@atlassian/aui 9.4.6-0c8cd15d6 → 9.5.0

package/src/js-vendor/jquery/jquery.tablesorter.js

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-/**!
- * TableSorter 2.17.7 - Client-side table sorting with ease!
- * @requires jQuery v1.2.6+
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2007 Christian Bach
- * Examples and docs at: http://tablesorter.com
- * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses:
- * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
- * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
- *
- * @type jQuery
- * @name tablesorter
- * @cat Plugins/Tablesorter
- * @author Christian Bach/christian.bach@polyester.se
- * @contributor Rob Garrison/https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter
- */
+/*! TableSorter (FORK) v2.31.3 *//*
+* Client-side table sorting with ease!
+* @requires jQuery v1.2.6+
+*
+* Copyright (c) 2007 Christian Bach
+* fork maintained by Rob Garrison
+*
+* Examples and original docs at: http://tablesorter.com
+* Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses:
+* http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+* http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
+*
+* @type jQuery
+* @name tablesorter (FORK)
+* @cat Plugins/Tablesorter
+* @author Christian Bach - christian.bach@polyester.se
+* @contributor Rob Garrison - https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter
+* @docs (fork) - https://mottie.github.io/tablesorter/docs/
+*/
 /*jshint browser:true, jquery:true, unused:false, expr: true */
-/*global console:false, alert:false */
-!(function($) {
-    "use strict";
-    $.extend({
-        /*jshint supernew:true */
-        tablesorter: new function() {
-
-            var ts = this;
-
-            ts.version = "2.17.7";
-
-            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.
-
-                // *** 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
-                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 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
-
-                // *** 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 exists, a <i> will be added to the header automatically
-                cssInfoBlock     : 'tablesorter-infoOnly', // don't sort tbody with this class name (only one class name allowed here!)
-
-                // *** 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: []
+;( function( $ ) {
+    'use strict';
+    var ts = $.tablesorter = {
+
+        version : '2.31.3',
+
+        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></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
+            duplicateSpan    : true,       // colspan cells in the tbody will have duplicated content in the cache for each spanned column
+            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
+            initWidgets      : true,       // apply widgets on tablesorter initialization
+            widgetClass      : 'widget-{name}', // table class name template to match to include a widget
+            widgets          : [],         // method to add widgets, e.g. widgets: ['zebra']
+            widgetOptions    : {
+                zebra : [ 'even', 'odd' ]  // zebra widget alternating row class names
+            },
+
+            // *** 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 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
+            cssIconDisabled  : '', // class name added to the icon when the column has a disabled 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: [],
+
+            // *** parser options for validator; values must be falsy!
+            globalize: 0,
+            imgAttr: 0
+
+            // removed: widgetZebra: { css: ['even', 'odd'] }
 
-                // deprecated; but retained for backwards compatibility
-                // 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',
-                header     : 'tablesorter-header',
-                headerRow  : 'tablesorter-headerRow',
-                headerIn   : 'tablesorter-header-inner',
-                icon       : 'tablesorter-icon',
-                info       : 'tablesorter-infoOnly',
-                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, ',
+            sortDisabled : 'sorting is disabled',
+            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,
 
-            /* debuging utils */
-            function log() {
-                var a = arguments[0],
-                    s = arguments.length > 1 ? Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments) : a;
-                if (typeof console !== "undefined" && typeof console.log !== "undefined") {
-                    console[ /error/i.test(a) ? 'error' : /warn/i.test(a) ? 'warn' : 'log' ](s);
-                } else {
-                    alert(s);
+            // *** 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
+
+        },
+
+        // digit sort, text location
+        string : {
+            max      : 1,
+            min      : -1,
+            emptymin : 1,
+            emptymax : -1,
+            zero     : 0,
+            none     : 0,
+            'null'   : 0,
+            top      : true,
+            bottom   : false
+        },
+
+        keyCodes : {
+            enter : 13
+        },
+
+        // placeholder date parser data (globalize)
+        dates : {},
+
+        // These methods can be applied on table.config instance
+        instanceMethods : {},
+
+        /*
+        ▄█████ ██████ ██████ ██  ██ █████▄
+        ▀█▄    ██▄▄     ██   ██  ██ ██▄▄██
+           ▀█▄ ██▀▀     ██   ██  ██ ██▀▀▀
+        █████▀ ██████   ██   ▀████▀ ██
+        */
+
+        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 ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
+                    if ( table.hasInitialized ) {
+                        console.warn( 'Stopping initialization. Tablesorter has already been initialized' );
+                    } else {
+                        console.error( 'Stopping initialization! No table, thead or tbody', table );
+                    }
                 }
+                return;
             }
 
-            function benchmark(s, d) {
-                log(s + " (" + (new Date().getTime() - d.getTime()) + "ms)");
+            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 ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
+                console[ console.group ? 'group' : 'log' ]( 'Initializing tablesorter v' + ts.version );
+                $.data( table, 'startoveralltimer', new Date() );
             }
 
-            ts.log = log;
-            ts.benchmark = benchmark;
+            // 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 : '' );
+            }
 
-            // $.isEmptyObject from jQuery v1.4
-            function isEmptyObject(obj) {
-                /*jshint forin: false */
-                for (var name in obj) {
-                    return false;
-                }
-                return true;
+            // 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, '' );
             }
 
-            function getElementText(table, node, cellIndex) {
-                if (!node) { return ""; }
-                var te, c = table.config,
-                    t = c.textExtraction || '',
-                    text = "";
-                if (t === "basic") {
-                    // check data-attribute first
-                    text = $(node).attr(c.textAttribute) || node.textContent || node.innerText || $(node).text() || "";
-                } else {
-                    if (typeof(t) === "function") {
-                        text = t(node, table, cellIndex);
-                    } else if (typeof (te = ts.getColumnData( table, t, cellIndex )) === 'function') {
-                        text = te(node, table, cellIndex);
-                    } else {
-                        // previous "simple" method
-                        text = node.textContent || node.innerText || $(node).text() || "";
-                    }
+            c.table = table;
+            c.$table = $table
+                // add namespace to table to allow bindings on extra elements to target
+                // the parent table (e.g. parser-input-select)
+                .addClass( ts.css.table + ' ' + c.tableClass + tmp + ' ' + c.namespace.slice(1) )
+                .attr( 'role', 'grid' );
+            c.$headers = $table.find( c.selectorHeaders );
+
+            c.$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.$table.attr( 'data-text-extraction' ) || c.textExtraction || 'basic';
+            // build headers
+            ts.buildHeaders( c );
+            // fixate columns if the users supplies the fixedWidth option
+            // do this after theme has been applied
+            ts.fixColumnWidth( table );
+            // add widgets from class name
+            ts.addWidgetFromClass( table );
+            // add widget options before parsing (e.g. grouping widget has parser settings)
+            ts.applyWidgetOptions( table );
+            // try to auto detect column type, and store in tables config
+            ts.setupParsers( c );
+            // start total row count at zero
+            c.totalRows = 0;
+            // only validate options while debugging. See #1528
+            if (c.debug) {
+                ts.validateOptions( c );
+            }
+            // build the cache for the tbody cells
+            // delayInit will delay building the cache until the user starts a sort
+            if ( !c.delayInit ) { ts.buildCache( c ); }
+            // bind all header events and methods
+            ts.bindEvents( table, c.$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 ) {
+                // save sortList before any sortAppend is added
+                c.last.sortList = c.sortList;
+                ts.sortOn( c, c.sortList, {}, !c.initWidgets );
+            } else {
+                ts.setHeadersCss( c );
+                if ( c.initWidgets ) {
+                    // apply widget format
+                    ts.applyWidget( table, false );
                 }
-                return $.trim(text);
-            }
-
-            function detectParserForColumn(table, rows, rowIndex, cellIndex) {
-                var cur,
-                    i = ts.parsers.length,
-                    node = false,
-                    nodeValue = '',
-                    keepLooking = true;
-                while (nodeValue === '' && keepLooking) {
-                    rowIndex++;
-                    if (rows[rowIndex]) {
-                        node = rows[rowIndex].cells[cellIndex];
-                        nodeValue = getElementText(table, node, cellIndex);
-                        if (table.config.debug) {
-                            log('Checking if value was empty on row ' + rowIndex + ', column: ' + cellIndex + ': "' + nodeValue + '"');
+            }
+
+            // 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.timerProcessing );
+                        ts.isProcessing( table );
+                        if ( e.type === 'sortBegin' ) {
+                            c.timerProcessing = setTimeout( function() {
+                                ts.isProcessing( table, true );
+                            }, 500 );
                         }
-                    } else {
-                        keepLooking = false;
+                    });
+            }
+
+            // initialized
+            table.hasInitialized = true;
+            table.isProcessing = false;
+            if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
+                console.log( 'Overall initialization time:' + ts.benchmark( $.data( table, 'startoveralltimer' ) ) );
+                if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') && console.groupEnd ) { console.groupEnd(); }
+            }
+            $table.triggerHandler( '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, function( table ) {
+                        if (table.isApplyingWidgets) {
+                            // multiple triggers in a row... filterReset, then sortReset - see #1361
+                            // wait to update widgets
+                            setTimeout( function() {
+                                ts.applyWidget( table, '', callback );
+                            }, 100 );
+                        } else {
+                            ts.applyWidget( table, '', 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.applyWidgetId( this, id );
+                })
+                .bind( 'applyWidgets' + namespace, function( e, callback ) {
+                    e.stopPropagation();
+                    // apply widgets (false = not initializing)
+                    ts.applyWidget( this, false, callback );
+                })
+                .bind( 'refreshWidgets' + namespace, function( e, all, dontapply ) {
+                    e.stopPropagation();
+                    ts.refreshWidgets( this, all, dontapply );
+                })
+                .bind( 'removeWidget' + namespace, function( e, name, refreshing ) {
+                    e.stopPropagation();
+                    ts.removeWidget( this, name, refreshing );
+                })
+                .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 );
+                    var tmp = $.extend( true, {}, c.originalSettings );
+                    // restore original settings; this clears out current settings, but does not clear
+                    // values saved to storage.
+                    c = $.extend( true, {}, ts.defaults, tmp );
+                    c.originalSettings = tmp;
+                    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 = ts.getClosest( $headers, 'table' );
+                if ( tmp.length && tmp[ 0 ].nodeName === 'TABLE' && tmp[ 0 ] !== table ) {
+                    $( tmp[ 0 ] ).addClass( namespace.slice( 1 ) + '_extra_table' );
                 }
-                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, table, node)) {
-                        return cur;
+            }
+            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 !== ts.keyCodes.enter ) ||
+                        // allow triggering a click event (e.which is undefined) & ignore physical clicks
+                        ( type.match( ' ' + c.pointerClick + ' ' ) && typeof e.which !== 'undefined' ) ) {
+                        return;
                     }
-                }
-                // nothing found, return the generic parser (text)
-                return ts.getParserById('text');
+                    // 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;
+                    $cell = ts.getClosest( $( this ), '.' + ts.css.header );
+                    // 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 ||
+                        // disabled cell directly clicked
+                        $cell.hasClass( 'sorter-false' ) ||
+                        // elements within a button
+                        $target.parents( 'button' ).length > 0 ) {
+                        return !c.cancelSelection;
+                    }
+                    if ( c.delayInit && ts.isEmptyObject( c.cache ) ) {
+                        ts.buildCache( c );
+                    }
+                    // use column index from data-attribute or index of current row; fixes #1116
+                    c.last.clickedIndex = $cell.attr( 'data-column' ) || $cell.index();
+                    cell = c.$headerIndexed[ c.last.clickedIndex ][0];
+                    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(table) {
-                var c = table.config,
-                // update table bodies in case we start with an empty table
-                    tb = c.$tbodies = c.$table.children('tbody:not(.' + c.cssInfoBlock + ')'),
-                    rows, list, l, i, h, ch, np, p, e, time,
-                    j = 0,
-                    parsersDebug = "",
-                    len = tb.length;
-                if ( len === 0) {
-                    return c.debug ? log('Warning: *Empty table!* Not building a parser cache') : '';
-                } else if (c.debug) {
-                    time = new Date();
-                    log('Detecting parsers for each column');
-                }
-                list = {
-                    extractors: [],
-                    parsers: []
+        buildHeaders : function( c ) {
+            var $temp, icon, timer, indx;
+            c.headerList = [];
+            c.headerContent = [];
+            c.sortVars = [];
+            if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
+                timer = new Date();
+            }
+            // children tr in tfoot - see issue #196 & #547
+            // don't pass table.config to computeColumnIndex here - widgets (math) pass it to "quickly" index tbody cells
+            c.columns = ts.computeColumnIndex( c.$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 ( ts.getClosest( $elem, 'tr' ).hasClass( c.cssIgnoreRow ) ) { return; }
+                // transfer data-column to element if not th/td - #1459
+                if ( !/(th|td)/i.test( elem.nodeName ) ) {
+                    tmp = ts.getClosest( $elem, 'th, td' );
+                    $elem.attr( 'data-column', tmp.attr( 'data-column' ) );
+                }
+                // 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.getOrder( ts.getData( $elem, configHeaders, 'sortInitialOrder' ) || c.sortInitialOrder );
+                // this may get updated numerous times if there are multiple rows
+                c.sortVars[ column ] = {
+                    count : -1, // set to -1 because clicking on the header automatically adds one
+                    order : tmp ?
+                        ( c.sortReset ? [ 1, 0, 2 ] : [ 1, 0 ] ) : // desc, asc, unsorted
+                        ( c.sortReset ? [ 0, 1, 2 ] : [ 0, 1 ] ),  // asc, desc, unsorted
+                    lockedOrder : false,
+                    sortedBy : ''
                 };
-                while (j < len) {
-                    rows = tb[j].rows;
-                    if (rows[j]) {
-                        l = c.columns; // rows[j].cells.length;
-                        for (i = 0; i < l; i++) {
-                            h = c.$headers.filter('[data-column="' + i + '"]:last');
-                            // get column indexed table cell
-                            ch = ts.getColumnData( table, c.headers, i );
+                tmp = ts.getData( $elem, configHeaders, 'lockedOrder' ) || false;
+                if ( typeof tmp !== 'undefined' && tmp !== false ) {
+                    c.sortVars[ column ].lockedOrder = true;
+                    c.sortVars[ column ].order = ts.getOrder( tmp ) ? [ 1, 1 ] : [ 0, 0 ];
+                }
+                // add cell to headerList
+                c.headerList[ index ] = elem;
+                $elem.addClass( ts.css.header + ' ' + c.cssHeader );
+                // add to parent in case there are multiple rows
+                ts.getClosest( $elem, 'tr' )
+                    .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 ] = {};
+                }
+                // Use c.$headers.parent() in case selectorHeaders doesn't point to the th/td
+                $temp = c.$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 ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
+                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, $tbodies ) {
+            var rows, list, span, max, colIndex, indx, header, configHeaders,
+                noParser, parser, extractor, time, tbody, len,
+                table = c.table,
+                tbodyIndex = 0,
+                debug = ts.debug(c, 'core'),
+                debugOutput = {};
+            // update table bodies in case we start with an empty table
+            c.$tbodies = c.$table.children( 'tbody:not(.' + c.cssInfoBlock + ')' );
+            tbody = typeof $tbodies === 'undefined' ? c.$tbodies : $tbodies;
+            len = tbody.length;
+            if ( len === 0 ) {
+                return debug ? console.warn( 'Warning: *Empty table!* Not building a parser cache' ) : '';
+            } else if ( debug ) {
+                time = new Date();
+                console[ console.group ? 'group' : 'log' ]( 'Detecting parsers for each column' );
+            }
+            list = {
+                extractors: [],
+                parsers: []
+            };
+            while ( tbodyIndex < len ) {
+                rows = tbody[ tbodyIndex ].rows;
+                if ( rows.length ) {
+                    colIndex = 0;
+                    max = c.columns;
+                    for ( indx = 0; indx < max; indx++ ) {
+                        header = c.$headerIndexed[ colIndex ];
+                        if ( header && header.length ) {
+                            // get column indexed table cell; adding true parameter fixes #1362 but
+                            // it would break backwards compatibility...
+                            configHeaders = ts.getColumnData( table, c.headers, colIndex ); // , true );
                             // 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' );
+                            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';
-                            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(table, rows, -1, i);
+                            if ( !parser ) {
+                                parser = ts.detectParserForColumn( c, rows, -1, colIndex );
                             }
-                            if (c.debug) {
-                                parsersDebug += "column:" + i + "; extractor:" + e.id + "; parser:" + p.id + "; string:" + c.strings[i] + '; empty: ' + c.empties[i] + "\n";
+                            if ( debug ) {
+                                debugOutput[ '(' + colIndex + ') ' + header.text() ] = {
+                                    parser : parser.id,
+                                    extractor : extractor ? extractor.id : 'none',
+                                    string : c.strings[ colIndex ],
+                                    empty  : c.empties[ colIndex ]
+                                };
+                            }
+                            list.parsers[ colIndex ] = parser;
+                            list.extractors[ colIndex ] = extractor;
+                            span = header[ 0 ].colSpan - 1;
+                            if ( span > 0 ) {
+                                colIndex += span;
+                                max += span;
+                                while ( span + 1 > 0 ) {
+                                    // set colspan columns to use the same parsers & extractors
+                                    list.parsers[ colIndex - span ] = parser;
+                                    list.extractors[ colIndex - span ] = extractor;
+                                    span--;
+                                }
                             }
-                            list.parsers[i] = p;
-                            list.extractors[i] = e;
                         }
+                        colIndex++;
                     }
-                    j += (list.parsers.length) ? len : 1;
                 }
-                if (c.debug) {
-                    log(parsersDebug ? parsersDebug : "No parsers detected");
-                    benchmark("Completed detecting parsers", time);
+                tbodyIndex += ( list.parsers.length ) ? len : 1;
+            }
+            if ( debug ) {
+                if ( !ts.isEmptyObject( debugOutput ) ) {
+                    console[ console.table ? 'table' : 'log' ]( debugOutput );
+                } 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;
+        },
+
+        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;
+                }
+            }
+            if ( add ) {
+                ts.parsers[ ts.parsers.length ] = parser;
+            }
+        },
+
+        getParserById : function( name ) {
+            /*jshint eqeqeq:false */ // eslint-disable-next-line eqeqeq
+            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 ];
                 }
-                c.parsers = list.parsers;
-                c.extractors = list.extractors;
             }
+            return false;
+        },
 
