The Idea Mill

We just updated the tablefilter code for compatibility with IE 8.  You can grab it below.   In addition , I’m licensing it under the GPLv3.Have fun Tablefilter 1.3 core files 

I want to apologize for disappearing for so long. Things have been a mess in a lot of ways these past several months, but really amazing in others. We’re not completely out of the woods, but I’m hoping to jump back into development again soon.

In the meantime, have a look at Christian Bach’s most excellent TableSorter plugin if you’re having problems with mine. Christian has been around for a long time and his work is always top-notch.

Ext 2.0 is worth a look too. It really is a huge improvement over Ext 1.x.

If you’re still interested in tableFilter, I’ve attached the most current version of the core files to this post.  They fix a number of bugs and I added some rudimentary documentation to the header.  I also included the uncompressed version of my tools file.

I’ve gotten a number of emails regarding licensing. To be honest I’m not really hip on the available choices.  I want you to be able to use the code in anything you want to.  I just want recognition for the work I’ve done more than anything, as imperfect as it is :)  Feel free to email me some suggestions.

Download tableFilter 1.1 core files

I want to apologize for my absence of late.  A family member was recently diagnosed with cancer and is starting chemotherapy within a couple weeks.  We’ve been scrambling for the past couple months dealing with the changes.

Rest assured that I intend to continue work on these plugins, but things are a little crazy right now.

I just updated frameReady to allow passing data along with functions to target frames.   I’m also in the process of creating standalone pages for each of the plugins.  That will make it easier to manage in the long term.  frameReady’s new home, with usage information, demos and source code, can be found here.

Let me know if you have any problems or suggestions!

Sorry about the delay…

You can find the demo here: http://ideamill.synaptrixgroup.com/jquery/tablefilter/tabletest.htm

Zip file with source code, images, css and support files: http://ideamill.synaptrixgroup.com/jquery/tablefilter/tablefilter.zip

I just realized this evening that my code management skills need some help. I inadvertently uploaded an interim build to the demo site and it’s been causing the demos to error out.

If you had to deal with a broken demo, I’m sorry - I’ll be more careful

The demo is here:  http://ideamill.synaptrixgroup.com/jquery/tablefilter/tabletest.htm

I’ve spent the past couple weeks trying everything I can think of to improve javascript performance in IE. My tableFilter plugin runs incredibly fast in Firefox, but it’s a pig in IE. I’ve been through all of the MSDN “how to improve performance in IE” posts, and every other board I can find, and couldn’t find a resolution.

It turns out that the problem appears to be IE’s handling of CSS. While I’m parsing table columns I add a row and column classname to each cell so plugins can take advantage of them.  Continue reading…

I just uploaded a new version of the tableFilter. It would have been sooner but I’ve been trying to resolve performance issues with IE. I was successful for smaller tables, but it chokes on the large table demo with one of the plugins. Hmm, nice segue…

This release adds support for plugins though that architecture needs to be refined more. The first 2 plugins are at the proof-of-concept stage: Continue reading…

I’ve been playing with Vista for the past couple weeks, and decided to install Office 2007 last night. It was comforting to see that Microsoft is finally realizing what a threat their products are

tableFilter is a filtering, sorting, paging, striping plugin with pretty much no configurability at the moment Given a simple table with a header row, it tries to handle everything automatically. The main feature of this plugin is the ability to sort and/or filter on multiple columns by selecting additional columns using ctrl-click.

Usage: $(’yourtable’).tableFilter(); Continue reading…