/*

License:

 You can do whatever you want with the script, but at any time (whether for your

 own usage or if you modify it and redistribute your modified version), you must

 include the "Authors" and this "License" sections in your copy (modified or not)

 of this script. You may delete any other comment section or modify the script.

 BTW, also note that no warranty is provided and as with most freewares - use it

 at your own risk! ;)



Authors:

 Mingyi Liu (http://mingyi.org) wrote this script initially based upon an

 excellent script by Stuart Langridge. But now this script is so much beyond

 what that original script offered.  I made very significant improvements not

 only to vastly improve the features, but also fixed/improved the sorting

 algorithms to develope it into by far the most advanced and feature-rich table

 sorting script on the net (and even created a firefox extension out of it!).

 

Support:

 No support/reply is guaranteed but I will try my best to respond to any

 questions/bug reports/feature requests (write to mingyiliu@yahoo.com).



How to use this script:

 1. Put <script src="sorttable.js"></script> in your html page <head> section.

 2. Add class="sortable" to the tables you want sorted (if your table html tag

    was previously <table class="old_style">, now it'd become <table

    class="old_style sortable">)

 That's it! Now you can already sort any "sortable" table on your page!

 Please also note that by default you could sort a table by simply pressing 

 "alt"+"ctrl" and clicking inside any table cells of the table.

 If prefered, you could set the variable sort_only_sortable to false to have

 all the tables on your page sortable by default!



 For advanced usage, read on!



Mingyi's script's feature list:

   1. Ease of use - just include the script in your html and add class "sortable"

      to the tables you want sorted. If prefered, you could modify one variable

      sort_only_sortable to false to have all tables on page sortable by default!

   2. Fast performance (fast resorting of same column).

   3. Automatically detects (US-styled) date, number (negatives, scientific 

      notations), text, multiple currency types, IP addresses and sort them. 

      More date style can be specified (see below)

   4. X-browser support for most browsers.

   5. Support multiple tables on same html page.

   6. Works with thead, tbody, th, etc. html tags and will not break on colspan.

   7. Allow user to specify tables that should be sorted right after

      the html page is loaded.

   8. Sort US, European and user-specified dates (and time)! Simply specify the 

      type in table head cells (see advanced usage for details).

   9. Allow force sorting of unrecognized currencies too.

   10. Support various levels of style preserving (row-level, cell-level or 

      table-level (default)). Particularly useful for table rows that're

      alternatively highlighted.

   11. Support for user-supplied sorting function for custom data type.

   12. Allow customization of the style of the table heading clickable links.

   13. Improved reliability over offending data (like non-number in a number

       column).

   14. Works with tfoot html tag, Allows multi-row header and footer.

   15. Has a FireFox extension made out of this script!

   16. Allow user to press 'ctrl'+'alt' and click inside anywhere in the table

       to sort!

   17. Complete control of the style/class of the sorting links, both before

       and after sorting.

       

BTW, if you want to have your html page including the script validated against

W3C Validation (http://validator.w3.org) for XHTML 1.0 Strict, you need to get

rid of the ts_ for all the attributes (like 'ts_type','ts_sortcell', etc.), based

on Douglas' suggestion.

       

Advanced usage:

 1. You can change the variables in the sections marked as modify as needed.

 2. Currency detection is limited to a few common ones (¥£€$), so if you have,

    say, YMB, just add ts_type="money" to the column heading, e.g., 

    <td ts_type="money"> or <th ts_type="money">. That's it! It'll be sorted

    correctly. In fact, it's always a good idea to specify money columns as

    type "money", even if it's US $, euro, etc.

 3. You could also force data type to be "number", "ip", "date" the same way

    as "money". You could even specify ts_type to be "custom", but then you

    must supply valid javascript code that accesses the values a and b and

    evaluates to negative, positive or 0 (like any comparison function). e.g.:

    implement numeric sorting:

      <td ts_type="custom" ts_sortfn="aa=parseFloat(a);bb=parseFloat(b); if(isNaN(aa)) aa=0; if(isNaN(bb)) bb=0; aa-bb;">My number column header cell</td>

    implement your own IP sorting:

      <th ts_type="custom" ts_sortfn="aa=a.split('.');bb=b.split('.');(aa[0] - bb[0] || aa[1] - bb[1] || aa[2] - bb[2] || aa[3] - bb[3]);">My IP column header cell</th>

    Note that:

    a. You must know what you're doing!

    b. Due to the use of eval, the custom function is always slower than 

       defining function in this script directly (but using custom function 

       keeps code here cleaner during updates).