-            /* utils */
-            function buildCache(table) {
-                var cc, t, tx, v, i, j, k, $row, rows, cols, cacheTime,
-                    totalRows, rowData, colMax,
-                    c = table.config,
-                    $tb = c.$table.children('tbody'),
-                    extractors = c.extractors,
-                    parsers = c.parsers;
+        detectParserForColumn : function( c, rows, rowIndex, cellIndex ) {
+            var cur, $node, row,
+                indx = ts.parsers.length,
+                node = false,
+                nodeValue = '',
+                debug = ts.debug(c, 'core'),
+                keepLooking = true;
+            while ( nodeValue === '' && keepLooking ) {
+                rowIndex++;
+                row = rows[ rowIndex ];
+                // stop looking after 50 empty rows
+                if ( row && rowIndex < 50 ) {
+                    if ( row.className.indexOf( ts.cssIgnoreRow ) < 0 ) {
+                        node = rows[ rowIndex ].cells[ cellIndex ];
+                        nodeValue = ts.getElementText( c, node, cellIndex );
+                        $node = $( node );
+                        if ( debug ) {
+                            console.log( 'Checking if value was empty on row ' + rowIndex + ', column: ' +
+                                cellIndex + ': "' + nodeValue + '"' );
+                        }
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    keepLooking = false;
+                }
+            }
+            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' );
+        },
+
+        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() );
+        },
+
+        // 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();
+                }
+            }
+            return val;
+        },
+
+        /*
+        ▄████▄ ▄████▄ ▄████▄ ██  ██ ██████
+        ██  ▀▀ ██▄▄██ ██  ▀▀ ██▄▄██ ██▄▄
+        ██  ▄▄ ██▀▀██ ██  ▄▄ ██▀▀██ ██▀▀
+        ▀████▀ ██  ██ ▀████▀ ██  ██ ██████
+        */
+        buildCache : function( c, callback, $tbodies ) {
+            var cache, val, txt, rowIndex, colIndex, tbodyIndex, $tbody, $row,
+                cols, $cells, cell, cacheTime, totalRows, rowData, prevRowData,
+                colMax, span, cacheIndex, hasParser, max, len, index,
+                table = c.table,
+                parsers = c.parsers,
+                debug = ts.debug(c, 'core');
+            // update tbody variable
+            c.$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 ? log('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
-                    };
+            c.totalRows = 0;
+            // if no parsers found, return - it's an empty table.
+            if ( !parsers ) {
+                return debug ? console.warn( 'Warning: *Empty table!* Not building a cache' ) : '';
+            }
+            if ( 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
+                };
 
-                    // ignore tbodies with class name from c.cssInfoBlock
-                    if (!$tb.eq(k).hasClass(c.cssInfoBlock)) {
-                        totalRows = ($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)
-                            };
-                            /** Add the table data to main data array */
-                            $row = $($tb[k].rows[i]);
-                            rows = [ new Array(c.columns) ];
-                            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 ($row.hasClass(c.cssChildRow) && i !== 0) {
-                                t = cc.normalized.length - 1;
-                                cc.normalized[t][c.columns].$row = cc.normalized[t][c.columns].$row.add($row);
-                                // add "hasChild" class name to parent row
-                                if (!$row.prev().hasClass(c.cssChildRow)) {
-                                    $row.prev().addClass(ts.css.cssHasChild);
+                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 = [];
+                    // ignore "remove-me" rows
+                    if ( $row.hasClass( c.selectorRemove.slice(1) ) ) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    // 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 );
+                        }
+                        // 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;
                                 }
-                                // save child row content (un-parsed!)
-                                rowData.child[t] = $.trim( $row[0].textContent || $row[0].innerText || $row.text() || "" );
-                                // go to the next for loop
-                                continue;
                             }
-                            rowData.$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) {
-                                        log('No parser found for cell:', $row[0].cells[j], 'does it have a header?');
-                                    }
-                                    continue;
-                                }
-                                t = getElementText(table, $row[0].cells[j], j);
-                                // do extract before parsing if there is one
-                                if (typeof extractors[j].id === 'undefined') {
-                                    tx = t;
-                                } else {
-                                    tx = extractors[j].format(t, table, $row[0].cells[j], j);
-                                }
-                                // 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
-                                v = parsers[j].id === 'no-parser' ? '' : parsers[j].format(tx, table, $row[0].cells[j], j);
-                                cols.push( c.ignoreCase && typeof v === 'string' ? v.toLowerCase() : v );
-                                if ((parsers[j].type || '').toLowerCase() === "numeric") {
-                                    // determine column max value (ignore sign)
-                                    colMax[j] = Math.max(Math.abs(v) || 0, colMax[j] || 0);
+                            cacheIndex++;
+                        }
+                        // go to the next for loop
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    rowData.$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 ( cell && cacheIndex < c.columns ) {
+                            hasParser = typeof parsers[ cacheIndex ] !== 'undefined';
+                            if ( !hasParser && debug ) {
+                                console.warn( 'No parser found for row: ' + rowIndex + ', column: ' + colIndex +
+                                    '; cell containing: "' + $(cell).text() + '"; does it have a header?' );
+                            }
+                            val = ts.getElementText( c, cell, cacheIndex );
+                            rowData.raw[ cacheIndex ] = val; // save original row text
+                            // save raw column text even if there is no parser set
+                            txt = ts.getParsedText( c, cell, cacheIndex, val );
+                            cols[ cacheIndex ] = txt;
+                            if ( hasParser && ( parsers[ cacheIndex ].type || '' ).toLowerCase() === 'numeric' ) {
+                                // determine column max value (ignore sign)
+                                colMax[ cacheIndex ] = Math.max( Math.abs( txt ) || 0, colMax[ cacheIndex ] || 0 );
+                            }
+                            // allow colSpan in tbody
+                            span = cell.colSpan - 1;
+                            if ( span > 0 ) {
+                                index = 0;
+                                while ( index <= span ) {
+                                    // duplicate text (or not) to spanned columns
+                                    // instead of setting duplicate span to empty string, use textExtraction to try to get a value
+                                    // see http://stackoverflow.com/q/36449711/145346
+                                    txt = c.duplicateSpan || index === 0 ?
+                                        txt :
+                                        typeof c.textExtraction !== 'string' ?
+                                            ts.getElementText( c, cell, cacheIndex + index ) || '' :
+                                            '';
+                                    rowData.raw[ cacheIndex + index ] = txt;
+                                    cols[ cacheIndex + index ] = txt;
+                                    index++;
                                 }
+                                cacheIndex += span;
+                                max += span;
                             }
-                            // ensure rowData is always in the same location (after the last column)
-                            cols[c.columns] = rowData;
-                            cc.normalized.push(cols);
                         }
-                        cc.colMax = colMax;
-                        // total up rows, not including child rows
-                        c.totalRows += cc.normalized.length;
+                        cacheIndex++;
                     }
+                    // ensure rowData is always in the same location (after the last column)
+                    cols[ c.columns ] = rowData;
+                    cache.normalized[ cache.normalized.length ] = cols;
                 }
-                if (c.showProcessing) {
-                    ts.isProcessing(table); // remove processing icon
+                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 ( debug ) {
+                len = Math.min( 5, c.cache[ 0 ].normalized.length );
+                console[ console.group ? 'group' : 'log' ]( 'Building cache for ' + c.totalRows +
+                    ' rows (showing ' + len + ' rows in log) and ' + c.columns + ' columns' +
+                    ts.benchmark( cacheTime ) );
+                val = {};
+                for ( colIndex = 0; colIndex < c.columns; colIndex++ ) {
+                    for ( cacheIndex = 0; cacheIndex < len; cacheIndex++ ) {
+                        if ( !val[ 'row: ' + cacheIndex ] ) {
+                            val[ 'row: ' + cacheIndex ] = {};
+                        }
+                        val[ 'row: ' + cacheIndex ][ c.$headerIndexed[ colIndex ].text() ] =
+                            c.cache[ 0 ].normalized[ cacheIndex ][ colIndex ];
+                    }
                 }
-                if (c.debug) {
-                    benchmark("Building cache for " + totalRows + " rows", cacheTime);
+                console[ console.table ? 'table' : 'log' ]( val );
+                if ( console.groupEnd ) { console.groupEnd(); }
+            }
+            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: [], $cell: [] },
+                c = table.config;
+            if ( ts.isEmptyObject( c ) ) {
+                if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
+                    console.warn( 'No cache found - aborting getColumnText function!' );
+                }
+            } else {
+                tbodyLen = c.$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 : $cell
+                            });
+                        }
+                        if ( result !== false ) {
+                            data.parsed[ data.parsed.length ] = parsed;
+                            data.raw[ data.raw.length ] = raw;
+                            data.$cell[ data.$cell.length ] = $cell;
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
+                // return everything
+                return data;
             }
+        },
 
