wxDataViewCtrl Sorting on Cocoa

[LarryM]

In my Mac OS/Cocoa application, I use a wxDataViewCtrl, and I want to be able to sort a table alphabetically by the text in the second column. If I call the SetSortOrder() method for the wxDataViewColumn object for column 0, the table sorts properly according to the text in the first column. If I call SetSortOrder() for the wxDataViewColumn object for column 1, the table still sorts by column 0. Is there any way to make wxWidgets/Cocoa sort a wxDataView by any column other than the first?

Thank You


Larry

[Manolo]

When you create a wxDataViewColumn for appending it to the wxDataViewCtrl you can set the flag wxDATAVIEW_COL_SORTABLE.
Or you can use SetSortable() for the wxDataViewColumn.
Then, SetSortOrder() should work

[LarryM]

The wxDataViewColumn::SetSortable() method does not work for columns other than column 0. The table is always sorted on column 0. I already had the Compare() method overridden for my wxDataViewListModel descendent, so I just added a kluge to ignore the column and ascending arguments and use values that I set explicitly because 0 is always passed for the column to the Compare method. This approach seems to have solved my problem. There definitely appear to be some mistakes in the wxWidgets implementation on Cocoa.

Thank You


Larry

[Manolo]

You're right. This is a bug, not fixed yet:
http://trac.wxwidgets.org/ticket/15405