[jQuery] Using selectors with jQuery table sorter/pager plugin

[jQuery] Using selectors with jQuery table sorter/pager plugin

When using the jQ table sorter/pager plugin should you be able select all elements of a certain class even if they are out of the current paging view?
My experience has been that if an element is not in the current view (current page) it isn't found. Where is the element?  I assumed elements were still there just hidden.  Are they actually removed from the DOM?  If so, is there a way, other than queuing changes in an array, to address this issue when you need to select or bind events to an element out of the current page?
John