-            // init flag (true) used by pager plugin to prevent widget application
-            function appendToTable(table, init) {
-                var c = table.config,
-                    wo = c.widgetOptions,
-                    b = table.tBodies,
-                    rows = [],
-                    cc = c.cache,
-                    n, totalRows, $bk, $tb,
-                    i, k, appendTime;
-                // empty table - fixes #206/#346
-                if (isEmptyObject(cc)) {
-                    // run pager appender in case the table was just emptied
-                    return c.appender ? c.appender(table, rows) :
-                        table.isUpdating ? c.$table.trigger("updateComplete", table) : ''; // Fixes #532
-                }
-                if (c.debug) {
-                    appendTime = new Date();
-                }
-                for (k = 0; k < b.length; k++) {
-                    $bk = $(b[k]);
-                    if ($bk.length && !$bk.hasClass(c.cssInfoBlock)) {
-                        // 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);
+        /*
+        ██  ██ █████▄ █████▄ ▄████▄ ██████ ██████
+        ██  ██ ██▄▄██ ██  ██ ██▄▄██   ██   ██▄▄
+        ██  ██ ██▀▀▀  ██  ██ ██▀▀██   ██   ██▀▀
+        ▀████▀ ██     █████▀ ██  ██   ██   ██████
+        */
+        setHeadersCss : function( c ) {
+            var indx, column,
+                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' ],
+                updateColumnSort = function($el, index) {
+                    $el
+                        .removeClass( none )
+                        .addClass( css[ index ] )
+                        .attr( 'aria-sort', aria[ index ] )
+                        .find( '.' + ts.css.icon )
+                        .removeClass( cssIcon[ 2 ] )
+                        .addClass( cssIcon[ index ] );
+                },
+                // find the footer
+                $extras = c.$table
+                    .find( 'tfoot tr' )
+                    .children( 'td, th' )
+                    .add( $( c.namespace + '_extra_headers' ) )
+                    .removeClass( css.join( ' ' ) ),
+                // remove all header information
+                $sorted = c.$headers
+                    .add( $( 'thead ' + c.namespace + '_extra_headers' ) )
+                    .removeClass( css.join( ' ' ) )
+                    .addClass( none )
+                    .attr( 'aria-sort', 'none' )
+                    .find( '.' + ts.css.icon )
+                    .removeClass( cssIcon.join( ' ' ) )
+                    .end();
+            // add css none to all sortable headers
+            $sorted
+                .not( '.sorter-false' )
+                .find( '.' + ts.css.icon )
+                .addClass( cssIcon[ 2 ] );
+            // add disabled css icon class
+            if ( c.cssIconDisabled ) {
+                $sorted
+                    .filter( '.sorter-false' )
+                    .find( '.' + ts.css.icon )
+                    .addClass( c.cssIconDisabled );
+            }
+            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
+                    // filter(function(i, el) {}) <- el is undefined in jQuery v1.2.6
+                    $sorted = c.$headers.filter( function( i ) {
+                        // only include headers that are in the sortList (this includes colspans)
+                        var include = true,
+                            $el = c.$headers.eq( i ),
+                            col = parseInt( $el.attr( 'data-column' ), 10 ),
+                            end = col + ts.getClosest( $el, 'th, td' )[0].colSpan;
+                        for ( ; col < end; col++ ) {
+                            include = include ? include || ts.isValueInArray( col, c.sortList ) > -1 : false;
+                        }
+                        return include;
+                    });
+
+                    // 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 ) {
+                                updateColumnSort( $sorted.eq( column ), list[ indx ][ 1 ] );
                             }
                         }
-                        // restore tbody
-                        ts.processTbody(table, $tb, false);
+                    }
+                    // add sorted class to footer & extra headers, if they exist
+                    if ( $extras.length ) {
+                        updateColumnSort( $extras.filter( '[data-column="' + list[ indx ][ 0 ] + '"]' ), list[ indx ][ 1 ] );
                     }
                 }
-                if (c.appender) {
-                    c.appender(table, rows);
-                }
-                if (c.debug) {
-                    benchmark("Rebuilt table", appendTime);
-                }
-                // apply table widgets; but not before ajax completes
-                if (!init && !c.appender) { ts.applyWidget(table); }
-                if (table.isUpdating) {
-                    c.$table.trigger("updateComplete", table);
+            }
+            // add verbose aria labels
+            len = c.$headers.length;
+            for ( indx = 0; indx < len; indx++ ) {
+                ts.setColumnAriaLabel( c, c.$headers.eq( indx ) );
+            }
+        },
+
+        getClosest : function( $el, selector ) {
+            // jQuery v1.2.6 doesn't have closest()
+            if ( $.fn.closest ) {
+                return $el.closest( selector );
+            }
+            return $el.is( selector ) ?
+                $el :
+                $el.parents( selector ).filter( ':first' );
+        },
+
+        // nextSort (optional), lets you disable next sort text
+        setColumnAriaLabel : function( c, $header, nextSort ) {
+            if ( $header.length ) {
+                var column = parseInt( $header.attr( 'data-column' ), 10 ),
+                    vars = c.sortVars[ column ],
+                    tmp = $header.hasClass( ts.css.sortAsc ) ?
+                        'sortAsc' :
+                        $header.hasClass( ts.css.sortDesc ) ? 'sortDesc' : 'sortNone',
+                    txt = $.trim( $header.text() ) + ': ' + ts.language[ tmp ];
+                if ( $header.hasClass( 'sorter-false' ) || nextSort === false ) {
+                    txt += ts.language.sortDisabled;
+                } else {
+                    tmp = ( vars.count + 1 ) % vars.order.length;
+                    nextSort = vars.order[ tmp ];
+                    // if nextSort
+                    txt += ts.language[ nextSort === 0 ? 'nextAsc' : nextSort === 1 ? 'nextDesc' : 'nextNone' ];
+                }
+                $header.attr( 'aria-label', txt );
+                if (vars.sortedBy) {
+                    $header.attr( 'data-sortedBy', vars.sortedBy );
+                } else {
+                    $header.removeAttr('data-sortedBy');
                 }
             }
+        },
 
-            function formatSortingOrder(v) {
-                // look for "d" in "desc" order; return true
-                return (/^d/i.test(v) || v === 1);
+        updateHeader : function( c ) {
+            var index, isDisabled, $header, col,
+                table = c.table,
+                len = c.$headers.length;
+            for ( index = 0; index < len; index++ ) {
+                $header = c.$headers.eq( index );
+                col = ts.getColumnData( table, c.headers, index, true );
+                // add 'sorter-false' class if 'parser-false' is set
+                isDisabled = ts.getData( $header, col, 'sorter' ) === 'false' || ts.getData( $header, col, 'parser' ) === 'false';
+                ts.setColumnSort( c, $header, isDisabled );
             }
+        },
 
-            function buildHeaders(table) {
-                var ch, $t,
-                    h, i, t, lock, time,
-                    c = table.config;
-                c.headerList = [];
-                c.headerContent = [];
-                if (c.debug) {
-                    time = new Date();
+        setColumnSort : function( c, $header, isDisabled ) {
+            var id = c.table.id;
+            $header[ 0 ].sortDisabled = isDisabled;
+            $header[ isDisabled ? 'addClass' : 'removeClass' ]( 'sorter-false' )
+                .attr( 'aria-disabled', '' + isDisabled );
+            // disable tab index on disabled cells
+            if ( c.tabIndex ) {
+                if ( isDisabled ) {
+                    $header.removeAttr( 'tabindex' );
+                } else {
+                    $header.attr( 'tabindex', '0' );
                 }
-                // children tr in tfoot - see issue #196 & #547
-                c.columns = ts.computeColumnIndex( c.$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 = $(table).find(c.selectorHeaders).each(function(index) {
-                    $t = $(this);
-                    // make sure to get header cell & not column indexed cell
-                    ch = ts.getColumnData( table, c.headers, index, true );
-                    // save original header content
-                    c.headerContent[index] = $(this).html();
-                    // set up header template
-                    t = c.headerTemplate.replace(/\{content\}/g, $(this).html()).replace(/\{icon\}/g, i);
-                    if (c.onRenderTemplate) {
-                        h = c.onRenderTemplate.apply($t, [index, t]);
-                        if (h && typeof h === 'string') { t = h; } // only change t if something is returned
+            }
+            // aria-controls - requires table ID
+            if ( id ) {
+                if ( isDisabled ) {
+                    $header.removeAttr( 'aria-controls' );
+                } else {
+                    $header.attr( 'aria-controls', id );
+                }
+            }
+        },
+
+        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 ) {
+
+                    // set order if not already defined - due to colspan header without associated header cell
+                    // adding this check prevents a javascript error
+                    if ( !c.sortVars[ col ].order ) {
+                        if ( ts.getOrder( c.sortInitialOrder ) ) {
+                            order = c.sortReset ? [ 1, 0, 2 ] : [ 1, 0 ];
+                        } else {
+                            order = c.sortReset ? [ 0, 1, 2 ] : [ 0, 1 ];
+                        }
+                        c.sortVars[ col ].order = order;
+                        c.sortVars[ col ].count = 0;
                     }
-                    $(this).html('<div class="' + ts.css.headerIn + '">' + t + '</div>'); // faster than wrapInner
-
-                    if (c.onRenderHeader) { c.onRenderHeader.apply($t, [index]); }
-                    this.column = parseInt( $(this).attr('data-column'), 10);
-                    this.order = formatSortingOrder( ts.getData($t, ch, 'sortInitialOrder') || c.sortInitialOrder ) ? [1,0,2] : [0,1,2];
-                    this.count = -1; // set to -1 because clicking on the header automatically adds one
-                    this.lockedOrder = false;
-                    lock = ts.getData($t, ch, 'lockedOrder') || false;
-                    if (typeof lock !== 'undefined' && lock !== false) {
-                        this.order = this.lockedOrder = formatSortingOrder(lock) ? [1,1,1] : [0,0,0];
+
+                    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 ) % order.length ];
+                            // 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 ) % order.length ];
+                            break;
+                        default : // ascending
+                            dir = 0;
+                            break;
                     }
-                    $t.addClass(ts.css.header + ' ' + c.cssHeader);
-                    // add cell to headerList
-                    c.headerList[index] = this;
-                    // 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) { $t.attr("tabindex", 0); }
-                }).attr({
-                        scope: 'col',
-                        role : 'columnheader'
-                    });
-                // enable/disable sorting
-                updateHeader(table);
-                if (c.debug) {
-                    benchmark("Built headers:", time);
-                    log(c.$headers);
-                }
-            }
-
-            function commonUpdate(table, resort, callback) {
-                var c = table.config;
-                // remove rows/elements before update
-                c.$table.find(c.selectorRemove).remove();
-                // rebuild parsers
-                buildParserCache(table);
-                // rebuild the cache map
-                buildCache(table);
-                checkResort(c.$table, resort, callback);
-            }
-
-            function updateHeader(table) {
-                var s, $th, col,
-                    c = table.config;
-                c.$headers.each(function(index, th){
-                    $th = $(th);
-                    col = ts.getColumnData( table, c.headers, index, true );
-                    // add "sorter-false" class if "parser-false" is set
-                    s = ts.getData( th, col, 'sorter' ) === 'false' || ts.getData( th, col, 'parser' ) === 'false';
-                    th.sortDisabled = s;
-                    $th[ s ? 'addClass' : 'removeClass' ]('sorter-false').attr('aria-disabled', '' + s);
-                    // aria-controls - requires table ID
-                    if (table.id) {
-                        if (s) {
-                            $th.removeAttr('aria-controls');
+                    primary = indx === 0 ? dir : primary;
+                    group = [ col, parseInt( dir, 10 ) || 0 ];
+                    c.sortList[ c.sortList.length ] = group;
+                    dir = $.inArray( group[ 1 ], order ); // fixes issue #167
+                    c.sortVars[ col ].count = dir >= 0 ? dir : group[ 1 ] % order.length;
+                }
+            }
+        },
+
+        updateAll : function( c, resort, callback ) {
+            var table = c.table;
+            table.isUpdating = true;
+            ts.refreshWidgets( table, true, true );
+            ts.buildHeaders( c );
+            ts.bindEvents( table, c.$headers, true );
+            ts.bindMethods( c );
+            ts.commonUpdate( c, resort, callback );
+        },
+
+        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 ) {
+            // updateCell for child rows is a mess - we'll ignore them for now
+            // eventually I'll break out the "update" row cache code to make everything consistent
+            if ( $( cell ).closest( 'tr' ).hasClass( c.cssChildRow ) ) {
+                console.warn('Tablesorter Warning! "updateCell" for child row content has been disabled, use "update" instead');
+                return;
+            }
+            if ( ts.isEmptyObject( c.cache ) ) {
+                // empty table, do an update instead - fixes #1099
+                ts.updateHeader( c );
+                ts.commonUpdate( c, resort, callback );
+                return;
+            }
+            c.table.isUpdating = true;
+            c.$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( ts.getClosest( $cell, 'tbody' ) ),
+                tbcache = c.cache[ tbodyIndex ],
+                $row = ts.getClosest( $cell, 'tr' );
+            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' ).not( '.' + c.cssChildRow ).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 {
-                            $th.attr('aria-controls', table.id);
+                            tmp = true;
                         }
                     }
-                });
+                } else {
+                    icell = $cell.index();
+                }
+                tmp = ts.getElementText( c, cell, icell ); // raw
+                cache[ c.columns ].raw[ icell ] = tmp;
+                tmp = ts.getParsedText( c, cell, icell, tmp );
+                cache[ icell ] = tmp; // parsed
+                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 {
+                    // don't reapply widgets is resort is false, just in case it causes
+                    // problems with element focus
+                    ts.resortComplete( c, callback );
+                }
+            } else {
+                if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
+                    console.error( 'updateCell aborted, tbody missing or not within the indicated table' );
+                }
+                c.table.isUpdating = false;
             }
+        },
 
