) {
+				cells = $rows[ i ].cells;
+				for ( j = 0; j < cells.length; j++ ) {
+					cell = cells[ j ];
+					$cell = $( cell );
+					rowIndex = cell.parentNode.rowIndex;
+					cellId = rowIndex + '-' + $cell.index();
+					rowSpan = cell.rowSpan || 1;
+					colSpan = cell.colSpan || 1;
+					if ( typeof matrix[ rowIndex ] === 'undefined' ) {
+						matrix[ rowIndex ] = [];
+					}
+					// Find first available column in the first row
+					for ( k = 0; k < matrix[ rowIndex ].length + 1; k++ ) {
+						if ( typeof matrix[ rowIndex ][ k ] === 'undefined' ) {
+							firstAvailCol = k;
+							break;
 						}
 					}
-				} else {
-					// name can be either an array of widgets names,
-					// or a space/comma separated list of widget names
-					name = ( $.isArray(name) ? name.join(',') : name || '' ).toLowerCase().split( /[\s,]+/ );
-				}
-				len = name.length;
-				for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-					widget = ts.getWidgetById(name[i]);
-					indx = $.inArray( name[i], c.widgets );
-					if ( widget && 'remove' in widget ) {
-						if (c.debug && indx >= 0) { console.log( 'Removing "' + name[i] + '" widget' ); }
-						if ( c.debug ) {
-							console.log( ( refreshing ? 'Refreshing' : 'Removing' ) + ' "' + name[i] + '" widget' );
-						}
-						widget.remove(table, c, c.widgetOptions, refreshing);
-						c.widgetInit[ name[i] ] = false;
+					// add data-column (setAttribute = IE8+)
+					if ( cell.setAttribute ) {
+						cell.setAttribute( 'data-column', firstAvailCol );
+					} else {
+						$cell.attr( 'data-column', firstAvailCol );
 					}
-					// don't remove the widget from config.widget if refreshing
-					if (indx >= 0 && refreshing !== true) {
-						c.widgets.splice( indx, 1 );
+					for ( k = rowIndex; k < rowIndex + rowSpan; k++ ) {
+						if ( typeof matrix[ k ] === 'undefined' ) {
+							matrix[ k ] = [];
+						}
+						matrixrow = matrix[ k ];
+						for ( l = firstAvailCol; l < firstAvailCol + colSpan; l++ ) {
+							matrixrow[ l ] = 'x';
+						}
 					}
 				}
-			};
+			}
+			return matrixrow.length;
+		},
 
-			ts.refreshWidgets = function(table, doAll, dontapply) {
-				table = $(table)[0]; // see issue #243
-				var indx,
-					c = table.config,
-					cw = c.widgets,
-					widgets = ts.widgets,
-					len = widgets.length,
-					list = [],
-					callback = function(table){
-						$(table).trigger('refreshComplete');
-					};
-				// remove widgets not defined in config.widgets, unless doAll is true
-				for (indx = 0; indx < len; indx++) {
-					if (widgets[indx] && widgets[indx].id && (doAll || $.inArray( widgets[indx].id, cw ) < 0)) {
-						list.push( widgets[indx].id );
-					}
+		// automatically add a colgroup with col elements set to a percentage width
+		fixColumnWidth : function( table ) {
+			table = $( table )[ 0 ];
+			var overallWidth, percent, $tbodies, len, index,
+				c = table.config,
+				$colgroup = c.$table.children( 'colgroup' );
+			// remove plugin-added colgroup, in case we need to refresh the widths
+			if ( $colgroup.length && $colgroup.hasClass( ts.css.colgroup ) ) {
+				$colgroup.remove();
+			}
+			if ( c.widthFixed && c.$table.children( 'colgroup' ).length === 0 ) {
+				$colgroup = $( '<colgroup class="' + ts.css.colgroup + '">' );
+				overallWidth = c.$table.width();
+				// only add col for visible columns - fixes #371
+				$tbodies = c.$tbodies.find( 'tr:first' ).children( ':visible' );
+				len = $tbodies.length;
+				for ( index = 0; index < len; index++ ) {
+					percent = parseInt( ( $tbodies.eq( index ).width() / overallWidth ) * 1000, 10 ) / 10 + '%';
+					$colgroup.append( $( '<col>' ).css( 'width', percent ) );
 				}
-				ts.removeWidget( table, list.join(','), true );
-				if (dontapply !== true) {
-					// call widget init if
-					ts.applyWidget(table, doAll || false, callback );
-					if (doAll) {
-						// apply widget format
-						ts.applyWidget(table, false, callback);
+				c.$table.prepend( $colgroup );
+			}
+		},
+
+		// get sorter, string, empty, etc options for each column from
+		// jQuery data, metadata, header option or header class name ('sorter-false')
+		// priority = jQuery data > meta > headers option > header class name
+		getData : function( header, configHeader, key ) {
+			var meta, cl4ss,
+				val = '',
+				$header = $( header );
+			if ( !$header.length ) { return ''; }
+			meta = $.metadata ? $header.metadata() : false;
+			cl4ss = ' ' + ( $header.attr( 'class' ) || '' );
+			if ( typeof $header.data( key ) !== 'undefined' ||
+				typeof $header.data( key.toLowerCase() ) !== 'undefined' ) {
+				// 'data-lockedOrder' is assigned to 'lockedorder'; but 'data-locked-order' is assigned to 'lockedOrder'
+				// 'data-sort-initial-order' is assigned to 'sortInitialOrder'
+				val += $header.data( key ) || $header.data( key.toLowerCase() );
+			} else if ( meta && typeof meta[ key ] !== 'undefined' ) {
+				val += meta[ key ];
+			} else if ( configHeader && typeof configHeader[ key ] !== 'undefined' ) {
+				val += configHeader[ key ];
+			} else if ( cl4ss !== ' ' && cl4ss.match( ' ' + key + '-' ) ) {
+				// include sorter class name 'sorter-text', etc; now works with 'sorter-my-custom-parser'
+				val = cl4ss.match( new RegExp( '\\s' + key + '-([\\w-]+)' ) )[ 1 ] || '';
+			}
+			return $.trim( val );
+		},
+
+		getColumnData : function( table, obj, indx, getCell, $headers ) {
+			if ( typeof obj === 'undefined' || obj === null ) { return; }
+			table = $( table )[ 0 ];
+			var $header, key,
+				c = table.config,
+				$cells = ( $headers || c.$headers ),
+				// c.$headerIndexed is not defined initially
+				$cell = c.$headerIndexed && c.$headerIndexed[ indx ] ||
+					$cells.filter( '[data-column="' + indx + '"]:last' );
+			if ( obj[ indx ] ) {
+				return getCell ? obj[ indx ] : obj[ $cells.index( $cell ) ];
+			}
+			for ( key in obj ) {
+				if ( typeof key === 'string' ) {
+					$header = $cell
+						// header cell with class/id
+						.filter( key )
+						// find elements within the header cell with cell/id
+						.add( $cell.find( key ) );
+					if ( $header.length ) {
+						return obj[ key ];
 					}
-				} else {
-					callback(table);
 				}
-			};
+			}
+			return;
+		},
 
