I have looked at other questions like this but I am so unused to javascript that I cannot understand how to integrate their solutions into my code. I need someone to look at mine and tell me what to do. Thank you.
This javascript came from a pre-built table made to be more accessible for assistive technology. I would love for the table to start sorted A-Z on the first column (Products). Here is the code:
https://codepen.io/The-Alberta-Library/pen/zYVyroJ
Thanks again.
The javascript:
/*
* This content is licensed according to the W3C Software License at
* https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2015/copyright-software-and-document
*
* File: sortable-table.js
*
* Desc: Adds sorting to a HTML data table that implements ARIA Authoring Practices
*/
'use strict';
class SortableTable {
constructor(tableNode) {
this.tableNode = tableNode;
this.columnHeaders = tableNode.querySelectorAll('thead th');
this.sortColumns = [];
for (var i = 0; i < this.columnHeaders.length; i++) {
var ch = this.columnHeaders[i];
var buttonNode = ch.querySelector('button');
if (buttonNode) {
this.sortColumns.push(i);
buttonNode.setAttribute('data-column-index', i);
buttonNode.addEventListener('click', this.handleClick.bind(this));
}
}
this.optionCheckbox = document.querySelector(
'input[type="checkbox"][value="show-unsorted-icon"]'
);
if (this.optionCheckbox) {
this.optionCheckbox.addEventListener(
'change',
this.handleOptionChange.bind(this)
);
if (this.optionCheckbox.checked) {
this.tableNode.classList.add('show-unsorted-icon');
}
}
}
setColumnHeaderSort(columnIndex) {
if (typeof columnIndex === 'string') {
columnIndex = parseInt(columnIndex);
}
for (var i = 0; i < this.columnHeaders.length; i++) {
var ch = this.columnHeaders[i];
var buttonNode = ch.querySelector('button');
if (i === columnIndex) {
var value = ch.getAttribute('aria-sort');
if (value === 'descending') {
ch.setAttribute('aria-sort', 'ascending');
this.sortColumn(
columnIndex,
'ascending',
ch.classList.contains('num')
);
} else {
ch.setAttribute('aria-sort', 'descending');
this.sortColumn(
columnIndex,
'descending',
ch.classList.contains('num')
);
}
} else {
if (ch.hasAttribute('aria-sort') && buttonNode) {
ch.removeAttribute('aria-sort');
}
}
}
}
sortColumn(columnIndex, sortValue, isNumber) {
function compareValues(a, b) {
if (sortValue === 'ascending') {
if (a.value === b.value) {
return 0;
} else {
if (isNumber) {
return a.value - b.value;
} else {
return a.value < b.value ? -1 : 1;
}
}
} else {
if (a.value === b.value) {
return 0;
} else {
if (isNumber) {
return b.value - a.value;
} else {
return a.value > b.value ? -1 : 1;
}
}
}
}
if (typeof isNumber !== 'boolean') {
isNumber = false;
}
var tbodyNode = this.tableNode.querySelector('tbody');
var rowNodes = [];
var dataCells = [];
var rowNode = tbodyNode.firstElementChild;
var index = 0;
while (rowNode) {
rowNodes.push(rowNode);
var rowCells = rowNode.querySelectorAll('th, td');
var dataCell = rowCells[columnIndex];
var data = {};
data.index = index;
data.value = dataCell.textContent.toLowerCase().trim();
if (isNumber) {
data.value = parseFloat(data.value);
}
dataCells.push(data);
rowNode = rowNode.nextElementSibling;
index += 1;
}
dataCells.sort(compareValues);
// remove rows
while (tbodyNode.firstChild) {
tbodyNode.removeChild(tbodyNode.lastChild);
}
// add sorted rows
for (var i = 0; i < dataCells.length; i += 1) {
tbodyNode.appendChild(rowNodes[dataCells[i].index]);
}
}
/* EVENT HANDLERS */
handleClick(event) {
var tgt = event.currentTarget;
this.setColumnHeaderSort(tgt.getAttribute('data-column-index'));
}
handleOptionChange(event) {
var tgt = event.currentTarget;
if (tgt.checked) {
this.tableNode.classList.add('show-unsorted-icon');
} else {
this.tableNode.classList.remove('show-unsorted-icon');
}
}
}
// Initialize sortable table buttons
window.addEventListener('load', function () {
var sortableTables = document.querySelectorAll('table.sortable');
for (var i = 0; i < sortableTables.length; i++) {
new SortableTable(sortableTables[i]);
}
});
I have looked at a lot of other threads on how to start tables sorted on a certain column at page load, but none of them make sense to me because I know nothing at all about javascript and cannot understand how to integrate their solutions, especially since none of them are working on code that is optimized for assistive technology.