[SPARK-43337] Asc/desc arrow icons for sorting column does not get displayed in the table column

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.3.0, 3.4.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.3.3, 3.4.1
• Component/s: Spark Core, Web UI
• Assignee: Maytas Monsereenusorn
• Reporter: Maytas Monsereenusorn
• Created: 02/May/23 05:35
• Updated: 05/May/23 19:08
• Resolved: 05/May/23 19:08

Description

The sorting icon is not displayed when the column is clicked to sort by asc/desc.

See attached image: (The index column is sort by asc order by the down arrow is not displayed)

This broke due to the upgrade from DataTables from 1.10.20 to 1.10.25. I have confirmed that version 1.13.2 in master branch does not have this problem. 
For reference, in 1.13.2, it looks like the following:
 

Issue Links

• is caused by: SPARK-38924 Update dataTables to 1.10.25 for security issue
• is fixed by: SPARK-42435 Update DataTables to 1.13.2
• relates to: SPARK-31871 Display the canvas element icon for sorting column
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #41011 (maytasm)