http://jsfiddle.net/9sKwJ/66/
tr.spacer { height: 40px; }
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$.tablesorter.addWidget({
id: 'spacer',
format: function(table) {
var c = table.config,
$t = $(table),
$r = $t.find('tbody').find('tr'),
i, l, last, col, rows, spacers = [];
if (c.sortList && c.sortList[0]) {
$t.find('tr.spacer').removeClass('spacer');
col = c.sortList[0][0]; // first sorted column
rows = table.config.cache.normalized;
last = rows[0][col]; // text from first row
l = rows.length;
for (i=0; i < l; i++) {
// if text from row doesn't match last row,
// save it to add a spacer …
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