I'm using MVVM and need for my viewmodel to be aware of which column the gridview is currently sorted by as well as the sort direction.  Are there any elegant ways to do this (preferable by binding) ?  I know I can intercept the sorting events in the code behind but I'd rather not do that if possible.

Thanks,
  Sam.

Hi Sam,

You can find all the information related to the currently applied sorting in RadGridView through its RadGridView.SortDescriptors collection. In case the bound source collection is a QueryableCollectionView, then you can also use the respective  QueryableCollectionView.SortDescriptors. 

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Dimitrina
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