-			ts.getColumnText = function( table, column, callback ) {
-				table = $( table )[0];
-				var tbodyIndex, rowIndex, cache, row, tbodyLen, rowLen, raw, parsed, $cell, result,
-					hasCallback = typeof callback === 'function',
-					allColumns = column === 'all',
-					data = { raw : [], parsed: [], $cell: [] },
-					c = table.config;
-				if ( ts.isEmptyObject( c ) ) {
-					if ( c.debug ) {
-						console.warn( 'No cache found - aborting getColumnText function!' );
-					}
-				} else {
-					tbodyLen = c.$tbodies.length;
-					for ( tbodyIndex = 0; tbodyIndex < tbodyLen; tbodyIndex++ ) {
-						cache = c.cache[ tbodyIndex ].normalized;
-						rowLen = cache.length;
-						for ( rowIndex = 0; rowIndex < rowLen; rowIndex++ ) {
-							result = true;
-							row =	cache[ rowIndex ];
-							parsed = ( allColumns ) ? row.slice(0, c.columns) : row[ column ];
-							row = row[ c.columns ];
-							raw = ( allColumns ) ? row.raw : row.raw[ column ];
-							$cell = ( allColumns ) ? row.$row.children() : row.$row.children().eq( column );
-							if ( hasCallback ) {
-								result = callback({
-									tbodyIndex: tbodyIndex,
-									rowIndex: rowIndex,
-									parsed: parsed,
-									raw: raw,
-									$row: row.$row,
-									$cell: $cell
-								});
-							}
-							if ( result !== false ) {
-								data.parsed.push( parsed );
-								data.raw.push( raw );
-								data.$cell.push( $cell );
-							}
-						}
-					}
-					// return everything
-					return data;
+		// *** Process table ***
+		// add processing indicator
+		isProcessing : function( $table, toggle, $ths ) {
+			$table = $( $table );
+			var c = $table[ 0 ].config,
+				// default to all headers
+				$header = $ths || $table.find( '.' + ts.css.header );
+			if ( toggle ) {
+				// don't use sortList if custom $ths used
+				if ( typeof $ths !== 'undefined' && c.sortList.length > 0 ) {
+					// get headers from the sortList
+					$header = $header.filter( function() {
+						// get data-column from attr to keep compatibility with jQuery 1.2.6
+						return this.sortDisabled ?
+							false :
+							ts.isValueInArray( parseFloat( $( this ).attr( 'data-column' ) ), c.sortList ) >= 0;
+					});
 				}
-			};
+				$table.add( $header ).addClass( ts.css.processing + ' ' + c.cssProcessing );
+			} else {
+				$table.add( $header ).removeClass( ts.css.processing + ' ' + c.cssProcessing );
+			}
+		},
 
