Initial Grid Sort and Client side rebind

[Matt]

Hi there,
I have a Grid that has Sorting enabled with an initial sort using the OrderBy method.
When I call the Client side rebind method for the Grid, the initial sort is dropped. Is this expected behavior? Is there some way that you can maintain this initial sort Client side?

[Matt]

Can any of the Telerik Admin's please answer this? If it is expected behavior then that's fine, or do you need more information from me?

[Joe]

We are also having this grid rebind non-sorting problem.
The grid has methods which each return the data sorted in the same order as the OrderBy below.

.DataBinding(dataBinding => dataBinding
.Ajax()
.OperationMode(GridOperationMode.Client) // Retrieve ALL data to client.
.Insert("InsertAccountNote", "Reconcile")
.Update("UpdateAccountNote", "Reconcile")
.Select("SelectAccountNote", "Reconcile"))
.ToolBar(tb => tb.Insert().Text("Add Note").ButtonType(GridButtonType.Text))
.Sortable(sorting => sorting.OrderBy(sortOrder => sortOrder.Add(o => o.CreateDate).Descending()))

The problem we are having is that another button on the page can insert a row independent of the grid.
When that AJAX call returns we use the following to rebind sorted:

// SaveStatus ALSO inserts a row in the AccountNoteGrid, so refresh the grid now.
$('#AccountNoteGrid').data("tGrid").sort({ oobPositionId: oobPositionId });

Even this works initially.

The problem is when the user iterates between an insert from the Grid popup form and the insert from the independent butting and AJAX call.  Then the data starts showing with the most recent rows at the end of the last page with an unsorted chaotic look.

I wish that I could force the sort each time OnDataBinding fired.

Joe