Example Sorting Columns

>
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for an example of sorting a table on a selected column.
>
> As simple as click on the column header to re-sort the table by the
> value of the column.
>
> An example in XBL would be fine.
>
> I suppose the group can reference a control instance and clicking
> the column header can alter the instance.
>
> A "full" version might have up/down arrow icons in the header row
> to sort ascending/descending.
>
> Thanks for your thoughts,
> Hank
>
> Hank Ratzesberger
> NEES@UCSB
> Institute for Crustal Studies,
> University of California, Santa Barbara
> 805-893-8042
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> Hi Hank,
>
> Without knowing more about your requirements ;), I'd recommend the
> fr:datatable for this. The sorting is done "for the user"; i.e. the
> data is not changed in the instance when users click on column
> headers; the data just gets sorted in the "view". Does that work for
> you?
>
> http://wiki.orbeon.com/forms/doc/developer-guide/xbl-existing-xbl-components/datatable
>
> Alex
>
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Hank Ratzesberger
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am looking for an example of sorting a table on a selected column.
>>
>> As simple as click on the column header to re-sort the table by the
>> value of the column.
>>
>> An example in XBL would be fine.
>>
>> I suppose the group can reference a control instance and clicking
>> the column header can alter the instance.
>>
>> A "full" version might have up/down arrow icons in the header row
>> to sort ascending/descending.
>>
>> Thanks for your thoughts,
>> Hank
>>
>> Hank Ratzesberger
>> NEES@UCSB
>> Institute for Crustal Studies,
>> University of California, Santa Barbara
>> 805-893-8042
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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> Thank you Alex, indeed fr:datatable does about 90% of what I want
> and as a built-in component, I only had to change a few lines
> of code to use it (from what previously was a list created by
> xforms:repeat).
>
> --Hank
>
> On Dec 28, 2009, at 2:20 PM, Alessandro Vernet wrote:
>
>> Hi Hank,
>>
>> Without knowing more about your requirements ;), I'd recommend the
>> fr:datatable for this. The sorting is done "for the user"; i.e. the
>> data is not changed in the instance when users click on column
>> headers; the data just gets sorted in the "view". Does that work for
>> you?
>>
>> http://wiki.orbeon.com/forms/doc/developer-guide/xbl-existing-xbl-components/datatable
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Hank Ratzesberger
>> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am looking for an example of sorting a table on a selected column.
>>>
>>> As simple as click on the column header to re-sort the table by the
>>> value of the column.
>>>
>>> An example in XBL would be fine.
>>>
>>> I suppose the group can reference a control instance and clicking
>>> the column header can alter the instance.
>>>
>>> A "full" version might have up/down arrow icons in the header row
>>> to sort ascending/descending.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your thoughts,
>>> Hank
>>>
>>> Hank Ratzesberger
>>> NEES@UCSB
>>> Institute for Crustal Studies,
>>> University of California, Santa Barbara
>>> 805-893-8042
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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> Hank Ratzesberger
> NEES@UCSB
> Institute for Crustal Studies,
> University of California, Santa Barbara
> 805-893-8042
>
>
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