#Place this code in your application_helper.rb def sortable(column, title = nil) title ||= column.titleize css_class = column == sort_column ? "#{sort_direction}" : nil direction = column == sort_column && sort_direction == "asc" ? "desc" : "asc" if css_class == "asc" header_class = "headerSortDown" elsif css_class == "desc" header_class = "headerSortUp" end content_tag("th", title, :"data-link" => url_for(params.merge(:sort => column, :direction => direction, :page => nil)), :class => "header multiSort #{header_class}") end