WPF DataGrid CustomSort for each Column

Question

I have a WPF DataGrid bound to a CollectionViewSource that encapsulates an ObservableCollection. This CollectionViewSource has two main objectives:

1) To group each

Answer 1

I did this by overriding the OnSorting event and implementing it myself.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.controls.datagrid.onsorting.aspx

Which basically meant re sorting the ListCollectionView.

Sorry its not too in depth an answer.

Answer 2

DataGrid CustomSorting

<DataGrid attached:DataGridHelpers.UseCustomSort="True" ItemsSource="{Binding Items}" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
    <DataGrid.Columns>
        <DataGridTextColumn attached:DataGridHelpers.CustomSorterType="{x:Type comparers:StrLogicalComparer}" Binding="{Binding CodeText}" Header="Code"  />
        <DataGridTextColumn Header="Number" Binding="{Binding Number}" />
    </DataGrid.Columns>
</DataGrid>

Supports nested properties

Answer 3

This answer is very similar to trilson86's solution -- it was based on it -- but it accounts for SortMemberPath in a manner such that the values passed to your comparer are the actual values of the column, rather than the rows. This facilitates far greater re-use on your sorters. Furthermore, it eliminates the need for a custom sort interface altogether.

DataGridSortBehavior.cs

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Data;

namespace YourNamespace
{
    public class DataGridSortBehavior 
    {
        public static IComparer GetSorter(DataGridColumn column)
        {
            return (IComparer)column.GetValue(SorterProperty);
        }

        public static void SetSorter(DataGridColumn column, IComparer value)
        {
            column.SetValue(SorterProperty, value);
        }

        public static bool GetAllowCustomSort(DataGrid grid)
        {
            return (bool)grid.GetValue(AllowCustomSortProperty);
        }

        public static void SetAllowCustomSort(DataGrid grid, bool value)
        {
            grid.SetValue(AllowCustomSortProperty, value);
        }

        public static readonly DependencyProperty SorterProperty = DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("Sorter", typeof(IComparer), 
            typeof(DataGridSortBehavior));
        public static readonly DependencyProperty AllowCustomSortProperty = DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("AllowCustomSort", typeof(bool), 
            typeof(DataGridSortBehavior), new UIPropertyMetadata(false, OnAllowCustomSortChanged));

        private static void OnAllowCustomSortChanged(DependencyObject obj, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            var grid = (DataGrid)obj;

            bool oldAllow = (bool)e.OldValue;
            bool newAllow = (bool)e.NewValue;

            if (!oldAllow && newAllow)
            {
                grid.Sorting += HandleCustomSorting;
            }
            else
            {
                grid.Sorting -= HandleCustomSorting;
            }
        }

        public static bool ApplySort(DataGrid grid, DataGridColumn column)
        {
            IComparer sorter = GetSorter(column);
            if (sorter == null)
            {
                return false;
            }

            var listCollectionView = CollectionViewSource.GetDefaultView(grid.ItemsSource) as ListCollectionView;
            if (listCollectionView == null)
            {
                throw new Exception("The ICollectionView associated with the DataGrid must be of type, ListCollectionView");
            }

            listCollectionView.CustomSort = new DataGridSortComparer(sorter, column.SortDirection ?? ListSortDirection.Ascending, column.SortMemberPath);
            return true;
        }

        private static void HandleCustomSorting(object sender, DataGridSortingEventArgs e)
        {
            IComparer sorter = GetSorter(e.Column);
            if (sorter == null)
            {
                return;
            }

            var grid = (DataGrid)sender;
            e.Column.SortDirection = e.Column.SortDirection == ListSortDirection.Ascending ? ListSortDirection.Descending : ListSortDirection.Ascending;
            if (ApplySort(grid, e.Column))
            {
                e.Handled = true;
            }
        }

        private class DataGridSortComparer : IComparer
        {
            private IComparer comparer;
            private ListSortDirection sortDirection;
            private string propertyName;
            private PropertyInfo property;

            public DataGridSortComparer(IComparer comparer, ListSortDirection sortDirection, string propertyName)
            {
                this.comparer = comparer;
                this.sortDirection = sortDirection;
                this.propertyName = propertyName;
            }

            public int Compare(object x, object y)
            {
                PropertyInfo property = this.property ?? (this.property = x.GetType().GetProperty(propertyName));
                object value1 = property.GetValue(x);
                object value2 = property.GetValue(y);

                int result = comparer.Compare(value1, value2);
                if (sortDirection == ListSortDirection.Descending)
                {
                    result = -result;
                }
                return result;
            }
        }
    }
}

Your Xaml

This should look similar to trilson86's solution as well:

<UserControl.Resources>
    <converters:MyComparer x:Key="MyComparer"/>
</UserControl.Resources>
<DataGrid behaviours:DataGridSortBehavior.AllowCustomSort="True" ItemsSource="{Binding MyListCollectionView}">
    <DataGrid.Columns>
        <DataGridTextColumn Header="Test" Binding="{Binding MyValue}" behaviours:DataGridSortBehavior.Sorter="{StaticResource MyComparer}" />
    </DataGrid.Columns>
</DataGrid>

Answer 4

you can use this in case that you adding the columns programatically .

dg_show.Items.SortDescriptions.Add(new System.ComponentModel.SortDescription("val1", System.ComponentModel.ListSortDirection.Descending));

"val1" here is the binding path for the column we added , and you can also using another line as a second sort . like this one .

        dg_show.Items.SortDescriptions.Add(new System.ComponentModel.SortDescription("val2", System.ComponentModel.ListSortDirection.Ascending));