-			// get sorter, string, empty, etc options for each column from
-			// jQuery data, metadata, header option or header class name ('sorter-false')
-			// priority = jQuery data > meta > headers option > header class name
-			ts.getData = function(h, ch, key) {
-				var val = '', $h = $(h), m, cl;
-				if (!$h.length) { return ''; }
-				m = $.metadata ? $h.metadata() : false;
-				cl = ' ' + ($h.attr('class') || '');
-				if (typeof $h.data(key) !== 'undefined' || typeof $h.data(key.toLowerCase()) !== 'undefined'){
-					// 'data-lockedOrder' is assigned to 'lockedorder'; but 'data-locked-order' is assigned to 'lockedOrder'
-					// 'data-sort-initial-order' is assigned to 'sortInitialOrder'
-					val += $h.data(key) || $h.data(key.toLowerCase());
-				} else if (m && typeof m[key] !== 'undefined') {
-					val += m[key];
-				} else if (ch && typeof ch[key] !== 'undefined') {
-					val += ch[key];
-				} else if (cl !== ' ' && cl.match(' ' + key + '-')) {
-					// include sorter class name 'sorter-text', etc; now works with 'sorter-my-custom-parser'
-					val = cl.match( new RegExp('\\s' + key + '-([\\w-]+)') )[1] || '';
-				}
-				return $.trim(val);
-			};
+		// detach tbody but save the position
+		// don't use tbody because there are portions that look for a tbody index (updateCell)
+		processTbody : function( table, $tb, getIt ) {
+			table = $( table )[ 0 ];
+			if ( getIt ) {
+				table.isProcessing = true;
+				$tb.before( '<colgroup class="tablesorter-savemyplace"/>' );
+				return $.fn.detach ? $tb.detach() : $tb.remove();
+			}
+			var holdr = $( table ).find( 'colgroup.tablesorter-savemyplace' );
+			$tb.insertAfter( holdr );
+			holdr.remove();
+			table.isProcessing = false;
+		},
 
-			ts.regex.comma = /,/g;
-			ts.regex.digitNonUS = /[\s|\.]/g;
-			ts.regex.digitNegativeTest = /^\s*\([.\d]+\)/;
-			ts.regex.digitNegativeReplace = /^\s*\(([.\d]+)\)/;
-			ts.formatFloat = function(s, table) {
-				if (typeof s !== 'string' || s === '') { return s; }
-				// allow using formatFloat without a table; defaults to US number format
-				var i,
-					t = table && table.config ? table.config.usNumberFormat !== false :
-						typeof table !== 'undefined' ? table : true;
-				if (t) {
-					// US Format - 1,234,567.89 -> 1234567.89
-					s = s.replace(ts.regex.comma, '');
-				} else {
-					// German Format = 1.234.567,89 -> 1234567.89
-					// French Format = 1 234 567,89 -> 1234567.89
-					s = s.replace(ts.regex.digitNonUS, '').replace(ts.regex.comma, '.');
+		clearTableBody : function( table ) {
+			$( table )[ 0 ].config.$tbodies.children().detach();
+		},
+
+		// used when replacing accented characters during sorting
+		characterEquivalents : {
+			'a' : '\u00e1\u00e0\u00e2\u00e3\u00e4\u0105\u00e5', // áàâãäąå
+			'A' : '\u00c1\u00c0\u00c2\u00c3\u00c4\u0104\u00c5', // ÁÀÂÃÄĄÅ
+			'c' : '\u00e7\u0107\u010d', // çćč
+			'C' : '\u00c7\u0106\u010c', // ÇĆČ
+			'e' : '\u00e9\u00e8\u00ea\u00eb\u011b\u0119', // éèêëěę
+			'E' : '\u00c9\u00c8\u00ca\u00cb\u011a\u0118', // ÉÈÊËĚĘ
+			'i' : '\u00ed\u00ec\u0130\u00ee\u00ef\u0131', // íìİîïı
+			'I' : '\u00cd\u00cc\u0130\u00ce\u00cf', // ÍÌİÎÏ
+			'o' : '\u00f3\u00f2\u00f4\u00f5\u00f6\u014d', // óòôõöō
+			'O' : '\u00d3\u00d2\u00d4\u00d5\u00d6\u014c', // ÓÒÔÕÖŌ
+			'ss': '\u00df', // ß (s sharp)
+			'SS': '\u1e9e', // ẞ (Capital sharp s)
+			'u' : '\u00fa\u00f9\u00fb\u00fc\u016f', // úùûüů
+			'U' : '\u00da\u00d9\u00db\u00dc\u016e' // ÚÙÛÜŮ
+		},
+
+		replaceAccents : function( str ) {
+			var chr,
+				acc = '[',
+				eq = ts.characterEquivalents;
+			if ( !ts.characterRegex ) {
+				ts.characterRegexArray = {};
+				for ( chr in eq ) {
+					if ( typeof chr === 'string' ) {
+						acc += eq[ chr ];
+						ts.characterRegexArray[ chr ] = new RegExp( '[' + eq[ chr ] + ']', 'g' );
+					}
 				}
-				if (ts.regex.digitNegativeTest.test(s)) {
-					// make (#) into a negative number -> (10) = -10
-					s = s.replace(ts.regex.digitNegativeReplace, '-$1');
+				ts.characterRegex = new RegExp( acc + ']' );
+			}
+			if ( ts.characterRegex.test( str ) ) {
+				for ( chr in eq ) {
+					if ( typeof chr === 'string' ) {
+						str = str.replace( ts.characterRegexArray[ chr ], chr );
+					}
 				}
-				i = parseFloat(s);
-				// return the text instead of zero
-				return isNaN(i) ? $.trim(s) : i;
-			};
+			}
+			return str;
+		},
 
