JavaScript Sort Table on Header Click

This JavaScript code snippet helps you to sort the HTML table on header click. It stores the table data in const objects and renders that to the HTML table dynamically. In order to sort the table columns, it uses the JavaScript array sort method.

How to Create JavaScript Sort Table on Header Click

1. First of all, create the HTML table element with a unique id and place “th” element with the data-filter-value attribute. Similarly, define data-filter values as follows:

 <table id="squadTable" class="table table-dark table-striped">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th data-filter-value="no" class="active">No <i class="fa fa-sort"></i></th>
            <th>Adı</th>
            <th>Pozisyonu</th>
            <th data-filter-value="dateOfBirth">Yaş <i class="fa fa-sort"></i></th>
            <th data-filter-value="match">Maç <i class="fa fa-sort"></i></th>
            <th data-filter-value="goal">Gol <i class="fa fa-sort"></i></th>
            <th data-filter-value="assist">AST <i class="fa fa-sort"></i></th>
            <th data-filter-value="yellowCard">SK <i class="fa fa-sort"></i></th>
            <th data-filter-value="doubleYellowCard">ÇSK <i class="fa fa-sort"></i></th>
            <th data-filter-value="redCard">KK <i class="fa fa-sort"></i></th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
    </tbody>
</table>

2. After that, define the following CSS style for the table header “th” element:

th[data-filter-value] {
  cursor: pointer;
}
th.active {
  color: red;
}

3. Now, add the following JS table sort code to your project. In this code, place the table data inside the JavaScript array of objects.

const data = [{
  "id": "1233213",
  "no": 17,
  "fullName": "Murat DoÄŸan",
  "position": "CMD",
  "age": 29,
  "dateOfBirth": "1985-08-06T00:00:00",
  "match": 12,
  "time": 1080,
  "goal": 12,
  "assist": 4,
  "yellowCard": 3,
  "doubleYellowCard": 0,
  "redCard": 2 },
{
  "id": "41233213",
  "no": 58,
  "fullName": "Lorem Ipsum",
  "position": "GK",
  "age": 28, "dateOfBirth": "1985-08-06T00:00:00",
  "match": 34,
  "time": 3400,
  "goal": 1,
  "assist": 17,
  "yellowCard": 8,
  "doubleYellowCard": 3,
  "redCard": 5 },
{
  "id": "51233213",
  "no": 18,
  "fullName": "Dolor Sit",
  "position": "ST",
  "age": 33, "dateOfBirth": "1985-08-06T00:00:00",
  "match": 5,
  "time": 120,
  "goal": 1,
  "assist": 2,
  "yellowCard": 5,
  "doubleYellowCard": 1,
  "redCard": 4 },
{
  "id": "61233213",
  "no": 27,
  "fullName": "Amet Dolor",
  "position": "DL",
  "age": 18, "dateOfBirth": "1985-08-06T00:00:00",
  "match": 2,
  "time": 12,
  "goal": 0,
  "assist": 1,
  "yellowCard": 3,
  "doubleYellowCard": 4,
  "redCard": 5 }];


let currentFilter = "",
prevFilter = "",
orderAsc = true;

const toggleOrder = () => {
  if (currentFilter === prevFilter) {
    orderAsc = !orderAsc;
  } else {
    orderAsc = true;
  }
};

const calcAge = birthDate => {
  let bDate = new Date(birthDate),
  bDateYear = bDate.getUTCFullYear(),
  now = new Date().getFullYear();

  return now - bDateYear;
};

const sortTable = (array, sortKey) => {
  return array.sort((a, b) => {
    let x = a[sortKey],
    y = b[sortKey];

    return orderAsc ? x - y : y - x;
  });
};

const renderTable = tableData => {
  return `${tableData.map(item => {
    if (item.dateOfBirth.length > 2) {
      item.dateOfBirth = calcAge(item.dateOfBirth);
    }
    return (
      `<tr>
                        <td>${item.no}</td>
                        <td>${item.fullName}</td>
                        <td>${item.position}</td>
                        <td>${item.dateOfBirth}</td>
                        <td>${item.match}</td>
                        <td>${item.goal}</td>
                        <td>${item.assist}</td>
                        <td>${item.yellowCard}</td>
                        <td>${item.doubleYellowCard}</td>
                        <td>${item.redCard}</td>
                    </tr>`);

  }).join('')}`;
};

const appendTable = (table, destination) => {
  document.querySelector(destination).innerHTML = table;
};

const handleSortClick = () => {
  const filters = document.querySelectorAll('#squadTable th');

  Array.prototype.forEach.call(filters, filter => {
    filter.addEventListener("click", () => {
      if (!filter.dataset.filterValue) return false;

      Array.prototype.forEach.call(filters, filter => {
        filter.classList.remove('active');
      });
      filter.classList.add('active');
      currentFilter = filter.dataset.filterValue;
      toggleOrder();
      init();
    });
  });
};

const init = () => {
  let newTableData = sortTable(data, currentFilter),
  tableOutput = renderTable(newTableData);

  appendTable(tableOutput, '#squadTable tbody');

  prevFilter = currentFilter;
};

init();
handleSortClick();

That’s all! hopefully, you have successfully integrated this JavaScript sort table code snippet into your project. If you have any questions or facing any issues, feel free to comment below.

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