JQuery Sort Divs by child divs

html, javascript, jquery, sorting

Solution

You have to make a little change to html like following:

<div id="container">
<div class="item">
    <div class="genre">Classical</div>
    <div class="name">Alpha</div>
    <div class="location">London</div>
</div>

<div class="item">
    <div class="genre">Blues</div>
    <div class="name">Bravo</div>
    <div class="location">New York</div>
</div>

<div class="item">
    <div class="genre">Pop</div>
    <div class="name">Charlie</div>
    <div class="location">Paris</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="buttons">
<a href="" id="genre">Sort by Genre</a>
<a href="" id="name">Sort by Name</a>
<a href="" id="location">Sort by Location</a>
</div>

jQuery

function sorting(tag) {
    var items = $('div.item').sort(function(a, b) {
        var txt1 = $.trim($('div.' + tag, a).text()),
            txt2 = $.trim($('div.' + tag, b).text());
        if (txt1 > txt2) return 1;
        else return -1;
    });
    return items;
}
$('.buttons a').on('click', function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    $('div#container').html(sorting(this.id));
});

Working Sample

Problem

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