-			ts.regex.digitTest = /^[\-+(]?\d+[)]?$/;
-			ts.regex.digitReplace = /[,.'"\s]/g;
-			ts.isDigit = function(s) {
-				// replace all unwanted chars and match
-				return isNaN(s) ?
-					ts.regex.digitTest.test( s.toString().replace( ts.regex.digitReplace, '' ) ) :
-					s !== '';
-			};
+		// restore headers
+		restoreHeaders : function( table ) {
+			var index, $cell,
+				c = $( table )[ 0 ].config,
+				$headers = c.$table.find( c.selectorHeaders ),
+				len = $headers.length;
+			// don't use c.$headers here in case header cells were swapped
+			for ( index = 0; index < len; index++ ) {
+				$cell = $headers.eq( index );
+				// only restore header cells if it is wrapped
+				// because this is also used by the updateAll method
+				if ( $cell.find( '.' + ts.css.headerIn ).length ) {
+					$cell.html( c.headerContent[ index ] );
+				}
+			}
+		},
 
-		}()
-	});
+		destroy : function( table, removeClasses, callback ) {
+			table = $( table )[ 0 ];
+			if ( !table.hasInitialized ) { return; }
+			// remove all widgets
+			ts.removeWidget( table, true, false );
+			var events,
+				$t = $( table ),
+				c = table.config,
+				debug = c.debug,
+				$h = $t.find( 'thead:first' ),
+				$r = $h.find( 'tr.' + ts.css.headerRow ).removeClass( ts.css.headerRow + ' ' + c.cssHeaderRow ),
+				$f = $t.find( 'tfoot:first > tr' ).children( 'th, td' );
+			if ( removeClasses === false && $.inArray( 'uitheme', c.widgets ) >= 0 ) {
+				// reapply uitheme classes, in case we want to maintain appearance
+				$t.trigger( 'applyWidgetId', [ 'uitheme' ] );
+				$t.trigger( 'applyWidgetId', [ 'zebra' ] );
+			}
+			// remove widget added rows, just in case
+			$h.find( 'tr' ).not( $r ).remove();
+			// disable tablesorter
+			events = 'sortReset update updateRows updateAll updateHeaders updateCell addRows updateComplete sorton ' +
+				'appendCache updateCache applyWidgetId applyWidgets refreshWidgets destroy mouseup mouseleave keypress ' +
+				'sortBegin sortEnd resetToLoadState '.split( ' ' )
+				.join( c.namespace + ' ' );
+			$t
+				.removeData( 'tablesorter' )
+				.unbind( events.replace( ts.regex.spaces, ' ' ) );
+			c.$headers
+				.add( $f )
+				.removeClass( [ ts.css.header, c.cssHeader, c.cssAsc, c.cssDesc, ts.css.sortAsc, ts.css.sortDesc, ts.css.sortNone ].join( ' ' ) )
+				.removeAttr( 'data-column' )
+				.removeAttr( 'aria-label' )
+				.attr( 'aria-disabled', 'true' );
+			$r
+				.find( c.selectorSort )
+				.unbind( ( 'mousedown mouseup keypress '.split( ' ' ).join( c.namespace + ' ' ) ).replace( ts.regex.spaces, ' ' ) );
+			ts.restoreHeaders( table );
+			$t.toggleClass( ts.css.table + ' ' + c.tableClass + ' tablesorter-' + c.theme, removeClasses === false );
+			// clear flag in case the plugin is initialized again
+			table.hasInitialized = false;
+			delete table.config.cache;
+			if ( typeof callback === 'function' ) {
+				callback( table );
+			}
+			if ( debug ) {
+				console.log( 'tablesorter has been removed' );
+			}
+		}
 
-	// make shortcut
-	var ts = $.tablesorter;
+	};
 
