Sort on click: descending first, then ascending

[alberto]

By default, Smart-Table sort states are ascending, descending, default, in that order.

Is there a way to make the order: descending, ascending, default?

Please notice I am talking about the behaviour of any column when its header is clicked, not the ordering of the default column (st-sort-default).

[lorenzofox3]

No there is no way at the moment to change the order of the different states, I am sorry

[alberto]

I think it should be doable if you had a new attribute st-sort-descending="true" or something like that, which you could apply to any sortable column. Would you be open for a pull request to include that? I can give it a try. :)

In that case, I would also remove st-sort-default="reverse", separating the notion of ordering direction from that of the default sorting column.

[stanleyxu2005]

@alberto better change the order in config.

[alberto]

Thanks @stanleyxu2005 I didn't know you can change the order in the config. Anyway, I want to be able to make some columns descending first (e.g date) and others ascending first (category) so a global change doesn't fix my problem.

[angoras]

I'm also very interested in this feature. Any suggestions on how to implement it? I'm an absolute beginner in Angular...

[jeffrey-roosendaal]

Please add support for this! It's the only reason I simply can't use it for my project, while I think it's the best and cleanest Angular table module. After trying most of them, Smart Table is by far the best/easiest solution, but I had to switch (back) to ng-table because of this :(

I suggest naming the attribute st-sort-initial, which accepts 'asc' and 'desc', and defaults to 'asc'.

[rkpatel0]

Would love this feature too!!!

[stanleyxu2005]

+1 I have a large table with 1k metrics records. Usually I want to see the largest throughput, but now I have to click column twice..

[timonwong]

FYI: hz-table directive (from OpenStack horizon project) have implemented default-sort and default-sort-reverse attribute
https://github.com/openstack/horizon/blob/master/horizon/static/framework/widgets/table/hz-table.directive.js#L78

[douglas-treadwell]

timonwong, I looked at the code there and it seems to only reverse the initial sort. It doesn't seem like it would enable column-by-column default sort order reversal upon clicking each column. Please let me know if I'm wrong.

[douglas-treadwell]

Here's an implementation. Until it's merged you can use that branch.

#608

[andy-dumbell]

+1 please

[lorenzofox3]

@andy-dumbell do you realize, it has been merged and it is already available ?

[andy-dumbell]

Thanks @lorenzofox3 I hadn't realised. Will try now. Cheers Andy

[lorenzofox3]

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