-            function setHeadersCss(table) {
-                var f, i, j,
-                    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],
-                    aria = ['ascending', 'descending'],
-                // find the footer
-                    $t = $(table).find('tfoot tr').children().add(c.$extraHeaders).removeClass(css.join(' '));
-                // remove all header information
-                c.$headers
-                    .removeClass(css.join(' '))
-                    .addClass(none).attr('aria-sort', 'none');
-                for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-                    // direction = 2 means reset!
-                    if (list[i][1] !== 2) {
-                        // multicolumn sorting updating - choose the :last in case there are nested columns
-                        f = c.$headers.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]]);
-                                }
-                            }
-                            // 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]]);
-                            }
+        addRows : function( c, $row, resort, callback ) {
+            var txt, val, tbodyIndex, rowIndex, rows, cellIndex, len, order,
+                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 $ ) ||
+                // row contained in the table?
+                ( ts.getClosest( $row, 'table' )[ 0 ] !== c.table )
+            ) {
+                if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
+                    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 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;
+                    order = c.cache[ tbodyIndex ].normalized.length;
+                    cells = [];
+                    rowData = {
+                        child : [],
+                        raw : [],
+                        $row : $row.eq( rowIndex ),
+                        order : order
+                    };
+                    // add each cell
+                    for ( cellIndex = 0; cellIndex < len; cellIndex++ ) {
+                        cell = $row[ rowIndex ].cells[ cellIndex ];
+                        txt = ts.getElementText( c, cell, cacheIndex );
+                        rowData.raw[ cacheIndex ] = txt;
+                        val = ts.getParsedText( c, cell, cacheIndex, txt );
+                        cells[ cacheIndex ] = val;
+                        if ( ( c.parsers[ cacheIndex ].type || '' ).toLowerCase() === 'numeric' ) {
+                            // update column max value (ignore sign)
+                            c.cache[ tbodyIndex ].colMax[ cacheIndex ] =
+                                Math.max( Math.abs( val ) || 0, c.cache[ tbodyIndex ].colMax[ cacheIndex ] || 0 );
                         }
+                        span = cell.colSpan - 1;
+                        if ( span > 0 ) {
+                            cacheIndex += span;
+                        }
+                        cacheIndex++;
                     }
+                    // add the row data to the end
+                    cells[ c.columns ] = rowData;
+                    // update cache
+                    c.cache[ tbodyIndex ].normalized[ order ] = cells;
                 }
-                // add verbose aria labels
-                c.$headers.not('.sorter-false').each(function(){
-                    var $this = $(this),
-                        nextSort = this.order[(this.count + 1) % (c.sortReset ? 3 : 2)],
-                        txt = $this.text() + ': ' +
-                            ts.language[ $this.hasClass(ts.css.sortAsc) ? 'sortAsc' : $this.hasClass(ts.css.sortDesc) ? 'sortDesc' : 'sortNone' ] +
-                            ts.language[ nextSort === 0 ? 'nextAsc' : nextSort === 1 ? 'nextDesc' : 'nextNone' ];
-                    $this.attr('aria-label', txt );
-                });
+                // resort using current settings
+                ts.checkResort( c, resort, callback );
             }
+        },
 
-            // automatically add col group, and column sizes if set
-            function fixColumnWidth(table) {
-                if (table.config.widthFixed && $(table).find('colgroup').length === 0) {
-                    var colgroup = $('<colgroup>'),
-                        overallWidth = $(table).width();
-                    // only add col for visible columns - fixes #371
-                    $(table.tBodies[0]).find("tr:first").children(":visible").each(function() {
-                        colgroup.append($('<col>').css('width', parseInt(($(this).width()/overallWidth)*1000, 10)/10 + '%'));
-                    });
-                    $(table).prepend(colgroup);
-                }
+        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 );
+        },
 
-            function updateHeaderSortCount(table, list) {
-                var s, t, o, col, primary,
-                    c = table.config,
-                    sl = list || c.sortList;
-                c.sortList = [];
-                $.each(sl, function(i,v){
-                    // ensure all sortList values are numeric - fixes #127
-                    col = parseInt(v[0], 10);
-                    // make sure header exists
-                    o = c.$headers.filter('[data-column="' + col + '"]:last')[0];
-                    if (o) { // prevents error if sorton array is wrong
-                        // o.count = o.count + 1;
-                        t = ('' + v[1]).match(/^(1|d|s|o|n)/);
-                        t = t ? t[0] : '';
-                        // 0/(a)sc (default), 1/(d)esc, (s)ame, (o)pposite, (n)ext
-                        switch(t) {
-                            case '1': case 'd': // descending
-                            t = 1;
-                            break;
-                            case 's': // same direction (as primary column)
-                                // if primary sort is set to "s", make it ascending
-                                t = primary || 0;
-                                break;
-                            case 'o':
-                                s = o.order[(primary || 0) % (c.sortReset ? 3 : 2)];
-                                // opposite of primary column; but resets if primary resets
-                                t = s === 0 ? 1 : s === 1 ? 0 : 2;
-                                break;
-                            case 'n':
-                                o.count = o.count + 1;
-                                t = o.order[(o.count) % (c.sortReset ? 3 : 2)];
-                                break;
-                            default: // ascending
-                                t = 0;
-                                break;
+        // 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,
+                $tbodies = c.$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.triggerHandler( 'updateComplete', table ) : ''; // Fixes #532
+            }
+            if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
+                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, $tbody, true );
+                    parsed = cache[ tbodyIndex ].normalized;
+                    totalRows = parsed.length;
+                    for ( rowIndex = 0; rowIndex < totalRows; rowIndex++ ) {
+                        rows[rows.length] = parsed[ rowIndex ][ c.columns ].$row;
+                        // removeRows used by the pager plugin; don't render if using ajax - fixes #411
+                        if ( !c.appender || ( c.pager && !c.pager.removeRows && !c.pager.ajax ) ) {
+                            $curTbody.append( parsed[ rowIndex ][ c.columns ].$row );
                         }
-                        primary = i === 0 ? t : primary;
-                        s = [ col, parseInt(t, 10) || 0 ];
-                        c.sortList.push(s);
-                        t = $.inArray(s[1], o.order); // fixes issue #167
-                        o.count = t >= 0 ? t : s[1] % (c.sortReset ? 3 : 2);
                     }
-                });
+                    // restore tbody
+                    ts.processTbody( table, $curTbody, false );
+                }
+            }
+            if ( c.appender ) {
+                c.appender( table, rows );
+            }
+            if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
+                console.log( 'Rebuilt table' + ts.benchmark( appendTime ) );
+            }
+            // apply table widgets; but not before ajax completes
+            if ( !init && !c.appender ) {
+                ts.applyWidget( table );
+            }
+            if ( table.isUpdating ) {
+                c.$table.triggerHandler( 'updateComplete', table );
+            }
+        },
+
+        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 );
+        },
+
+        /*
+        ▄█████ ▄████▄ █████▄ ██████ ██ █████▄ ▄████▄
+        ▀█▄    ██  ██ ██▄▄██   ██   ██ ██  ██ ██ ▄▄▄
+           ▀█▄ ██  ██ ██▀██    ██   ██ ██  ██ ██ ▀██
+        █████▀ ▀████▀ ██  ██   ██   ██ ██  ██ ▀████▀
+        */
+        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 );
             }
 
-            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, col, order, s,
-                    c = table.config,
-                    key = !event[c.sortMultiSortKey],
-                    $table = c.$table;
-                // Only call sortStart if sorting is enabled
-                $table.trigger("sortStart", table);
-                // get current column sort order
-                cell.count = event[c.sortResetKey] ? 2 : (cell.count + 1) % (c.sortReset ? 3 : 2);
-                // reset all sorts on non-current column - issue #30
-                if (c.sortRestart) {
-                    indx = cell;
-                    c.$headers.each(function() {
-                        // only reset counts on columns that weren't just clicked on and if not included in a multisort
-                        if (this !== indx && (key || !$(this).is('.' + ts.css.sortDesc + ',.' + ts.css.sortAsc))) {
-                            this.count = -1;
+            var arry, indx, headerIndx, dir, temp, tmp, $header,
+                notMultiSort = !event[ c.sortMultiSortKey ],
+                table = c.table,
+                len = c.$headers.length,
+                th = ts.getClosest( $( cell ), 'th, td' ),
+                col = parseInt( th.attr( 'data-column' ), 10 ),
+                sortedBy = event.type === 'mouseup' ? 'user' : event.type,
+                order = c.sortVars[ col ].order;
+            th = th[0];
+            // Only call sortStart if sorting is enabled
+            c.$table.triggerHandler( 'sortStart', table );
+            // get current column sort order
+            tmp = ( c.sortVars[ col ].count + 1 ) % order.length;
+            c.sortVars[ col ].count = event[ c.sortResetKey ] ? 2 : tmp;
+            // reset all sorts on non-current column - issue #30
+            if ( c.sortRestart ) {
+                for ( headerIndx = 0; headerIndx < len; headerIndx++ ) {
+                    $header = c.$headers.eq( headerIndx );
+                    tmp = parseInt( $header.attr( 'data-column' ), 10 );
+                    // only reset counts on columns that weren't just clicked on and if not included in a multisort
+                    if ( col !== tmp && ( notMultiSort || $header.hasClass( ts.css.sortNone ) ) ) {
+                        c.sortVars[ tmp ].count = -1;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            // user only wants to sort on one column
+            if ( notMultiSort ) {
+                $.each( c.sortVars, function( i ) {
+                    c.sortVars[ i ].sortedBy = '';
+                });
+                // 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[ c.sortList.length ] = arry[ indx ];
+                            c.sortVars[ arry[ indx ][ 0 ] ].sortedBy = 'sortForce';
                         }
-                    });
+                    }
                 }
-                // get current column index
-                indx = cell.column;
-                // 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]);
-                            }
+                // add column to sort list
+                dir = order[ c.sortVars[ col ].count ];
+                if ( dir < 2 ) {
+                    c.sortList[ c.sortList.length ] = [ col, dir ];
+                    c.sortVars[ col ].sortedBy = sortedBy;
+                    // add other columns if header spans across multiple
+                    if ( th.colSpan > 1 ) {
+                        for ( indx = 1; indx < th.colSpan; indx++ ) {
+                            c.sortList[ c.sortList.length ] = [ col + indx, dir ];
+                            // update count on columns in colSpan
+                            c.sortVars[ col + indx ].count = $.inArray( dir, order );
+                            c.sortVars[ col + indx ].sortedBy = sortedBy;
                         }
                     }
-                    // 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]);
+                }
+                // 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
+                    c.sortVars[ col ].sortedBy = sortedBy;
+                    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;
                             }
                         }
                     }
-                    // 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);
+                    // add column to sort list array
+                    dir = order[ c.sortVars[ col ].count ];
+                    c.sortVars[ col ].sortedBy = sortedBy;
+                    if ( dir < 2 ) {
+                        c.sortList[ c.sortList.length ] = [ col, dir ];
+                        // add other columns if header spans across multiple
+                        if ( th.colSpan > 1 ) {
+                            for ( indx = 1; indx < th.colSpan; indx++ ) {
+                                c.sortList[ c.sortList.length ] = [ col + indx, dir ];
+                                // update count on columns in colSpan
+                                c.sortVars[ col + indx ].count = $.inArray( dir, order );
+                                c.sortVars[ col + indx ].sortedBy = sortedBy;
                             }
                         }
                     }
-                    // the user has clicked on an already sorted column
-                    if (ts.isValueInArray(indx, c.sortList) >= 0) {
-                        // reverse the sorting direction
-                        for (col = 0; col < c.sortList.length; col++) {
-                            s = c.sortList[col];
-                            order = c.$headers.filter('[data-column="' + s[0] + '"]:last')[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 {
-                        // 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]);
+                }
+            }
+            // 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 ) % order.length;
+                                        break;
+                                    default:
+                                        dir = 0;
+                                        break;
                                 }
                             }
+                            c.sortList[ c.sortList.length ] = [ arry[ indx ][ 0 ], dir ];
+                            c.sortVars[ arry[ indx ][ 0 ] ].sortedBy = 'sortAppend';
                         }
                     }
                 }
-                if (c.sortAppend !== null) {
-                    arry = c.sortAppend;
-                    for (col = 0; col < arry.length; col++) {
-                        if (arry[col][0] !== indx) {
-                            c.sortList.push(arry[col]);
-                        }
+            }
+            // sortBegin event triggered immediately before the sort
+            c.$table.triggerHandler( 'sortBegin', table );
+            // setTimeout needed so the processing icon shows up
+            setTimeout( function() {
+                // set css for headers
+                ts.setHeadersCss( c );
+                ts.multisort( c );
+                ts.appendCache( c );
+                c.$table.triggerHandler( 'sortBeforeEnd', table );
+                c.$table.triggerHandler( 'sortEnd', table );
+            }, 1 );
+        },
+
+        // sort multiple columns
+        multisort : function( c ) { /*jshint loopfunc:true */
+            var tbodyIndex, sortTime, colMax, rows, tmp,
+                table = c.table,
+                sorter = [],
+                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 ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) { sortTime = new Date(); }
+            // cache textSorter to optimize speed
+            if ( typeof textSorter === 'object' ) {
+                colMax = c.columns;
+                while ( colMax-- ) {
+                    tmp = ts.getColumnData( table, textSorter, colMax );
+                    if ( typeof tmp === 'function' ) {
+                        sorter[ colMax ] = tmp;
                     }
                 }
-                // 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);
-                    appendToTable(table);
-                    $table.trigger("sortEnd", table);
-                }, 1);
-            }
-
-            // sort multiple columns
-            function multisort(table) { /*jshint loopfunc:true */
-                var i, k, num, col, sortTime, colMax,
-                    cache, order, sort, x, y,
-                    dir = 0,
-                    c = table.config,
-                    cts = c.textSorter || '',
-                    sortList = c.sortList,
-                    l = sortList.length,
-                    bl = table.tBodies.length;
-                if (c.serverSideSorting || 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;
-                    cache = c.cache[k].normalized;
-
-                    cache.sort(function(a, b) {
-                        // cache 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;
-                            }
+            }
+            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(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](table, a[c], b[c], c, colMax[c], dir);
-                                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);
+                        // 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 {
-                                // 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);
-                                }
+                                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 sorter[ col ] === 'function' ) {
+                                // custom text sorter for a SPECIFIC COLUMN
+                                sort = sorter[ 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) { benchmark("Sorting on " + sortList.toString() + " and dir " + order + " time", sortTime); }
+                        if ( sort ) { return sort; }
+                    }
+                    return a[ c.columns ].order - b[ c.columns ].order;
+                });
+            }
+            if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
+                console.log( 'Applying sort ' + sortList.toString() + ts.benchmark( sortTime ) );
             }
+        },
 