-	// extend plugin scope
-	$.fn.extend({
-		tablesorter: ts.construct
-	});
+	$.fn.tablesorter = function( settings ) {
+		return this.each( function() {
+			var table = this,
+			// merge & extend config options
+			c = $.extend( true, {}, ts.defaults, settings, ts.instanceMethods );
+			// save initial settings
+			c.originalSettings = settings;
+			// create a table from data (build table widget)
+			if ( !table.hasInitialized && ts.buildTable && this.nodeName !== 'TABLE' ) {
+				// return the table (in case the original target is the table's container)
+				ts.buildTable( table, c );
+			} else {
+				ts.setup( table, c );
+			}
+		});
+	};
 
 	// set up debug logs
 	if ( !( window.console && window.console.log ) ) {
+		// access $.tablesorter.logs for browsers that don't have a console...
 		ts.logs = [];
 		/*jshint -W020 */
 		console = {};
 		console.log = console.warn = console.error = console.table = function() {
-			ts.logs.push( [ Date.now(), arguments ] );
+			var arg = arguments.length > 1 ? arguments : arguments[0];
+			ts.logs.push({ date: Date.now(), log: arg });
 		};
 	}
 
-	ts.log = function(){
-		console.log( arguments );
-	};
-	ts.benchmark = function( diff ) {
-		return ( ' (' + ( new Date().getTime() - diff.getTime() ) + 'ms)' );
-	};
-
 	// add default parsers
 	ts.addParser({
-		id: 'no-parser',
-		is: function() {
+		id : 'no-parser',
+		is : function() {
 			return false;
 		},
-		format: function() {
+		format : function() {
 			return '';
 		},
-		type: 'text'
+		type : 'text'
 	});
 
 	ts.addParser({
-		id: 'text',
-		is: function() {
+		id : 'text',
+		is : function() {
 			return true;
 		},
-		format: function(s, table) {
+		format : function( str, table ) {
 			var c = table.config;
-			if (s) {
-				s = $.trim( c.ignoreCase ? s.toLocaleLowerCase() : s );
-				s = c.sortLocaleCompare ? ts.replaceAccents(s) : s;
+			if ( str ) {
+				str = $.trim( c.ignoreCase ? str.toLocaleLowerCase() : str );
+				str = c.sortLocaleCompare ? ts.replaceAccents( str ) : str;
 			}
-			return s;
+			return str;
 		},
-		type: 'text'
+		type : 'text'
 	});
 
 	ts.regex.nondigit = /[^\w,. \-()]/g;
 	ts.addParser({
-		id: 'digit',
-		is: function(s) {
-			return ts.isDigit(s);
+		id : 'digit',
+		is : function( str ) {
+			return ts.isDigit( str );
 		},
-		format: function(s, table) {
-			var n = ts.formatFloat((s || '').replace(ts.regex.nondigit, ''), table);
-			return s && typeof n === 'number' ? n :
-				s ? $.trim( s && table.config.ignoreCase ? s.toLocaleLowerCase() : s ) : s;
+		format : function( str, table ) {
+			var num = ts.formatFloat( ( str || '' ).replace( ts.regex.nondigit, '' ), table );
+			return str && typeof num === 'number' ? num :
+				str ? $.trim( str && table.config.ignoreCase ? str.toLocaleLowerCase() : str ) : str;
 		},
-		type: 'numeric'
+		type : 'numeric'
 	});
 
 	ts.regex.currencyReplace = /[+\-,. ]/g;
 	ts.regex.currencyTest = /^\(?\d+[\u00a3$\u20ac\u00a4\u00a5\u00a2?.]|[\u00a3$\u20ac\u00a4\u00a5\u00a2?.]\d+\)?$/;
 	ts.addParser({
-		id: 'currency',
-		is: function(s) {
-			s = (s || '').replace(ts.regex.currencyReplace, '');
+		id : 'currency',
+		is : function( str ) {
+			str = ( str || '' ).replace( ts.regex.currencyReplace, '' );
 			// test for £$€¤¥¢
-			return ts.regex.currencyTest.test(s);
+			return ts.regex.currencyTest.test( str );
 		},
-		format: function(s, table) {
-			var n = ts.formatFloat((s || '').replace(ts.regex.nondigit, ''), table);
-			return s && typeof n === 'number' ? n :
-				s ? $.trim( s && table.config.ignoreCase ? s.toLocaleLowerCase() : s ) : s;
+		format : function( str, table ) {
+			var num = ts.formatFloat( ( str || '' ).replace( ts.regex.nondigit, '' ), table );
+			return str && typeof num === 'number' ? num :
+				str ? $.trim( str && table.config.ignoreCase ? str.toLocaleLowerCase() : str ) : str;
 		},
-		type: 'numeric'
+		type : 'numeric'
 	});
 
