NOTE!

Demo

First Name
Last Name
Age
Total
Discount
Date
Peter Parker 28 $9.99 20% Jul 6, 2006 8:14 AM
John Hood 33 $19.99 25% Dec 10, 2002 5:14 AM
Clark Kent 18 $15.89 44% Jan 12, 2003 11:14 AM
Bruce Almighty 45 $153.19 44% Jan 18, 2001 9:12 AM
Bruce Evans 22 $13.19 11% Jan 18, 2007 9:12 AM

Javascript

$(function() {

// call the tablesorter plugin
$("table").tablesorter({
theme: 'blue',
// initialize zebra striping of the table
widgets: ["zebra"],
// change the default striping class names
// updated in v2.1 to use widgetOptions.zebra = ["even", "odd"]
// widgetZebra: { css: [ "normal-row", "alt-row" ] } still works
widgetOptions : {
zebra : [ "normal-row", "alt-row" ]
}
});

});

CSS

/* Extra selectors needed to override the default styling */
table.tablesorter tbody tr.normal-row td {
background: #888;
color: #fff;
}
table.tablesorter tbody tr.alt-row td {
background: #555;
color: #fff;
}

HTML

<table class="tablesorter">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>First Name</th>
<th>Last Name</th>
<th>Age</th>
<th>Total</th>
<th>Discount</th>
<th>Date</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Peter</td>
<td>Parker</td>
<td>28</td>
<td>$9.99</td>
<td>20%</td>
<td>Jul 6, 2006 8:14 AM</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John</td>
<td>Hood</td>
<td>33</td>
<td>$19.99</td>
<td>25%</td>
<td>Dec 10, 2002 5:14 AM</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Clark</td>
<td>Kent</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>$15.89</td>
<td>44%</td>
<td>Jan 12, 2003 11:14 AM</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bruce</td>
<td>Almighty</td>
<td>45</td>
<td>$153.19</td>
<td>44%</td>
<td>Jan 18, 2001 9:12 AM</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bruce</td>
<td>Evans</td>
<td>22</td>
<td>$13.19</td>
<td>11%</td>
<td>Jan 18, 2007 9:12 AM</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

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