-            function resortComplete($table, callback){
-                var table = $table[0];
-                if (table.isUpdating) {
-                    $table.trigger('updateComplete');
-                }
-                if ($.isFunction(callback)) {
-                    callback($table[0]);
-                }
+        resortComplete : function( c, callback ) {
+            if ( c.table.isUpdating ) {
+                c.$table.triggerHandler( 'updateComplete', c.table );
+            }
+            if ( $.isFunction( callback ) ) {
+                callback( c.table );
             }
+        },
 
-            function checkResort($table, flag, callback) {
-                var sl = $table[0].config.sortList;
-                // don't try to resort if the table is still processing
-                // this will catch spamming of the updateCell method
-                if (flag !== false && !$table[0].isProcessing && sl.length) {
-                    $table.trigger("sorton", [sl, function(){
-                        resortComplete($table, callback);
-                    }, true]);
+        checkResort : function( c, resort, callback ) {
+            var sortList = $.isArray( resort ) ? resort : c.sortList,
+                // if no resort parameter is passed, fallback to config.resort (true by default)
+                resrt = typeof resort === 'undefined' ? c.resort : resort;
+            // don't try to resort if the table is still processing
+            // this will catch spamming of the updateCell method
+            if ( resrt !== false && !c.serverSideSorting && !c.table.isProcessing ) {
+                if ( sortList.length ) {
+                    ts.sortOn( c, sortList, function() {
+                        ts.resortComplete( c, callback );
+                    }, true );
                 } else {
-                    resortComplete($table, callback);
-                    ts.applyWidget($table[0], false);
-                }
+                    ts.sortReset( c, function() {
+                        ts.resortComplete( c, callback );
+                        ts.applyWidget( c.table, false );
+                    } );
+                }
+            } else {
+                ts.resortComplete( c, callback );
+                ts.applyWidget( c.table, false );
             }
+        },
 
-            function bindMethods(table){
-                var c = table.config,
-                    $table = c.$table;
-                // apply easy methods that trigger bound events
-                $table
-                    .unbind('sortReset update updateRows updateCell updateAll addRows updateComplete sorton appendCache updateCache applyWidgetId applyWidgets refreshWidgets destroy mouseup mouseleave '.split(' ').join(c.namespace + ' '))
-                    .bind("sortReset" + c.namespace, function(e, callback){
-                        e.stopPropagation();
-                        c.sortList = [];
-                        setHeadersCss(table);
-                        multisort(table);
-                        appendToTable(table);
-                        if ($.isFunction(callback)) {
-                            callback(table);
-                        }
-                    })
-                    .bind("updateAll" + c.namespace, function(e, resort, callback){
-                        e.stopPropagation();
-                        table.isUpdating = true;
-                        ts.refreshWidgets(table, true, true);
-                        ts.restoreHeaders(table);
-                        buildHeaders(table);
-                        ts.bindEvents(table, c.$headers, true);
-                        bindMethods(table);
-                        commonUpdate(table, resort, callback);
-                    })
-                    .bind("update" + c.namespace + " updateRows" + c.namespace, function(e, resort, callback) {
-                        e.stopPropagation();
-                        table.isUpdating = true;
-                        // update sorting (if enabled/disabled)
-                        updateHeader(table);
-                        commonUpdate(table, resort, callback);
-                    })
-                    .bind("updateCell" + c.namespace, function(e, cell, resort, callback) {
-                        e.stopPropagation();
-                        table.isUpdating = true;
-                        $table.find(c.selectorRemove).remove();
-                        // get position from the dom
-                        var v, t, row, icell,
-                            $tb = $table.find('tbody'),
-                            $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') ),
-                            $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 );
-                            icell = $cell.index();
-                            c.cache[tbdy].normalized[row][c.columns].$row = $row;
-                            if (typeof c.extractors[icell].id === 'undefined') {
-                                t = getElementText(table, cell, icell);
-                            } else {
-                                t = c.extractors[icell].format( getElementText(table, cell, icell), table, cell, icell );
-                            }
-                            v = c.parsers[icell].id === 'no-parser' ? '' :
-                                c.parsers[icell].format( t, table, cell, icell );
-                            c.cache[tbdy].normalized[row][icell] = c.ignoreCase && typeof v === 'string' ? v.toLowerCase() : v;
-                            if ((c.parsers[icell].type || '').toLowerCase() === "numeric") {
-                                // update column max value (ignore sign)
-                                c.cache[tbdy].colMax[icell] = Math.max(Math.abs(v) || 0, c.cache[tbdy].colMax[icell] || 0);
-                            }
-                            checkResort($table, resort, callback);
-                        }
-                    })
-                    .bind("addRows" + c.namespace, function(e, $row, resort, callback) {
-                        e.stopPropagation();
-                        table.isUpdating = true;
-                        if (isEmptyObject(c.cache)) {
-                            // empty table, do an update instead - fixes #450
-                            updateHeader(table);
-                            commonUpdate(table, resort, callback);
-                        } else {
-                            $row = $($row).attr('role', 'row'); // make sure we're using a jQuery object
-                            var i, j, l, t, v, rowData, cells,
-                                rows = $row.filter('tr').length,
-                                tbdy = $table.find('tbody').index( $row.parents('tbody').filter(':first') );
-                            // fixes adding rows to an empty table - see issue #179
-                            if (!(c.parsers && c.parsers.length)) {
-                                buildParserCache(table);
-                            }
-                            // 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++) {
-                                    if (typeof c.extractors[j].id === 'undefined') {
-                                        t = getElementText(table, $row[i].cells[j], j);
-                                    } else {
-                                        t = c.extractors[j].format( getElementText(table, $row[i].cells[j], j), table, $row[i].cells[j], j );
-                                    }
-                                    v = c.parsers[j].id === 'no-parser' ? '' :
-                                        c.parsers[j].format( t, table, $row[i].cells[j], j );
-                                    cells[j] = c.ignoreCase && typeof v === 'string' ? v.toLowerCase() : v;
-                                    if ((c.parsers[j].type || '').toLowerCase() === "numeric") {
-                                        // update column max value (ignore sign)
-                                        c.cache[tbdy].colMax[j] = Math.max(Math.abs(cells[j]) || 0, c.cache[tbdy].colMax[j] || 0);
-                                    }
-                                }
-                                // add the row data to the end
-                                cells.push(rowData);
-                                // update cache
-                                c.cache[tbdy].normalized.push(cells);
-                            }
-                            // resort using current settings
-                            checkResort($table, resort, callback);
-                        }
-                    })
-                    .bind("updateComplete" + c.namespace, function(){
-                        table.isUpdating = false;
-                    })
-                    .bind("sorton" + c.namespace, function(e, list, callback, init) {
-                        var c = table.config;
-                        e.stopPropagation();
-                        $table.trigger("sortStart", this);
-                        // update header count index
-                        updateHeaderSortCount(table, list);
-                        // set css for headers
-                        setHeadersCss(table);
-                        // fixes #346
-                        if (c.delayInit && isEmptyObject(c.cache)) { buildCache(table); }
-                        $table.trigger("sortBegin", this);
-                        // sort the table and append it to the dom
-                        multisort(table);
-                        appendToTable(table, init);
-                        $table.trigger("sortEnd", this);
-                        ts.applyWidget(table);
-                        if ($.isFunction(callback)) {
-                            callback(table);
-                        }
-                    })
-                    .bind("appendCache" + c.namespace, function(e, callback, init) {
-                        e.stopPropagation();
-                        appendToTable(table, init);
-                        if ($.isFunction(callback)) {
-                            callback(table);
-                        }
-                    })
-                    .bind("updateCache" + c.namespace, function(e, callback){
-                        // rebuild parsers
-                        if (!(c.parsers && c.parsers.length)) {
-                            buildParserCache(table);
-                        }
-                        // rebuild the cache map
-                        buildCache(table);
-                        if ($.isFunction(callback)) {
-                            callback(table);
-                        }
-                    })
-                    .bind("applyWidgetId" + c.namespace, function(e, id) {
-                        e.stopPropagation();
-                        ts.getWidgetById(id).format(table, c, c.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, c, cb){
-                        e.stopPropagation();
-                        ts.destroy(table, c, cb);
-                    })
-                    .bind("resetToLoadState" + c.namespace, function(){
-                        // remove all widgets
-                        ts.refreshWidgets(table, true, true);
-                        // restore original settings; this clears out current settings, but does not clear
-                        // values saved to storage.
-                        c = $.extend(true, ts.defaults, c.originalSettings);
-                        table.hasInitialized = false;
-                        // setup the entire table again
-                        ts.setup( table, c );
-                    });
+        sortOn : function( c, list, callback, init ) {
+            var indx,
+                table = c.table;
+            c.$table.triggerHandler( 'sortStart', table );
+            for (indx = 0; indx < c.columns; indx++) {
+                c.sortVars[ indx ].sortedBy = ts.isValueInArray( indx, list ) > -1 ? 'sorton' : '';
+            }
+            // 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.$table.triggerHandler( 'sortBegin', table );
+            // sort the table and append it to the dom
+            ts.multisort( c );
+            ts.appendCache( c, init );
+            c.$table.triggerHandler( 'sortBeforeEnd', table );
+            c.$table.triggerHandler( 'sortEnd', table );
+            ts.applyWidget( table );
+            if ( $.isFunction( callback ) ) {
+                callback( table );
+            }
+        },
+
+        sortReset : function( c, callback ) {
+            c.sortList = [];
+            var indx;
+            for (indx = 0; indx < c.columns; indx++) {
+                c.sortVars[ indx ].count = -1;
+                c.sortVars[ indx ].sortedBy = '';
             }
+            ts.setHeadersCss( c );
+            ts.multisort( c );
+            ts.appendCache( c );
+            if ( $.isFunction( callback ) ) {
+                callback( c.table );
+            }
+        },
 
