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Last Updated: 12 Mar 2020 14:56 by ADMIN
Inception
Created on: 30 Dec 2014 01:45
Category: Grid
Type: Feature Request
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Display sort order on grid column headers
When using multiple sort mode in a grid, visualize the sort order in which the grid is sorted. For example, displaying the sort order as 1,2,3,.. on the respective column headers. Without such an indication the user has no idea what sort order has been used.
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ADMIN
Angel Petrov
Posted on: 12 Mar 2020 14:56

Hi,

With the newer version one can use the showIndexes property. Please check our documentation here.

Regards,
Angel Petrov
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Telerik Admin
Posted on: 09 Jan 2015 17:23 
Thanks for the additional explanation. Reverted the status of the thread as now I understand your request better. Please provide references to previous communication on the same topic, when available.
ADMIN
Telerik Admin
Posted on: 09 Jan 2015 17:22 
When multi-column sorting is enabled, the sort order is visualized via the sort arrow in the grid header (ascending or descending). You can see it from the following dojo sample in our documentation:
http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/ui/grid#configuration-sortable.mode

Our assumption is this is more UX-friendly than displaying numbers in the column headers.
Inception
Posted on: 07 Jan 2015 11:22 
I don't think you get the problem. Let's say I have a grid with 5 columns. And let's say I sort 3 columns:

1. column 3: asc
2. column 4: desc
3. column 1: asc

How do I, as a novice user, see which sorting order has been? sure I see the little arrows indicating that columns 1 and 3 have been sorted ascending and column 4 descending. But which column is sorted first, second and third? You cannot see the order!

I have implemented a solution in which I manually manipulate the header to display the order. See the following post for an example of my implementation: http://www.telerik.com/forums/display-sort-order-on-column-headers#LFrOjOgDzkCuy5MbTWZkug
dandv
Posted on: 31 Dec 2014 09:10 
Agree.

On the other hand, I've never seen any grid/table component display the order of the multi-column sorts.
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