It should be possible to make columns in tables be sortable.
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- T139072: There should be a visual indication that setting a table's properties to 'sortable' worked
T126007: Sortable tables with row scope headers or multi-row table head have incorrect sorting icons
T99890: Make it possible to edit a table cell's data-sort-value attribute, and data-sort-type for table header cells (for columns)
T96483: Be able to sort table columns - Mentioned Here
- rMWcbe1910f8719: Revert "TableSorter: Avoid FOUC and preserve styling in VisualEditor"
T126007: Sortable tables with row scope headers or multi-row table head have incorrect sorting icons
Event Timeline
Change 266260 had a related patch set uploaded (by Esanders):
TableSorter: Preserve styling in VisualEditor
Change 266260 merged by jenkins-bot:
TableSorter: Avoid FOUC and preserve styling in VisualEditor
Change 267538 had a related patch set uploaded (by Esanders):
Add controls for wikitable and sortable to table dialog
Change 267538 merged by jenkins-bot:
Add controls for wikitable and sortable to table dialog
The sortable styling patch was reverted in cbe1910f8719fd01ca902810ae9ab73b1256549a (https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/269114/) due to T126007.
I think VE will need to implement some of the tablesorter logic to display the sortable table headings the same as in read mode.
Change 269153 had a related patch set uploaded (by Esanders):
Provide approximate preview of table sort styling