-            /* public methods */
-            ts.construct = function(settings) {
-                return this.each(function() {
-                    var table = this,
-                    // merge & extend config options
-                        c = $.extend(true, {}, ts.defaults, settings);
-                    // save initial settings
-                    c.originalSettings = settings;
-                    // create a table from data (build table widget)
-                    if (!table.hasInitialized && ts.buildTable && this.tagName !== 'TABLE') {
-                        // return the table (in case the original target is the table's container)
-                        ts.buildTable(table, c);
-                    } else {
-                        ts.setup(table, c);
-                    }
-                });
-            };
+        getSortType : function( parsers, column ) {
+            return ( parsers && parsers[ column ] ) ? parsers[ column ].type || '' : '';
+        },
 
-            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) {
-                    return c.debug ? log('ERROR: stopping initialization! No table, thead, tbody or tablesorter has already been initialized') : '';
-                }
+        getOrder : function( val ) {
+            // look for 'd' in 'desc' order; return true
+            return ( /^d/i.test( val ) || val === 1 );
+        },
 
-                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) { $.data( table, 'startoveralltimer', new Date()); }
-
-                // removing this in version 3 (only supports jQuery 1.7+)
-                c.supportsDataObject = (function(version) {
-                    version[0] = parseInt(version[0], 10);
-                    return (version[0] > 1) || (version[0] === 1 && parseInt(version[1], 10) >= 4);
-                })($.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 };
-                // 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(/\W/g,'');
-                }
+        // Natural sort - https://github.com/overset/javascript-natural-sort (date sorting removed)
+        sortNatural : function( a, b ) {
+            if ( a === b ) { return 0; }
+            a = ( a || '' ).toString();
+            b = ( b || '' ).toString();
+            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;
+        },
 
-                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.find('caption').length) {
-                    c.$table.attr('aria-labelledby', 'theCaption');
-                }
-                c.widgetInit = {}; // keep a list of initialized widgets
-                // change textExtraction via data-attribute
-                c.textExtraction = c.$table.attr('data-text-extraction') || c.textExtraction || 'basic';
-                // build headers
-                buildHeaders(table);
-                // fixate columns if the users supplies the fixedWidth option
-                // do this after theme has been applied
-                fixColumnWidth(table);
-                // try to auto detect column type, and store in tables config
-                buildParserCache(table);
-                // 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]);
-                } else {
-                    setHeadersCss(table);
-                    if (c.initWidgets) {
-                        // apply widget format
-                        ts.applyWidget(table, false);
-                    }
-                }
+        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 );
+        },
 
-                // 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);
-                            }
-                        });
-                }
+        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 );
+        },
+
+        // basic alphabetical sort
+        sortText : function( a, b ) {
+            return a > b ? 1 : ( a < b ? -1 : 0 );
+        },
+
+        // 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 = val ? val.length : 0,
+                    n = max + num;
+                for ( indx = 0; indx < len; indx++ ) {
+                    n += val.charCodeAt( indx );
+                }
+                return num * n;
+            }
+            return 0;
+        },
+
+        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;
+        },
 
-                // initialized
-                table.hasInitialized = true;
-                table.isProcessing = false;
-                if (c.debug) {
-                    ts.benchmark("Overall initialization time", $.data( table, 'startoveralltimer'));
+        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;
+        },
+
+        sortNumeric : function( a, b ) {
+            return a - b;
+        },
+
+        /*
+        ██ ██ ██ ██ █████▄ ▄████▄ ██████ ██████ ▄█████
+        ██ ██ ██ ██ ██  ██ ██ ▄▄▄ ██▄▄     ██   ▀█▄
+        ██ ██ ██ ██ ██  ██ ██ ▀██ ██▀▀     ██      ▀█▄
+        ███████▀ ██ █████▀ ▀████▀ ██████   ██   █████▀
+        */
+        addWidget : function( widget ) {
+            if ( widget.id && !ts.isEmptyObject( ts.getWidgetById( widget.id ) ) ) {
+                console.warn( '"' + widget.id + '" widget was loaded more than once!' );
+            }
+            ts.widgets[ ts.widgets.length ] = widget;
+        },
+
+        hasWidget : function( $table, name ) {
+            $table = $( $table );
+            return $table.length && $table[ 0 ].config && $table[ 0 ].config.widgetInit[ name ] || false;
+        },
+
+        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;
                 }
-                $table.trigger('tablesorter-initialized', table);
-                if (typeof c.initialized === 'function') { c.initialized(table); }
-            };
+            }
+        },
 
-            ts.getColumnData = function(table, obj, indx, getCell){
-                if (typeof obj === 'undefined' || obj === null) { return; }
-                table = $(table)[0];
-                var result, $h, k,
-                    c = table.config;
-                if (obj[indx]) {
-                    return getCell ? obj[indx] : obj[c.$headers.index( c.$headers.filter('[data-column="' + indx + '"]:last') )];
-                }
-                for (k in obj) {
-                    if (typeof k === 'string') {
-                        if (getCell) {
-                            // get header cell
-                            $h = c.$headers.eq(indx).filter(k);
-                        } else {
-                            // get column indexed cell
-                            $h = c.$headers.filter('[data-column="' + indx + '"]:last').filter(k);
-                        }
-                        if ($h.length) {
-                            return obj[k];
-                        }
+        applyWidgetOptions : function( table ) {
+            var indx, widget, wo,
+                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 ) {
+                        wo = $.extend( true, {}, widget.options );
+                        c.widgetOptions = $.extend( true, wo, c.widgetOptions );
+                        // add widgetOptions to defaults for option validator
+                        $.extend( true, ts.defaults.widgetOptions, widget.options );
                     }
                 }
-                return result;
-            };
+            }
+        },
 
-            // computeTableHeaderCellIndexes from:
-            // http://www.javascripttoolbox.com/lib/table/examples.php
-            // http://www.javascripttoolbox.com/temp/table_cellindex.html
-            ts.computeColumnIndex = function(trs) {
-                var matrix = [],
-                    lookup = {},
-                    cols = 0, // determine the number of columns
-                    i, j, k, l, $cell, cell, cells, rowIndex, cellId, rowSpan, colSpan, firstAvailCol, matrixrow;
-                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;
-                            }
-                        }
-                        lookup[cellId] = firstAvailCol;
-                        cols = Math.max(firstAvailCol, cols);
-                        // add data-column
-                        $cell.attr({ 'data-column' : firstAvailCol }); // 'data-row' : rowIndex
-                        for (k = rowIndex; k < rowIndex + rowSpan; k++) {
-                            if (typeof(matrix[k]) === "undefined") {
-                                matrix[k] = [];
-                            }
-                            matrixrow = matrix[k];
-                            for (l = firstAvailCol; l < firstAvailCol + colSpan; l++) {
-                                matrixrow[l] = "x";
-                            }
-                        }
+        addWidgetFromClass : function( table ) {
+            var len, indx,
+                c = table.config,
+                // look for widgets to apply from table class
+                // don't match from 'ui-widget-content'; use \S instead of \w to include widgets
+                // with dashes in the name, e.g. "widget-test-2" extracts out "test-2"
+                regex = '^' + c.widgetClass.replace( ts.regex.templateName, '(\\S+)+' ) + '$',
+                widgetClass = new RegExp( regex, 'g' ),
+                // split up table class (widget id's can include dashes) - stop using match
+                // otherwise only one widget gets extracted, see #1109
+                widgets = ( table.className || '' ).split( ts.regex.spaces );
+            if ( widgets.length ) {
+                len = widgets.length;
+                for ( indx = 0; indx < len; indx++ ) {
+                    if ( widgets[ indx ].match( widgetClass ) ) {
+                        c.widgets[ c.widgets.length ] = widgets[ indx ].replace( widgetClass, '$1' );
                     }
                 }
-                // may not be accurate if # header columns !== # tbody columns
-                return cols + 1; // add one because it's a zero-based index
-            };
+            }
+        },
 
-            // *** 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;
-                        });
+        applyWidgetId : function( table, id, init ) {
+            table = $(table)[0];
+            var applied, time, name,
+                c = table.config,
+                wo = c.widgetOptions,
+                debug = ts.debug(c, 'core'),
+                widget = ts.getWidgetById( id );
+            if ( widget ) {
+                name = widget.id;
+                applied = false;
+                // add widget name to option list so it gets reapplied after sorting, filtering, etc
+                if ( $.inArray( name, c.widgets ) < 0 ) {
+                    c.widgets[ c.widgets.length ] = name;
+                }
+                if ( debug ) { time = new Date(); }
+
+                if ( init || !( c.widgetInit[ name ] ) ) {
+                    // set init flag first to prevent calling init more than once (e.g. pager)
+                    c.widgetInit[ name ] = true;
+                    if ( table.hasInitialized ) {
+                        // don't reapply widget options on tablesorter init
+                        ts.applyWidgetOptions( table );
+                    }
+                    if ( typeof widget.init === 'function' ) {
+                        applied = true;
+                        if ( debug ) {
+                            console[ console.group ? 'group' : 'log' ]( 'Initializing ' + name + ' widget' );
+                        }
+                        widget.init( table, widget, c, wo );
                     }
-                    table.add($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;
-                    $tb.before('<span class="tablesorter-savemyplace"/>');
-                    holdr = ($.fn.detach) ? $tb.detach() : $tb.remove();
-                    return holdr;
-                }
-                holdr = $(table).find('span.tablesorter-savemyplace');
-                $tb.insertAfter( holdr );
-                holdr.remove();
-                table.isProcessing = false;
-            };
-
-            ts.clearTableBody = function(table) {
-                $(table)[0].config.$tbodies.children().detach();
-            };
-
-            ts.bindEvents = function(table, $headers, core){
-                table = $(table)[0];
-                var downTime,
-                    c = table.config;
-                if (core !== true) {
-                    c.$extraHeaders = c.$extraHeaders ? c.$extraHeaders.add($headers) : $headers;
+                if ( !init && typeof widget.format === 'function' ) {
+                    applied = true;
+                    if ( debug ) {
+                        console[ console.group ? 'group' : 'log' ]( 'Updating ' + name + ' widget' );
+                    }
+                    widget.format( table, c, wo, false );
                 }
-                // 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('mousedown mouseup sort keyup '.split(' ').join(c.namespace + ' '))
-                    .bind('mousedown mouseup sort keyup '.split(' ').join(c.namespace + ' '), function(e, external) {
-                        var cell, type = e.type;
-                        // only recognize left clicks or enter
-                        if ( ((e.which || e.button) !== 1 && !/sort|keyup/.test(type)) || (type === 'keyup' && e.which !== 13) ) {
-                            return;
-                        }
-                        // ignore long clicks (prevents resizable widget from initializing a sort)
-                        if (type === 'mouseup' && external !== true && (new Date().getTime() - downTime > 250)) { return; }
-                        // set timer on mousedown
-                        if (type === 'mousedown') {
-                            downTime = new Date().getTime();
-                            return /(input|select|button|textarea)/i.test(e.target.tagName) ? '' : !c.cancelSelection;
-                        }
-                        if (c.delayInit && isEmptyObject(c.cache)) { buildCache(table); }
-                        // jQuery v1.2.6 doesn't have closest()
-                        cell = $.fn.closest ? $(this).closest('th, td')[0] : /TH|TD/.test(this.tagName) ? this : $(this).parents('th, td')[0];
-                        // reference original table headers and find the same cell
-                        cell = c.$headers[ $headers.index( cell ) ];
-                        if (!cell.sortDisabled) {
-                            initSort(table, 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+
-                        });
+                if ( debug ) {
+                    if ( applied ) {
+                        console.log( 'Completed ' + ( init ? 'initializing ' : 'applying ' ) + name + ' widget' + ts.benchmark( time ) );
+                        if ( console.groupEnd ) { console.groupEnd(); }
+                    }
                 }
-            };
+            }
+        },
 
