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How to Make a Sortable Table

Last Updated: September 13, 2022

Knowledge Base → Views → Examples → How to Make a Sortable Table

This tutorial will walk you through displaying your entries in a sortable table. If your view is paginated, see how to sort a view across pages.

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Requirements

  • Table Sorter

Setup and installation

  1. If needed, download and install Formidable Forms Pro.
  2. If needed, download and install Table Sorter.

Create a sortable table in a View

  1. Go to Formidable → Views. Click the Add New button at the top of the page.
    Create View Add New
  2. Select Table as the View Type.
    Create View Type Table
    For more information on these types, please see the Visual Views Settings page.
  3. In the Use Entries from Form dropdown, select the form that contains the data you would like to display. The View Name will be automatically populated with the selected form.
    Create View Use Entries
  4. In the Customize View, select the columns that you want to display in the Table View. You have the option to select all columns, deselect all columns, or search for a specific form field.
    Create View Customize View
  5. Click the Create a View button and the Table View will be automatically generated.
    Create View Create Table Builder
  6. In the Table Settings, set the Custom classes to tablesorter.
    Create View Tablesorter Custom Class
  7. In the Advanced Settings, set the Page Size to 50 or less.
    Create View Page Size
  8. Click Update to save your View.
  9. Publish your View on a page. When the page is visited, it should look something like this:
    Create View Tablesorter

You can add HTML and CSS to completely customize your View. Add the CSS to your Formidable → Styles → Custom CSS.

Related customizations

The Table Sorter plugin allows for additional features in sorting your table, such as excluding certain columns from being sorted, or applying initial sorting on the table for your user. Click here to be directed to Table Sorter's documentation.

If you want to sort tables with pagination that have a column with values calculated with the frm-math shortcode, you can try using the DataTables plugin.

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