 4. Add 'sortdir="desc"'' on any table header column to indicate that the 

    table should be sorted right after page is loaded. Use 'asc' for ascending

    sorting order. Example: <td sortdir="desc">the default sorting column</td>

 5. Use <table preserve_style="cell"> on any table to indicate that the table 

    redrawing after sorting should preserve cell style (override the global

    preserve_style variable that you can set below). The other valid preserve_style

    is "row", which is very useful if you use alternating colors for table rows.

    Note that row style is slower than default, cell style is even slower due to

    more update needed.

    IE has a "design" (read:bug) that prevents setting innerHTML for rows ("design"

    explained in http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/tables/buildtables.asp#TOM_Create, 

    bug documented for selects at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;276228#appliesto).

    Therefore for IE, "row" is actually equivalent with "cell" because it is implemented

    the same way (blame IE for the speed!).         

 6. Use <td ts_type="euro_date"> to indicate date format is DD/MM/YY or DD/MM/YYYY

    Using <td ts_type="other_date" ts_date_format="D/M/Y"> you can also indicate 

    it's european dates. <td ts_type="other_date" ts_date_format="D-M-Y"> is 

    also european dates separated by '-' not '/'. Use the formatting you 

    could specify other date format, like Y-M-D. If Y is double digit, any number

    smaller than 32 is deemed 20xx, otherwise it's 19xx.  Note that D/M/Y (or any

    user-specified format) could just part of the time string (the date part),

    time conversion will be done correctly. Also note that if you choose custom

    date format, due to the time consumed during date conversion, the sorting

    would be much slower (2-3 times as slow).

    The date/time formats accepted are: 

     1. Anything accepted directly by Javascript's Date.parse() function 

       (format best explained at "http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/util/Date.html#parse(java.lang.String)");

     2. Any combination of a date type specified by you and a time (hour, min, 

        seconds) format accepted by Date.parse(). Check the demo html page (http://www.mingyi.org/other/ts_demo.html) for 

        examples.

  7. Remember that there are a number of parameters that you could customize

     in the script!

  8. Add 'ts_linkrow' to <table> tag to indicate which header row the click-to-sort

     links would be added to. Note that <table ts_linkrow="1"> actually means that

     the 2nd header row should be used as the click-to-sort row. By default, if

     you do not add ts_linkrow to your <table> tag, first table row would always

     be used as the click-to-sort row.

  9. Add 'ts_nosort' to the header row's <td> tag to indicate this column

     shouldn't be sorted. e.g. <td ts_nosort="y">abc</td> disable sorting link

     on the column. You should also set use_ctrl_alt_click to false to disable

     user using keyboard shortcut to get around the no sort rule on this column.

  10.Add 'ts_forcesort' to the header row's <td> tag to indicate this column

     should be sorted only in one direction. e.g. <td ts_forcesort="asc">abc</td>

     makes sure that the sorting on the column is always in ascending order. Use

     "desc" for descending order.

*/

var ts_version = "1.26";

var ts_browser_agt = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();   

var ts_browser_is_ie = ((ts_browser_agt.indexOf("msie") != -1) && (ts_browser_agt.indexOf("opera") == -1));



var ml_tsort = {

  ///////////////////////////////////////////////////

  // configurable constants, modify as needed!

  sort_col_title : "Click here to Sort!", // the popup text for the sorting link in the header columns

  sort_col_asc_title : "Sorted in ascending order", // the popup text for the sorting link in the header column after the column's sorted in ascending order

  sort_col_desc_title : "Sorted in descending order", // the popup text for the sorting link in the header column after the column's sorted in ascending order

  sort_col_class : "font11Bold", // whichever class you want the heading to be

  sort_col_style : "", // whichever style you want the link to look like

  sort_col_class_post_sort : "font11Bold", // whichever class you want the heading for the column that's just sorted

  sort_col_style_post_sort : "", // whichever style you want the link to look like when the column for the link was sorted

  sort_col_mouseover : "", // what style the link should use onmouseover?

  use_ctrl_alt_click : true, // allow ctrl-alt-click anywhere in table to activate sorting?

  sort_only_sortable : true, // make all tables sortable by default or just make the tables with "sortable" class sortable?