 	// too many protocols to add them all https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URI_scheme
@@ -2177,72 +2410,72 @@
 	ts.regex.urlProtocolTest =   /^(https?|ftp|file):\/\//;
 	ts.regex.urlProtocolReplace = /(https?|ftp|file):\/\//;
 	ts.addParser({
-		id: 'url',
-		is: function(s) {
-			return ts.regex.urlProtocolTest.test(s);
+		id : 'url',
+		is : function( str ) {
+			return ts.regex.urlProtocolTest.test( str );
 		},
-		format: function(s) {
-			return s ? $.trim(s.replace(ts.regex.urlProtocolReplace, '')) : s;
+		format : function( str ) {
+			return str ? $.trim( str.replace( ts.regex.urlProtocolReplace, '' ) ) : str;
 		},
 		parsed : true, // filter widget flag
-		type: 'text'
+		type : 'text'
 	});
 
 	ts.regex.dash = /-/g;
 	ts.regex.isoDate = /^\d{4}[\/\-]\d{1,2}[\/\-]\d{1,2}/;
 	ts.addParser({
-		id: 'isoDate',
-		is: function(s) {
-			return ts.regex.isoDate.test(s);
+		id : 'isoDate',
+		is : function( str ) {
+			return ts.regex.isoDate.test( str );
 		},
-		format: function(s, table) {
-			var date = s ? new Date( s.replace(ts.regex.dash, '/') ) : s;
-			return date instanceof Date && isFinite(date) ? date.getTime() : s;
+		format : function( str, table ) {
+			var date = str ? new Date( str.replace( ts.regex.dash, '/' ) ) : str;
+			return date instanceof Date && isFinite( date ) ? date.getTime() : str;
 		},
-		type: 'numeric'
+		type : 'numeric'
 	});
 
 	ts.regex.percent = /%/g;
 	ts.regex.percentTest = /(\d\s*?%|%\s*?\d)/;
 	ts.addParser({
-		id: 'percent',
-		is: function(s) {
-			return ts.regex.percentTest.test(s) && s.length < 15;
+		id : 'percent',
+		is : function( str ) {
+			return ts.regex.percentTest.test( str ) && str.length < 15;
 		},
-		format: function(s, table) {
-			return s ? ts.formatFloat(s.replace(ts.regex.percent, ''), table) : s;
+		format : function( str, table ) {
+			return str ? ts.formatFloat( str.replace( ts.regex.percent, '' ), table ) : str;
 		},
-		type: 'numeric'
+		type : 'numeric'
 	});
 
 	// added image parser to core v2.17.9
 	ts.addParser({
-		id: 'image',
-		is: function(s, table, node, $node){
-			return $node.find('img').length > 0;
+		id : 'image',
+		is : function( str, table, node, $node ) {
+			return $node.find( 'img' ).length > 0;
 		},
-		format: function(s, table, cell) {
-			return $(cell).find('img').attr(table.config.imgAttr || 'alt') || s;
+		format : function( str, table, cell ) {
+			return $( cell ).find( 'img' ).attr( table.config.imgAttr || 'alt' ) || str;
 		},
 		parsed : true, // filter widget flag
-		type: 'text'
+		type : 'text'
 	});
 
 	ts.regex.dateReplace = /(\S)([AP]M)$/i; // used by usLongDate & time parser
 	ts.regex.usLongDateTest1 = /^[A-Z]{3,10}\.?\s+\d{1,2},?\s+(\d{4})(\s+\d{1,2}:\d{2}(:\d{2})?(\s+[AP]M)?)?$/i;
 	ts.regex.usLongDateTest2 = /^\d{1,2}\s+[A-Z]{3,10}\s+\d{4}/i;
 	ts.addParser({
-		id: 'usLongDate',
-		is: function(s) {
+		id : 'usLongDate',
+		is : function( str ) {
 			// two digit years are not allowed cross-browser
 			// Jan 01, 2013 12:34:56 PM or 01 Jan 2013
-			return ts.regex.usLongDateTest1.test(s) || ts.regex.usLongDateTest2.test(s);
+			return ts.regex.usLongDateTest1.test( str ) || ts.regex.usLongDateTest2.test( str );
 		},
-		format: function(s, table) {
-			var date = s ? new Date( s.replace(ts.regex.dateReplace, '$1 $2') ) : s;
-			return date instanceof Date && isFinite(date) ? date.getTime() : s;
+		format : function( str, table ) {
+			var date = str ? new Date( str.replace( ts.regex.dateReplace, '$1 $2' ) ) : str;
+			return date instanceof Date && isFinite( date ) ? date.getTime() : str;
 		},
-		type: 'numeric'
+		type : 'numeric'
 	});
 
