Hi @pop16,
Thanks for your question, I’ll be happy to help!
For this, using an approach called “Absolute Sorting” is possible. Please find a custom mini-plugin (I call these “TablePress Extensions”) that makes absolute sorting available, here: https://cdn.tablepress.org/extensions/tablepress-datatables-absolute-sorting.zip
Please download, install, and activate that just like any other plugin.
Then, please extend the Shortcode (or “Configuration parameters” setting when using the block) on the page with a new parameter:
[table id=11 datatables_absolute_sorting=true /]
This will result in the relevant JavaScript file being loaded.
In addition, we’ll need to assign that absolute sorting to the columns in question. For that, please add this to the “Custom Commands” text field on the table’s “Edit” screen:
columnDefs: [
{ type: stringType, targets: [ 2, 4, 5 ] },
],
This assigns a special sorting type to the columns with empty cells in your table (where counting the columns starts with 0 for the first column).
I hope this helps! If anything is unclear, please let me know!
Some additional remarks: It looks like your table is overflowing the theme to the right. This is especially visible on small screens, like phones. You could check out the Responsive Tables premium feature module for solution approaches to this.
Best wishes,
Tobias
