Title: column sorting alphabetically
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# column sorting alphabetically

 *  Resolved [gatta2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gatta2/)
 * (@gatta2)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-sorting-alphabetically/)
 * Please look at [https://asianprivatebanker.com/asian-private-bankers-app-map/](https://asianprivatebanker.com/asian-private-bankers-app-map/)
   
   Why is that the first 2 columns can’t be sorted alphabetically?

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-sorting-alphabetically/#post-9004692)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your question, and sorry for the trouble.
 * This is caused by the use of that HTML code for the tooltips. The sorting algorithm
   removes the HTML code but then sorts for text that remains – but that will the
   be content of the tooltip.
 * Here, I recommend adding two extra columns to the table that only have the desired
   text for the sorting. You can then hide these columns from the visitor, but instruct
   the sorting algorithm to use that data for the sorting – instead of the original
   column data. For the necessary code for that please see [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/consolidating-columns-without-changing-sorting-options/#post-7656711](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/consolidating-columns-without-changing-sorting-options/#post-7656711)
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [gatta2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gatta2/)
 * (@gatta2)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-sorting-alphabetically/#post-9004734)
 * Thanks for answering. Do you mean if we turn off the tooltips plugin totally 
   it’ll be sorted correctly?
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-sorting-alphabetically/#post-9004802)
 * Hi,
 * yes, if you remove all the tooltip HTML code from the table cells, the sorting
   should work out of the box.
    But you can keep the tooltips with the other approach
   as well.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [gatta2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gatta2/)
 * (@gatta2)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-sorting-alphabetically/#post-9004887)
 * Can you tell us why the Bank column at [https://asianprivatebanker.com/2015-aum-rm-headcount-league-tables/](https://asianprivatebanker.com/2015-aum-rm-headcount-league-tables/)
   sorts correctly even if tooltips is enabled?
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-sorting-alphabetically/#post-9004917)
 * Hi,
 * good question. I’m not really sure, to be honest.
 * Regards,
    Tobias

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