DataGridView Sort

[litton1]

I am having problems while sorting a DGV. At the moment the glyph (triangle) shows but is not enabled to allow a sort on the column. It looks like the header is not enabled? Could this be because the data is bound to a generic list? The properties that I have set are (otherwise assume default). Any help appreciated

dgv.ReadOnly = false;
dgv.RowHeadersVisible = false;
dgv.Columns["SortColID"].SortMode = DataGridViewColumnSortMode.Automatic;
dgv.Sort(dgv.Columns["SortColID"], ListSortDirection.Descending);

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[niceguymattx]

Have you set the AllowSorting property to true?

 

[litton1]

Strange. This isn't in my list?

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[niceguymattx]

Sorry, my mistake, thats for a DataGrid as opposed to a datagridview.

In order to use automatic sorting in a dgv the column must be a text box column. Also the dgv SelectionMode cannot be set to ColumnHeaderSelect or FullColumnSelect. I think you also need to set ColumnHeadersVisible to true.

Otherwise I cant work out why its not working!

 

[litton1]

I have also found that I am suppressing the error, which is

DataGridView control must be bound to an IBindingList object to be sorted.

Think I am going to have to look into this. I thought that sort was supported by default?

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[litton1]

This problem is answer on

http://www.personalmicrocosms.com/pages/dotnettips.aspx?c=28&t=47

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