 	// testing for ##-##-#### or ####-##-##, so it's not perfect; time can be included
@@ -2252,100 +2485,126 @@
 	// XXY covers MDY & DMY formats
 	ts.regex.shortDateXXY = /(\d{1,2})[\/\s](\d{1,2})[\/\s](\d{4})/;
 	ts.regex.shortDateYMD = /(\d{4})[\/\s](\d{1,2})[\/\s](\d{1,2})/;
+	ts.convertFormat = function( dateString, format ) {
+		dateString = ( dateString || '' )
+			.replace( ts.regex.spaces, ' ' )
+			.replace( ts.regex.shortDateReplace, '/' );
+		if ( format === 'mmddyyyy' ) {
+			dateString = dateString.replace( ts.regex.shortDateXXY, '$3/$1/$2' );
+		} else if ( format === 'ddmmyyyy' ) {
+			dateString = dateString.replace( ts.regex.shortDateXXY, '$3/$2/$1' );
+		} else if ( format === 'yyyymmdd' ) {
+			dateString = dateString.replace( ts.regex.shortDateYMD, '$1/$2/$3' );
+		}
+		var date = new Date( dateString );
+		return date instanceof Date && isFinite( date ) ? date.getTime() : '';
+	};
+
 	ts.addParser({
-		id: 'shortDate', // 'mmddyyyy', 'ddmmyyyy' or 'yyyymmdd'
-		is: function(s) {
-			s = (s || '').replace(ts.regex.spaces, ' ').replace(ts.regex.shortDateReplace, '/');
-			return ts.regex.shortDateTest.test(s);
-		},
-		format: function(s, table, cell, cellIndex) {
-			if (s) {
-				var date, d,
-					c = table.config,
-					ci = c.$headerIndexed[ cellIndex ],
-					format = ci.length && ci[0].dateFormat ||
-						ts.getData( ci, ts.getColumnData( table, c.headers, cellIndex ), 'dateFormat') ||
+		id : 'shortDate', // 'mmddyyyy', 'ddmmyyyy' or 'yyyymmdd'
+		is : function( str ) {
+			str = ( str || '' ).replace( ts.regex.spaces, ' ' ).replace( ts.regex.shortDateReplace, '/' );
+			return ts.regex.shortDateTest.test( str );
+		},
+		format : function( str, table, cell, cellIndex ) {
+			if ( str ) {
+				var c = table.config,
+					$header = c.$headerIndexed[ cellIndex ],
+					format = $header.length && $header.data( 'dateFormat' ) ||
+						ts.getData( $header, ts.getColumnData( table, c.headers, cellIndex ), 'dateFormat' ) ||
 						c.dateFormat;
-				d = s.replace(ts.regex.spaces, ' ').replace(ts.regex.shortDateReplace, '/');
-				if (format === 'mmddyyyy') {
-					d = d.replace(ts.regex.shortDateXXY, '$3/$1/$2');
-				} else if (format === 'ddmmyyyy') {
-					d = d.replace(ts.regex.shortDateXXY, '$3/$2/$1');
-				} else if (format === 'yyyymmdd') {
-					d = d.replace(ts.regex.shortDateYMD, '$1/$2/$3');
+				// save format because getData can be slow...
+				if ( $header.length ) {
+					$header.data( 'dateFormat', format );
 				}
-				date = new Date(d);
-				return date instanceof Date && isFinite(date) ? date.getTime() : s;
+				return ts.convertFormat( str, format ) || str;
 			}
-			return s;
+			return str;
 		},
-		type: 'numeric'
+		type : 'numeric'
 	});
 
-	ts.regex.timeTest = /^(([0-2]?\d:[0-5]\d)|([0-1]?\d:[0-5]\d\s?([AP]M)))$/i;
+	// match 24 hour time & 12 hours time + am/pm - see http://regexr.com/3c3tk
+	ts.regex.timeTest = /^([1-9]|1[0-2]):([0-5]\d)(\s[AP]M)|((?:[01]\d|[2][0-4]):[0-5]\d)$/i;
+	ts.regex.timeMatch = /([1-9]|1[0-2]):([0-5]\d)(\s[AP]M)|((?:[01]\d|[2][0-4]):[0-5]\d)/i;
 	ts.addParser({
-		id: 'time',
-		is: function(s) {
-			return ts.regex.timeTest.test(s);
+		id : 'time',
+		is : function( str ) {
+			return ts.regex.timeTest.test( str );
 		},
-		format: function(s, table) {
-			var date = s ? new Date( '2000/01/01 ' + s.replace(ts.regex.dateReplace, '$1 $2') ) : s;
-			return date instanceof Date && isFinite(date) ? date.getTime() : s;
+		format : function( str, table ) {
+			// isolate time... ignore month, day and year
+			var temp,
+				timePart = ( str || '' ).match( ts.regex.timeMatch ),
+				orig = new Date( str ),
+				// no time component? default to 00:00 by leaving it out, but only if str is defined
+				time = str && ( timePart !== null ? timePart[ 0 ] : '00:00 AM' ),
+				date = time ? new Date( '2000/01/01 ' + time.replace( ts.regex.dateReplace, '$1 $2' ) ) : time;
+			if ( date instanceof Date && isFinite( date ) ) {
+				temp = orig instanceof Date && isFinite( orig ) ? orig.getTime() : 0;
+				// if original string was a valid date, add it to the decimal so the column sorts in some kind of order
+				// luckily new Date() ignores the decimals
+				return temp ? parseFloat( date.getTime() + '.' + orig.getTime() ) : date.getTime();
+			}
+			return str;
 		},
-		type: 'numeric'
+		type : 'numeric'
 	});
 