-            // restore headers
-            ts.restoreHeaders = function(table){
-                var c = $(table)[0].config;
-                // don't use c.$headers here in case header cells were swapped
-                c.$table.find(c.selectorHeaders).each(function(i){
-                    // only restore header cells if it is wrapped
-                    // because this is also used by the updateAll method
-                    if ($(this).find('.' + ts.css.headerIn).length){
-                        $(this).html( c.headerContent[i] );
+        applyWidget : function( table, init, callback ) {
+            table = $( table )[ 0 ]; // in case this is called externally
+            var indx, len, names, widget, time,
+                c = table.config,
+                debug = ts.debug(c, 'core'),
+                widgets = [];
+            // prevent numerous consecutive widget applications
+            if ( init !== false && table.hasInitialized && ( table.isApplyingWidgets || table.isUpdating ) ) {
+                return;
+            }
+            if ( debug ) { time = new Date(); }
+            ts.addWidgetFromClass( table );
+            // prevent "tablesorter-ready" from firing multiple times in a row
+            clearTimeout( c.timerReady );
+            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;
+                    } else if ( debug ) {
+                        console.warn( '"' + names[ indx ] + '" was enabled, but the widget code has not been loaded!' );
                     }
+                }
+                // sort widgets by priority
+                widgets.sort( function( a, b ) {
+                    return a.priority < b.priority ? -1 : a.priority === b.priority ? 0 : 1;
                 });
-            };
-
-            ts.destroy = function(table, removeClasses, callback){
-                table = $(table)[0];
-                if (!table.hasInitialized) { return; }
-                // remove all widgets
-                ts.refreshWidgets(table, true, true);
-                var $t = $(table), c = table.config,
-                    $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
-                $t
-                    .removeData('tablesorter')
-                    .unbind('sortReset update updateAll updateRows updateCell addRows updateComplete sorton appendCache updateCache applyWidgetId applyWidgets refreshWidgets destroy mouseup mouseleave keypress sortBegin sortEnd resetToLoadState '.split(' ').join(c.namespace + ' '));
-                c.$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 + ' '));
-                ts.restoreHeaders(table);
-                $t.toggleClass(ts.css.table + ' ' + c.tableClass + ' tablesorter-' + c.theme, removeClasses === false);
-                // clear flag in case the plugin is initialized again
-                table.hasInitialized = false;
-                delete table.config.cache;
-                if (typeof callback === 'function') {
-                    callback(table);
+                // add/update selected widgets
+                len = widgets.length;
+                if ( debug ) {
+                    console[ console.group ? 'group' : 'log' ]( 'Start ' + ( init ? 'initializing' : 'applying' ) + ' widgets' );
+                }
+                for ( indx = 0; indx < len; indx++ ) {
+                    widget = widgets[ indx ];
+                    if ( widget && widget.id ) {
+                        ts.applyWidgetId( table, widget.id, init );
+                    }
                 }
-            };
-
-            // *** sort functions ***
-            // regex used in natural sort
-            ts.regex = {
-                chunk : /(^([+\-]?(?:0|[1-9]\d*)(?:\.\d*)?(?:[eE][+\-]?\d+)?)?$|^0x[0-9a-f]+$|\d+)/gi, // chunk/tokenize numbers & letters
-                chunks: /(^\\0|\\0$)/, // replace chunks @ ends
-                hex: /^0x[0-9a-f]+$/i // hex
-            };
+                if ( debug && console.groupEnd ) { console.groupEnd(); }
+            }
+            c.timerReady = setTimeout( function() {
+                table.isApplyingWidgets = false;
+                $.data( table, 'lastWidgetApplication', new Date() );
+                c.$table.triggerHandler( 'tablesorter-ready' );
+                // callback executed on init only
+                if ( !init && typeof callback === 'function' ) {
+                    callback( table );
+                }
+                if ( debug ) {
+                    widget = c.widgets.length;
+                    console.log( 'Completed ' +
+                        ( init === true ? 'initializing ' : 'applying ' ) + widget +
+                        ' widget' + ( widget !== 1 ? 's' : '' ) + ts.benchmark( time ) );
+                }
+            }, 10 );
+        },
 
-            // 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 += '';
+        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[ name.length ] = widget.id;
                     }
-                    if (xF < yF) { return -1; }
-                    if (xF > yF) { return 1; }
                 }
-                return 0;
-            };
+            } 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 = $.inArray( name[ index ], c.widgets );
+                // don't remove the widget from config.widget if refreshing
+                if ( indx >= 0 && refreshing !== true ) {
+                    c.widgets.splice( indx, 1 );
+                }
+                if ( widget && widget.remove ) {
+                    if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
+                        console.log( ( refreshing ? 'Refreshing' : 'Removing' ) + ' "' + name[ index ] + '" widget' );
+                    }
+                    widget.remove( table, c, c.widgetOptions, refreshing );
+                    c.widgetInit[ name[ index ] ] = false;
+                }
+            }
+            c.$table.triggerHandler( 'widgetRemoveEnd', table );
+        },
 
-            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);
-            };
+        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 ).triggerHandler( '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[ list.length ] = 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 );
+            }
+        },
 
-            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);
-            };
+        /*
+        ██  ██ ██████ ██ ██     ██ ██████ ██ ██████ ▄█████
+        ██  ██   ██   ██ ██     ██   ██   ██ ██▄▄   ▀█▄
+        ██  ██   ██   ██ ██     ██   ██   ██ ██▀▀      ▀█▄
+        ▀████▀   ██   ██ ██████ ██   ██   ██ ██████ █████▀
+        */
+        benchmark : function( diff ) {
+            return ( ' (' + ( new Date().getTime() - diff.getTime() ) + ' ms)' );
+        },
+        // deprecated ts.log
+        log : function() {
+            console.log( arguments );
+        },
+        debug : function(c, name) {
+            return c && (
+                c.debug === true ||
+                typeof c.debug === 'string' && c.debug.indexOf(name) > -1
+            );
+        },
 
-            // basic alphabetical sort
-            ts.sortText = function(a, b) {
-                return a > b ? 1 : (a < b ? -1 : 0);
-            };
+        // $.isEmptyObject from jQuery v1.4
+        isEmptyObject : function( obj ) {
+            /*jshint forin: false */
+            for ( var name in obj ) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            return true;
+        },
 
-            // 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;
+        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 0;
-            };
-
-            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;
-            };
+            }
+            return -1;
+        },
 
-            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;
-            };
+        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;
+        },
 
-            ts.sortNumeric = function(a, b) {
-                return a - b;
-            };
+        isDigit : function( str ) {
+            // replace all unwanted chars and match
+            return isNaN( str ) ?
+                ts.regex.digitTest.test( str.toString().replace( ts.regex.digitReplace, '' ) ) :
+                str !== '';
+        },
 
-            // 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", // óòôõö
-                "O" : "\u00d3\u00d2\u00d4\u00d5\u00d6", // ÓÒÔÕÖ
-                "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');
+        // computeTableHeaderCellIndexes from:
+        // http://www.javascripttoolbox.com/lib/table/examples.php
+        // http://www.javascripttoolbox.com/temp/table_cellindex.html
+        computeColumnIndex : function( $rows, c ) {
+            var i, j, k, l, cell, cells, rowIndex, rowSpan, colSpan, firstAvailCol,
+                // total columns has been calculated, use it to set the matrixrow
+                columns = c && c.columns || 0,
+                matrix = [],
+                matrixrow = new Array( columns );
+            for ( i = 0; i < $rows.length; i++ ) {
+                cells = $rows[ i ].cells;
+                for ( j = 0; j < cells.length; j++ ) {
+                    cell = cells[ j ];
+                    rowIndex = i;
+                    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;
                         }
                     }
-                    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 );
+                    // jscs:disable disallowEmptyBlocks
+                    if ( columns && cell.cellIndex === firstAvailCol ) {
+                        // don't to anything
+                    } else if ( cell.setAttribute ) {
+                        // jscs:enable disallowEmptyBlocks
+                        // add data-column (setAttribute = IE8+)
+                        cell.setAttribute( 'data-column', firstAvailCol );
+                    } else {
+                        // remove once we drop support for IE7 - 1/12/2016
+                        $( cell ).attr( 'data-column', firstAvailCol );
+                    }
+                    for ( k = rowIndex; k < rowIndex + rowSpan; k++ ) {
+                        if ( typeof matrix[ k ] === 'undefined' ) {
+                            matrix[ k ] = [];
+                        }
+                        matrixrow = matrix[ k ];
+                        for ( l = firstAvailCol; l < firstAvailCol + colSpan; l++ ) {
+                            matrixrow[ l ] = 'x';
                         }
                     }
                 }
-                return s;
-            };
+            }
+            ts.checkColumnCount($rows, matrix, matrixrow.length);
+            return matrixrow.length;
+        },
 
-            // *** utilities ***
-            ts.isValueInArray = function(column, arry) {
-                var indx, len = arry.length;
-                for (indx = 0; indx < len; indx++) {
-                    if (arry[indx][0] === column) {
-                        return indx;
+        checkColumnCount : function($rows, matrix, columns) {
+            // this DOES NOT report any tbody column issues, except for the math and
+            // and column selector widgets
+            var i, len,
+                valid = true,
+                cells = [];
+            for ( i = 0; i < matrix.length; i++ ) {
+                // some matrix entries are undefined when testing the footer because
+                // it is using the rowIndex property
+                if ( matrix[i] ) {
+                    len = matrix[i].length;
+                    if ( matrix[i].length !== columns ) {
+                        valid = false;
+                        break;
                     }
                 }
-                return -1;
-            };
+            }
+            if ( !valid ) {
+                $rows.each( function( indx, el ) {
+                    var cell = el.parentElement.nodeName;
+                    if ( cells.indexOf( cell ) < 0 ) {
+                        cells.push( cell );
+                    }
+                });
+                console.error(
+                    'Invalid or incorrect number of columns in the ' +
+                    cells.join( ' or ' ) + '; expected ' + columns +
+                    ', but found ' + len + ' columns'
+                );
+            }
+        },
 
-            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;
+        // 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( $( '<col>' ).css( 'width', percent ) );
+                }
+                c.$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 !== 'object' || obj === null ) {
+                return obj;
+            }
+            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.find( '[data-column="' + indx + '"]:last' );
+            if ( typeof obj[ indx ] !== 'undefined' ) {
+                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 ];
                     }
                 }
-                if (a) {
-                    ts.parsers.push(parser);
-                }
-            };
+            }
+            return;
+        },
 
-            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];
-                    }
+        // *** Process table ***
+        // add processing indicator
+        isProcessing : function( $table, toggle, $headers ) {
+            $table = $( $table );
+            var c = $table[ 0 ].config,
+                // default to all headers
+                $header = $headers || $table.find( '.' + ts.css.header );
+            if ( toggle ) {
+                // don't use sortList if custom $headers used
+                if ( typeof $headers !== '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;
+                    });
                 }
-                return false;
-            };
+                $table.add( $header ).addClass( ts.css.processing + ' ' + c.cssProcessing );
+            } else {
+                $table.add( $header ).removeClass( ts.css.processing + ' ' + c.cssProcessing );
+            }
+        },
 
-            ts.addWidget = function(widget) {
-                ts.widgets.push(widget);
-            };
+        // 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.hasWidget = function(table, name){
-                table = $(table);
-                return table.length && table[0].config && table[0].config.widgetInit[name] || false;
-            };
+        clearTableBody : function( table ) {
+            $( table )[ 0 ].config.$tbodies.children().detach();
+        },
 
-            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;
-                    }
-                }
-            };
+        // 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
+        },
 
-            ts.applyWidget = function(table, init) {
-                table = $(table)[0]; // in case this is called externally
-                var c = table.config,
-                    wo = c.widgetOptions,
-                    widgets = [],
-                    time, w, wd;
-                // prevent numerous consecutive widget applications
-                if (init !== false && table.hasInitialized && (table.isApplyingWidgets || table.isUpdating)) { return; }
-                if (c.debug) { time = new Date(); }
-                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;
-                    });
-                    // build widget array & add priority as needed
-                    $.each(c.widgets || [], function(i,n){
-                        wd = ts.getWidgetById(n);
-                        if (wd && wd.id) {
-                            // set priority to 10 if not defined
-                            if (!wd.priority) { wd.priority = 10; }
-                            widgets[i] = 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
-                    $.each(widgets, function(i,w){
-                        if (w) {
-                            if (init || !(c.widgetInit[w.id])) {
-                                // set init flag first to prevent calling init more than once (e.g. pager)
-                                c.widgetInit[w.id] = true;
-                                if (w.hasOwnProperty('options')) {
-                                    wo = table.config.widgetOptions = $.extend( true, {}, w.options, wo );
-                                }
-                                if (w.hasOwnProperty('init')) {
-                                    w.init(table, w, c, wo);
-                                }
-                            }
-                            if (!init && w.hasOwnProperty('format')) {
-                                w.format(table, c, wo, false);
-                            }
-                        }
-                    });
+        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' );
+                    }
                 }
-                setTimeout(function(){
-                    table.isApplyingWidgets = false;
-                }, 0);
-                if (c.debug) {
-                    w = c.widgets.length;
-                    benchmark("Completed " + (init === true ? "initializing " : "applying ") + w + " widget" + (w !== 1 ? "s" : ""), time);
+                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 );
+                    }
                 }
-            };
+            }
+            return str;
+        },
 
