Possibly related question: jquery tablesorter add title/tooltip to show ascending/descending
Below is HTML that I tried:
<table class="tablesorter" id="table1">
<thead>
<tr>
<th title="this is title for the header" data-title="I want this to be title for the filter">Column1</th>
<th title="this is title for the header" data-title="I want this to be title for the filter">Column2</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>1</td><td>2</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>4</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
And the JS:
$('#table1').tablesorter({
theme : 'ice',
cssInfoBlock : 'tablesorter-no-sort',
widgets: ['zebra', 'stickyHeaders', 'filter']
});
The title portion works. What I do not gte is a mouseover text over the filter text box. I do not want to intercept those events manually.