function tablesort_header

Formats a column header.

If the cell in question is the column header for the current sort criterion, it gets special formatting. All possible sort criteria become links.

Parameters

$cell: The cell to format.

$header: An array of column headers in the format described in theme_table().

$ts: The current table sort context as returned from tablesort_init().

Return value

A properly formatted cell, ready for _theme_table_cell().:

File

core/includes/tablesort.inc, line 36

Functions to aid in the creation of sortable tables.

Code

function tablesort_header($cell, $header, $ts) {
  // Special formatting for the currently sorted column header.
  if (is_array($cell) && isset($cell['field'])) {
    $title = t('sort by @s', array('@s' => $cell['data']));
    if ($cell['data'] == $ts['name']) {
      // aria-sort is a WAI-ARIA property that indicates if items in a table
      // or grid are sorted in ascending or descending order. See
      // http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/states_and_properties#aria-sort
      $cell['aria-sort'] = ($ts['sort'] == 'asc') ? 'ascending' : 'descending';
      $ts['sort'] = (($ts['sort'] == 'asc') ? 'desc' : 'asc');
      $cell['class'][] = 'active';
      $image = theme('tablesort_indicator', array('style' => $ts['sort']));
    }
    else {
      // If the user clicks a different header, we want to sort ascending initially.
      $ts['sort'] = 'asc';
      $image = '';
    }
    $cell['data'] = l($cell['data'] . $image, $_GET['q'], array('attributes' => array('title' => $title), 'query' => array_merge($ts['query'], array('sort' => $ts['sort'], 'order' => $cell['data'])), 'html' => TRUE));

    unset($cell['field'], $cell['sort']);
  }
  return $cell;
}