  

  //////////////////////////////////////////////////

  // speed related constants, modify as needed!

  table_content_might_change : false, // table content could be changed by other JS on-the-fly? if so, some speed improvements cannot be used.

  preserve_style : "", // (row, cell) preserves style for row or cell e.g., row is useful when the table highlights rows alternatively. cell is much slower while no preservation's the fastest by far!

  tell_me_time_consumption : false, // give stats about time consumed during sorting and table update/redrawing.

  

  //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

  // anything below this line, modify at your own risk! ;)

  smallest_int : -2147483648000, // date parse is in milliseconds, hence the 000

  set_vars : function(event)

  {

    var e = (event)? event : window.event;

    var element = (event)? ((event.target)? event.target : event.srcElement) : window.event.srcElement;

    var clicked_td = ml_tsort.getParent(element,'TD') || ml_tsort.getParent(element,'TH');

    var table = ml_tsort.getParent(element,'TABLE');

    if(!table || table.rows.length < 1 || !clicked_td) return;

    var column = clicked_td.cellIndex;

    if (e.altKey && e.ctrlKey && ml_tsort.use_ctrl_alt_click) ml_tsort.resortTable(table.rows[0].cells[column]);

  },



  makeSortable: function(table) 

  {

      if (table.rows && table.rows.length > 0) {

          var rowidx = table.getAttribute("ts_linkrow") || 0;

          var firstRow = table.rows[rowidx];

      }

      if (!firstRow) return;

      var sortCell;

      // We have a first row: assume it's the header (it works for <thead> too), 

      // and make its contents clickable links

      for (var i=0;i<firstRow.cells.length;i++) {

          var cell = firstRow.cells[i];

          if(cell.getAttribute("ts_nosort")) continue;

          var txt = cell.innerHTML;

          if(cell.getAttribute("sortdir")) sortCell = cell;

          cell.innerHTML = '<a style="'+this.sort_col_style+'" onMouseOver="this.oldstyle=this.style.cssText;'+this.sort_col_mouseover+'" onMouseOut="this.style.cssText=this.oldstyle;" class="'+this.sort_col_class+'" href="#" title="'+this.sort_col_title+'" onclick="javascript:ml_tsort.resortTable(this.parentNode);return false">'+txt+'</a>';

      }

      if(sortCell) this.resortTable(sortCell);

  },

  

  sortables_init : function() 

  {

      // Find all tables with class sortable and make them sortable

      if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return;

      var tbls = document.getElementsByTagName("table");

      for (var ti=0;ti<tbls.length;ti++) {

          thisTbl = tbls[ti];

          if(!ml_tsort.sort_only_sortable || thisTbl.className.match(/sortable/i))

            ml_tsort.makeSortable(thisTbl);

      }

  },

  

  getParent : function(el, pTagName) 

  {

  	if (el == null) return null;

  	else if (el.nodeType == 1 && el.tagName.toLowerCase() == pTagName.toLowerCase())	// Gecko bug, supposed to be uppercase

  		return el;

  	else

  		return this.getParent(el.parentNode, pTagName);

  },

  

  getInnerText : function(el) 

  {

  	if (typeof el == "string") return el;

  	if (typeof el == "undefined") { return el };

  	if (el.innerText) return el.innerText;	//Not needed but it is faster

  	var str = "";

  	

  	var cs = el.childNodes;

  	var l = cs.length;

  	for (var i = 0; i < l; i++) {

  		switch (cs[i].nodeType) {

  			case 1: //ELEMENT_NODE

  				str += this.getInnerText(cs[i]);

  				break;

  			case 3:	//TEXT_NODE

  				str += cs[i].nodeValue;

  				break;

  		}

  	}

  	return str;

  },

  

  match_date_format : function(value, format)

  {

    var v = this.getInnerText(value.cells[this.sort_column_index]);

    this.set_date_array(format);

    if(format == 'M/D/Y' && !isNaN(Date.parse(v)))

      return true;

    else if(!isNaN(this.convert_date(v))) return true;

    this.set_date_array(format.replace(/\//g, '-'));

    if(!isNaN(this.convert_date(v))) return true;

    this.set_date_array(format.replace(/\//g, '.'));

    if(!isNaN(this.convert_date(v))) return true;

    this.set_date_array(format.replace(/\//g, ' '));

    if(!isNaN(this.convert_date(v))) return true;

    return false;