-            ts.refreshWidgets = function(table, doAll, dontapply) {
-                table = $(table)[0]; // see issue #243
-                var i, c = table.config,
-                    cw = c.widgets,
-                    w = ts.widgets, l = w.length;
-                // remove previous widgets
-                for (i = 0; i < l; i++){
-                    if ( w[i] && w[i].id && (doAll || $.inArray( w[i].id, cw ) < 0) ) {
-                        if (c.debug) { log( 'Refeshing widgets: Removing "' + w[i].id + '"' ); }
-                        // only remove widgets that have been initialized - fixes #442
-                        if (w[i].hasOwnProperty('remove') && c.widgetInit[w[i].id]) {
-                            w[i].remove(table, c, c.widgetOptions);
-                            c.widgetInit[w[i].id] = false;
+        validateOptions : function( c ) {
+            var setting, setting2, typ, timer,
+                // ignore options containing an array
+                ignore = 'headers sortForce sortList sortAppend widgets'.split( ' ' ),
+                orig = c.originalSettings;
+            if ( orig ) {
+                if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
+                    timer = new Date();
+                }
+                for ( setting in orig ) {
+                    typ = typeof ts.defaults[setting];
+                    if ( typ === 'undefined' ) {
+                        console.warn( 'Tablesorter Warning! "table.config.' + setting + '" option not recognized' );
+                    } else if ( typ === 'object' ) {
+                        for ( setting2 in orig[setting] ) {
+                            typ = ts.defaults[setting] && typeof ts.defaults[setting][setting2];
+                            if ( $.inArray( setting, ignore ) < 0 && typ === 'undefined' ) {
+                                console.warn( 'Tablesorter Warning! "table.config.' + setting + '.' + setting2 + '" option not recognized' );
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }
-                if (dontapply !== true) {
-                    ts.applyWidget(table, doAll);
+                if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
+                    console.log( 'validate options time:' + ts.benchmark( timer ) );
                 }
-            };
-
-            // 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);
-            };
+            }
+        },
 
-            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(/,/g,'');
-                } else {
-                    // German Format = 1.234.567,89 -> 1234567.89
-                    // French Format = 1 234 567,89 -> 1234567.89
-                    s = s.replace(/[\s|\.]/g,'').replace(/,/g,'.');
+        // 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 ] );
                 }
-                if(/^\s*\([.\d]+\)/.test(s)) {
-                    // make (#) into a negative number -> (10) = -10
-                    s = s.replace(/^\s*\(([.\d]+)\)/, '-$1');
-                }
-                i = parseFloat(s);
-                // return the text instead of zero
-                return isNaN(i) ? $.trim(s) : i;
-            };
-
-            ts.isDigit = function(s) {
-                // replace all unwanted chars and match
-                return isNaN(s) ? (/^[\-+(]?\d+[)]?$/).test(s.toString().replace(/[,.'"\s]/g, '')) : true;
-            };
-
-        }()
-    });
+            }
+        },
 
-    // make shortcut
-    var ts = $.tablesorter;
+        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,
+                $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.triggerHandler( 'applyWidgetId', [ 'uitheme' ] );
+                $t.triggerHandler( 'applyWidgetId', [ 'zebra' ] );
+            }
+            // remove widget added rows, just in case
+            $h.find( 'tr' ).not( $r ).remove();
+            // disable tablesorter - not using .unbind( namespace ) because namespacing was
+            // added in jQuery v1.4.3 - see http://api.jquery.com/event.namespace/
+            events = 'sortReset update updateRows updateAll updateHeaders updateCell addRows updateComplete sorton ' +
+                'appendCache updateCache applyWidgetId applyWidgets refreshWidgets removeWidget 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 );
+            $t.removeClass(c.namespace.slice(1));
+            // clear flag in case the plugin is initialized again
+            table.hasInitialized = false;
+            delete table.config.cache;
+            if ( typeof callback === 'function' ) {
+                callback( table );
+            }
+            if ( ts.debug(c, 'core') ) {
+                console.log( 'tablesorter has been removed' );
+            }
+        }
 
-    // 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() {
+            var arg = arguments.length > 1 ? arguments : arguments[0];
+            ts.logs[ ts.logs.length ] = { date: Date.now(), log: arg };
+        };
+    }
 
     // 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(/[^\w,. \-()]/g, ""), 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) {
-            return (/^\(?\d+[\u00a3$\u20ac\u00a4\u00a5\u00a2?.]|[\u00a3$\u20ac\u00a4\u00a5\u00a2?.]\d+\)?$/).test((s || '').replace(/[+\-,. ]/g,'')); // £$€¤¥¢
+        id : 'currency',
+        is : function( str ) {
+            str = ( str || '' ).replace( ts.regex.currencyReplace, '' );
+            // test for £$€¤¥¢
+            return ts.regex.currencyTest.test( str );
         },
-        format: function(s, table) {
-            var n = ts.formatFloat((s || '').replace(/[^\w,. \-()]/g, ""), 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
+    // now, this regex can be updated before initialization
+    ts.regex.urlProtocolTest = /^(https?|ftp|file):\/\//;
+    ts.regex.urlProtocolReplace = /(https?|ftp|file):\/\/(www\.)?/;
     ts.addParser({
-        id: "ipAddress",
-        is: function(s) {
-            return (/^\d{1,3}[\.]\d{1,3}[\.]\d{1,3}[\.]\d{1,3}$/).test(s);
+        id : 'url',
+        is : function( str ) {
+            return ts.regex.urlProtocolTest.test( str );
         },
-        format: function(s, table) {
-            var i, a = s ? s.split(".") : '',
-                r = "",
-                l = a.length;
-            for (i = 0; i < l; i++) {
-                r += ("00" + a[i]).slice(-3);
-            }
-            return s ? ts.formatFloat(r, table) : s;
+        format : function( str ) {
+            return str ? $.trim( str.replace( ts.regex.urlProtocolReplace, '' ) ) : str;
         },
-        type: "numeric"
+        type : 'text'
     });
 
+    ts.regex.dash = /-/g;
+    ts.regex.isoDate = /^\d{4}[\/\-]\d{1,2}[\/\-]\d{1,2}/;
     ts.addParser({
-        id: "url",
-        is: function(s) {
-            return (/^(https?|ftp|file):\/\//).test(s);
+        id : 'isoDate',
+        is : function( str ) {
+            return ts.regex.isoDate.test( str );
         },
-        format: function(s) {
-            return s ? $.trim(s.replace(/(https?|ftp|file):\/\//, '')) : s;
+        format : function( str ) {
+            var date = str ? new Date( str.replace( ts.regex.dash, '/' ) ) : str;
+            return date instanceof Date && isFinite( date ) ? date.getTime() : str;
         },
-        type: "text"
+        type : 'numeric'
     });
 
+    ts.regex.percent = /%/g;
+    ts.regex.percentTest = /(\d\s*?%|%\s*?\d)/;
     ts.addParser({
-        id: "isoDate",
-        is: function(s) {
-            return (/^\d{4}[\/\-]\d{1,2}[\/\-]\d{1,2}/).test(s);
+        id : 'percent',
+        is : function( str ) {
+            return ts.regex.percentTest.test( str ) && str.length < 15;
         },
-        format: function(s, table) {
-            return s ? ts.formatFloat((s !== "") ? (new Date(s.replace(/-/g, "/")).getTime() || s) : "", 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: "percent",
-        is: function(s) {
-            return (/(\d\s*?%|%\s*?\d)/).test(s) && s.length < 15;
+        id : 'image',
+        is : function( str, table, node, $node ) {
+            return $node.find( 'img' ).length > 0;
         },
-        format: function(s, table) {
-            return s ? ts.formatFloat(s.replace(/%/g, ""), table) : s;
+        format : function( str, table, cell ) {
+            return $( cell ).find( 'img' ).attr( table.config.imgAttr || 'alt' ) || str;
         },
-        type: "numeric"
+        parsed : true, // filter widget flag
+        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 (/^[A-Z]{3,10}\.?\s+\d{1,2},?\s+(\d{4})(\s+\d{1,2}:\d{2}(:\d{2})?(\s+[AP]M)?)?$/i).test(s) || (/^\d{1,2}\s+[A-Z]{3,10}\s+\d{4}/i).test(s);
+            return ts.regex.usLongDateTest1.test( str ) || ts.regex.usLongDateTest2.test( str );
         },
-        format: function(s, table) {
-            return s ? ts.formatFloat( (new Date(s.replace(/(\S)([AP]M)$/i, "$1 $2")).getTime() || s), table) : s;
+        format : function( str ) {
+            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
+    ts.regex.shortDateTest = /(^\d{1,2}[\/\s]\d{1,2}[\/\s]\d{4})|(^\d{4}[\/\s]\d{1,2}[\/\s]\d{1,2})/;
+    // escaped "-" because JSHint in Firefox was showing it as an error
+    ts.regex.shortDateReplace = /[\-.,]/g;
+    // 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/$3' );
+        }
+        var date = new Date( dateString );
+        return date instanceof Date && isFinite( date ) ? date.getTime() : '';
+    };
+
     ts.addParser({
-        id: "shortDate", // "mmddyyyy", "ddmmyyyy" or "yyyymmdd"
-        is: function(s) {
-            // testing for ##-##-#### or ####-##-##, so it's not perfect; time can be included
-            return (/(^\d{1,2}[\/\s]\d{1,2}[\/\s]\d{4})|(^\d{4}[\/\s]\d{1,2}[\/\s]\d{1,2})/).test((s || '').replace(/\s+/g," ").replace(/[\-.,]/g, "/"));
+        id : 'shortDate', // 'mmddyyyy', 'ddmmyyyy' or 'yyyymmdd'
+        is : function( str ) {
+            str = ( str || '' ).replace( ts.regex.spaces, ' ' ).replace( ts.regex.shortDateReplace, '/' );
+            return ts.regex.shortDateTest.test( str );
         },
-        format: function(s, table, cell, cellIndex) {
-            if (s) {
+        format : function( str, table, cell, cellIndex ) {
+            if ( str ) {
                 var c = table.config,
-                    ci = c.$headers.filter('[data-column=' + cellIndex + ']:last'),
-                    format = ci.length && ci[0].dateFormat || ts.getData( ci, ts.getColumnData( table, c.headers, cellIndex ), 'dateFormat') || c.dateFormat;
-                s = s.replace(/\s+/g," ").replace(/[\-.,]/g, "/"); // escaped - because JSHint in Firefox was showing it as an error
-                if (format === "mmddyyyy") {
-                    s = s.replace(/(\d{1,2})[\/\s](\d{1,2})[\/\s](\d{4})/, "$3/$1/$2");
-                } else if (format === "ddmmyyyy") {
-                    s = s.replace(/(\d{1,2})[\/\s](\d{1,2})[\/\s](\d{4})/, "$3/$2/$1");
-                } else if (format === "yyyymmdd") {
-                    s = s.replace(/(\d{4})[\/\s](\d{1,2})[\/\s](\d{1,2})/, "$1/$2/$3");
-                }
+                    $header = c.$headerIndexed[ cellIndex ],
+                    format = $header.length && $header.data( 'dateFormat' ) ||
+                        ts.getData( $header, ts.getColumnData( table, c.headers, cellIndex ), 'dateFormat' ) ||
+                        c.dateFormat;
+                // save format because getData can be slow...
+                if ( $header.length ) {
+                    $header.data( 'dateFormat', format );
+                }
+                return ts.convertFormat( str, format ) || str;
             }
-            return s ? ts.formatFloat( (new Date(s).getTime() || s), table) : s;
+            return str;
         },
-        type: "numeric"
+        type : 'numeric'
     });
 
+    // match 24 hour time & 12 hours time + am/pm - see http://regexr.com/3c3tk
+    ts.regex.timeTest = /^(0?[1-9]|1[0-2]):([0-5]\d)(\s[AP]M)$|^((?:[01]\d|[2][0-4]):[0-5]\d)$/i;
+    ts.regex.timeMatch = /(0?[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 (/^(([0-2]?\d:[0-5]\d)|([0-1]?\d:[0-5]\d\s?([AP]M)))$/i).test(s);
+        id : 'time',
+        is : function( str ) {
+            return ts.regex.timeTest.test( str );
         },
-        format: function(s, table) {
-            return s ? ts.formatFloat( (new Date("2000/01/01 " + s.replace(/(\S)([AP]M)$/i, "$1 $2")).getTime() || s), table) : s;
+        format : function( str ) {
+            // 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 $tb, $tv, $tr, row, even, time, k, l,
-                child = new RegExp(c.cssChildRow, 'i'),
-                b = c.$tbodies;
-            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
-                $tb = b.eq(k);
-                l = $tb.children('tr').length;
-                if (l > 1) {
-                    row = 0;
-                    $tv = $tb.children('tr:visible').not(c.selectorRemove);
-                    // revered back to using jQuery each - strangely it's the fastest method
-                    /*jshint loopfunc:true */
-                    $tv.each(function(){
-                        $tr = $(this);
-                        // style children rows the same way the parent row was styled
-                        if (!child.test(this.className)) { row++; }
-                        even = (row % 2 === 0);
-                        $tr.removeClass(wo.zebra[even ? 1 : 0]).addClass(wo.zebra[even ? 0 : 1]);
-                    });
+                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( $row[ 0 ].className ) ) { count++; }
+                    isEven = ( count % 2 === 0 );
+                    $row
+                        .removeClass( wo.zebra[ isEven ? 1 : 0 ] )
+                        .addClass( wo.zebra[ isEven ? 0 : 1 ] );
                 }
             }
-            if (c.debug) {
-                ts.benchmark("Applying Zebra widget", time);
-            }
         },
-        remove: function(table, c, wo){
-            var k, $tb,
-                b = c.$tbodies,
-                rmv = (wo.zebra || [ "even", "odd" ]).join(' ');
-            for (k = 0; k < b.length; k++ ){
-                $tb = $.tablesorter.processTbody(table, b.eq(k), true); // remove tbody
-                $tb.children().removeClass(rmv);
-                $.tablesorter.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 );