Need javacript sorter (pref. jquery) that doesn't clone elements

Question

So far I've tried Tiny Table Sorter, Tables on Cows, Sorttable, and Yoast's Sortable-table plugin. I have the last one currently installed on a test page here. I finally don't get a conflict w/ the qtip script I'm running on the same page. I understand that the conflicts arrive from a sorter that uses cloned elements. Unfortunately, the actual sorting function is buggy in this last one. Given my technical limitations, it is easier for me to look elsewhere for a sorter than try to learn/figure out why this one doesn't work.

Answer 1

I have used this jquery plugin http://tablesorter.com/ with the cluetips plugin without any problems. If you decide to punt and try something different!

Answer 2

I checked out your source, your numbers have a space around them probably for spacing and the text A2, FA does not, I think this could be why your not getting the consistent sorting that you desire. Try removing all spacing and adding some padding using css.

Even then you still might have problems with sorting because I think the sorter will treat those numbers like text, and therefore certain numbers will come before other numbers because it is evaluating the value like text instead of number. I went to your example and on the 3rd click of the column header I got what I am talking about.

I am not sure you will be able to get around this. Do a test by just removing anything from that column but numbers and see if it will sort correctly!