  },

    

  resortTable : function(td) 

  {

    if(td == null) return;

    var column = td.cellIndex;

    var table = this.getParent(td,'TABLE');

    this.sort_column_index = column;

    if(table == null || table.rows.length <= 2) return;



    // now let's do a lot just to save a little time, if possible at all. ;)

    var lastSortCell = table.getAttribute("ts_sortcell") || 0;

    lastSortCell--; // the processing is used for IE, which treats no attribute as 0, while FF treats 0 as still true.

    var lastSortDir;

    if(td.getAttribute("ts_forcesort"))

      lastSortDir = (td.getAttribute("ts_forcesort") == 'desc')? 'asc' : 'desc';

    else

      lastSortDir = (table == this.last_sorted_table && column == lastSortCell)? table.getAttribute("ts_sortdir") : ((td.getAttribute("sortdir") == 'desc')? 'asc' : 'desc');



    var newRows = new Array();

    var headcount = 1;

    for (var i=0,j=1;j<table.rows.length;j++)

    {

      var t = table.rows[j].parentNode.tagName.toLowerCase();

      if(t == 'tbody' && table.rows[j].cells.length >= column + 1) newRows[i++] = table.rows[j];

      else if(t == 'thead') headcount++;

    }

    if(newRows.length == 0) return;

    var time2 = new Date();

  

    // check if we really need to sort

    if(!td.getAttribute("ts_forcesort") && !this.table_content_might_change && table == this.last_sorted_table && column == lastSortCell)

      newRows.reverse();

    else

    {

      // Work out a type for the column

      var sortfn, type = td.getAttribute("ts_type");

      this.replace_pattern = '';

      var itm, i;

      for(i = 0; i < newRows.length; i++)

      {

        itm = this.getInnerText(newRows[i].cells[column]);

        if(itm.match(/\S/)) break;

      }

      if(i == newRows.length) return;

      itm = ml_trim(itm);

      if(!type)

      {

        sortfn = this.sort_caseinsensitive;



        if (this.match_date_format(newRows[i], 'M/D/Y')) sortfn = this.sort_date;

        else if (itm.match(/^[¥£€$]/)) sortfn = this.sort_currency;

        else if (itm.match(/^\d{1,3}(\.\d{1,3}){3}$/)) sortfn = this.sort_ip;

        else if (itm.match(/^[+-]?\s*[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:\s*[eE]\s*[+-]?\s*\d+)?$/))

          sortfn = this.sort_numeric;

      }

      else if(type == 'date' && this.match_date_format(newRows[i], 'M/D/Y')) sortfn = this.sort_date;

      else if(type == 'euro_date' && this.match_date_format(newRows[i], 'D/M/Y')) sortfn = this.sort_date;

      else if(type == 'other_date' && this.match_date_format(newRows[i], td.getAttribute("ts_date_format"))) sortfn = this.sort_date; 

      else if(type == 'number') sortfn = this.sort_numeric;

      else if(type == 'ip') sortfn = this.sort_ip;

      else if(type == 'money') sortfn = this.sort_currency;

  //       else if(type == 'custom') sortfn = function(aa,bb) { a = this.getInnerText(aa.cells[this.sort_column_index]); b = this.getInnerText(bb.cells[this.sort_column_index]); eval(td.getAttribute("ts_sortfn")) }; // the coding here is shorter but interestingly it's also slower

      else if(type == 'custom') { this.custom_code = td.getAttribute("ts_sortfn"); sortfn = this.custom_sortfn }

      else { alert("unsupported sorting type or data not matching indicated type!"); return; }

  

      table.setAttribute("ts_sortcell", column+1);

      newRows.sort(sortfn);

      if (lastSortDir == 'asc') newRows.reverse();



    }

    // set style of heading

    var rowidx = table.getAttribute("ts_linkrow") || 0;

    if(lastSortCell > -1 && table.rows[rowidx].cells[lastSortCell].firstChild.style)

    {

      table.rows[rowidx].cells[lastSortCell].firstChild.oldstyle = this.sort_col_style;

      table.rows[rowidx].cells[lastSortCell].firstChild.style.cssText = this.sort_col_style;

      table.rows[rowidx].cells[lastSortCell].firstChild.className = this.sort_col_class;

    }

    if(table.rows[rowidx].cells[column].firstChild.style)

