Sortable table columns in django [closed]

Question

I want to have sortable columns in my tables (just like what is done for the admin changelists)....I'm looking for a solution that will be easy to implement and customize if I want.

How can I do this?

Answer 1

If you use pagination rather than a Javascript table sorter, it might not be sufficient or behave unexpected.

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Create every column header as a link e.g.

<th><a href="?order_by=name">Name</a></th> 

and in your view you check whether the order_by parameter is set or not:

order_by = request.GET.get('order_by', 'defaultOrderField') Model.objects.all().order_by(order_by)