Using list.js sort and search not working

Question

This is my first time using list.js and for some reason it is not working.

Here is a live example. http://hartslogmuseum.com/bookhjr10/test.php here is what its supposed to do http://listjs.com/examples

And here is my code. I want to search only the name.

<div class="table-responsive">
<div id="catalog">
<input class="search" placeholder="Search" />
  <button class="sort" data-sort="name">
    Sort Name
  </button>
  <button class="sort" data-sort="cat">
    Sort Category
  </button>
 <h2> Catalog </h2>
<table class="list table-bordered table-striped">
<tr>
<td> <h2 class="name">Item Name</h2> </td>
<td><h2 class="cat">Item Category</h2></td>
<td> <h2>Thumbnail</h2></td>
<td> <h2 class="descr">Item Desc</h2> </td>
<td> <h2 class="time">Time Frame</h2> </td>
<td> <h2 class="donor">Donor</h2> </td>


</tr>
$resultSet = mysqli_query($conn,"SELECT * FROM bookhjr10_items");

While($row = mysqli_fetch_array($resultSet))
{
$i=0;   
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td class=\"name\">".$row['name']. "</td>";
echo "<td class=\"cat\">".$row['category']. "</td>";
echo "<td><a href=\"fullimage.php?id=".$row['id']."\" data-lightbox=\pic\"><img src=\"image.php?id=".$row['id']."\" alt=\"thumb-1\" /></a></td>";
echo "<td class=\"descr\">". $row['descr'] . "</td>";
echo "<td class=\"time\">". $row['time'] . "</td>";
echo "<td class=\"donor\">". $row['donor'] . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
$i++;
}

?>
</table>
</div>
      </div>
      <script type="text/javascript">
var options = {
    valueNames: [ 'name' ]
};

var hackerList = new List('catalog', options);
</script>

Answer 1

You probably forgot one of the minimal requirements.

These seem the minimal requirements:

1. Indicate the table's parent element ID when calling list.js
2. The table's tbody must have the class list
3. If the table already has items (most cases I would assume), the options' valueNames parameter is mandatory. These values are the class name of the columns you want to sort (class name defined in EACH td , not on the th - although you can also add it to the th ).
4. The table headers used for sorting must have a class of name sort
5. The table headers used for sorting must have a attribute data-sort with a value matching the name of the column's class name to be sorted

Here are a couple of list.js codepen examples using tables (this is from http://listjs.com/examples/add-get-remove ):

• http://codepen.io/javve/pen/cLdfw
• http://codepen.io/anon/pen/IvlsJ

Minimal code example:

see also on http://jsfiddle.net/d7fJs/

<!-- for a table with a parent div of id "my-cool-sortable-table-wrapper", -->
<!-- and columns of class names "gender", "age" & "city" -->

<div id="my-cool-sortable-table-wrapper">
    <table>
        <thead>
            <th class="sort" data-sort="gender">Gender</th>
            <th class="sort" data-sort="age">Age</th>
            <th class="sort" data-sort="city">City</th>
        </thead>
        <tbody class="list">
            <tr>
                <td class="gender">male</td>
                <td class="age">18</td>
                <td class="city">Berlin</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td class="gender">female</td>
                <td class="age">46</td>
                <td class="city">Reykjavik</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td class="gender">female</td>
                <td class="age">20</td>
                <td class="city">Lisboa</td>
            </tr>
            <!-- and so on ...-->
        </tbody>
    </table>
</div>

<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/list.js/1.1.1/list.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
    var options = {
        valueNames: [ 'gender', 'age', 'city' ]
    };
    var contactList = new List('my-cool-sortable-table-wrapper', options);
</script>

Note: if the sorting behaves strangely - ie. the sorting is incorrect - it might be because you are missing one of the basic requirements. If you struggle, do a jsfiddle & ask your question on stackoverflow with a link to it.

---

If you want to avoid using this ID in the wrapping element, and use a custom selector instead, you can replace:

var contactList = new List('my-cool-sortable-table-wrapper', options);

By this:

var wrapperElement = $('.my .custom .selector');
var contactList = new List(wrapperElement[0], options);

see:

• Convert jQuery element to a regular dom element
• https://github.com/javve/list.js/issues/247#issuecomment-45215836

---

If you want to detect change events triggered by List.js & act accordingly (here we update row class names accordingly)

contactList.on("updated", function(){
    $('#my-cool-sortable-table-wrapper tr').removeClass('odd').filter(':visible:odd').addClass("odd");
})

List.js handles different event types. See full list at the bottom of this page http://listjs.com/docs/list-api

---

Official documentation http://listjs.com/docs/options

Answer 2

When using list.js with tables you should add class="list" to a <tbody> tag instead of the <table> tag.

So in your code change this part:

<table class="list table-bordered table-striped">
<tr>

to

<table class="table-bordered table-striped">
<tbody class="list">
<tr>

And don't forget to add a </tbody> .

Answer 3

***Add php tag before you start php code in an html content.***
//You can refer to below example:
<div class="table-responsive">
<div id="catalog">
<input class="search" placeholder="Search" />
  <button class="sort" data-sort="name">
    Sort Name
  </button>
  <button class="sort" data-sort="cat">
    Sort Category
  </button>
 <h2> Catalog </h2>
<table class="list table-bordered table-striped">
<tr>
<td> <h2 class="name">Name</h2> </td>
</tr>
<?php   
$sql="SELECT * FROM country";
$resultSet = mysql_query($sql,$conn);
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($resultSet))
{?>
<tbody >
<tr><td class="name">
<?php 
$i=0;   
echo $row['cn_name'];
$i++;
}?>
</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
      </div>
//Javascript
<script src="http://listjs.com/no-cdn/list.js"></script>

      <script type="text/javascript">
var options = {
    valueNames: [ 'name' ]//you can specify more columns by adding ,
};

var hackerList = new List('catalog', options);
</script>