    {

      table.rows[rowidx].cells[column].firstChild.oldstyle = this.sort_col_style_post_sort;

      table.rows[rowidx].cells[column].firstChild.style.cssText = this.sort_col_style_post_sort;

      table.rows[rowidx].cells[column].firstChild.className = this.sort_col_class_post_sort;

    }

    if (lastSortDir == 'desc') table.setAttribute('ts_sortdir','asc');

    else table.setAttribute('ts_sortdir','desc');

    // has to use tagName otherwise IE complains

    if(lastSortCell > -1 && table.rows[rowidx].cells[lastSortCell].firstChild.tagName) table.rows[rowidx].cells[lastSortCell].firstChild.title = this.sort_col_title;

    if(table.rows[rowidx].cells[column].firstChild.tagName) table.rows[rowidx].cells[column].firstChild.title = ((lastSortDir == 'desc')? this.sort_col_asc_title : this.sort_col_desc_title);



    this.last_sorted_table = table;

       

    var time3 = new Date();

    

    var ps = table.getAttribute("preserve_style") || this.preserve_style;

    if(ps == 'row' && !ts_browser_is_ie) 

    {

      var tmp = new Array(newRows.length);

      for (var i = 0; i < newRows.length; i++) tmp[i] = newRows[i].innerHTML;

      for (var i = 0; i < newRows.length; i++) table.rows[i+headcount].innerHTML = tmp[i];

    }

    else if(ps == 'cell' || (ps == 'row' && ts_browser_is_ie)) 

    {

      var tmp = new Array(newRows.length);

      for (var i = 0; i < newRows.length; i++)

        for (var j = 0; j < newRows[i].cells.length; j++)

        {

          if(!tmp[i]) tmp[i] = new Array(newRows[i].cells.length);

          tmp[i][j] = newRows[i].cells[j].innerHTML;

        }

      for (var i = 0; i < newRows.length; i++)

        for (var j = 0; j < newRows[i].cells.length; j++)

          table.rows[i+headcount].cells[j].innerHTML = tmp[i][j];

    }

    else

    {

      for (var i=0;i<newRows.length;i++) // We appendChild rows that already exist to the tbody, so it moves them rather than creating new ones

        table.tBodies[0].appendChild(newRows[i]);

    } 

    var time4 = new Date();

    if(this.tell_me_time_consumption)

    {

      alert('it took ' + this.diff_time(time3, time2) + ' seconds to do sorting!');

      alert('it took ' + this.diff_time(time4, time3) + ' seconds to do redrawing!');

    }

    return false;

  },

  

  diff_time : function(time2, time1) 

  {

    return (time2.getTime() - time1.getTime())/1000;

  },

  

  // Mingyi Note: it seems ridiculous to do so much processing for

  // customizable date conversion, should try to find a zbetter way

  // of doing it.

  set_date_array : function(f) 

  {

    var tmp = [['D', f.indexOf('D')], ['M', f.indexOf('M')], ['Y', f.indexOf('Y')]];

    tmp.sort(function(a,b){ return a[1] - b[1]});

    this.date_order_array = new Array(3);

    for(var i = 0; i < 3; i++) this.date_order_array[tmp[i][0]] = '$' + (i + 2);

    this.replace_pattern = f.replace(/[DMY]([^DMY]+)[DMY]([^DMY]+)[DMY]/, '^(.*?)(\\d+)\\$1(\\d+)\\$2(\\d+)(.*)$');

  },

  

  process_year : function(y) 

  {

    var tmp = parseInt(y);

    if(tmp < 32) return '20' + y; 

  	else if(tmp < 100) return '19' + y;

  	else return y;

  },

  

  // convert to MM/DD/YYYY (or M/D/YYYY) format

  convert_date : function(a) 

  {

    var re = 'RegExp.$1+RegExp.'+this.date_order_array['M']+'+\'/\'+RegExp.'+this.date_order_array['D']+'+\'/\'+this.process_year(RegExp.'+this.date_order_array['Y']+')+RegExp.$5';

    var code = 'if(a.match(/'+this.replace_pattern+'/)) (' + re + ')';

    return Date.parse(eval(code));

  },

  

  sort_date : function(a,b) 

  {

    var atext = ml_tsort.getInnerText(a.cells[ml_tsort.sort_column_index]);

    var btext = ml_tsort.getInnerText(b.cells[ml_tsort.sort_column_index]);

    var aa, bb;