 	ts.addParser({
-		id: 'metadata',
-		is: function() {
+		id : 'metadata',
+		is : function() {
 			return false;
 		},
-		format: function(s, table, cell) {
+		format : function( str, table, cell ) {
 			var c = table.config,
-			p = (!c.parserMetadataName) ? 'sortValue' : c.parserMetadataName;
-			return $(cell).metadata()[p];
+			p = ( !c.parserMetadataName ) ? 'sortValue' : c.parserMetadataName;
+			return $( cell ).metadata()[ p ];
 		},
-		type: 'numeric'
+		type : 'numeric'
 	});
 
+	/*
+		██████ ██████ █████▄ █████▄ ▄████▄
+		  ▄█▀  ██▄▄   ██▄▄██ ██▄▄██ ██▄▄██
+		▄█▀    ██▀▀   ██▀▀██ ██▀▀█  ██▀▀██
+		██████ ██████ █████▀ ██  ██ ██  ██
+		*/
 	// add default widgets
 	ts.addWidget({
-		id: 'zebra',
-		priority: 90,
-		format: function(table, c, wo) {
-			var $tv, $tr, row, even, time, k, i, len,
-				child = new RegExp(c.cssChildRow, 'i'),
-				b = c.$tbodies.add( $( c.namespace + '_extra_table' ).children( 'tbody:not(.' + c.cssInfoBlock + ')' ) );
-			if (c.debug) {
-				time = new Date();
-			}
-			for (k = 0; k < b.length; k++ ) {
+		id : 'zebra',
+		priority : 90,
+		format : function( table, c, wo ) {
+			var $visibleRows, $row, count, isEven, tbodyIndex, rowIndex, len,
+				child = new RegExp( c.cssChildRow, 'i' ),
+				$tbodies = c.$tbodies.add( $( c.namespace + '_extra_table' ).children( 'tbody:not(.' + c.cssInfoBlock + ')' ) );
+			for ( tbodyIndex = 0; tbodyIndex < $tbodies.length; tbodyIndex++ ) {
 				// loop through the visible rows
-				row = 0;
-				$tv = b.eq( k ).children( 'tr:visible' ).not( c.selectorRemove );
-				len = $tv.length;
-				for ( i = 0; i < len; i++ ) {
-					$tr = $tv.eq( i );
+				count = 0;
+				$visibleRows = $tbodies.eq( tbodyIndex ).children( 'tr:visible' ).not( c.selectorRemove );
+				len = $visibleRows.length;
+				for ( rowIndex = 0; rowIndex < len; rowIndex++ ) {
+					$row = $visibleRows.eq( rowIndex );
 					// style child rows the same way the parent row was styled
-					if ( !child.test( $tr[0].className ) ) { row++; }
-					even = ( row % 2 === 0 );
-					$tr
-						.removeClass( wo.zebra[ even ? 1 : 0 ] )
-						.addClass( wo.zebra[ even ? 0 : 1 ] );
+					if ( !child.test( $row[ 0 ].className ) ) { count++; }
+					isEven = ( count % 2 === 0 );
+					$row
+						.removeClass( wo.zebra[ isEven ? 1 : 0 ] )
+						.addClass( wo.zebra[ isEven ? 0 : 1 ] );
 				}
 			}
 		},
-		remove: function(table, c, wo, refreshing){
-			if (refreshing) { return; }
-			var k, $tb,
-				b = c.$tbodies,
-				rmv = (wo.zebra || [ 'even', 'odd' ]).join(' ');
-			for (k = 0; k < b.length; k++ ){
-				$tb = ts.processTbody(table, b.eq(k), true); // remove tbody
-				$tb.children().removeClass(rmv);
-				ts.processTbody(table, $tb, false); // restore tbody
+		remove : function( table, c, wo, refreshing ) {
+			if ( refreshing ) { return; }
+			var tbodyIndex, $tbody,
+				$tbodies = c.$tbodies,
+				toRemove = ( wo.zebra || [ 'even', 'odd' ] ).join( ' ' );
+			for ( tbodyIndex = 0; tbodyIndex < $tbodies.length; tbodyIndex++ ){
+				$tbody = ts.processTbody( table, $tbodies.eq( tbodyIndex ), true ); // remove tbody
+				$tbody.children().removeClass( toRemove );
+				ts.processTbody( table, $tbody, false ); // restore tbody
 			}
 		}
 	});
 
-})(jQuery);
+})( jQuery );