    // basically I have to do the conversion due to the potential usage of double digit years

    if(atext && atext.match(/\S/))

    {

      aa = ml_tsort.convert_date(atext);

      if(isNaN(aa)) aa = Date.parse(atext);

      if(isNaN(aa)) aa = 0;

    }

    else aa = ml_tsort.smallest_int;

    if(btext && btext.match(/\S/))

    {

      bb = ml_tsort.convert_date(btext);

      if(isNaN(bb)) bb = Date.parse(btext);

      if(isNaN(bb)) bb = 0;

    }

    else bb = ml_tsort.smallest_int;

    return aa - bb;

  },

  

  // assume no scientific number in currency (if assumption incorrect, just use

  // same code for this.sort_numeric will do)

  sort_currency : function(a,b) 

  { 

      return ml_tsort.sort_num(ml_tsort.getInnerText(a.cells[ml_tsort.sort_column_index]).replace(/[^-0-9.+]/g,''),

                         ml_tsort.getInnerText(b.cells[ml_tsort.sort_column_index]).replace(/[^-0-9.+]/g,''));

  },

  

  // let's allow scientific notation but also be strict on number format

  sort_num : function(a, b) 

  {

      var aa, bb;

      if(a && a.match(/\S/))

      {

        if(!isNaN(a)) aa = a;

        else if(a && a.match(/^[^0-9.+-]*([+-]?\s*[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:\s*[eE]\s*[+-]?\s*\d+)?)/))

          aa = parseFloat(RegExp.$1.replace(/\s+/g, ''));

        else aa = 0;

      }

      else aa = ml_tsort.smallest_int;

      if(b && b.match(/\S/))

      {

        if(!isNaN(b)) bb = b;

        else if(b && b.match(/^[^0-9.+-]*([+-]?\s*[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:\s*[eE]\s*[+-]?\s*\d+)?)/))

          bb = parseFloat(RegExp.$1.replace(/\s+/g, ''));

        else bb = 0;

      }

      else bb = ml_tsort.smallest_int;

      return aa - bb;

  },

  

  sort_numeric : function(a,b) 

  {

      return ml_tsort.sort_num(ml_tsort.getInnerText(a.cells[ml_tsort.sort_column_index]),

                         ml_tsort.getInnerText(b.cells[ml_tsort.sort_column_index])); 

  },

  

  sort_ip : function(a,b) 

  {

      var aa = ml_tsort.getInnerText(a.cells[ml_tsort.sort_column_index]).split('.');

      var bb = ml_tsort.getInnerText(b.cells[ml_tsort.sort_column_index]).split('.');

      return ml_tsort.sort_num(aa[0], bb[0]) || ml_tsort.sort_num(aa[1], bb[1]) || 

             ml_tsort.sort_num(aa[2], bb[2]) || ml_tsort.sort_num(aa[3], bb[3]);

  },

   

  sort_caseinsensitive : function(a,b) 

  {

      var aa = ml_tsort.getInnerText(a.cells[ml_tsort.sort_column_index]).toLowerCase();

      var bb = ml_tsort.getInnerText(b.cells[ml_tsort.sort_column_index]).toLowerCase();

      if (aa==bb) return 0;

      if (aa<bb) return -1;

      return 1;

  },

  

  custom_sortfn : function(aa,bb) 

  {

    var a = ml_tsort.getInnerText(aa.cells[ml_tsort.sort_column_index]);

    var b = ml_tsort.getInnerText(bb.cells[ml_tsort.sort_column_index]);

    return eval(ml_tsort.custom_code);

  }

};



function ml_trim(text)

{

  if(!text) return text;

  var tmp = text.replace(/^\s+/, '');

  return tmp.replace(/\s+$/, '');

}



function ts_addEvent(elm, evType, fn, useCapture)

// addEvent and removeEvent

// cross-browser event handling for IE5+,  NS6 and Mozilla

// By Scott Andrew

{

  if (elm.addEventListener){

    elm.addEventListener(evType, fn, useCapture);

    return true;

  } else if (elm.attachEvent){

    var r = elm.attachEvent("on"+evType, fn);

    return r;

  } else {

    alert("Handler could not be removed");

  }

}

ts_addEvent(document, "click", ml_tsort.set_vars);

ts_addEvent(window, "load", ml_tsort.sortables_init);

